I scanned quickly. Maybe I mostly tuned in on the "turn the sound off" BSG posts and noted that SG stuff seemed more numerous.
Wait, no "maybe" about it. That is what I did.
Anya Christina Emmanuella Jenkins. Twenty years old. Born on the fourth of July — and don't think there weren't jokes about that my whole life, mister, 'cause there were. 'Who's our little patriot?' they'd say, when I was younger and therefore smaller and shorter than I am now.
Anya ,'Potential'
Boxed Set, Vol. II: "It's a Cookbook...A Cookbook!!"
A topic for the discussion of Farscape, Smallville, and Due South. Beware possible invasions of Stargate, Highlander, or pretty much any other "genre" show that captures our fancy. Expect Adult Content and discussion of the Big Gay Sex.
Whitefont all unaired in the U.S. ep discussion, identifying it as such, and including the show and ep title in blackfont.
Blackfont is allowed after the show has aired on the east coast.
This is NOT a general TV discussion thread.
Gus - Jul 19, 2005 8:52:34 pm PDT #2235 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
Gus - Jul 19, 2005 9:14:28 pm PDT #2236 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
CocoaPuffs:On a re-read, the anti BSG comments seem to be around the lack of linguistic coloratura. It is true that most of the sentences are short declaratives, consisting of either phlebotinum or other exposition.
Still, I get a clear sense of character. Maybe that is all in the choice of players.
NoiseDesign - Jul 19, 2005 10:14:50 pm PDT #2237 of 10001
Our wings are not tired
People, on balance, are not liking Battle Star Galactica. I must not be people.
I must not be people either. I love the show and am totally addicted to it. SG1 is another of my total faves, and Aquarium is still pulling up in third place for me, though I do still like it quite a lot.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 19, 2005 10:20:51 pm PDT #2238 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
While I can objectively see things about BSG that qualify it as the better show, it just barely manages to capture any attention from me each week, whereas I find SG-1 pretty enjoyable and have really gottten into Aquarium. I suspect my contempt for pretty much every character except Rosalin is a barrier to me really enjoying the show.
DCJensen - Jul 20, 2005 3:45:29 am PDT #2239 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.
The TV show Cupid is being torrented as we speak. 6 GB.
And I'm not talking about the reality show.
Nutty - Jul 20, 2005 4:12:11 am PDT #2240 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Maybe I mostly tuned in on the "turn the sound off" BSG posts
Note to Gus: the crabby skeptic chick with the gripes is probably not a representative of people. (That was me.) In fact, I am not even in the house or senate, I represent so few people. Not even city council or a board of selectpersons. I am unselected.
Truth be told, I am hard on TV shows, especially when they first start out. Sometimes I can be won over, and forgive large mistakes/stupid world-building/incredibly annoying stereotypes -- witness The X-Files -- and sometimes I can't. (With XF it was the beautiful-creepy factor of the early episodes that won me. The fact that a lot of them didn't make sense didn't really matter, at that point, although it became a pretty big irritant before the end.)
sumi - Jul 20, 2005 4:31:18 am PDT #2241 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
BSG is my favorite SciFi Friday show (until this week when Firefly joins the lineup), then SGA, then SG1. Although, I'm enjoying the Browder & Black so much, it may change my opinion.
Dana - Jul 20, 2005 5:19:05 am PDT #2242 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
But I recognize that it's very smart and well-written in many ways.
That's where I am. I admire it (and Jamie Bamber's arms), but I don't love it. (Okay, I love Jamie Bamber's arms.)
SG:A, I love, and I never saw it coming. But that's the way fandom works.
Vonnie K - Jul 20, 2005 5:38:12 am PDT #2243 of 10001
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Yeah, the whole This Is Not My Beautiful Cake thing. (Shrift came up with it, IIRC.) I love BSG, but it took a while. I liked and admired it more than loved it at the beginning--it's a well-crafted show with interesting and complex themes--but the characters were not as easy to fall in love with as the gang at SG-1 and Atlantis, I found. I didn't really fall hard for it until S1 finale (consolidated by the episode last Friday), and when I fell, it was for the story and the aesthetics and the craft of it more than for the characters.
I think, because we converged here initially based on our shared tastes for media products that are a bit off the beaten track from the mainstream, it feels disconcerting to have the fellow Buffistas not love the objects of my/your current devotion with equal fervor. But tastes are odd things, numerous and varied, and hey, it's OK that some Buffistas love Firefly and others don't, and same goes for Wonderfalls, The Inside, Veronica Mars, Stargate or BSG.
Fay - Jul 20, 2005 5:50:01 am PDT #2244 of 10001
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
I really like BSG. I mean, I'd love to have seen the flipping Miniseries first, but ma'alesh. I like the visuals, I like the acting, I'm intrigued by the plots and the themes they're exploring...I think it's damned fine stuff. But I do see what you mean about it not having the engaging lightness of touch that SG1 (and, I gather, SGA) possess. In many ways it's a substantially different genre, SciFi context not withstanding.