Does SciFi broadcast in HD? I can't remember.
No, but BSG is broadcast in HDTV on some other network.
I would be there right now.
Simon ,'Objects In Space'
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.
tommyrot - Jan 15, 2006 6:45:39 pm PST #6534 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Jessica - Jan 15, 2006 6:51:23 pm PST #6535 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Interesting. I wonder what they shoot on. (It's a tricky question in any case, since there are a bazillion different HD formats, and at least 4 common resolutions.)
[eta: "Feature-quality" would imply a resolution equivalent to 35mm film, which is better than HD. But it's probably just be a poetic turn of phrase -- the article reads like a Zoic press release. NBC, which owns SciFi, broadcasts its HD programming at 1080i.]
Strega - Jan 15, 2006 8:18:27 pm PST #6536 of 10001
I was thinking "this looks like a movie" during the battle scene. And... I dunno, I once raced home from a dinner to see the big fight in B5's "Severed Dreams." Again. But even at the time, that was "cool for TV" -- I didn't have the reaction I did to BG. I dunno if it would hold up perfectly on a big screen, but it was pretty damn impressive.
Some of it was the treatment. That we suddenly jumped into battle and a lot of it was off-screen, which just felt cinematic to me. "You know how this goes, so we're cutting to the important parts." And I assume that doing that let them spend more time on what we did see, which was clever.
I want to watch the 3 parts all in a row, but that means I'll have to set time aside for it. Maybe next weekend.
tommyrot - Jan 15, 2006 8:20:15 pm PST #6537 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
My widescreen LCD tv died recently. I have never missed it so much (I've been watching on an old 19").
Well, that's incentive for me to haul it to the shop to get fixed....
tommyrot - Jan 15, 2006 8:27:40 pm PST #6538 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
"Feature-quality" would imply a resolution equivalent to 35mm film
I didn't read "feature-quality" as talking about the resolution, but rather the "realism" and/or "technical sophistication" of the shots.
Strega - Jan 15, 2006 8:43:52 pm PST #6539 of 10001
My widescreen LCD tv died recently.Ow, that's sad. I have a... I can't remember, 28 or 30-inch old timey TV. Which is probably why I was compelled to go sit 2 feet away from it halfway through the ep.
Last summer I sent my old tapes of season 1 to a friend now living in Germany. He emailed this weekend saying he was trying to upgrade iTunes so he could buy the season 2 premiere, because he had to know how the cliffhanger got resolved. So I had the nicely sadistic pleasure of telling him, "The premiere doesn't resolve anything. You should probably just order the 2.0 DVDs." And then he was all, "Really? Not even..." "No, nothing. It takes a few episodes before Adama's even conscious again. You're welcome!"
If I'd been thinking, I'd have recorded one of the marathons for him, but he hadn't seem interested the last time we talked. He must have blown through the first season in a month.
Kathy A - Jan 16, 2006 4:04:10 am PST #6540 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I had to see it without the comentary after having seen it with the commentary.
Is that the few minutes of commentary up at aol.com? Also, where can one find the podcast by the creator-guy (Moore, right?)?
tommyrot - Jan 16, 2006 4:15:25 am PST #6541 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Is that the few minutes of commentary up at aol.com?
No, I meant the podcast. I suppose I should call it that, to avoid confusion with the AOL thing.
Also, where can one find the podcast by the creator-guy (Moore, right?)?
Yeah, Moore is exec producer, head writer, etc. The podcast stuff is here: [link]
If you have iTunes and want to subscribe to the feed, use this:
http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/podcast.xml
eta: Huh, they added this disclaimer:
Commentary by the producers is presented unedited and uncensored, and may contain adult language. Listener discretion is advised.
Yes, there is occasional naughty-wordage....
Betsy HP - Jan 16, 2006 7:40:11 am PST #6542 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
I just leapt ahead to comment on BSG.
Has anybody noticed yet that we saw three different people try to commit suicide, only one successful? (Lee, Six, and Cain)
Cain was *telling* Kara to kill her, and Kara didn't quite grasp that.
§ ita § - Jan 16, 2006 7:51:30 am PST #6543 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Cain was *telling* Kara to kill her, and Kara didn't quite grasp that.
I didn't feel that was her point, but that it was a message that could be extracted from it. I don't see why she'd want to be killed. She still seemed to feel she was the saviour of the species, and that no one else was able to do what needed be done.