Probably the same number of people who refuse to watch Buffy, just because of the name.
I, for one, wasn't looking forward to starting my day with a slaughter. Which, really, just goes to show how much I've grown
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Kathy A - Mar 20, 2006 10:47:50 am PST #7868 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
tommyrot - Mar 20, 2006 10:51:52 am PST #7869 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.
Yeah, I was thinking a while back how both Buffy and BSG have suffered because of their names. I might have even posted something about that. Or maybe I dreamt it.
P.M. Marc - Mar 20, 2006 10:53:11 am PST #7870 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I wonder if it was the same episode that freaked me out. I also can't recall the details of it, but I know I was freaked.
I wonder that, too. And also can't recall the details, just the freaked.
Probably the same number of people who refuse to watch Buffy, just because of the name.
There are plenty of people with a visceral hate-on for the the original BSG who didn't want to watch a remake because of said hate-on. We are hard to convince, but some of us have added the mini-series to our Netflix queue. I consider our fear a more legit reason to avoid something than the Buffy name thing.
§ ita § - Mar 20, 2006 10:54:50 am PST #7871 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I consider our fear a more legit reason to avoid something than the Buffy name thing.
I don't think it's more legit (because stuff has changed, and many probably have no idea if it was the stuff that bugged them) but it does read better.
Jessica - Mar 20, 2006 10:55:39 am PST #7872 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I consider our fear a more legit reason to avoid something than the Buffy name thing.
I stayed away from Buffy until S4 because of the movie, so I sympathize.
Kathy A - Mar 20, 2006 10:58:02 am PST #7873 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I really am surprised at the number of people who actually remember the original BSG. I know I watched it, at least occasionally, because I have vague memories of a crush on Richard Hatch and seeing Lorne Greene in some highly amusing glittery robes, but other than that--nada. I remember Hatch more from the Jan and Dean TV biopic than the original BSG.
I remember Buck Rogers in more detail.
tommyrot - Mar 20, 2006 10:59:32 am PST #7874 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.
I was gonna watch the miniseries when it was first on, but I missed it. (I was intrigued by the stuff I read on Slashdot - the Firefly cameo and the more accurate physics of the ship movement.) Then when all the hoopla started about the regular series, I watched the first episode of season one and went back and got the mini. Hmm, I can't remember what specifically made me watch the first episode... although I think part of it was the desire not to miss out on the first few seasons like I did on Buffy.
§ ita § - Mar 20, 2006 10:59:50 am PST #7875 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I stayed away from Buffy until S4 because of the movie, so I sympathize.
Ahah. Forgot about the movie. They stay kinda equivalent in my head now.
tommyrot - Mar 20, 2006 11:00:51 am PST #7876 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.
I really am surprised at the number of people who actually remember the original BSG.
I was way-obsessed with the original BSG, although I missed about half of it (usually I missed half of each episode) due to conflicts with chores.
WindSparrow - Mar 20, 2006 3:08:16 pm PST #7877 of 10001
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
I stayed away from Buffy until S4 because of the movie, so I sympathize.
I stayed away from Buffy until S4 because I loved the movie. Figured a tv show would just be a cheap knock-off.