Because on B5 the characters were making a lot of poetic speeches and proclamations, which masked how clunky the more casual conversations were.
Oh, I wish those council guys would let me have an hour alone in the room with her, if I was larger and had grenades.
Willow ,'Storyteller'
Boxed Set, Vol. V: Just a Hint of Denial and a Dash of Retcon
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Strega - Jun 18, 2008 9:02:40 am PDT #3052 of 30001
sumi - Jun 18, 2008 11:59:19 am PDT #3053 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
Panorama of that last scene of BSG. (More complete version)
ETA: closer view
(All images from Galactica Sitrep.)
Juliebird - Jun 18, 2008 1:47:40 pm PDT #3054 of 30001
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
which masked how clunky the more casual conversations were.
And now I remember how awkward some (most) of those were. When I think of B5, I think of Peter Jurasik and Mira Furlong and Andreas Katsulas. Possibly the only show off the top of my head where the characters in prosthetics and bad hair were my favorite.
Strega - Jun 18, 2008 2:52:40 pm PDT #3055 of 30001
Yeah. Katsulas in particular... I think the fact that his face was completely hidden by prosthetics & makeup made his voice & intonation so much more striking.
But I miss Garibaldi the most.
OMG! I just realized -- that's why the Earth got nuked on Galactica! It's because the virtual Garibaldi blew the place up in "The Deconstruction of Falling Stars"! It's a crossover! So the ragtag fleet should go look for the Mars Colony, and then everything will be fine.
Jessica - Jun 18, 2008 2:55:21 pm PDT #3056 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Panorama of that last scene of BSG.
Oh, awesome. Thanks for posting this, Sumi.
Juliebird - Jun 18, 2008 3:17:23 pm PDT #3057 of 30001
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
I think it telling of great story-telling as well as acting that the characters and relationships I liked most were between G'Kar and Londo. Those were two high-caliber actors, and maybe they got the better dialogue, or maybe they transcended it, I don't know, but those two especially ruled. Or maybe it was, yes, the given alien-ness of their costume that made what they had to say that much more acceptable.
What I'm not liking about Jeremiah is descending from disdain of a great idea poorly executed to sheer apathy (the second episode especially). There were seeds of a great story, and within an hour and thirtyone minutes settled into a tired rut of "and these are their many adventures based out of Thundermountain". C'mon, Perry! Priestly just out-acted you!
Juliebird - Jun 18, 2008 3:20:49 pm PDT #3058 of 30001
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
pecan waffles.
I'm watching Bright Young Things, and who do I see? The actress who played Agatha Christie on DW (Fenella Woolgar). And what is her name on BYT? Agatha! /random
Ginger - Jun 18, 2008 5:09:52 pm PDT #3059 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
When I watched through B5 again, I particularly noticed how much G'Kar and Londo changed over the five years. When you go back to the beginning, they seem so innocent compared with what they became. Whatever its faults, I love my B5. I got the internet and cable because of B5.
Consuela - Jun 18, 2008 5:28:42 pm PDT #3060 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I loved B5, and it's fun to watch it again, but my god, the dialogue is painful. I'm on a ritual rewatch with a couple of friends, and despite not having seen most of it in ten years, I can predict many many of the lines, because JMS never met a cliche he didn't love. Argh.
Really, the man should just be a show-runner and leave the actual scripts to someone else.
Fiona - Jun 18, 2008 11:05:55 pm PDT #3061 of 30001
I'm watching Bright Young Things, and who do I see? The actress who played Agatha Christie on DW (Fenella Woolgar). And what is her name on BYT? Agatha! /random
David Tennant was also in BYT, and they've worked together on a couple of other things too. He recommended her for the part of Agatha Christie.