I just finished watching Farscape all the way to the end. I'm very glad I bought them in time.
Ash, did you watch Peacekeeper Wars too?
Jayne: Yeah, that was some pretty risky sittin' you did there. Wash: That's right, of course, 'cause they wouldn't arrest me if we got boarded, I'm just the pilot. I can always say I was flying the ship by accident.
'Serenity'
Boxed Set, Vol. V: Just a Hint of Denial and a Dash of Retcon
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Morgana - Jan 14, 2009 1:10:43 pm PST #6181 of 30001
"I make mistakes, but I am on the side of Good," the Golux said, "by accident and happenchance.” – The 13 Clocks, James Thurber
Glamcookie - Jan 14, 2009 3:04:12 pm PST #6182 of 30001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
I realized that I don't really like any of the characters.
Aw. Not even Roslin (my personal fave) and Adama? Those two and their love story is just adorable. I agree, though, that several characters I used to love are now annoying to me (Lee and Baltar, I'm looking at you).
Ash - Jan 14, 2009 3:08:57 pm PST #6183 of 30001
but the unrelenting grimness of it all is more than a little off-putting
This is very much how I feel. I appreciate the storytelling that I've seen, but I am so not in a place where I can wallow in unrelenting grimness. Even the show's palette depresses me.
I may watch it anyway, but yeah.
Ash, did you watch Peacekeeper Wars too?
Yes, just a couple of weeks ago. It's been a long time since I've been that happy with the ending of a show, for several reasons.
JenP - Jan 14, 2009 3:22:34 pm PST #6184 of 30001
I don't know why the grim doesn't bother me, but I'm glad it doesn't.
I realized that I don't really like any of the characters.
This is the problem that I had with Grey's Anatomy. Except Bailey.
§ ita § - Jan 14, 2009 3:25:18 pm PST #6185 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
This is the problem that I had with Grey's Anatomy. Except Bailey.
They have me as long as they have Kevin McKidd. Mmmm.
I feel just like Jilli about BSG. I like it enough to watch it, but I don't feel the love most watchers I know seem to. And I've only once made the mistake of watching more than one ep in a day. Too much. No fun.
Ginger - Jan 14, 2009 3:27:18 pm PST #6186 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I never liked Baltar, but it's gotten to the point that any ending that doesn't involve his being drawn and quartered will be unsatisfactory to me.
Morgana - Jan 14, 2009 3:47:34 pm PST #6187 of 30001
"I make mistakes, but I am on the side of Good," the Golux said, "by accident and happenchance.” – The 13 Clocks, James Thurber
I made the comment once on another board that BSG was a bit, you know, grim and depressing and not really what I look for in escapist viewing. I was told quite emphatically that it was war for God's sake, and the almost-annihilation of the human race -- it's not supposed to be fun! But these are people that didn't just drink the kool-aid, they swilled it, and are convinced that this is just the perfectest show that ever existed, and no opposing viewpoints are to be allowed. I watch it, sometimes, and I was drawn into the occupation episodes, but yeah... not really something to view lightly.
Consuela - Jan 14, 2009 3:59:53 pm PST #6188 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I respect BSG more than I enjoy it, and I think a lot of that has to do with the grim tone. I'll watch to the end, but it's never been something that I got a lot of joy out of.
sumi - Jan 14, 2009 4:00:31 pm PST #6189 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
My problem with Peacekeeper Wars is how clearly you can see the various storylines that they would have pursued in greater depth had they been given even half of a fifth season.
Juliebird - Jan 14, 2009 4:03:44 pm PST #6190 of 30001
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
My problem with Peacekeeper Wars was how Gigi Edgely never seemed to find her way back into Chiana.