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.
Wash: Psychic, though? That sounds like something out of science fiction. Zoe: We live in a space ship, dear. Wash: So?
'Objects In Space'
Boxed Set, Vol. V: Just a Hint of Denial and a Dash of Retcon
A topic for the discussion of Doctor Who, Arrow, and The Flash. Beware possible invasions of iZombie, Sleepy Hollow, or pretty much any other "genre" (read: sci fi, superhero, or fantasy) show that captures our fancy. Expect adult content and discussion of the Big Gay Sex.
Marvel superheroes are discussed over at the MCU thread.
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.
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
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.
Atropa - Jan 14, 2009 4:08:16 pm PST #6191 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
ita is spot-on about how watching multiple episodes of BSG in one day is rough. Aaaand ... We watched ten episodes in three nights. I was not a happy goth, let me tell you.
JenP - Jan 14, 2009 4:08:33 pm PST #6192 of 30001
It's so funny, because I can completely understand finding the show too grim, the characters unlikable, etc., but it's like they pipe crack through the TV tubes right into my living room right before each show (and bridge doses while on hiatus), because there is very little that I don't love unreservedly about the show. Someone has a valid criticism? I'm all, "Yeah, you're totally right! But I don't care, because I am in love, and love is blind."
Having said that, it's, you know, fiction. And a TV show. There's only so much import with which it can be imbued in my world, even though it is one of my most-loved fictional TV shows, and I care enough to post about it online and buy DVDs and stuff. Sure, metaphor for whatever-the-fuck modern society, blah-blah (I don't discount that, it's just not why I love it, so I don't often examine if through that filter.) Still, just because I love it, doesn't mean I don't get why others don't. People who take it so seriously that they get mad when other people don't like it or offer a criticism or two - that, I don't get.
Also? YAY TWO MORE DAYS YAY!!
sumi - Jan 14, 2009 4:17:05 pm PST #6193 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
I get mad because I have a friend who insists that someday she is going to watch it but hasn't gotten around to it but refuses to let me talk about it because yeah, she's going to watch it "someday". Right.
JenP - Jan 14, 2009 4:19:41 pm PST #6194 of 30001
I get mad because I have a friend who insists that someday she is going to watch it but hasn't gotten around to it but refuses to let me talk about it because yeah, she's going to watch it "someday". Right.
Now that, I totally get. You give her one more year, then all bets are off. (ETA: You mean she doesn't let you talk about it to her, right? Not that you can't talk about it at all to anyone if she's there... because that ain't right!)
Juliebird - Jan 14, 2009 4:27:00 pm PST #6195 of 30001
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
I sometimes wonder how I'd feel about BSG if I didn't read forums. I'm such a freaking sponge.
But I do know that once upon a time I was such a big Lee girl, until I realized in the second season that they had no idea what to write for him, and ended up hating most of his air time, when there was any. I still adore season one the best. Back then I liked a whole lot of characters. Now I'm still intrigued, even though I'm not sure why, beyond completism (Adama and Roslin 4eva!!11) but I'm not actually behind any of the characters. And I usually need at least one person to root for to get behind a story. The characters aren't grey and morally ambiguous to me, they just flipflop for the most part. Not in opposite directions, but in ways that don't add up without too much handwaving for such an "intelligently written show". Too much padding and filler when there were important, relevant and interesting things to explore.
That said, is it Friday yet?!