I've been doing it because I've been talking about eps pre-broadcast, and I'm also not keeping track of what has aired here. But I'd just figured BG talk would be the same as the Stargates. Though, I admit that I don't know, technically, when we go from whitefont to regular for those. And I also don't have a preference anyway. Probably not a helpful paragraph, really.
Oh, I'm gonna go to the special hell.
Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Boxed Set, Vol. 1: Smallville, Due South, Farscape
A topic for the discussion of Farscape, Smallville, and Due South. Beware possible invasions of Stargate, Highlander, or pretty much anything else that captures our fancy. Expect Adult Content and discussion of the Big Gay Sex.
JenP - Jan 19, 2005 4:51:40 am PST #9267 of 10000
Katie M - Jan 19, 2005 4:57:36 am PST #9268 of 10000
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
If I had my druthers I'd say BSG was open for regular, non-whitefonted posting as soon as it's aired--same way we handled Buffy. But I don't really care.
§ ita § - Jan 19, 2005 5:21:56 am PST #9269 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The standard for the rest is once it's aired in the US, it's blackfont.
I'm getting all tangled up between what, on BSG, I can talk about and what I can't, and when it's all in whitefont, it doesn't help.
Blackfont questions: What's the history/theology of BSG? I get that the humans are polytheistic, and the Cylons monotheistic, but which gods do the humans worship? I finally realised that the planets are named after the zodiac. Does that tie in with who they worship?
How does Earth and Kobol fit in? Or at least, how did they fit in in the original?
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 19, 2005 6:37:50 am PST #9270 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Explaining how Earth fit in to the original mythos requires drawing on the excerable Galactica 1980 series, and no one wants that.
§ ita § - Jan 19, 2005 6:43:54 am PST #9271 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
That wasn't so bad! Thirteenth colony=Earth, Kobol predates us both.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 19, 2005 6:51:49 am PST #9272 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
That wasn't so bad!
Only someone who's never seen the actual series could say that with a straight face.
§ ita § - Jan 19, 2005 6:55:44 am PST #9273 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Hey, I didn't ask what happened in the series. I just needed to know what the damned Kobol/going to Earth stuff meant for the characters. For all I know, it has been answered in BSG 2004, and I just missed it.
For anyone that's watched episode 11: Were you disappointed by the sexualising of the Starbuck/Apollo? I mean, she was engaged to his brother, looks up to his dad like he's already her father in law ... I was kinda hoping that if they were going to go there, it'd at least be from his PoV first. Also, it'd have been nice if she could be a wee bit less guilty about casual sex, although it doesn't seem the community at large is relaxed about it, so perhaps not. Oh, and I loved Grace Park! Great work.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 19, 2005 7:02:47 am PST #9274 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
They may go in an entirely different direction for the new series though. I seem to recall the producers disavowing the 1980 series once they sobered up.
§ ita § - Jan 19, 2005 7:05:02 am PST #9275 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Okay, then does anyone know, in the original series, or in this one, what they established about Earth and Kobol? I assumed the existence of the LJ community 13th_colony suddenly made sense, but who knows?
sumi - Jan 19, 2005 7:29:26 am PST #9276 of 10000
Art Crawl!!!
BG got good ratings Friday night.