And I'm on broadcast-only because I don't care that much.
But? There's always a but. When this is over, can we have a big 'but' moratorium?
Fred ,'Smile Time'
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.
Dana - Jan 27, 2005 5:51:59 am PST #9357 of 10000
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
§ ita § - Jan 27, 2005 6:39:20 am PST #9358 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm on broadcast-only because I don't care that much.
But they're pretty and in pain! How can one not care?
I have to say, I am happy. I was suspicious and post-Firefly resentful when the miniseries came out, but I'm happy now. I've read a couple tirades about how much weaker the men are this time round, how empty and PC it is in comparison -- but neither my memory or the repeats hold the original up as anything stellar in the humanity/gender relationship departments.
Still, I think they achieved a desperate and claustrophobic tone which didn't wear me out. There's not much comedy here, if any, but still it didn't put me off.
And they've been really good, at least in one of the (yet unaired) episodes about juggling numerous plots in one ep, keeping them all tense, distinct, and unconfused. I was pretty impressed when I realised I had to grab for the phrase "D plot," and then immediately couldn't decide if there was a D plot, or just 4 A plots.
Dana - Jan 27, 2005 6:51:22 am PST #9359 of 10000
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
But they're pretty and in pain! How can one not care?
Some of them I care about. Some of them I want to kick out an airlock. Mostly, it's making me miss the better days of DS9. Which is no surprise, I guess, given Ron Moore.
§ ita § - Jan 27, 2005 6:53:38 am PST #9360 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Who do you want dead? Tell! Tell!
I do miss good DS9, and this is reminiscent of that. However, with the short season, we haven't yet had the equivalent of the bad DS9. So that's something.
Dana - Jan 27, 2005 6:57:47 am PST #9361 of 10000
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Who do you want dead? Tell! Tell!
Baltar and his freaky stupid alter-ego or whatever bimbo. Starbuck has also not endeared herself to me. Pretty sure Adama just bores me. Not convinced about Boomer.
I love Roslin. I love the tech chief. I would cheerfully lick Jamie Bamber.
§ ita § - Jan 27, 2005 7:05:04 am PST #9362 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Jamie Bamber needs to be licked. I adore Boomer, not sure why. After episode 3 I was entranced with Baltar and the bimbo -- I love her and her panther-like self, I'm fascinated with the monotheistic devotion she has, and like the not-evil but not-strong so not-goodness of Baltar.
Starbuck -- well, she took a while to grow on me.
Roslin ROCKS. Adama interests me, especially in the Roslin interactions -- the play of military versus government in an emergency situation.
Tech chief (if he's who I'm thinking -- Boomer's guy?) bores me.
Dana - Jan 27, 2005 7:06:59 am PST #9363 of 10000
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Tech chief (if he's who I'm thinking -- Boomer's guy?) bores me.
Yes. And hey!
Nutty - Jan 27, 2005 7:09:13 am PST #9364 of 10000
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Still, I think they achieved a desperate and claustrophobic tone which didn't wear me out.
I have to say, based only on the episodes already aired, that they rival the Lost Islanders in their total lack of long-term planning. Which, when you're on a fruitful, warm island with Tom Cruise's cousin, is a lot less of a pressing issue than when you represent the last desperate gasp of the species fleeing in a fleet of garbage trucks into the outer-space unknown.
If I wrote Battlestar Galactica, and wanted "desperate", I would, like, institute a criminal justice system whereby the ultimate punishment was lobotomy or brain death (because the rest of your body might still be useful), a forced breeding or cloning program, and some major changes to the logistics of herding a bunch of ships. (I think I would annex them all and glue them all together rather than have to re-count them every time they go someplace. Like, a first grade class on a field trip, except the field trip lasts forever. )
Would not be a fun TV show, I admit.
§ ita § - Jan 27, 2005 7:13:27 am PST #9365 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
But they do have a plan. I'm not saying it's a good one. But they have a goal. And there's more stuff later.
And hey!
Nah, he's got nothing for me.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 27, 2005 10:01:49 am PST #9366 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
However, with the short season, we haven't yet had the equivalent of the bad DS9.
What DS9 did you think was bad - a particular arc(s), or just random episodes? I know there were some that I liked a lot less than others (there was a rather desultory gambling one at one point; actually two now that I think of it), but I don't remember them having any extended periods of crapitude.