I have resumed BattleStar Galactica, after two false starts on the
fourth Season. Given that I had no such problems reading the
stillborn Sword OF Truth Series which required a great deal more
investment, that I was having such a hard time resuming the
FINAL SEASON of a tv show seems damning, but it's something less, I
assure you.
Yes, I have little good to say about the show, and feel that people who do are studiously obtuse: They are suffering the same problem as a geek who occasionally receives the attention of the cute girl who is really using him for answers to the math homework.
The attention is nice, but the relationship is pretty one sided.
It's the same kind of tension over and over again. Are you A cylon or arn't you. Should I obey the law or my conscious. If it isn't one it's the other. If it isn't Tango, its Cash. Oh, there is the meta conflict, about finding earth or surviving the cyclons, or whatever, but without any longstanding character development arch I really don't care.
So yeah, it has its weaknesses but....
I don't know what the "but" is. At least its Sci-fi?
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What the World needs now is a new kind of tension, because the old one just bores me to death
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Re: What the World needs now is a new kind of tension, because the old one just bores me to death
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AndyG
on Mon 11 Jan 2010 07:23 AM PST | Profile | Permanent Link
I'm surprised you caved into the BSG hype. Heather and I watched every episode. I have to say that, while it had it's quality moments, over all it was too preachy and disjointed. It had a vision in season 1, but must have lost it along the way during an emergency FTL jump. I'm not going to spoil anything here, but the ending didn't do it for me. Not their fault really. When you setup so many things to resolve, you're bound to mistep on at least a few.
To anyone listening... if you want some quality scifi with focus, vision, and some kick ass writing and acting, watch LOST. That's all I'm gonna say about that. Re: What the World needs now is a new kind of tension, because the old one just bores me to death
Let me rephrase... you clearly didn't cave into the hype. That's not what I meant to say, after reading my comment. I guess I'm just surprised that you're seeing it through. We had to try very hard to finish it. Towards the end, it was out of pure commitment to... well, who knows what.
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