Author Topic: BSG, Caprica, Blood and Chrome series topic discussion - May Contain Spoilers (Read 141743 times)

Weasel · « **Reply #280 on:** January 14, 2007, 12:41:25 PM »

Quote from: MLeo on January 14, 2007, 12:15:43 PM

To think that the original BSG _had_ humour in it.;)

My mom misses that with the current series.

Well, I watched the original series, ( which means I'm probably near your mothers age. ) and frankly, most of the dialog, and comedic content was utter shite. Even as a young child I felt that they were trying to "dumb it down", trying to make it warm and fuzzy. The robot dog was really insulting, and moronic.

The basis of the original series was about war and genocide, and so is the new one- the main difference between the two, is the writers aren't trying to ruin it like Trek and candy coat everything. War is terrible and depressing- if you coat it with chocolate, it's still going to taste like a shit sandwich.

Shinzon · « **Reply #281 on:** January 14, 2007, 02:00:53 PM »

just hope that it won't get cancelled... its really the only good thing to watch right now, that, and sports.

btw, check out my sig ;)

El · « **Reply #282 on:** January 22, 2007, 01:08:26 PM »

I said humour. Dark humour would be fine for a dark show. But even in war/genoicide etc you have to have a bit of humour.
It's like watching Eastenders in space at the moment.

Shinzon · « **Reply #283 on:** January 22, 2007, 08:19:40 PM »

perhaps things will lighten up?

anyways, discuss the last episode... I think it lacked a space battle.... this whole "waypoint to earth" thing is getting annoying. A huge cliffhanger like this deserves a little more on my plate. Although the next episodes appear to be interesting, now that

Spoiler: show

Pegasus · « **Reply #284 on:** January 23, 2007, 09:50:16 AM »

Big bangs != good TV.

I thought it was pretty damned interesting, the whole Duala Starbuck thing, could fucking cut the tension there with a spoon

RCgothic · « **Reply #285 on:** January 23, 2007, 10:36:37 AM »

Easily the biggest bang of the series so far.

That's the Helix Nebula, AKA "The Eye of God".
It's an actual nebula, cylindrical in shape and earth is directly on its z axis.

Shinzon · « **Reply #286 on:** January 24, 2007, 12:16:59 AM »

cool. i didnt know that :o

Master Thief · « **Reply #287 on:** January 24, 2007, 03:44:40 PM »

So much has changed now :o

Linea · « **Reply #288 on:** January 24, 2007, 04:25:42 PM »

Yeah, pretty good episode, as always it'll be interesting to see what happens next since several important characters are in very different situations now.

From what I can see there appears to be a mass negative reaction to the thing between Kara/Lee/Dee/Anders though. I don't really see what's all that bad about it...so long as it doesn't go on for too much longer...

MickJo · « **Reply #289 on:** January 25, 2007, 11:46:09 AM »

The reason everyone hates it is because its utterly crap. If we wanted something with cheating in i'd watch a soap.

Anyways, Rapture was a good ep, not brilliant but very good.

El · « **Reply #290 on:** January 25, 2007, 01:53:49 PM »

Quote from: MickJo on January 25, 2007, 11:46:09 AM

The reason everyone hates it is because its utterly crap. If we wanted something with cheating in i'd watch a soap.

Quote from: Elminster on January 22, 2007, 01:08:26 PM

It's like watching Eastenders in space at the moment.

I rest my case, lol.

I agree its a pile of crap, there's so many better things they could have done

AndrewJ · « **Reply #291 on:** January 25, 2007, 03:22:19 PM »

Bleah Stargate rules, BSG is just shat from what I've watched, it's a soap opera in space.

MickJo · « **Reply #292 on:** January 25, 2007, 05:32:15 PM »

^ Vice-Versa

Shinzon · « **Reply #293 on:** January 26, 2007, 11:01:51 AM »

then you've only watched the bad episodes of season 3. Start from the beginning.

RCgothic · « **Reply #294 on:** January 26, 2007, 11:32:48 AM »

There aren't any bad episodes. Every one is easily as good as anything Enterprise could manage, and the great epsiodes are plentiful.

From season 1 alone:
33, Water, Bastille day, Act of contrition, You can't go home again, Litmus, Flesh and bone, The hand of god, Kobol's last gleaming pts1&2

10 out of 13 episodes are great. The occasional kara/lee themed episode, which I don't find all that bad anyway, is worth it for all the great ones.

Ryles · « **Reply #295 on:** January 26, 2007, 10:20:23 PM »

Yes... thats the problem. They're as good as Enterprise now... and getting worse. Quickly. Between that and the timeslot change, its pretty clear they're trying to kill the show... Scifi is getting great and making retarded choices under the new management.

I assume they think the fans like the Soap opera crap.

Expect to see alot of it on 'Caprica' when that gets made.

RCgothic · « **Reply #296 on:** January 27, 2007, 05:40:35 AM »

I meant every single episode is as good as In a Mirror Darkly or better. I was tempted to say twice as good as anything enterprise could manage, but In a Mirror Darkly wasn't bad.

And I disagree that they're getting worse.

Great episodes from Season 3:
Occupation/Precipice, Exodus ptII, Collaborators, Torn, Hero, The Passage, The Eye of Jupiter. 7/11 isn't bad. Everyone seems to be getting massively paranoid. If Rapture wasn't as good as they usually are then it's not good cause to panic.
In Season II we had Epiphanies, Black Market and Sacrifice and suddenly everyone was predicting the end of the world. Then we got Scar, The Captain's hand, Downloaded, And Lay down your burdens ptsI&II which were all amazing.

The demise of the series is being greatly exaggerated.

Shinzon · « **Reply #297 on:** January 27, 2007, 12:31:43 PM »

setting aside the misconceptions of the series demise, i saw the promo on the scifi.com/battlestar site for this weeks episode, showing baltar getting tortured and adama punching what appears to be gaeta and not baltar... looks very interesting.

Shinzon · « **Reply #298 on:** January 29, 2007, 10:04:10 AM »

who watched it?! i didnt watch it, hopefully tonight

MickJo · « **Reply #299 on:** January 29, 2007, 05:29:47 PM »

It was damn well good, one of the best so far.

Psycho Roslin was fantastic, give Mary McDonnell an Emmy...

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