hope | *FLAIL*

Okay, so I like Battlestar Galactica now. Like, a lot.

When i first started watching i couldn't get into it. it's like, i could see the potential for interesting inter-personal relationships between characters, but the show didn't seem to be about that. it wasn't about people, it was about Humanity (with a capital H). the human race, the division between military and government, blah blah blah. all that big-scale, will-the-human-race-survive-or-not stuff. which, i'm not all that interested in. it bores me. i'm more interested in the studies of humanity that's played out through the individual characters, their flaws, their strengths, their love/hate for eachother. not robot vs. human.

so, it took me until "act of contrition" before i started to like the show a lot. because starbuck(/)apollo. starbuck-apollo-adama. starbuck-apollo-adama(-zach). omfg! so. in love with that whole dynamic GUH. now that's what I'M talking about when I write the above paragraph about what i like to see. I cried and i flailed and squealed with glee and sobbed with sadness in those two episodes. omg HEART. them!

see, the president is okay, but she doesn't grab me. gaius and gina just bore me so, SO much, and the colonel, meh, seen it all before. boomer and helo on caprica seem to have that *potential* to be interesting... but it's more about the 'humans vs. robots!' Epic Battle, which, yawn. so, i'm crossing my fingers that there gets to be MORE playing out of the adama^3&starbuck relationship(s).

anyhoo. don't spoil it for me if there isn't, eh?

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

bsg is made of awesome. i love that show so much, and it craps me off that s2 is out on dvd already overseas and it's not even been shown on tv here. :/ woe.

I much prefer watching tv on dvd than like, week by week! which means quite possibly a packet of my money will be going to ordering s2 shortly. och.

I thought s2 was still showing there! wot.

I still have to catch up on s1. Too much tv. TOO MUCH. *square eyes*

S2 is still showing there, I have no idea why but they've released the DVD before it even airs. I'm not sure if it's only half the episodes or not but I'll be ordering it immediately.

That's really... weird! I mean, I know there was a huge break between episodes.. but for them to release the season before it's aired would be odd, indeed.

I just had a look, it's called Season 2.0, I think it is just the first half. Not that that will stop me buying it.

it may just be the first half of s2, but yeah. apparently available. amazon says it'll ship in 24 hours so it's there, right?

How the seasons work in BSG has always confused me, I loved the mini series on sight.
I think it was counted as the first half of the season *checks DVD set* OMG! You don't get it in the DVD box set! OMGWTF?
Have you seen the mini? If you haven't, I'd definitely recommend it.
There is so much more of their relationship playing out even in the most recent episodes, I think the whole Adama/Kara/Lee dynamic is pretty much central to most of the story lines.
The whole 'is Earth a myth or isn't it' thing when we obviously know it isn't is interesting, weather they'll ever Reach Earth or not.
=D

Adama: *looking at two crew members* They need to be having babies.
Lee: Now?
XD

Mini Series:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00064AFBE/ref=pd_lpo_k2a_2_img/103-3940188-6527038?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=130
Second Season 2.0:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000BNI90Y/103-3940188-6527038?v=glance&n=130
I think it is just the first half of the second season. Bugger'em.

*generally stomps around and makes a nuisance of self*

13th_colony is good for meta, go back in their memories for older episode stuff.

=D
Audz won't discuss this show, she keeps singing "Mormooons iiin Spaaace!" at me.

i got my parents to buy me season 1 when they were in the states - the mini is included with it.

i shall sit back and wait til i can get *entire* seasons on dvd before making purchases, methinks!

*hops from foot to foot*

Oh good, I hate it when half the reason I get the DVD is missing. I'm too impatient and also hooked to stop downloading now.

I think I love my space shows in different ways for different reasons, Firefly is like I-have-no-idea-who said, 'home'. It's intimate, it's personal and warm and cozy spot in the cold dark black.

Battlestar Galactica is Epic, it's big chunks of pain, both mental and emotional. I like it for it's muddying of the definitions of who and what is Human and Humane. Who gets to decide what direction they will take the rest of their people. That the Humans and the Cylons are sometimes as Good or as Evil as each other.

I LOVE BSG!! I adore the President. REally, she kicks my ass. And Boomer & Helo are awesome for me. I love them.

It's funny, because everything I love about it is basically the opposite about what you love. Starbuck and Apollo and Adama don't really do much for me. I like the B-characters (including Boomer and the chief on the ship).

But I agree with you re: epic robots/human battle. It annoys me. Although I love the whole 'how are we going to survive now that it's all fallen apart' vibe. Yeah, I'm sure that's a huge surprise!

Also, I get sick of all the talk about god. I mean, I know why it's there. But sometimes, I feel it gets pushed a little too far.

hee! if they played out more with the B characters, i'd like them more. because like i said - i like the focus on the inter-personal relationships, not the little avatars of the Greater Struggle.

and i think i'd like the post-apocalyptic stuff too, if it wasn't just all so much on a political, bureaucratic plane. like, we *never* get to see how the average joes are faring post-world's end.

we *never* get to see how the average joes are faring post-world's end.

Yeah, it would be good to see some of the stuff that is happening on the other ships. I seem to remember hints of this (and one specific ep, won't say anything, just in case you haven't watched it yet). But yes. What's going on on the sidelines??

*averts eyes from spoilers*

What I want to know is - how does it compare to Firefly?

firefly is still much, much closer to my heart. BSG doesn't have the same humour, the lightness and laughter linked with tragedy and family... it's like; firefly is about one crew. BSG is more along the Star Trek lines - it's about the Alliance.

up until the 5th or 6th episode of BSG, i had to kind of force myself to watch it. it didn't feel like it had a light moment - not that it was angsty and gratuitously goth or gory - but the tone of it was just relentlessly somber. i've just reached a point now where they're paying enough attention now to individual characters that i can actually be happy when they are happy, yaknow? which is rarely.

i reckon, watch the mini-series (which is like the pilot, a bit over 2 hours long, i think) which sets it all up. if you're engaged enough to continue, then do so.

Sounds like a lot of work just to get to the point where you like a series. Still, it could happen - the peer pressure is increasing.

i don't know... i mean, i think i'm a bit odd with the way i watch/enjoy/judge enjoyment of a tv show. like, if i'm not entertained at all or i dislike something, i'll just not watch it. the hurdle requirement is relatively high to begin with. and then, obviously, i'm engaged enough in the narrative (and not hating the characters) enough to watch the show marathon-style (eg. i watched about 10 episodes of veronica mars consecutively before i feel head over heels).

it usually just takes me a while to get to where i love it. hell, i watched firefly for the first time in december 2004. see how long it took me to get hook-line-and-sinkered?

give BSG a shot ;)

FLAIL

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject