Battlestar Gallactica

I'm not as gah-gah over this series as some. I haven't really formed any emotional connections to it. On the other hand, I've seen some people say that it's kind of boring. I don't think it's boring in the least. I do think it's sort of a story on a slow boil. If you're piddling around the house doing something else, it doesn't grab the attention. But when you sit and watch. . .it's really quite intelligent and fascinating.

I haven't developed any emotional connection to the series yet, but I think it's showing signs of being a realy strong show.

I always think that a good show mythology (and show characters) is a layering process. Shows, good ones, don't come fully formed. It takes presenting a strong premise, then slowly making it more complex (same goes with characters). Battlestar Galactica is doing that. I like the universe that they are creating -- dark, conflicted, and very intelligent. I like the questions the series asks. And, honestly, it's usually the questions that grab me in a series and get my attentions.

I liked BtVS in the early years but thought of it as mostly fluff. I didn't become fascinated until Mutant Enemy accidentally stumbled across the whole set of conflicting views and questions on souls and redemption. Essentially, Buffy the Hero is fluff and while amusing wasn't something that would ever have consumed me. The question of soul and redemption -- what is redeemed? Can one be redeemed? What defines conscience? Is there any such thing as selfless love? THAT is consuming. So, really, ultimately, it wasn't Buffy that got me addicted (I watched from the beginning but only as an occasional viewer). I was addicted to Spike and to some degree Angel (okay, other than in Spive v. Angel debates, I more often than not liked the big guy... or at least found him interesting.) The hard truth is, it was the Vampire in Buffy the Vampire Slayer that made the series of interest to me, never the Buffy of it (which is why I'm one of those viewers at odds with so much of Joss's vision).
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Battlestar Gallactica

I'm not as gah-gah over this series as some. I haven't really formed any emotional connections to it. On the other hand, I've seen some people say that it's kind of boring. I don't think it's boring in the least. I do think it's sort of a story on a slow boil. If you're piddling around the house doing something else, it doesn't grab the attention. But when you sit and watch. . .it's really quite intelligent and fascinating.

I haven't developed any emotional connection to the series yet, but I think it's showing signs of being a realy strong show.

I always think that a good show mythology (and show characters) is a layering process. Shows, good ones, don't come fully formed. It takes presenting a strong premise, then slowly making it more complex (same goes with characters). Battlestar Galactica is doing that. I like the universe that they are creating -- dark, conflicted, and very intelligent. I like the questions the series asks. And, honestly, it's usually the questions that grab me in a series and get my attentions.

I liked BtVS in the early years but thought of it as mostly fluff. I didn't become fascinated until Mutant Enemy accidentally stumbled across the whole set of conflicting views and questions on souls and redemption. Essentially, Buffy the Hero is fluff and while amusing wasn't something that would ever have consumed me. The question of soul and redemption -- what is redeemed? Can one be redeemed? What defines conscience? Is there any such thing as selfless love? THAT is consuming. So, really, ultimately, it wasn't Buffy that got me addicted (I watched from the beginning but only as an occasional viewer). I was addicted to Spike and to some degree Angel (okay, other than in Spive v. Angel debates, I more often than not liked the big guy... or at least found him interesting.) The hard truth is, it was the Vampire in Buffy the Vampire Slayer that made the series of interest to me, never the Buffy of it (which is why I'm one of those viewers at odds with so much of Joss's vision).
( Read more... )

Battlestar Gallactica

I'm not as gah-gah over this series as some. I haven't really formed any emotional connections to it. On the other hand, I've seen some people say that it's kind of boring. I don't think it's boring in the least. I do think it's sort of a story on a slow boil. If you're piddling around the house doing something else, it doesn't grab the attention. But when you sit and watch. . .it's really quite intelligent and fascinating.

I haven't developed any emotional connection to the series yet, but I think it's showing signs of being a realy strong show.

I always think that a good show mythology (and show characters) is a layering process. Shows, good ones, don't come fully formed. It takes presenting a strong premise, then slowly making it more complex (same goes with characters). Battlestar Galactica is doing that. I like the universe that they are creating -- dark, conflicted, and very intelligent. I like the questions the series asks. And, honestly, it's usually the questions that grab me in a series and get my attentions.

I liked BtVS in the early years but thought of it as mostly fluff. I didn't become fascinated until Mutant Enemy accidentally stumbled across the whole set of conflicting views and questions on souls and redemption. Essentially, Buffy the Hero is fluff and while amusing wasn't something that would ever have consumed me. The question of soul and redemption -- what is redeemed? Can one be redeemed? What defines conscience? Is there any such thing as selfless love? THAT is consuming. So, really, ultimately, it wasn't Buffy that got me addicted (I watched from the beginning but only as an occasional viewer). I was addicted to Spike and to some degree Angel (okay, other than in Spive v. Angel debates, I more often than not liked the big guy... or at least found him interesting.) The hard truth is, it was the Vampire in Buffy the Vampire Slayer that made the series of interest to me, never the Buffy of it (which is why I'm one of those viewers at odds with so much of Joss's vision).
( Read more... )