Battlestar Galactica

Ah gotcha. I have it on a separate DVD released as a film without any sort of reference to S4.

Blimey, a new contender for the Top Ten Most Shocking Opinions from Main Titles.

Thor - Did you watch the complete 4 seasons or just watch 12 episodes here and there out of chronological order for maximum view pleasure.

Sorry - that was too tempting not to post

-Erik-

I think if you didn't like the first four episodes, then all you're really missing is the mystical stuff that ultimately became the show's dominant factor in its final series. Personally those episodes were among the very best for me, and I was only occasionally reminded of them in the final half season.

I'd like to read the other 9 I take it you wildly disagree with me on BSG. That's fine. Let me lay out some of the problems I've had with it.

First, the whole premise is a little off. Earth is supposed to be a group of these people who went off and were never heard from again? Then why the similarities between us and them? There are so many things in this show that I would say are parts of earth life. Their society is just too much like ours for me to believe. They play poker, though they call a few things by different names. They apparently developed cigars just like us. They used nukes, and call them that. They use dry erase markers. It's going to take something a little more original than octogonal paper and a different F word for me to believe that their society didn't come from ours. Maybe I'll learn later than all them did descend from earthlings, then all that would be explained to some extent.

Second, the technology doesn't match up. We've got space craft and huge beautiful cities, but we're keeping track of the number of living humans on a white board?

Third, the characters are one dimensional. An old, tired captain that believes in the military more than anything. The XO seems to be nothing more than experienced and mean. Kara is just a butch girl with a chip on her shoulder. Apollo is perfect, and usually angry about something. The Dr. is selfish. None of these characters are likable.

Fourth, the writing is convenient. The conflict in the first episode after the miniseries was whether to blow up one of their own ships. They try to make this really dramatic, but this is a ship with no one on it that we know, and about which we've never heard until this episode. I didn't care about that ship, and wasn't really convinced that Apollo or Commander Adama (sp?) cared about it either. The writers wanted Kara to become a flight instructor. Rather than just making her that, they kill 13 pilots with some random accident. What was the point of that? I didn't care about any of those pilots (only one had ever been mentioned by name, and that only in the previous episode), so any dramatic effect they were going for was lost completely.

Fifth, this show seems to value rebellious and top gun attitude above all else. Nobody does what they should. Every episode involves someone breaking protocol or disobeying a superior, but every time things work out for the better because of it. I wonder why anyone even bothers giving orders anymore.

See where I'm coming from?

I'm glad to hear it. Thanks, Thor.

So far S4 is gripping to say the least... I'm just before the episode 'Revelations' and I haven't seen an episode yet that bored me or was mediocre. Truly quality writing. It just moves at three times the speed the third season did. If S3 was the talky season, S4 is definitely the cliffy season (as in cliffhanger-tastic). There are already more twists here than in the first 3 seasons combined. Can't wait to see the rest !

Yes, apparently I mistyped and left the end -r off.
I can where that would cause confusion, mayhem, madness, traffic jams, major economic collapse in industrial countries, deforestation on a scale unparaleled and meteorite strikes in Latvia.

No need to be embarrassed, dear boy. Anyone can make a mistake.

Pft, you're the worse meany ever.

You know your posts always make me a little cross-eyed. You do it on purpose.

Just call me DT, simple enough no?

You Willempje may call me Christophe from now on! Agreed.

Revelations



Single most frakking brilliant episode until now... I was in tears !

The follow-up episode was equally fantastic, yet the feel of it was the total opposite.

Quite a ride, wasn´t it?

One hint: Plan ahead to have sufficient time to watch "The Oath" and "Blood on the Scales" back to back, you will need it. And also try to watch "Daybreak" in one session, too, since Part 1 is NOT a standalone episode, but only the first third of the story. SyFy really messed up by showing the finale as a two-parter.