Thank God for TV on DVD B --- Daryle Lockhart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> BSG is one of those shows that's great when nobody is watching it. > It > really should be called "'Lost' in Space", because it has all the > same > flaws as "Lost" on ABC. The show will be really well written and > directed, > then the words "this is the best show on TV" pop up, and the show > takes a > dive. JUST when you start to care about characters and the plot > direction in BSG -- *BAM* there's a talking unicorn, you're > confused, and > the unicorn gets all the lines for 3 or 4 episodes. Becuase you > have a > life, you stop watching for 6 episodes, and you turn back to find > yourself > ina pretty good story arc -- that is just about to end. > > > > On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:20:14 -0400, Bosco Bosco > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > I think you've hit upon it for me with this line: > > > > "I for one applaud the effort if not always the execution..." > > > > It's not that I hate it. It's that there are great ideas but they > > don't always play out right. I really want to love it but I am > not > > quite there. However, I will be adding the other seasons to my > > netflix queue. Assuming that netflix gets their website up and > > running some time soon > > > > B > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >> BSG was a glorious attempt...but the realities of limited > resources > >> and a viewer base that was both starved for more yet too > critical > >> of this flawed but groundbreaking show. I for one applaud the > >> effort if not always the execution and hope this show is the > >> platform that launches us into the next generation of realistic > >> portrayals of the "human experience" in sci fi fantasy. > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: Martin > >> Date: Monday, March 24, 2008 4:55 pm > >> Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] BSG > >> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > >> > >> > Bosco, entirely IMO, you're standing almost at the pinnacle of > >> > the run. Season 2 had a few moments for me, a few more let- > >> > downs. The absolute summit of the series, for me, was "Exodus, > >> > Part Two", specifically *because* it's a military-intensive > ep. > >> > Hope I haven't poisoned the well for you. > >> > > >> > Bosco Bosco wrote: > >> > So I am almost finished with the first season of BSG and I > >> > am torn. > >> > There are moments which flash upon potential greatness and > >> > there are > >> > moments which make me wanna burn the discs. I've never been a > >> > big fan > >> > of military Sci-fi for the most part. I am sure there are > >> exceptions > >> > which my pre-coffee brain is not pulling to the front and > >> > center of > >> > my conciousness. > >> > > >> > I've heard raves about this show. I had high hopes. There are > >> enough > >> > good ideas being explored to maintain my interest but the > >> > intrigue/espionage/infiltration aspects seem weak, almost > >> laughable > >> > and the high school Poly-Sci classroom exploration of politics > >> > is at > >> > times frustrating enough to make me want to tear out my hair. > >> > > >> > Does it even out? Do the melodrama aspects shrink? Are the > more > >> > interesting ideas about humanity, conciousness and choice > become > >> > bigger parts of the equation? > >> > > >> > Bosco > >> > > >> > __________________________________________________________ > >> > Looking for last minute shopping deals? > >> > Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. > >> > > >> > > > http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping > >> > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > "There is no reason Good can't triumph over Evil, if only > angels > >> > will get organized along the lines of the Mafia." -Kurt > >> > Vonnegut, "A Man Without A Country" > >> > > >> > --------------------------------- > >> > Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. > >> > > >> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >> > >> > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > âWe must welcome the future, remembering that soon it will be the > past; > and we must respect the past, remembering that it was once all that > was > humanly possible.â > > -- George Santayana > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
