Post by astarte on Mar 20, 2006 12:41:08 GMT 10
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Is Battlestar Galactica in a Slump?
Before the remake...er, I mean "re-imagined"...Battlestar Galactica aired, I subscribed to the general consensus that it was going to suck. Much to my surprise - and the surprise of many - it didn't suck. Gone was the corniness of the original Star Wars rip-off series. In came the dark, gritty space opera that audiences were willing to watch. Yay for scifi fans.
I've seen all of the episodes since the start of the series and I've mostly been pleased; pleased enough, at least, to keep watching. There were some low points but they were few and far between. The sf crunchy dramatic goodness was prevalent enough to keep it on my meager watch list.
I felt this way at least up until the "Pegasus" episode, the one where the Galactica finds a new Battlestar thought destroyed in the Cylon attack on Caprica. This was the episode that ended the first half of season 2, the episode that ushered in the "WTF?" practice of mid-season hiatus. It was a great episode and one whose cliffhanger ended ensured my return.
The 2nd half of the season did return with the two-part "Resurrection Ship", episodes which I found too much of a tease to be called good. The dramatic buildup of the simultaneous assassination, for example, was circumvented through most un-dramatic means. The only thing that could be more annoying wa if (like NBC does with ER) the episodes are each billed as the "must-see" episode of the season when all we get is another run-of-the-mill episode.
It turned out that "the tease" proved to be the prevailing technique used by the writers on the subsequent episodes. I kept getting the impression of good things to come - things that were ultimately never realized. In the end, the remaining episodes of Season 2 were a big disappointment for me.................
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Does anyone else share this opinion with the writer?
Is Battlestar Galactica in a Slump?
Before the remake...er, I mean "re-imagined"...Battlestar Galactica aired, I subscribed to the general consensus that it was going to suck. Much to my surprise - and the surprise of many - it didn't suck. Gone was the corniness of the original Star Wars rip-off series. In came the dark, gritty space opera that audiences were willing to watch. Yay for scifi fans.
I've seen all of the episodes since the start of the series and I've mostly been pleased; pleased enough, at least, to keep watching. There were some low points but they were few and far between. The sf crunchy dramatic goodness was prevalent enough to keep it on my meager watch list.
I felt this way at least up until the "Pegasus" episode, the one where the Galactica finds a new Battlestar thought destroyed in the Cylon attack on Caprica. This was the episode that ended the first half of season 2, the episode that ushered in the "WTF?" practice of mid-season hiatus. It was a great episode and one whose cliffhanger ended ensured my return.
The 2nd half of the season did return with the two-part "Resurrection Ship", episodes which I found too much of a tease to be called good. The dramatic buildup of the simultaneous assassination, for example, was circumvented through most un-dramatic means. The only thing that could be more annoying wa if (like NBC does with ER) the episodes are each billed as the "must-see" episode of the season when all we get is another run-of-the-mill episode.
It turned out that "the tease" proved to be the prevailing technique used by the writers on the subsequent episodes. I kept getting the impression of good things to come - things that were ultimately never realized. In the end, the remaining episodes of Season 2 were a big disappointment for me.................
Read more..............
Does anyone else share this opinion with the writer?
