Battlestar Sandboxica

LULZ

i mean, remember when the battlestar *leaped into nu-caprica atmosphere right above the ground*!!! i remember. worth it.

Ep 11: "The Eye of Jupiter" - The crew of Galactica makes a stop at the barren Algae planet.

haha 'barren algae planet'
fun

i loved the part in this ep where gaius pointed out the bit of regeneration-pod goo in xena-cylon's hair ew hahaha

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clickee for fun

oh, but we're all fans, it seems

The Blair Witch of TV: All Hype and PR, Nest to No Content, 18 May 2006

Author: Liberty Pratt from United States

Reading some of the comments, I was struck that the observation comparing the new and downgraded Battlestar Galactica to The Blair Witch Project was very apt.

Like NBG, Blair Witch was all about the publicity campaign. Blair Witch was unwatchable cinema, so is NBG. The only difference is that Blair Witch managed to sucker a lot more people than NBG has.

That's the problem with TV shows. They have to be good to get return viewers, and NBG fails completely by that standard.

The reason? The bad look of the show. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, it is really that simple. When you make a show unwatchable by shaking the camera to and fro without rhyme or reason and you add to that shooting on video with a bad (and I'll guess cheap) cinematographer, you get what you deserve: a disturbingly badly made show.

It really doesn't matter how many millions SciFi puts into the promotion, or how many awards their money buys them, NBG will remain an artistic and commercial failure until they decide to upgrade the show.

Oh, and don't get me started on the pretty-faced, dead-eyes model-types that NBG tries to pass off as actors...
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and imdb only lists the next ep as "Rapture," and airing on the 3rd sunday in January. No further info.

anyway... this ep was pretty good but so far as a whole this season has pretty much been a dud. let's hope it picks up in v3.5

'cuz i was compelled to spread a review entitled "Nest to No Content" as far and wide as possible.

I am hypersensitive to wiggly camera work and I've never noticed it on BSG. Maybe I'm getting used to it, or maybe it's not as distracting. Or maybe my blinding crush on Chief and long-haired Gaeda makes me not care.

for cryin' out loud!

"Paper shortage"

I forgot there were still embittered Dirk Benedict groupies out there.

I'm lately just unhappy with the show's tendency to want to cover up poor plotting with tons of flashbacks and "3 days ago..." story structure. It's gimmicky and doesn't really do justice to the depth of character that the show has proven itself capable of.
As a for instance, we end the boxing show with Dee glaring from the corner of the ring and 'buck and Apollo clinched and mumbling bloody nothings in each other's ear. So next episode, we'll address all that, right? No? We're gonna kill Kat? For no particular reason?
I'm not digging the sloppiness at the moment.
Still good tv, tho.

can't relate to you naysayers, i think this season has been the strongest yet!

That's what I've been saying!

-- turd burglary (still.bevens@(g)mail.com), Today. (later)

what have they been doing besides running in place?

I'm about ready to give up on this show at this point. I think they had twelve episodes of story and twenty six slots to fill. The Verheiden stuff is especially bad; last night's episode was a worst example of the "character development" via torture. Beating up and/or spotlighting characters does not equal development; I don't know anything more about Chief and Cally's relationship than I did before and it didn't develop in any way... plus, it's not as if I really believed y'all were gonna kill them, so why should I give a damn about this story?

Meanwhile, a'la 'Lost', their have been so many major changes that go undiscussed for no reason. Say, don't you all have a Cylon in captivity? Remember last season, when that was good for six episodes and a near fleet riot? Why is it unremarakable now? For that matter, where did the fleet go? The only action these days is on Galactica.

Again: about ready to give up.

Yeah, I wish they'd do more with this storyline rather than Cally/Chief angst.