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[Werthead]

Since the last thread reached boxing stage.

Interesting article in the Guardian here which asks if BSG is better than The Wire. The answer is no, of course. But at its best, not far off.

[Werthead]

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DW and I thought this exact same thing so it can't be beyond the realm of possibility... But I seriously hope not.

Wrong thread LP :)

Lee was coming back from the meal at Kara and Zak's. He had the same clothes on.

[Lucky Pierre]

Werthead, on Mar 19 2009, 09.01, said:

Wrong thread LP :)

Lee was coming back from the meal at Kara and Zak's. He had the same clothes on.

that's what I get for reading 15 pages of BSG stuff instead of working!

:P

[Isis]

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How about a series that's as passionate and intelligent as The West  Wing when debating war and terrorism, or as emotionally articulate  about death, loss and love as Six Feet Under, or as trippy, mystical  and deliciously baffling as Twin Peaks?

I'm not going to say that nothing else I've ever seen is as trippy etc, as Twin Peaks.  But I am going to say that BSG certainly isn't.  It's just not.  Also, bit of spoiler about Starbuck AND a lame cop out saying that it's not a spoiler because if you haven't seen the series you won't comprehend the relevance of the final five.  I'm sure there are plenty of things to say about the character without giving stuff away.

[Relic]

Werthead, on Mar 19 2009, 08.10, said:

Interesting article in the Guardian here which asks if BSG is better than The Wire. The answer is no, of course. But at its best, not far off.

The answer is "FUCK NO" followed by "IS YOU SMOKING CRACK BITCH??!!"

[Werthead]

As the countdown to the finale kicks in, how about a nice drink with the Tighs?

[Crazydog7]

Will this be the last one?  Given our ability to fill up Galactica treads probably not.  

5 and 1/2 years?  Oh man.

[Shryke]

I predict at least2 threads worth of argument over the finale.

[Werthead]

And The Plan. And Caprica.

[Crazydog7]

The first promos of Caprica don't look so bad.  I hope Syfy can make a go of it

(syfy I'm not even going to start with the jokes)

[Werthead]

RDM totally mis-sold Caprica. Saying it's like Dyansty isn't going to get people to watch it. They seem to be now retooling the ad campaign to point out that the development of AI and the accompanying moral quandaries is something we ourselves may have to face in less than a century.

Also, RDM's recent comment that:

SPOILER: Caprica

We will meet Cylon #7 in Caprica suggests that Caprica will span a long period of time and may take us into the First Cylon War in all its glory, so if the audience gets restless they can break out more space dogfights.

[Sheep the Evicted]

Werthead, on Mar 19 2009, 12.10, said:

Interesting article in the Guardian here which asks if BSG is better than The Wire. The answer is no, of course. But at its best, not far off.

Relic, on Mar 19 2009, 16.53, said:

The answer is "FUCK NO" followed by "IS YOU SMOKING CRACK BITCH??!!"

Its annoying when you want to come in and rant in righteous indignation but someone else has already stolen your thunder. :(

As for BSG - no i have still not watched the last two episodes. I want to save them up and rush them through all in one great big orgasmic go. At least that's the plan. It would suck if i spend four hours building up to a shitty ending.

Edited by Sheep the Evicted, 19 March 2009 - 06:37 PM.

[Lord O' Bones]

Sheep the Evicted, on Mar 19 2009, 16.35, said:

As for BSG - no i have still not watched the last two episodes. I want to save them up and rush them through all in one great big orgasmic go. At least that's the plan. It would suck if i spend four hours building up to a shitty ending.

If nothing else, you've saved yourself the pain of watching last weeks offering by itself.

[EHK for Darwin]

Werthead, on Mar 19 2009, 07.10, said:

Since the last thread reached boxing stage.

Interesting article in the Guardian here which asks if BSG is better than The Wire. The answer is no, of course. But at its best, not far off.

Such a laughably absurd notion that I won't even bother reading the article. The Guardian should feel ashamed to have printed it. They've destroyed every ounce of credibility they've ever built up in their decades (centuries?) of print. Noone should ever buy the paper again. We should all laugh and snicker every time someone brings up a Guardian article as a source for any subject. The paper should be banished to the 9th level of hell and anyone who speaks of it again should be shot.

Now I'm off to General Chatter to scour the threads for a Guardian link so that I can mock the poster and dismiss their arguments as preemptively and self-evidently invalid.

Edited by EHK for a True GOP, 19 March 2009 - 07:01 PM.

[Werthead]

Important notification: the BSG series finale is going to run for 2 hours and 11 minutes, or 11 minutes longer than previously advertised.

[Moshe Goldberg Rubinshteyn]

Werthead, on Mar 19 2009, 22.47, said:

Important notification: the BSG series finale is going to run for 2 hours and 11 minutes, or 11 minutes longer than previously advertised.

Is it on today? If yes, I might tune in to see how everything ends.

[Myrddin]

Cobblestones, on Mar 20 2009, 06.47, said:

Is it on today? If yes, I might tune in to see how everything ends.

Yes. 9 PM eastern.

Can't frakking wait

[Werthead]

For all of its many, many problems, BSG was still a solid show and I'll be sorry to see Saul Motherfuckin' Tigh go.

One bemusing spoiler from an early review:

SPOILER: BSG

Apparently at one point a title card flashes up that says, "150,000 years later", which I'm assuming was a ludicrous exaggeration on the reviewer's part.

:stunned:

[TrackerNeil]

I'm curious to see just how many crew members Adama can forgive before the end, because the list of forgiven crimes is growing:

Tyrol - murder
Thrace - desertion
Adama (Lee) - mutiny
Agathon - murder
Edmundson - mutiny, collaboration with mutiny
Dualla - collaboration with mutiny
Skulls - mutiny

I'm wondering if we can get in at least one more desertion before whatever happens happens.

[Bronn Stone]

At least in the cases of Racetrack, Skulls and Tyrol 'being permitted to volunteer for a suicide mission' hardly counts as 'forgiveness'.