Subj : Re: BSG To : alt.tv.farscape From : Tyler Trafford Date : Tue Sep 27 2005 15:04:37 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape Ken McElhaney wrote: > > weirdwolf wrote: >> "Ken McElhaney" wrote in >> news:1127788907.491116.135130@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com: > > (stuff snipped) > >> > I think you guys are reading far more into this than what the writers >> > of BSG intended. >> >> Er not me, I was more interested in the Turkey comment MMMMMTURKEYMMMMmm > > Turkey good and turkey good. > >> >Basically, you have a Admiral in a bad wig running >> > her ship hardcore going up against a somewhat nicer (depending on the >> > script) Commander who's authority is either unquestioned by the >> > civilian authorities (in which case, Adama is a military dictator) or >> > is subject to their command (in which case, Adama is the leader of the >> > fleet and the Admiral has no authority over him). This "partnership" >> > idea is too funny for words. >> > >> > The writers have failed to establish a clear idea of the >> > Adama/President relationship really is so it can change from one >> > episode to another, depending on what kind of situation they want to >> > cook up. >> >> Which makes sense as this is a totally new and fluid situation which >> they have no experience with. > > If you're talking about the BSG writers, I agree. They seems to have > no sense memory or just simply ignore what happened two episodes ago > because it'll "ruin" the script for the next show. > >> > Ken - who'll take the Admiral's bad wig over Triple H in a cage match >> > and give 2 - 1 odds. >> > >> >> I know all of those words in that sentence but fail to understand it >> totally, whats a triple H? I'm guessing that a cage match is some kind of >> fight in a cage? > > Triple H is a "wrassler", a cage match is a wrasslin' match with a cage > surrounding the ring. Wrasslin' is an ol' tymie entertainment "sport" > with scripted matches and rigged endings. Plus, wrasslers seem to have > a better idea of continuing storyline than the BSG writers do. > > Ken - ugh, that wig....I can't get past it. What idiot in the make-up > department thought that wig would look good on Forbes? She was wearing a wig? -- Tyler Trafford People love high ideals, but they got to be about 33-percent plausible. -- The Best of Will Rogers .