1129 Subj : Re: Canon City To : alt.tv.er From : Rap Date : Sat Sep 24 2005 17:49:40 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.er "Dropping The Helicopter" wrote in message news:OglZe.76318$qY1.25451@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net... > Rap wrote: > > "Dropping The Helicopter" wrote in message > > news:kokZe.308938$5N3.274469@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net... > >> npardue@indiana.edu wrote: > >> > >> What a tragedy this show has become. > > > > DTH, come over to Battlestar Galactica. > > I'm already there my friend! Thank god! :) We need you! > > > I'm serious when I say I have never > > seen a show that touched me until this show was resserected. You'll laugh, > > you'll cry, there's stunt casting to amuse you and there's even an > > occasional thorocotomy. And the ship's doctor is the funniest SOB since > > Bones McCoy. Come on over to the scifi side. The air is sweeter. > > I agree that it is definitely an excellent show, and that I don't > believe Galactica could have been brought back any better. I always knew the idea was good - it ws the origanal's execution thbat went wrong. It needed to be seriously done, not with disco and bonanza scripts, as much as I did enjoy that. It's doubly > refreshing after the endless stream of "let's run this franchise on the > rims for a few decades" Star Trek disasters/spinoffs (and this is from a > TOS *freak*!) Same here! I love TOS trek, and the near endless stream of crap from the last few years .. In fact what surprises me most about Galactica is how > few gripes I have about the show. I was a massive fan of the original, > and was loaded for bear on the remake. I agree. There were so many reasons I wanted to hate it.... because Starbuck was my first lil girl crush and he should be a he, Eddie Olmos aint Pa Cartwright..... but damn... loving this. But really all I can come up > with for complaints so far is: > > - I actually don't like the doctor. The "Look at me! I got a butt > goin' while I'm doing surgery!" bit is silly and unnecessary. In fairness, Dr. Cottle doesn't smoke while operating, just while telling people they have cancer :) > - That one guy being stranded on that planet for a season and a half was > a bit much. I got bored. It went somewhere eventually but I was glad when we finally left irradiated Caprica for good > - The second in command is AWESOME. I had no idea Sen. John McCain > could act. ;-) Two problems though: > - The drunk bit is poorly written and/or played. That could be ten > times better (think NYPD Blue's Sipowicz). I think it's the writing, > because the actor appears to me to be a hell of an actor. I think it just needs to be addressed as a bad thing. Everyone just seems to merrily ignore Tigh's alcoholism (Except Dee and Gaeta who openly mock him) > - I *dread* the appearance of his wife in any episode. Her, and his > interactions with her, are... well, bizarre and inexplicable (in a bad > way) are the only words that come to mind. Oh I find the appearence of Ellen comedy relief. :) > - The metal Cylons and the Cylon ships are too different from the > originals, which would be ok if they were cooler than the originals, but > they aren't. This is almost offset by the fact that they still have > some original Vipers (aka COOLEST SPACESHIPS EVER) around. Almost. I love the Vipers too :) > - The old colonial helmets were way better than the new ones. Eh....when I was a kid it was cool but I like that they moved away from so much of the von daniken theory and built the colonial religion on a more greek structure. > - I don't care for the President. I think it's the actress, who > incidentally is Carter's mom. > I like the pres. I find Boomer a bore. > And seriously, that's it. I'm liking that its a true ensemble cast, that olmos and mcdonnel don't over power the show but do raise the game. I also like that the minor characters are allowed to evolve in a way that I have never seen on a network show (upon watching the mini, I never would have guessed that Dee, Gaeta, and Tigh would be amusing me so much a season and a half later) On the other hand, my gripe? Is that they need to stop hinting about main cast being cylons. Its never going to pay off. . 0