Comments on: my big fat Battlestar Galactica post http://carriev.wordpress.com/2007/11/25/my-big-fat-battlestar-galactica-post/ ideas are like oxygen: a journal by Carrie Vaughn Sat, 14 Nov 2009 05:54:26 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: carriev http://carriev.wordpress.com/2007/11/25/my-big-fat-battlestar-galactica-post/#comment-1083 carriev Wed, 28 Nov 2007 17:54:35 +0000 http://carriev.wordpress.com/2007/11/25/my-big-fat-battlestar-galactica-post/#comment-1083 According to ads they're releasing the DVD like next week. The lead time on these things is shrinking...broadcast is becoming obsolete. It did feel like a mid season episode, didn't it? According to ads they’re releasing the DVD like next week. The lead time on these things is shrinking…broadcast is becoming obsolete.

It did feel like a mid season episode, didn’t it?

]]> By: periskyye http://carriev.wordpress.com/2007/11/25/my-big-fat-battlestar-galactica-post/#comment-1081 periskyye Wed, 28 Nov 2007 05:26:13 +0000 http://carriev.wordpress.com/2007/11/25/my-big-fat-battlestar-galactica-post/#comment-1081 Le sigh... I have to wait for someone to post it on youtube, or for the DVD... Le sigh… I have to wait for someone to post it on youtube, or for the DVD…

]]> By: Patrice http://carriev.wordpress.com/2007/11/25/my-big-fat-battlestar-galactica-post/#comment-1080 Patrice Tue, 27 Nov 2007 04:18:56 +0000 http://carriev.wordpress.com/2007/11/25/my-big-fat-battlestar-galactica-post/#comment-1080 I agree that the show would have been better if placed during the season so that the tension was there, but sill.... fabulous! Although I did like the end of season 3, Starbucks comment at the end of Razor was uncalled for. She didn't really think about the destiny thing until later. They just added it to make us want season 4 more. By the way Carrie, LOVE your books!!!! Can't wait for Silver Bullet! I agree that the show would have been better if placed during the season so that the tension was there, but sill…. fabulous!

Although I did like the end of season 3, Starbucks comment at the end of Razor was uncalled for. She didn’t really think about the destiny thing until later. They just added it to make us want season 4 more.

By the way Carrie, LOVE your books!!!! Can’t wait for Silver Bullet!

]]> By: Chris Reed http://carriev.wordpress.com/2007/11/25/my-big-fat-battlestar-galactica-post/#comment-1077 Chris Reed Mon, 26 Nov 2007 19:32:01 +0000 http://carriev.wordpress.com/2007/11/25/my-big-fat-battlestar-galactica-post/#comment-1077 Enjoyed “Razor” as well, though it still was befallen a bit by my personal thought that prequels rarely, if ever, work. Just ask George Lucas. (SPOILERS IF YOU HAVEN’T SEEN RAZOR) Case in point here, a little dramatic tension was taken away in the climactic ending battle. You knew Lee wouldn’t blow up Starbuck with a nuke, because you know she has to survive to “die” later. You could also pretty much ascertain that Kendra was going to bite it, since we haven’t seen her since. The problem with prequels is underlying tension is lost because you know what’s going to happen next. Personally¬ – as much as I loved seeing Pegasus, Cain et. al. again - I think the second half of Razor would have worked better as a present-day episode, rather than a Pegasus flashback. It could have been Galactica coming across the old Cylon guardians, which would have opened up even more of Husker Adama’s inner demons. It would be he who would be confronted by his past, rather than his son dealing with his father’s past. That said, I love the way they brought back the old school Cylons and don’t think my iner child didn’t skip a flutter hearing “By Your Command” in a voice only your dial tone could love. Enjoyed “Razor” as well, though it still was befallen a bit by my personal thought that prequels rarely, if ever, work. Just ask George Lucas.

(SPOILERS IF YOU HAVEN’T SEEN RAZOR)
Case in point here, a little dramatic tension was taken away in the climactic ending battle. You knew Lee wouldn’t blow up Starbuck with a nuke, because you know she has to survive to “die” later. You could also pretty much ascertain that Kendra was going to bite it, since we haven’t seen her since.

The problem with prequels is underlying tension is lost because you know what’s going to happen next.

Personally¬ – as much as I loved seeing Pegasus, Cain et. al. again – I think the second half of Razor would have worked better as a present-day episode, rather than a Pegasus flashback. It could have been Galactica coming across the old Cylon guardians, which would have opened up even more of Husker Adama’s inner demons. It would be he who would be confronted by his past, rather than his son dealing with his father’s past.

That said, I love the way they brought back the old school Cylons and don’t think my iner child didn’t skip a flutter hearing “By Your Command” in a voice only your dial tone could love.

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