BSG: Razor

[prog]

I really liked it, though there was a couple of confusing bits.

I really enjoyed the very deliberate setup of Pegasus' story after the attack as basically being Galactica's, if there had been no President Roslyn on board to convince the commander that the war was lost and now is the time for running away. The closest that Cain had was a sweet geeky girlfriend, who turned out to be an enemy spy that was trying to destroy the ship. Also not actually human. Yes, that'll mess anyone up. (No, I'm not suggesting that justified anything she did. I just enjoy horrible fuckeduppery like this in epic storylines.)

I wondered, though, about the purpose of the scene where Cain conferences with the officers, assuring them that she's not really hell-bent on revenge, moments before commencing the hell-bent revenging. It allowed Officer McHeadwound to call her on something, but at the cost of making Cain look self-contradictory instead of merely stone cold.

Baltar looked digitally inserted, the one scene where he was lurking in the background for no real reason. I want to hear the commentary track now. (There's already a podcast about the movie out, but it's a recording of a writers' meeting.)

Trufen (or people who watched the miniseries+first two seasons in one swig like I did) will know that this was actually not the first appearance of old-skool cylons in the new show, but this was the first time we saw em walkin and talkin. What a treat. I would have forgiven them twice over if they chose to give em pew pew laser rifles. They just didn't look right firing machine guns.

Zarf suggested that the Quiznos slogan be pronounced "Mmm, toaster."

Comments

[keimel.livejournal.com]

I have to somewhere get all the episodes and watch them in order. It's confusing enough, I think, to just watch a few, then miss a few. But I saw pieces of, I think, what you are talking about, which seemed completely disjointed.

Like Lost, this is a show you can't be casual about watching. You either need Tivo or buy all the DVDs and such.

I've loved what I've seen, but the story is just so lost to me now (like Lost) that I don't really watch anymore.

[prog.livejournal.com]

It's less true with BSG than with Lost - even if you don't know what's going on you can at least enjoy all the space battles, where the sides are pretty clearly drawn. But yeah.

This is my favorite show, better written than anything else currently on the air. I recommend doing exactly what I did - suck down a torrent of the whole meatball, and if you like it, get the discs.

[jenwrites.livejournal.com]

This is my favorite show, better written than anything else currently on the air.

You know, I might have agreed with you on that before Pushing Daisies premiered. I love Galactica, but my joy for Daisies blows it out of the water.

[prog.livejournal.com]

I have been hearing a lot of this! Time to hit the torrents meself, sounds like...