Posted on 01/20/2006 8:29:57 AM PST by isaiah55version11_0
Science fiction has long been stereotyped as a hardware-obsessed, techno-jargon laden refuge for computer nerds and outcasts. Especially on television, which lacks the geek chic afforded by big-screen Hollywood budgets, the genre's reputation for hokey dialog and cardboard-and-wire effects have saturated it with a distinct odor of disrespectability. It is somewhat ironic, then, to see the Sci-Fi Channel, a network which often seems devoted to the pulpy and lowbrow, serve up Battlestar Galactica, a show about spaceships and killer robots that is also arguably the most potent, dramatically vibrant series on television. An unflinching examination of how the military, government, family, and religion interact in the fragile ecosystem of society, it as morally and intellectually serious as it is thrilling.
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Hilarious! This should be a lock for the Joke of the Day.
Cain as compared to Patton would be a fun thread.
Seriously, you haven't given the show a chance. You're too biased and you're eyes are too covered with the "the liberals are trying to take over our brainwaves" tinfoil.
They were following the law, and she was next in line for succession. This was covered well in the pilot. Still, everybody knows it's Adama who's protecting the fleet.
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Misogynist
"why participate in a thread about it? Because I miss the old days I guess. It's more than just complaining about a show, heck, America's military is starting to look like this. That means we're toast. Lower the requirements so that a 4 1/2 tall woman can become a Marine or a firefighter, or a cop. Come on. Remember that guy that was in court, and pushed the grandma securtity guard down, took her gun and ran? That's what I'm talking about. It's reflected in our tv/movies. "
Yeah, but complaining about a show to the fans of that show on an internet thread does exactly what to solve this problem? Try writing your Congressman or Bush instead. People here just want to talk about the show, which is nothing more than that.
"We're becoming a very effeminate culture, and weak. A nation of men, with male rulers could chew us up and spit us out. We'd be worrying about why they hated us, and send them a fruit basket or something. "
As long as the women can enter launch codes into a computer, we're OK.
"Imagine what would happen if Hillary were in charge, and RUssia and China attacked. We'd be doomed. Heck, if I were a runssian in that situation-- I'D attack!"
Imagine ANY Democrat with the powers of the Patriot Act at their disposal! So long, Freeper Rallies!!
Again, if either RU or the ChiComms attack, the pressing of some buttons into a mainframe computer will incinerate hundreds of millions of them.
I'm just jazzed to be able to see that movie in HD!! It has been almost universally panned among "Dune" readers, but since I never read the book, it doesn't matter to me. I just think it's a cool looking movie, especially with Max von Sydow as the Fremen geologist!
No lowering the requirements in BSG. Starbuck was a ruthless flight instructor, and IIRC she was especially harsh on one potential female pilot who couldn't hack it. In the show, the reason for the exceptional ruthlessness and high standards came from her previously having passed Adama's other son, who was not up to flying a Viper, resulting in his death.
If anything, that whole sub-plot stressed the need to never lower your standards.
You mean how they're going to CGI-out his crotch bulge?
"She asked him why do humans deserve to live."
A. Your post#129 makes some excellent points. Just wanted to give you a nod for that.
B. But in regards to statement above made by Boomer, I'm starting to think the humans do NOT deserve it. Why? Because, after the destruction of their homeworld and the deaths of billions of Capricans, these fools STILL aren't on 24/7 Battle Alert and STILL allowed Cylon Blonde to escape last week. They still 'have issues' with obtaining data from captured Cylons thru torture. "Noone noticed any shuttles being launched", some lackey said last week at end of show after Cain was wasted.
ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!
(don't get me wrong - I'm a big BG fan!)
Ha- no, not a misogynist. YOu're probably too young to remember what things used to be like, is all. We used to be on top, and we were strong. Our shows reflected this.
The original was of course just a Mormon allegory.
" It isn't about gender, its about attitude."
agreed, but I think our friend warpcorebreach is still living in 1952, where all women should be June Cleaver and sleep in separate beds from their husbands.
I'm with you guys, new sci-fi just isn't like the good old days.
"I would rather have a 5'5", 100lb Ann Coulter watching my back than war heroes John McCain or Jack Murtha."
A. There's no way in hell Ann Coulter weighs > 100 pounds.
B. I'd rather have Insane McCain than Purple Hearts Kerry!
Okay, remember that "Red Sonjia" girl? She was believeable. And remember in on of the Conan movies-- when they had Grace Jones? She could kick ANY of our butts. But they pulled it off.
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