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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Come on, get out of the 1940s. :)
Sci-fi has been doing deep literary themes for at leat 50 years.
"Starship Troopers is one of my all-time favorite sci-fi flicks. "
Mine too, but dear God help us, have you seen the insidious "Starship Troopers II"?
In "ST", I found it unbelievable that, although they could master interstellar travel, the Colonial 'flyboys' couldn't dodge the Bugs' plasma poop missiles fired into space. Kinda pathetic.
"People are just out of ideas these days."
Except for movies about gay cowboys, you're probably right.
And pudding. Don't forget the pudding!
Ha ha- yeah, and in Superman, he had to fly at light speed for years to get to earth, but the Kryptonite fell to earth when he was like 26. That was some explosion- ha
Yes, as a matter of fact I do.... and that was a lame excuse that they came up with to disguise their lack of creativity. The last good Sci Fi creature was the Predator- I loved when he took off his mask, and had Arnold by the neck-- and I'm sticking to that!
Your Gaydar needs a re-calibration.
You are therefore tasked to pay money to watch Brokebutt Mountain and spend all your free time watching the BRAVO channel and MTV.
I like the new BSG quite a bit, but you are right. The old Baltar was just completely creepy. Very acting job.
"By your Command ..."
Betis reminds me of Angela Bettis, the girl from "May"-- one of my all-time fave movies.
WOOOOOoooOoooooO
The episodes showcase a lot of moral and material waste. There's really nothing to be gained from them other than the impression you can be light years away from earth, marooned, helpless and wanting and you can still get by being a sappy, self-centered, ignoramous. This is probably what the writers figure their audience is.
Consider BSG: they're adrift in space, the last of humanity (supposedly), vulnerable and with limited supplies. They should be thinking of 2 things strategically: hiding and acquiring resources. And the whole 'inter-stellar socialism' theme that runs rampant through the plots is disgusting.
I watch the shows via DVD or file share and usually end viewing sessions with more disbelief than anything. The technological fantasy is interesting but the stories and character actions are a joke. It's Science Socialism.
I'm just not the kind of person who goes into the sci-fi section of a bookstore looking for "deep literary themes." :)
I love the way they took the receipts from Thursday, and said Brokeback was the #1 movie in America. It made like a million that day. A Thursday... yawn.
If there's anything wrong with my gaydar these days, it's just that it's overused. Keep getting a lock!!!! Too many queeny shows/movies!!! Capote, Transamerica, Brokeback, blah blah. My gaydar is overheating!! RUN!!!!
I could only stomach bits and pieces of ST2. And yes, as an Army man myself, the tactical aspects of ST1 were ridiculous, but I was too busy being thoroughly entertained with other aspects of the flick.
They've been running (how do you hide in space?), and early episodes were about supplies. Now they're going for the important end strategic objective: a long-term place for humanity to settle. Humanity can't live on in a bunch of old spaceships forever.
So far that's been the search of Earth, but it was recently suggested to go back to Caprica and retake it.
That sounds like a warp core breach :)
She can't take it captain! She's just barely holding together! I don't know how long I can keep her running!
You need a new chief engineer to manage your gaydar.
I like space opera, myself. Whiz, bang, BOOOM! Used to like Honor Harrington until Weber got too far in Honor's personal life...
Can't we all just agree to call it Bareback Mounters?
Smart boy!
Now show this post/thread to your wife for 10 "Get out of minor screw-ups free" cards, 1 Major "I "F'n Kerry'd Up, but it wasn't all my fault" free card, and 2 evening alone activities of your choice...just don't make it watching BSG...lol!
When I saw the cylons looking human so they could infiltrate us, I thought of Johnnie Walker Lindt (alias ratboy). How many 5th columnists exist within our nation while we are at war?
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