Fly me to the moon

[cyrano]

Finally took my first sip of the kool-aid and watched the Battlestar Galactica miniseries. It took me two hours, but I finally got excited sometime around the big meet up at Ragnar. I love the recognition that combat in space is not like air combat in WWII--it's been a while since I've seen that in science fiction. It's occasionally very obvious that ZOIC is doing the f/x, and that makes me smile. It's weird adjusting to the 'sound in space' thing again, but I'm trying hard to pretend it's part of the score. I really like a television show that presents characters with hard choices that have no 'right' answer. And I'm assuming that sometime during the series Starbuck becomes 'cool' because so far I'm not seeing it.

Comments

[esmerel.livejournal.com]

They all warm up to the characters as the series goes on. I promise. :)

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

See, that's the other thing that makes me look forward to the series. Giving the actors time to fall into their characters.

[esmerel.livejournal.com]

Some of the characters really do it in this series. In the mini, Apollo was kind of this prissy shmuck. As the series goes on, you learn why he's so freakin uptight, and there's some amazing development. :)

[wildpaletz.livejournal.com]

Yeah, what Esmerel said. And I think it's really less that the actors fall into the characters--I think they're with their characters the whole time. It's just that there's more explanation as to why they are they way they are. You see some flashbacks, see some private moments. Starbuck is a fuck up, for sure. She goes through a lot and becomes, while not TONS nicer, aware that she is connected to others.

Just keep in mind: No one in Galactica is the Best of the Best. They were on a ship about to be decommissioned. This isn't where the flagship Enterprise.