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

[eyelessgame.livejournal.com]

Yay! Hope you enjoy the series itself.

The writers admitted they cheat on the sound in space -- their compromise was to muffle it.

I really like the faux-documentary style jigglycam in the spaec shots, and (after watching for a while) really like the decision to have ultratech only as needed for the central premise (FTL and cylons), and keep everything else circa-2000 (or earlier!) technology -- there's an immediacy and meta-realism (not realism, since the supertech isn't realistic given the other limitations, but real in a meta sense, of being able to imagine yourself there).

I warmed up to everybody. Nobody's simply a "hero"; nobody's supposed to be. Every character will sometimes disappoint me, and sometimes amuse me and sometimes inspire me. Starbuck is, in fact, a full-of-herself ass -- that's one aspect of her. She has others. Her personality flaws cause problems. She deals with them realistically.

[senatorhatty.livejournal.com]

Starbuck is, in fact, a full-of-herself ass -- that's one aspect of her. She has others. Her personality flaws cause problems. She deals with them realistically.

totally agree

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

From what I've seen, I expect I'll enjoy the series. And so far these writers strike me as people who are going to be dealing with real characters with real personalities.