Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi

[jedishampoo]

Explain Battlestar Galactica to me. :) Please, someone with better watching or understanding skillz than I, tell me why this show feels crappy to me though I used to like it very much?

Watch out for Spoilers below the cut.



Inspired by a post from xchelsynessx, I tried to think about how I felt about Friday's BSG. I've come to the conclusion that it was crap. No build-up for Lee/Kara. Just... out of the blue. We're drunk and OMG WE LOVE EACH OTHER!!! OMG NOW WE'RE TORN APART THE ANGGSSSSTTTT!!! It's like a bad bad fanfiction.

I begin to suspect that the writing on that show is becoming craptacular.

I begin to suspect that the writers of that show play with
characterization to fit the episode, rather than write episodes to play up the character traits. There's something.... off in the characters. If as a writer you build your characters correctly then watchers/readers could pretty much guess what the characters might do in a given situation, and there's as much excitement in that as there is in spontaneity. But in BSG all bets are completely off, 'cause they're all COMPLETELY UNPREDICTABLE AND PSYCHO. Looks like Starbuck. Voice sounds like Starbuck. But it ain't her. Don't know who she is. A Cylon replacement? That would explain it, I guess.

A month or so ago I was beginning to think that Adama Senior was the only one with any consistency. Then the whole thing with leaving a man behind even though they really didn't think there were Cylons there? Huh? Just 'cause the writers wanted Adama angst?

But now I realize that the only consistent character is Gaius Baltar. He, at least, can be counted on to be completely and deliciously self-serving in any instance.



Wah. I used to look forward to that show. Now I think Dr. Who is better. It's crap, but at least it is crap that's rarely pretentious and rarely takes itself seriously. Let's figure out how to kill the bad guy/get the Tardis back.

Comments

[ghanistarkiller.livejournal.com]

Squee, I ♥ Reinette & the Doctor! To be truthful, though, i just don't like David Tennant in the role. I know I'm massively in the minority on that one, and the angst was a bit too much in the first season (didn't like the last of the Time Lords story to begin with; really didn't need it pushed at me). Doctor 10 just plays up the worst aspects of preciousness with him and Rose, in my opinion, with cute references to their first "date" and that awful, forced laughter at the beginning of Impossible Planet. And, oh God, the speach about settling down in that episode! Hurl! That said, Loved Tooth and Claw, loved Girl in the Fireplace,/i> and liked Anthony Stewart Head in School Reunion verruh much indeed! (I'm one of the only classic series fan you'll find who didn't care for Sarah Jane's return, either; they just made her so pathetic!)

Came to hate Rose with the fiery intensity of twenty white-hot suns, but generally like Billie Piper, so I'm scared the new assistant is going to be as annoying as Rose but without with personality any sort of decent actress could bring to it. *Shudders in dread*

And, yeah, I'm still sticking with BSG; What can I say, I'm pretty faithful. They have the opportunity to fix it a bit, but with their attitude and obliviousness to the fans reactions, I'm kinda dubious. Shrug. It was never a favorite favorite of mine, ya know? And I like the Lee/Dee pairing a lot. They seriously need to punch up starbuck a little again, though, God, what a waste of a great character!

Oh, and I agree: Heroes equals awesome!

Peace, Ghani