OT: BSG Series

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Atrocities said:
I do like this new BSG, I do not like the lack of imagination when it comes to using real world items though. Come on, they come from a differant planet and they still call peanut butter "Peanut butter." The only way this can be explained away is if they did indeedcame from Earth and colonized those colonies in our future. In that sence, then yes, cigerettes are cigerettes, and peanut butter is peanut butter.

Lets watch and see what happens.

I agree with some of what you're saying, AT, but the problem is carrying stuff for long periods of time in a series. It also has to be accessible to new viewers.

For instance, if they called lighters "flargles" or something strange, it distracts from the story. It is kind of like SG1 stumbling onto a planet where they can always speak to someone. It saves us hours of Daniel Jackson looking off into space and identifying the exact Mayan subculture which derives the word for moon.

If I'm reading a novel or something, I expect consistency in a world and its language(s). If I'm watching TV, I assume they'll take shortcuts, just to keep from doing hours of exposition over the course of a season. Look at it as the Universal Translator changing their "peanut butter" from their source of protein-packed underground legumes which taste good when smeared across leavened yeast products and crushed fruit preserves.