Battlestar Galactica On SciFi Channel

[ZeroAdunn]

I seem to remember one episode where they needed more viper pilots, and they wound up training a whole bunch of chicks. Eventually, after like their first main encounter (I think it was the episode with the secret cyclon post in that asteroid before they went into that section of space that was like a void) all the chic pilots are in the lounge. The two male viper pilots are being all hard core and stoic, while the chics are all laughing and talking about their mission. Great episode....

[Starhawk]

Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:
so, i have to wonder how all those movies make women who's figures and faces don't fit the hollywood ideal of 'beutiful' feel?

and thus, the cosmetic's industry prosper's.

You'd be suprised about this but, I know A LOT girls right now and only two or three are truely unattractive there are a few that are all-right, a lot of them are at the very least cute and there are a few that are drop dead gorgeous....so I guess it's all a matter of if your one of those two or three unattractive girls in a room full of good looking ones .

Anyway, anyone know why it is that modern shows that remake old ones tend to turn the "bLasters" and laser weapons into slug thrower assault rifles and pistols? I'd really like an oppinion on this as it has been bugging me since I first noticed it about new TV remakes. I mean is there more drama in watching someone have a small hole made in their body from a bullet then a burn mark from a bLaster? What do you think?

[Arkcon]

Originally posted by Starhawk:
Anyway, anyone know why it is that modern shows that remake old ones tend to turn the "bLasters" and laser weapons into slug thrower assault rifles and pistols?

I think this is a shift in popular perceptions. More geeks are writing and watching scifi.

What could be called these days "hard scifi" is trying to apply "realisitic" physics and I guess that hand held "high energy" weapons don't work for people anymore.

Meh. I can suspend disbelief for any scifi technobabble, as long as the dialog is good.

I gotta say though, whoever is the captain of the Galactica has some big shoes to fill. Watch the reruns, Lorne Greene really ruled that show.

[ October 08, 2003, 13:11: Message edited by: Arkcon ]

[Starhawk]

Either that or it's the splat factor....let's face it you can get a lot more blood out of your average bullet wound then you ever get with bLaster wounds....hmmm any other oppinions? I know I've gone off topic but since all the "Warrior" weapons on the new BSG are slug throwers I guess I can squeek by.

I've seen a viper making a strafing run with lasers but I've also seen lots of missiles being shot around...I wonder which will be the dominant factor in the new BSG.

[Arkcon]

Originally posted by Starhawk:
Either that or it's the splat factor....let's face it you can get a lot more blood out of your average bullet wound then you ever get with bLaster wounds....hmmm any other oppinions?

Now see, that may have been a selling point at one time. People got shot, and just fell down. So you could claim it wasn't real violence.

I remember, I musta been maybe 4,5 or 6 years old. Some TV show had some lady get shot in some standard cop drama of the early '70's. She fell. And I asked the grownups questions:

"She got shot?"
"Yes"
"Why isn't there any blood?"
"She's wearing a red sweater"
"Oh. Is she OK"
"Sure, they'll just take the bullet out, simple operation, she'll be back on her feet in no time"

I actually believed that was the case in a shooting for a couple more years.

But hey, don't blame my parents, the tv show did't have her yell or bleed -- they wanted people to believe she was going to be fine. What a world.

And I don't know what I'm complaining about, the world then or the world now.

[ October 08, 2003, 16:03: Message edited by: Arkcon ]

[Starhawk]

Heh I always get a kick out of movies and shows where there is no blood at all when someone is shot....Especially when they are supposed to be shot with a fully automatic weapon.

A lot of people get away now adays with the no blood by either having the people wear thick red colored clothing or black cloths, although if they do that I at least like to see an impact,you know fabric flies a bit that sort of thing.

[zen.]

I can at least understand the need for kinetic weapons. I was watching a recent Enterprise episode (Rajiin) where some enemy troops boarded the ship. The crew were trying to repel boarders but apparently the guys were wearing some type of armor that was impervious or at least absorbed all the laser fire. I thought that if they had some good ole fashioned slugthrowers, those boarders would be seriously ventilated. And of course in traditional Trek fashion, no one had helmets on; but I won't go there.

zen