OT: Season 3 BSG

[GuyOfDoom]

VanderVecken said:
P.S. some of my best roleplaying Gamemastering moments were "off the Cuff - and on the Fly' (of course a few tanked as well, hehehe)

Unfortunately it just makes for bad TV. The best TV shows have all been ones that have had forethought and planning put into them. Every time a show starts caving to the demands of ratings rather than the demands of the fans it's just a downward spiral.

[Azselendor]

All for All, no one can really complain about this new BSG when compared to the 70's version. And it has had a longer run thanks to it not being a continuation in any shape or form.

But it's failure lies in it moving away from the points made in the first season and miniseries.

I remember the trailer tagline for the tv series before it started. "Other stories start at the beginning, this one starts at the end." and then a shot of a big mushroom cloud.

In the first season and first half of season 2, BSG was very much a show of survival. BSG needs to get back to that.

[MasterChiToes]

I could have sworn that one of the Cylon models was referred to as #2.

Azselendor said:
All for All, no one can really complain about this new BSG when compared to the 70's version.

I think that isn't really fair to the 70's version. In a sense, the original BSG was more "A New Hope" while the new BSG is more "Revenge of the Sith".
The production value of the new is clearly better, and the plot is less basic... but there is a trend to equate confused with complex in modern drama, and as such I don't think the depth people attribute to the new series is entirely warranted.

[GuyOfDoom]

The whole inital reason I was turned off from new BSG was that from it's onset it only had a limited shelf life and the whole concept of maintaining a small population under heavy stress while pursued by a superior enemy limited how long it could last and what they could do with it. It appears I was wrong, but only by them taking the show in a whole other direction.

[Azselendor]

MasterChiToes said:
I could have sworn that one of the Cylon models was referred to as #2.

I think that isn't really fair to the 70's version. In a sense, the original BSG was more "A New Hope" while the new BSG is more "Revenge of the Sith".

It's funny you bring up Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope. While the 1970's BSG was accused of ripping off Star Wars, Revenge of Sith's opening battle sequence was inspired by the new BSG.

[Tim_Ward]

http://www.game-warden.com/bsg/

[AngleWyrm]

Have you played Black and White 2?
Beyond the Red Line is like that.