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etalian posted:Fat ship for fat Lee captain. Makes sense.
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# ? Sep 29, 2012 00:48 |
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# ? May 9, 2024 04:44 |
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I just have to tell you all again to grab a joystick and play Diaspora. It's the BSG game we've always wanted.
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# ? Oct 5, 2012 06:41 |
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Daimo posted:I just have to tell you all again to grab a joystick and play Diaspora. It's the BSG game we've always wanted. Yup, it's amazing.
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# ? Oct 5, 2012 09:18 |
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As an added bonus, play it for the first time when you've been up for at least 24 hours
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# ? Oct 5, 2012 11:00 |
DarkCrawler posted:Yup, it's amazing. Downloading now. It looks great. There hasn't been a good space flight sim that has gotten my attention since X-wing v. Tie Fighter, and the other installments of that series.
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# ? Oct 5, 2012 20:12 |
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truth masseuse posted:Downloading now. It looks great. There hasn't been a good space flight sim that has gotten my attention since X-wing v. Tie Fighter, and the other installments of that series. Well then you missed out on FreeSpace 2! (Diaspora should demonstrate this pretty well.)
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# ? Oct 6, 2012 06:36 |
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monkeyharness posted:I'm still hoping this somehow gets picked up. Amazing show. Saw that same exhibit. Absolutely loved it, but the no flash photography thing was tough. It was not very well lit, which made for a good experience but I have to seriously strain myself to see the pictures. This show never stops being relevant. There's a different aspect of it that applies to my life every few months. This time, she and I thought we were Roslin and Adama. Turns out we're more like Starbuck and Apollo Sometimes you just gotta roll a hard six, grab your gun and bring in the cat
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# ? Oct 12, 2012 03:56 |
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Astroman posted:I didn't really "hate" either ending, though I was more satisfied with how they left the characters in . I could not possibly disagree more about Lost. Think back to the first few season, and how it was presented and marketed. The show was always about the mystery. What's the deal with the island, who are the others, whats in the vault, what is the smoke monster, etc. No one watched the first season and then stuck around for 5 more seasons just cause they wanted to see if Kate would pick Jack or Sawyer, or if the Korean couple would be able to fix their marriage, or if Charlie could kick his drug habit. The writers trying to change the entire premise of the show at the end to cover up their incredibly lazy writing, and acting like whoever doesn't like it just "didn't get Lost" is ridiculous. There were certainly things I didn't like about the end of BSG, but since the rest of the show isn't built around this huge mystery you're waiting for at the end, it's still great to rewatch.
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# ? Oct 12, 2012 10:35 |
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counterfeitsaint posted:the rest of the show isn't built around this huge mystery you're waiting for at the end I'd argue that "Earth" was the huge mystery the entire show was built around.
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# ? Oct 12, 2012 12:12 |
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Earth, Opera House, Final Five, head people, God...this show has plenty of huge mysteries waiting to be resolved. Granted, the satisfaction from those resolutions lies somewhere between getting smacked in the face with a wet turd and the ending of LOST but they exist.... Unlike LOST the good parts of the show are not at all reliant to those mysteries, so there is that.
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# ? Oct 12, 2012 20:32 |
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DarkCrawler posted:Unlike LOST the good parts of the show are not at all reliant to those mysteries, so there is that. This is mostly what I was trying (and failing) to say. Most of BSG stands on it's own.
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# ? Oct 12, 2012 20:58 |
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"Life has a melody, Gaius. A rhythm of notes that become your existence once played in harmony with God's plan." That's from season 1. The fact that their universe is deterministic is certainly cryptic and mysterious, and that's what makes it poetic, pastoral, and beautiful. There isn't an answer beyond that, nor should there be. It's not a grand whodunit story; it's a parable about faith and intolerance and humanity's role in a vast, empty, wondrous galaxy.
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# ? Oct 12, 2012 21:07 |
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The mysteries in Lost were certainly the hook, but I don't think you can say it wasn't a character driven show. One of the central storytelling devices was having character centric epsiodes with flashbacks to that character's past. Genre wise Lost was primarily a Sci-Fi Drama, just like BSG.
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# ? Oct 12, 2012 21:20 |
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I feel like Lost was so much more about how characters dealt with not knowing than finding out what those things were. In other words, much like BSG, it's very much about faith. Some characters embraced what they could not know and said "There is purpose here. Let's roll with it," and others said "No, we have free will. There is no such thing as fate. This is nonsense." And then the viewers wound up being on either side of it as well, which is kind of amazing.
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# ? Oct 12, 2012 21:24 |
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Sub Rosa posted:The mysteries in Lost were certainly the hook, but I don't think you can say it wasn't a character driven show. One of the central storytelling devices was having character centric epsiodes with flashbacks to that character's past. Genre wise Lost was primarily a Sci-Fi Drama, just like BSG. The problem was that the characters didn't seem to be coherent. Sure they were revealing things about the characters as a hook, but it's not like the characters were actually growing and changing, except for Locke and Charlie. 90% of the time it was "holy poo poo doesn't that put a new twist on things!?!??" without actually having and character development that mattered in the present.
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# ? Oct 12, 2012 22:23 |
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Snak posted:The problem was that the characters didn't seem to be coherent. Sure they were revealing things about the characters as a hook, but it's not like the characters were actually growing and changing, except for Locke and Charlie. 90% of the time it was "holy poo poo doesn't that put a new twist on things!?!??" without actually having and character development that mattered in the present. Another part of the gimmick was that whenever someone experienced character growth, the island killed them, so...
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# ? Oct 13, 2012 00:09 |
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DarkCrawler posted:Opera House, Final Five I asked this question a year ago, but lost the answer and am now stuck with a small iPod. I'm in Vancouver (which smells lovely), and for some reason the bus stops remind me of BSG (or maybe Caprica), but I also started freaking out when I saw a random fountain, any help with actual BSGesque locations would be great. Also does anyone know which mountain leads Tyrol to Eye of Jupiter? Been to the Rockies, and one of the pictures I took reminded me of it.
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# ? Oct 13, 2012 23:36 |
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incredible bear posted:Yeah but these didn't even turn up until S2's finale and beyond. Season 1's finale. I mean, that was the first time that we saw them, the writers didn't really have any idea beyond it.
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# ? Oct 14, 2012 13:50 |
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I watched "Someone to Watch over Me" with a newbie, and of course, it remains a favorite. I just had to capture this shot, and though it looks better in motion, it's still so delectable. The light accentuating the contour of the profile, the smoke, the visual repetition between the two characters. I love BSG's cinematography so much.
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# ? Oct 17, 2012 17:14 |
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My wife and I along with one of our friends are watching BG for the first time on Netflix. We just finished "Scar" and the one after that where Billy dies. One thing I have noticed, those BG folks sure are boozers.
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# ? Oct 17, 2012 18:55 |
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CrushedWill posted:My wife and I along with one of our friends are watching BG for the first time on Netflix. We just finished "Scar" and the one after that where Billy dies. One thing I have noticed, those BG folks sure are boozers. If I lived on those ships I'd probably spent all my free time drinking too.
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# ? Oct 17, 2012 19:00 |
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DarkCrawler posted:If I lived on those ships I'd probably spent all my free time drinking too. I likely would too. But I find it interesting that BG seems to focus on the seedier side of the daily grind. None of the other space dramas I can remember seem to have had the same focus, but maybe they did and my brain has gone to mush.
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# ? Oct 17, 2012 20:12 |
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Firefly kind of did, but no other space dramas have such a depressing setting.
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# ? Oct 17, 2012 20:21 |
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CrushedWill posted:I likely would too. But I find it interesting that BG seems to focus on the seedier side of the daily grind. None of the other space dramas I can remember seem to have had the same focus, but maybe they did and my brain has gone to mush. That's probably because BSG is first and foremost a character drama which happens to be set in space, while the vast majority of other space-based scifi tends to be space drama which happens to involve characters.
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# ? Oct 17, 2012 20:25 |
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Blood and Chrome HAS FOUND A HOME: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qj50xJhWdcM http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/11/05/battlestar-galactica-prequel-date Starts this Friday. Broken into ten 7-12 minute episodes. Full thing will air on Syfy early 2013 with an unrated home video release shortly afterwards. Looks great.
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# ? Nov 5, 2012 23:07 |
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Teek posted:Looks great. Great things do not get premiered on a tinpot youtube channel.
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# ? Nov 5, 2012 23:22 |
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Blame Syfy, it's always their fault.
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# ? Nov 5, 2012 23:23 |
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That looks like ten kinds of poo poo. Perhaps because the only dialogue we hear is completely wooden and banal. Not optimistic.
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# ? Nov 5, 2012 23:42 |
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This is the trailer that had me optimistic: http://io9.com/5895080/totally-badass-trailer-for-battlestar-galacticas-cylon-war-prequel-blood-and-chrome
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# ? Nov 5, 2012 23:46 |
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Well, if Bear McCreary did the music you can sure as hell bet that I'll watch the whole thing on that basis alone.
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# ? Nov 5, 2012 23:59 |
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Glad to see it made the light of day in some form at least.
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# ? Nov 6, 2012 00:31 |
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Flatscan posted:Great things do not get premiered on a tinpot youtube channel. Yeah, well, at least we're getting it.
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# ? Nov 6, 2012 01:10 |
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My main problem is that both those trailers look like FX show-reels rather than actual trailers. There's absolutely no indication of plot, characterisation or even dialogue except a short, horrible, voice-over. Combine that with syfy's obvious reluctance to even air the thing, and I'm not too hopeful.
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# ? Nov 6, 2012 01:33 |
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I reckon I'll wait until it's released whole to watch it. Definitely comes across as being all about the effects, so will watch it out the tv in good quality.
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# ? Nov 6, 2012 03:00 |
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Flatscan posted:My main problem is that both those trailers look like FX show-reels rather than actual trailers. There's absolutely no indication of plot, characterisation or even dialogue except a short, horrible, voice-over. Combine that with syfy's obvious reluctance to even air the thing, and I'm not too hopeful. I'm glad it's finally being released, even if it does turn out to be garbage(likely), at least it's out and we won't have to wonder. I'd rather wait to see the whole thing at once on TV but I doubt I'd be able to stop myself - or maybe I'll figure a couple mini-episodes were enough and save myself some time! Updated the OP as well.
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# ? Nov 6, 2012 03:49 |
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Flatscan posted:Great things do not get premiered on a tinpot youtube channel. They aired the Halo web-series thing that was okay and infact a bunch of actors from that are also in Blood and Chrome according to it's IMDB page. Halo 4 - Forward Unto Dawn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfJVgXBfSH8 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2262308/ But yeah, at least we are getting blood and chrome.
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# ? Nov 6, 2012 05:41 |
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Flatscan posted:My main problem is that both those trailers look like FX show-reels rather than actual trailers. There's absolutely no indication of plot, characterisation or even dialogue except a short, horrible, voice-over. Combine that with syfy's obvious reluctance to even air the thing, and I'm not too hopeful. Unless the movie happens to be like 75% awesome space battles. What exactly is some strange industrial facility on a cold mountain region supposed to be about (I didn't get through all of Caprica, sorry). And was the VO in the trailer someone quoting Adama? Almost certain it sounded like it.
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# ? Nov 6, 2012 07:33 |
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Sober posted:Unless the movie happens to be like 75% awesome space battles. What exactly is some strange industrial facility on a cold mountain region supposed to be about (I didn't get through all of Caprica, sorry). In Razor, Young-Adama finds a Cylon research facility / basestar parked up on an icy moon where they're attempting to create hybrids. So, at a guess, that.
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# ? Nov 6, 2012 10:15 |
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Sober posted:And was the VO in the trailer someone quoting Adama? Almost certain it sounded like it. No, that was Adama.
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# ? Nov 6, 2012 14:43 |
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I do dig the shots of Cap City getting wasted, and the TOS style Raiders and other ships are pretty cool.
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