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And There's Still No Daggit
Jan. 7th, 2007 11:21 pmSaturday night I'm looking around at what was on television and saw that the Battlestar Galactica miniseries was playing on the Universal HD channel. Now, as someone who's rewatching all of the episodes of arrested Development on HD despite the fact that i own all of the DVD's, I can truly tell you, everything is new in HD.
On a side note, they are showing the old Northern Exposure series on one of the HD channels, but that was never shot in HD, so it's this square picture in the center of the screen with nothing added. I have no idea why they are showing it on these channels. I guess it's going to be this way for a while as we have the old, non HD reruns. Sort of like watching back-and-white series growing up. those shows have pretty much disappeared from the tube now.
Still, at the end of the last Battlestar season a couple of weeks ago I was interested in how far the show had come, and here it was right on cue. sure, lots of things have changed and we know a lot more about the mysterious Cylons than we did when the series started.
My question is, has this been a good thing? Are we learning so much about the Cylons that now they aren't that compelling of an enemy. They are getting more and more human. They are getting more and more petty. the human population deals more with bigger social questions, including if unleashing a virus to kill the Cylons is genocide, and if it's right to try to wipe them out much like the Cylons attempted to do to them. the Cylons however, seem to be squabbling about each other more than actually going after the rag-tag fleet.
So it begs the question: do the Cylons really have a plan? I know that they have said it has changed, but still, they don't seem to be the driven predators they were at the start of the series. Only Cavil...the Cylon played by Dean Stockwell, seems really focused on this, or at least getting on with their plan while the others are trying to figure out what to do with Baltar.
I still love this show, and there's still a lot going for it, but I'm wondering if delving into the Cylon background has taken away a lot of the mystery of the show. Sure, there's still "Athena", the sharon model on the Galactica who will want to get her daughter back, and there's still a lot to be done in the conflict with the civilian government, lead by President Roslyn and the military, lead by Adama. and i think they have some twists planned for Baltar in the new season that starts in a couple of weeks.
i just think they should lay off of "Three", the Lucy Lawless character. Her individuality has made her a leader in the collective, and pretty much a poor one. They should box her for a while. Let's get back to the idea that there's a reason, beyond jealousy, that they want the humans gone.
Oh, and please make the Chief grow his beard back.
On a side note, they are showing the old Northern Exposure series on one of the HD channels, but that was never shot in HD, so it's this square picture in the center of the screen with nothing added. I have no idea why they are showing it on these channels. I guess it's going to be this way for a while as we have the old, non HD reruns. Sort of like watching back-and-white series growing up. those shows have pretty much disappeared from the tube now.
Still, at the end of the last Battlestar season a couple of weeks ago I was interested in how far the show had come, and here it was right on cue. sure, lots of things have changed and we know a lot more about the mysterious Cylons than we did when the series started.
My question is, has this been a good thing? Are we learning so much about the Cylons that now they aren't that compelling of an enemy. They are getting more and more human. They are getting more and more petty. the human population deals more with bigger social questions, including if unleashing a virus to kill the Cylons is genocide, and if it's right to try to wipe them out much like the Cylons attempted to do to them. the Cylons however, seem to be squabbling about each other more than actually going after the rag-tag fleet.
So it begs the question: do the Cylons really have a plan? I know that they have said it has changed, but still, they don't seem to be the driven predators they were at the start of the series. Only Cavil...the Cylon played by Dean Stockwell, seems really focused on this, or at least getting on with their plan while the others are trying to figure out what to do with Baltar.
I still love this show, and there's still a lot going for it, but I'm wondering if delving into the Cylon background has taken away a lot of the mystery of the show. Sure, there's still "Athena", the sharon model on the Galactica who will want to get her daughter back, and there's still a lot to be done in the conflict with the civilian government, lead by President Roslyn and the military, lead by Adama. and i think they have some twists planned for Baltar in the new season that starts in a couple of weeks.
i just think they should lay off of "Three", the Lucy Lawless character. Her individuality has made her a leader in the collective, and pretty much a poor one. They should box her for a while. Let's get back to the idea that there's a reason, beyond jealousy, that they want the humans gone.
Oh, and please make the Chief grow his beard back.
