I've been bored of Sci-fi since B5, pretty much

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9/19/07 8:41:14 AM

I've been bored of Sci-fi since B5, pretty much

And both those shows bombed over here.

I watched an episode or two of Battlestar Galactica. It felt like a fancy-pants soap opera in space.

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9/19/07 11:14:03 AM

9/19/07 11:18:31 AM

You can't watch it that way.

You have to start with the mini series and watch them in order. They start at point A, and are headed towards point B, and the episodes happen in order between. It's not Star Trek where there's a New Planet every week where Kirk can get laid by interesting green alien women. In fact, the next season is the End. They get where they're going (or whatever), and the show is over.

Any show that devotes half of an entire season to explore exactly the nastiness of the whole "we're in a war, so anything goes including torture and absolute obedience is required" mindset, as a direct response to Abu Ghraib, is worth your time. BG takes a lot of risks with the writing and the plot, and they almost always win. There aren't too many shows out there that present the Bad Guys as Christians and the Good Guys as pagans. It's an exceedingly good mind twist as well -- you don't always know who the good and bad guys are, especially when you think you do. Smart and well-written.

BG isn't just a soap opera in space. It's better drama than you'll see on any other show, plus real physics (fighters are *inertial* and have attitude jets, even -- they don't use their "space wings" to swoop around in tight turns) and sciencey goodness.

Firefly was canceled over here by the numbnuts at Fox. It's the second best show I've ever watched after Battlestar. Granted, the show has very much an American mythos, so it might be something Brits just don't get. However, to me it's smart and funny and excellent characterization doin's.

Regards,

-scott anderson

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Edited by admin Sept. 19, 2007, 11:18:31 AM EDT

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Quiz shows - UK vs. US - (tjsinclair) - (41) - Sept. 19, 2007, 02:02:24 AM EDT

Yes. - (pwhysall) - (17) - Sept. 19, 2007, 03:57:17 AM EDT

"The Simpsons" -NT - (Another Scott) - (1) - Sept. 19, 2007, 07:55:29 AM EDT

But that "emanated" more than ten years ago. -NT - (CRConrad) - Sept. 19, 2007, 09:44:50 AM EDT

Two of the best shows on TV: - (admin) - (11) - Sept. 19, 2007, 08:39:37 AM EDT

I've been bored of Sci-fi since B5, pretty much - (pwhysall) - (1) - Sept. 19, 2007, 08:41:14 AM EDT

You can't watch it that way. - (admin) - Sept. 19, 2007, 11:18:31 AM EDT

Burn Notice - (imqwerky) - (8) - Sept. 19, 2007, 08:49:09 AM EDT

I think someone's editing history... - (static) - (7) - Sept. 19, 2007, 08:59:19 AM EDT

Re he heallly? - (imqwerky) - (6) - Sept. 19, 2007, 05:22:39 PM EDT

Never looked. - (static) - (5) - Sept. 19, 2007, 10:41:18 PM EDT

Tanked? - (imqwerky) - (4) - Sept. 19, 2007, 11:06:19 PM EDT

I meant the mysterious one I saw a few years ago. - (static) - (3) - Sept. 19, 2007, 11:21:05 PM EDT

What? - (imqwerky) - (2) - Sept. 19, 2007, 11:57:20 PM EDT

I don't know! - (static) - (1) - Sept. 19, 2007, 11:59:11 PM EDT

I misunderstood you - (imqwerky) - Sept. 20, 2007, 11:07:52 AM EDT

Ignore him - (warmachine) - Sept. 19, 2007, 01:23:16 PM EDT

House and Rescue Me. - (crazy) - (1) - Sept. 19, 2007, 04:17:43 PM EDT

House usually annoys me. - (Another Scott) - Sept. 19, 2007, 04:37:24 PM EDT

If you listen to NPR... - (Yendor) - (3) - Sept. 19, 2007, 09:11:22 AM EDT

Re: If you listen to NPR... - (tjsinclair) - (2) - Sept. 19, 2007, 09:43:27 AM EDT

Hmmm... - (Yendor) - (1) - Sept. 19, 2007, 09:51:06 AM EDT

Alternate sources - (tjsinclair) - Sept. 19, 2007, 10:20:31 AM EDT

Smart quiz shows are popular - (warmachine) - (16) - Sept. 19, 2007, 12:59:10 PM EDT

Re: Smart quiz shows are popular - (tjsinclair) - (15) - Sept. 19, 2007, 06:22:11 PM EDT

It's interesting what exports and why. - (static) - (2) - Sept. 19, 2007, 10:56:51 PM EDT

Re: Australian TV - (tjsinclair) - (1) - Sept. 20, 2007, 01:32:52 AM EDT

The former. - (static) - Sept. 20, 2007, 10:18:52 AM EDT

Anti-intellectualism and isolationism - (warmachine) - (11) - Sept. 20, 2007, 08:16:41 AM EDT

Current affairs knowledge - (tjsinclair) - (10) - Sept. 20, 2007, 10:40:00 AM EDT

I don't know how to answer that - (warmachine) - (9) - Sept. 20, 2007, 07:34:22 PM EDT

I appreciate your discretion -NT - (tjsinclair) - Sept. 21, 2007, 01:22:06 AM EDT

Better answer to that - (tjsinclair) - (7) - Sept. 23, 2007, 12:36:17 AM EDT

I was pondering something the other day... - (Steven A S) - (6) - Sept. 26, 2007, 04:37:41 PM EDT

You are right - in a way - (imqwerky) - Sept. 26, 2007, 05:44:26 PM EDT

Bush supports your theory - (warmachine) - (4) - Sept. 26, 2007, 06:58:33 PM EDT

Only one flaw - (imqwerky) - (3) - Sept. 26, 2007, 07:49:17 PM EDT

Nothing lasts forever. What's your point? -NT - (warmachine) - (2) - Sept. 27, 2007, 02:53:23 AM EDT

Sorry, should have been a tad more specific - (imqwerky) - (1) - Sept. 27, 2007, 01:29:15 PM EDT

Good point. Pity about the budget. - (warmachine) - Sept. 28, 2007, 10:33:29 AM EDT

It could be worse - (Steven A S) - (1) - Sept. 19, 2007, 01:37:34 PM EDT

The Japanese will make a game show out of *anything*. - (static) - Sept. 19, 2007, 10:46:54 PM EDT

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