Halfway through it...BEST DAMNED BSG EPPY

[rabid1st]

...in a FRAKKIN' YEAR!

Seriously...as a writer...not as a shipper...let's go under the cut for the spoilers

This show SHOULD be about the relationships between the people. Not about geopolitics...not about religion...not about the CYLONS. I love the cylons...and I don't mind knowing a BIT more about them. But...they are the ENEMY...the driving force.

Over the last year...starting in season 2.5...Ron Moore and company have made this show so dark, so depressing, so uninspirational...that it became almost unwatchable. Tonight...it is riveting because it is about HUMAN emotion. And the emotion of people who LITERALLY are depending on each other for survival. Look at the light in the eyes of the actors...the vibrant emotions on their faces...THIS IS BSG!

Ron...I hope this signals you're finally...FINALLY getting the GIANT self-stimulating stick out of your ass. Because the ratings are so far in the toilet SciFi is moving the show to Sunday. And before you point to the critical acclaim please remember that the grand train of acclaim is usually about a year behind the COOL. Honestly, I don't know about the rest of the episode...maybe I will hate it. All that matters is that I'm interested in these people for the first time in a year. I would be willing to show THIS episode to someone and actually say "I'm a fan of this show...you should watch it, too."

And that means I might...I JUST MIGHT...keep watching.

Comments

[kammgirl.livejournal.com]

Heh who is Lil? Last year for me was mostly about Sharon and how freaking angry I was that they let her think her baby is dead. The fall out from that is going to be huge.

Lil is one of my beta babes...

[rabid1st.livejournal.com]

She's a writer, too. She writes under the names Birthsister and Lilith...for Farscape and for BSG. And back when I was writing BSG we started scoping out this concentration camp storyline to do together...because we felt BSG might have a cylon invasion and do that once we learned about New Caprica...back in S2.5.

But I got hijacked by the Doctor/Rose ship and...really...never looked back at BSG. It is amazing I am still watching it, truly...because it went from being interesting for me to be really a trial to watch. And my prediction was...as it usually is...dead on about the ratings slide.

The hardcore internet fans...usually aren't a good indication of what works in a show.

Things like Billie being voted into the top 10 of the hot 100...IS a good sign that Rose might be back.

Rae

Re: Lil is one of my beta babes...

[kammgirl.livejournal.com]

Oh the Net means nothing in real numbers and demos. It is usually hardcore fans who post online. Add them all together and sometimes you don't even reach one ratings point. Don't get me wrong ,the Net does impact things in good ways like helping to save Veronica Mars and in bad ways when people like Joss Whedon start listening to the loud minority and crafting their shows by what online opinion demands. Thank God RTD doesn't fall for that. I do some fandom work both online and off in an area that deals with stuff like that, so I learned early the Net is loud but by no means the majority.

Ah...good...I also work with media ratings

[rabid1st.livejournal.com]

...in a way...since I am a buyer for the public library. I have to know what is cutting edge...where to put the money. And I have a very good rep in my community of millions.

You are right...exactly...Joss Whedon pandered to a vocal but clueless fanbase. And yes, thank God...RTD has more integrity than Joss Whedon. Though as my SO would say..."Thanks for that!"

Rae
damning RTD with faint praise...but kissing him and making it all better afterward...;-@ <<--smooch!