Here’s something funny for the road btw.

I would be interested to hear why you consider Battlestar Galactica to be superior television to Babylon 5. Personally, I find the latter to have a better developed overall plot with fewer “holes”, more “big ideas”, and a more diverse, well-developed group of characters.

“‘They have a plan’ Maybe this season the Cylons will share it with the writers…”

What was the freaking plan? What did the Cylon child have to do with it? What happened to the psychic connection between Baltar and the 7 (And with the 7 and the president for that matter)? Are they really going to tie all of this up, or were they making it up as they went along? Having been burnt by shows such as X-Files in the past, I am suspecting the latter.

I guess we’ll find out soon enough.

Believe it or not girlfriend

Girlfriend, hey?

get off your high horse and try to communicate with others.

While you were writing your long comment, I was also replying above explaining why I wrote that remark. It was between me and Thom, because we are the only ones who had context about what I was talking about. Read my reply above to Irony, that you obviously missed.

How many times have I wrote you messages and you turned your back (for no particular reason).

I never, ever, turn my back on IM or emails. In fact, this is what I do all day: replying to people, as I get a lot of questions (regarding video primarily). If I haven’t reply to you, it’s either because somehow my IM client blocks you, or your emails never arrive.

Yep ! Galactica Blows and LOST is the best series I’ve seen on TV.

I never said Lost was bad. Lost is a very good TV show - it just does some crucial things wrong in my opinion. Eugenia has the exact opposite opinion - she never said that BSG is bad, she just thinks it does some crucial things wrong. And that’s fine with me. I can certainly see how the religious element of the story bothers some. Personally, I really like it, I find it a crucial element of the mystery.

Star Trek “Voyager” :
Top quality Sci-Fi.

Err, right. How am I supposed to take someone seriously who prefers VOY over DS9…? :)

thom> Dear baby Jesus, I just can’t believe people prefer Lost or Heroes
thom> over BSG. They really need a brain check.

Nop ! They don’t. I don’t like heroes, but since you have this attitude
towards other series, I can tell you for sure that LOST _rocks_ !
Yep ! Galactica Blows and LOST is the best series I’ve seen on TV.
Yes, it’s slow, but then again BSG is slow and apart from the conspiracies
and concoctions every week IT DOESNT GO ANYWHERE ! You know why ?
Because the People who do BSG these days are the people who
directed and invented Star Trek DS9. Now this was the most BORING series
i’ve ever layed my eyes upon.
In the words (loosely adapted) by Stanislaw Lem,
a wonderfull writer that wrote a wonderfull book that TRIED to make sci-fi
a better place (Solaris, the movie directed by the russian Tarchovsky, then
another holywood production in 2002, I think, with George Clooney as the
“Stellar Accountant” - Chris Kelvin), who writes in his book :
“we are not looking for other worlds, we are trying to find copies of worlds
that resemble ours”.
Holywood and the western world has the tendency to adapt the present to
the future. All western writers try to do this and I HATE IT ! I hate it with
a vengeance. By doing this, you give the world a false idea that nothing
is going to change (politicaly / sociologically / ethicly) and things are only
going to get worse. Maybe this is true, but I DON’T want to think like that.
I, for one, have hope for the future, eventhough I see everything going to
hell every passing day.
But enough of me.
You want to watch BSG in its finest ? Watch the pilot (mini-series) episode.
That’s a pure 2h50m of the FINEST Sci-Fi ever. Close to Scotts’ Alien and
Bladerunner. A most-promising start of BSG, that kept it’s part of the
bargain up until, oh I would say the end of the second season. Then all
went belly-up.
So, yes, I think these days BSG blows. And I say that by used to being a
fanatic follower of the show.

thom> would the Jewish people, in the middle of the Holocaust,
thom> suddenly join forces with the Nazis? Because that’s the only fitting
thom> analogue in our own history.

Leave the Jewish issue alone Thom. It has _nothing_ to do with it. And
eventhough I truly respect the Jewish struggle (or any other minority being
butchered in the hands of others), in the words of the Turkish President,
Mr. Erdogan (again loosely adapted and no , I am not Turkish I am Greek and proud of it), “the
jewish people have done a wonderful job these last days butchering a whole nation”.

eugenia> I know that you wrote this for me Thom. You always are trying
eugenia> to push my buttons for some reason, but I don’t care, becaus
eudenia> Lost remains a better written story.

Eugenia. It’s been some time since we last spoke back in Surrey, U.K.
Believe it or not girlfriend the world does not revolve around you (or
anyone else for that reason). So quit whimping about Thom giving you a
hard time and so on. Yes ! You are a brilliant mind and a serious
writer when it comes to all things digital (and then some), but please get
off your high horse and try to communicate with others. How many times
have I wrote you messages and you turned your back (for no particular
reason). But then again, the world doesn’t revolve around me either.
All in all : Get a grip.

Lastly, my thoughts (if anyone is interested in the first place).
BSG :
BSG started the myth back in 2003. When I watched it for the first time
on Satellite (Sky Movies), it took my breath away. The stellar physics, the
CGIs, the direction, the plot. It seemed real enough.
I liked E.J. Olmos (but then again I like him since “Bladerunner”) in the role
of the cool-healed and cautious commander Adama.
I also liked Jamie Bamber (does anyone remember him on “Hornblower” ?
If you haven’t watched this, go to the torrents NOW and get it !) as the
younger adama.
All in all for 2h50m I was watching it without taking my eyes off the screen.
Then Season 1 came. Then the religious crap started. Still it was a good run
but not as good as the pilot episode.
My opinion is this :
Directors should stop depicting real-world events through Sci-Fi series/movies.
YOU ARE KILLING THE GENDER PEOPLE. FRACK OFF! EITHER WRITE SOMETHING
CREATIVE or leave the gender alone.
But it’s no secret that the whole series kick-started again due to the 9/11
events.
Threshold :
And, yes, “Threshold” was a very good series (again, 9/11-related) and I
enjoyed the first (what was it 11/12 episodes?) thoroughly.
However, it didn’t reach numbers, so off it went.
Lost :
A slow-going series that sometimes , piss me off with how slow it progresses.
However, it’s going somewhere, the plot is good and there are no US-Style
marines playing on it (at least for the time-being).
Star Trek DS9 :
In Sci-Fi conventions, this is the series that should be shown as an example
to avoid. This, people, truly is the most BORING series on TV and Sci-Fi.
Star Trek “Voyager” :
Top quality Sci-Fi. Eventhough sometimes they over-stretched it too.
However, Captain Janeway rules !

This is my opinion. My life. :-)

Best Regards to everyone,
spyros

taking everything personally and believing that everything is about you

Irony, go and frak yourself. Thom and I have a past discussing BSG vs Lost over IM on a number of occasions, so what I wrote did not come out of nowhere — no matter if Thom meant that for me or not. So don’t jump like a fart here just to discredit me without having a context, and without knowing the extend of what Thom and I have discussed privately that made me write that remark.

you have to hate everything that isn’t Lost

I don’t hate everything that isn’t Lost. It’s just that it has to be better than Lost to get my blessings. BSG isn’t the kind of show I like; and I simply professed that, the same way Thom professed the exact opposite position. Thom is not alone liking BSG more than Lost, and I am not alone liking Lost more than BSG. It’s how it is with cult shows.