Comments on: I Don’t Believe ‘Battlestar Galactica’ http://equinox-of-insanity.com/2008/04/i-dont-believe-battlestar-galactica/ Sun, 29 Aug 2010 19:27:16 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Paul http://equinox-of-insanity.com/2008/04/i-dont-believe-battlestar-galactica/#comment-1109 Paul Wed, 23 Apr 2008 20:27:15 +0000 http://equinox-of-insanity.com/?p=788#comment-1109 <p>You know how I think they write the show? This is how I imagine they pitched ideas:</p> <p>You know what would be crazy? If humanity just stopped looking. </p> <p>Okay let's do that! Now make up a bunch of shit to get us to that point.</p> <p>AND</p> <p>And then they think, hmmmm you know what would be cool? If we say there are only so many human cylons, but only show six and make the other six a super secret! </p> <p>Oh Awesome! What's the secret to the last six?</p> <p>I dunno! Let's just go with it!!!</p> You know how I think they write the show? This is how I imagine they pitched ideas:

You know what would be crazy? If humanity just stopped looking.

Okay let’s do that! Now make up a bunch of shit to get us to that point.

AND

And then they think, hmmmm you know what would be cool? If we say there are only so many human cylons, but only show six and make the other six a super secret!

Oh Awesome! What’s the secret to the last six?

I dunno! Let’s just go with it!!!

]]> By: Nima http://equinox-of-insanity.com/2008/04/i-dont-believe-battlestar-galactica/#comment-1104 Nima Wed, 23 Apr 2008 07:36:17 +0000 http://equinox-of-insanity.com/?p=788#comment-1104 <blockquote> ohhhhhhhhhh good points. I’m trying not to think too hard about this season because I was super let down by last season. </blockquote> <p>YES! Nothing about the New Caprica story made any sense, and they've been trying to backtrack from there since ("Final Five Cylons" my balls). But, to their credit, "Exodus, Part II" was the best hour of television I think I've ever seen in my life. Five minutes into the episode (when Tigh kills his wife) I was already loving it, and by the time Galactica jumped into the atmo I was already totally flipping out. </p> <p>But still, everything else about it sucked.</p> ohhhhhhhhhh good points. I’m trying not to think too hard about this season because I was super let down by last season.

YES! Nothing about the New Caprica story made any sense, and they’ve been trying to backtrack from there since (“Final Five Cylons” my balls). But, to their credit, “Exodus, Part II” was the best hour of television I think I’ve ever seen in my life. Five minutes into the episode (when Tigh kills his wife) I was already loving it, and by the time Galactica jumped into the atmo I was already totally flipping out.

But still, everything else about it sucked.

]]> By: Paul http://equinox-of-insanity.com/2008/04/i-dont-believe-battlestar-galactica/#comment-1102 Paul Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:21:53 +0000 http://equinox-of-insanity.com/?p=788#comment-1102 <p>ohhhhhhhhhh good points. I'm trying not to think too hard about this season because I was super let down by last season.</p> <p>My biggest rant last season was the fact that the Cylons couldn't believe that the humans were jerks and left New Caprica because they didn't like their autocratic rule. The Cylons never did anything positive for the humans there, why in the bloody hell would they think that the human population would have been totally cool with their new Cylon overlords?</p> ohhhhhhhhhh good points. I’m trying not to think too hard about this season because I was super let down by last season.

My biggest rant last season was the fact that the Cylons couldn’t believe that the humans were jerks and left New Caprica because they didn’t like their autocratic rule. The Cylons never did anything positive for the humans there, why in the bloody hell would they think that the human population would have been totally cool with their new Cylon overlords?

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