JamesSavik

*worries that Billy might find himself in a bad situation off camera Proud that he's standing up to make a difference *

One thing I find ironic/funny/slightly disturbing about Caprica: it is the monotheists that are the terrorists.

Regenesis is a Canadian sci-fi show that focused on the cutting edge of biotechnology. It had the guts to go dark but it's writers politicized EVERYTHING to the point to where every episode went like this: drunk idealist genius doctor has a great idea Washington might object to his methods and pull his funding drunk idealistic doctor thinks of another ingenious way to work around Washington Problem solved By season II the formula was so well established and the America bashing so loud and pronounced, I lost any and all interest. Hint: If you are writing a show and you want it to score in a big market, don't talk shit about that market every 5 minutes. Piss them off bad enough and even the tin hat brigade will give you the finger.

This is Boxey and Muffit from the original Battlestar Galactica which embody the entire cute kid, smart dog and dumb robot paradigm. The sad part is that these elements were in place by the third episode. After a spectacular beginning, BSG morphed into the wretched garbage that was BSG 1980 and died like a dog after six episodes. Don't get me wrong. Everybody loved Boxey. The problem was that focusing on him was inappropriate and idiotic in telling such a dark story. It also shows a fundamental misunderstanding of the story. Here we have the networks trying to make a kids show out of a nuclear Pearl Harbor scenario which had wiped out human civilization with the exception of the few people on the ships of the fleet. That dog won't hunt. It didn't work the shows writing deteriorated with every episode. By BSG 1980 it was clear that the writers and the network had no idea what they were doing. When BSG was remade in 2003, it worked because the story was as dark as it needed to be. The villains were complex with confusing motives and not merely malfunctioning toasters.

I know what makes it suck balls. Any sci-fi story/film with a cute kid, dumb robot or a smart dog is doomed to be a shitty sci-fi channel B-movie. Sci-fi fans want a plausible scenario. If you can go faster than light, they want to know how. If the earth is falling apart they want to know why. (Hint- heating the earth's core with solar neutrinos will get you beaten to death by geeks wielding heavy physics books). The best sci-fi has half its roots in science and the other half in the human condition. Ignore either one at your peril.

Way to stick it too the man Matty!

Wretched, bogus, implausible, horrible, badly written, plastic characters, a circle jerk of chicles, really, really bad science and the worst ending in the history of movies. Neutrinos that heat up the earths core? The writer should be beaten to death with a physics book. Fails the science, barely pases for fiction. Skip it or watch it for computer generated graphics- the best part of the movie. The CGI is all this crappy, craptacular crapfest has to offer. Don't be a fool and buy it at retail. Wait till it's on the $5 rack in Walmart before you add this turd to your collection. Better yet, flush it.

Let's see... if it's like American Idol, it's rigged and the gay guy with real talent gets screwed over by some hick from Arkansas in the end. As much as this reminds me of Las Vegas and the Bill Clinton years, you might want to rethink it.

In Mississippi the biggest winter sports are basketball and deer hunting.

Why wait to get attached to your balls? When an amateur just won't do. You really can get everything you need at a country store. They must be great crabs- people keep coming back. Popular joint. I'm wondering what is in the gift shop.

I write because I can't paint, sculpt or play an instrument. The urge to create is a primal thing. If no other outlet presented itself, I would paint the deer that I had slain on my cave wall.

I expected that you would do well. We have some exceptional young men here at GA... which makes me wish that I was twenty years younger.

What were they thinking!?

Sometimes you see something that the only possible reaction to is WTF!? This little gem was at a rummage sale held by a Catholic diocese. The Alter-boy candle holders came complete with creepy candles. I mean... come on... WTF!?

The big networks couldn't make Caprica. They are too busy with reality bullshit and Lost-a-likes. Besides- their union writers get tired if they are asked to produce anything more than a twenty minute shit-com.

I'm a big fan of the naked sauna grope. Nobody gets a medal but everybody wins.

I always respected Dom as a writer, now I like him as a him being. Well done pal.

Abby who?

For me it was World War II. A great many of my relatives fought in that war and the military became a big part of our family culture. After the war, and probably most important, my father and uncle used the GI bill to be the first men in the family to go to college. This permanently raised the status of the family from poor farmers and ranchers to professionals. I grew up in the Cold War under the shadow of nuclear warfare- another legacy of WWII. I make my living in computers and networking- another technology that born (or grew exponentially) out of WWII. Even though I was born 17+ years after the war, I can think of no other historical event that had its impact. _________________________________ What historic event most shaped your world? I'm curious to see what you think and your reasoning behind it.

Michael Trucco stars on a Sci-Fi channel B-movie tonight. Trucco (Anders from BSG, rebel leader and one of final 5 Cylon [which blew my mind]) is pictured here with his co-star and love interest from Battlestar Galactica Katie Sackhoff (Starbuck).

I've seen them. The best of the lot is the Eggman's A New Life and Life Goes On. It works because the characterization is so well done, consistent and believable. None of the characters inexplicably smokes crack, becomes a bank robber or checks into a Mormon st8 camp.

< Yo, Adrian!

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My older brother and I had a horrible month long fight over... Cheese Its. That cheesy goodness makes us mean. :2hands: