>Anyway, I hate it when someone criticizes my favorite shows, so I guess I >should have known better.
I have to disagree with William's response in the strongest possible terms -- not your response, Olin (what an unusual and wonderful name!) I have read almost all science fiction ever published, and my biggest gripe with the genre is that there are not enough authors publishing enough works to satisfy my appetite. If it comes to the crunch, the reason I adore BSG as much as I do is that the cinematics astound me. The shaky 'home movie' effects during the space battles; the authentically weathered hulls of the ostensibly ancient human ships; even the easy-to-accomplish (yet incredibly difficult to ensure a scitentifically-convincing appearance) thermonuclear explosions, all combine to overwhelm me with pure appreciation of the art of making science fiction movies as embodied in what the art crew of this series has managed to accomplish. Yet this is not the reason I've given this series a five-star rating. Like 'Children of Men' I was literally moved to tears on many occasions whilst watching it. Several episodes had a vehemently emotional impact on me, to the point of sporadic lacrimation. There have been a few slow episodes, whose lack of compelling content has been attributed to excessively long story arcs (as a result of the producers overextending the story arc) however for the most part BSG have seldom disappointed me. The fairly powerful love/hate relationship between Kara Thrace and Captain Adama (the junior) enthralled me for some time. Personally I experienced a powerful attraction to Kara! It's been a slightly mixed bag so far; I personally am not a critic, but I loved it to bits & would love to see several more series, not to mention many, many movies :) _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
