tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3369127277021590195.post8172967600743552234..comments2023-06-09T15:16:38.867+01:00Comments on It Doesn't Have To Be Right...: Why Television Sci-Fi SucksIan Saleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15375389971610069381noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3369127277021590195.post-84953845945318108222012-04-11T15:56:37.924+01:002012-04-11T15:56:37.924+01:00Wow, bet you htought no-one would be posting in 20...Wow, bet you htought no-one would be posting in 2012 (not just because of the Mayan "prediction").<br /><br />Just like to add that I thing BSG hit the mark on human nature- ie democracy is flawed and quickly abandoned when times are tough; along with moral compasses. Also it is possible to have a black market without money, you just trade in contraband such as drugs etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3369127277021590195.post-61301404367248843382008-04-01T21:07:00.000+01:002008-04-01T21:07:00.000+01:00Totally agree...but it's about ratings. I gave up...Totally agree...but it's about ratings. I gave up on good TV years ago, and now just have fun trying to predict the next ridiculous or inane item to befall us. (e.g. a battlestar with a bit too much chrome and fog lights will drive up on the side slowly and ......driveby shooting in outer-space!). <BR/><BR/>BSG makes me laugh. 24 makes me laugh. Rock of Love makes me laugh. Strangely, I don't like sitcoms tho....<BR/><BR/>Give up. Next thing you know, you'll be posting how the media only covers gossip and human-interest stories; and rarely can get its fat ass out of bed to do a little fact checking!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3369127277021590195.post-80451368617228560152008-04-01T13:20:00.000+01:002008-04-01T13:20:00.000+01:00Hi Chris,Sorry to take so long to get back to you,...Hi Chris,<BR/><BR/>Sorry to take so long to get back to you, but the word on the street is that BSG is haemorrhaging viewers. If it can't keep its audience or, conversely, replace them with with new viewers (such as myself), then it's going to get cancelled again. I'm going have to assume that you're a fan of the programme, and therefore you really should be worried as to why people don't want to watch it.<BR/><BR/>Jim SteelAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3369127277021590195.post-56655334802942243362007-11-25T04:14:00.000+00:002007-11-25T04:14:00.000+00:00I've never watched the new BSG. All the hype and a...I've never watched the new BSG. All the hype and adulation (it's too good to be sci-fi!)for something that is a remake of -ahem - Battlestar Galactica just put me off right away<BR/><BR/>Gee, since you've never watched the thing I guess I don't fucking care what your opinion is then! oh well!Chris mankeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12364061852346071215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3369127277021590195.post-21361775258736978742007-08-04T21:48:00.000+01:002007-08-04T21:48:00.000+01:00I've never watched the new BSG. All the hype and ...I've never watched the new BSG. All the hype and adulation (it's too good to be sci-fi!)for something that is a remake of -ahem - Battlestar Galactica just put me off right away. But I've never let that stop me having a go before. I see you mention that they've introduced a shades-of-gray terrorist character. Would I also be correct in assuming that they use lots of hand-held camerawork, five o'clock shadows, cigarette smoking and washed-out lighting? That'll be what makes it seem so like real life. Or so like so many other modern television dramas that couch-potatoes confuse it with real life.<BR/><BR/>Jim SteelAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com