XPost: rec.arts.sf.tv   
   From: drclu@swbell.net   
      
   On 3/13/13 4:13 PM, David Barnett wrote:   
   > I would watch this show if only I didn't have too many   
   > other shows to watch atm.   
      
   You know, the Blood and Chrome is what I waiting on since Battlestar   
   Galactica was rebooted.  Had action, more Vipers, fun pilot banter, no   
   suits and ties, and shooting down classic looking Cylon raiders and   
   fighting Cylons.   Good stuff.   
      
   > I did like Caprica, especially the interplay between   
   > father&  daughter.   
      
   I watched Caprica hoping there would be some of the Cylon/Human war   
   stuff.  There was not.  But there were some interesting moments, like   
   the time they illustrated the pain the Cylon (sometimes shown as the   
   daughter) when they commanded the Cylon to rip its arm off.  Powerful   
   moment.   
      
   > nuBSG was rather patchy, like the curate's egg.   
   > I thought there were some good episodes&  I did like the   
   > sexy Baltar scenes.   
   > Overall, in retrospect it was rather a disappointment to   
   > me.   
      
   I think I got off the new series at the first episode.  Now a lot of New   
   BSG fans say they were hooked by the second or third episode.   
      
   Here's the problem, and I say this time after time after time...   
      
   If New BSG had been named anything other than Battlestar Galactica I   
   would have LOVED the series.   I am watching Space Above and Beyond   
   right now... VERY much like the new BSG, and I adore that show.   
      
   But for me, I went into the New BSG thinking action, Vipers, fun pilot   
   banter, fighting Cylons, and .. blasters.   I liked the hope the classic   
   show gave.  The dignity humanity had in the face of adversity.  How   
   humanity was priceless against wave after wave of appliances.   Great   
   mythology with a religious overtone, etc.   
      
   The New BSG had most of that, just felt like I needed a bath after   
   watching the mini-series.   :)   
      
   It amazes me how the classic BSG had such a cool spark and how the new   
   BSG has this... anti-spark.  :P   
      
   It is like getting chocolate cake made with salt instead of sugar.   
   But if you like salt it is perfect.   
      
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