Another strange fact

Eternities End · Post by **Eternities End** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 9:25 pm

The original was the bomb...until they got to earth...

krakenten · Post by **krakenten** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 1:39 am

That's the truble with journey tales-when you arrive, the tale is told.
The original BSG was a rip-off of Star Wars, and yet, it had it's moments.
The new one is moody and atmospheric, and I love the politics, which exactly fit the usual model of such situations on Earth.
More later, it's time for me to sleep.

Eternities End · Post by **Eternities End** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 8:30 pm

They didn't really have politics in the original

krakenten · Post by **krakenten** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 10:10 pm

No, they didn't, and that was one of the many flaws of the plot.
The new show has humanity as it really is, a pretty wretched lot most of the time, but then, rising into shining acts of nobility and sacrifice, just when you least expect it.
Motha-frakin', felkercarbin', toasters!
Let's blast the pogees out of them!
Yeah!

JJ Burke · Post by **JJ Burke** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 10:52 pm

i just don't like the use of 'frak'.. it's like that other show farscape, where they used to say 'frel' or something instead of the f-word we're all thinking.. it bumps me out of the story whenever that comes up

krakenten · Post by **krakenten** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 11:00 pm

I think frak sounds nastier, I use it all the time instead of the alternative.
Everyone understands.

JJ Burke · Post by **JJ Burke** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 11:10 pm

frak is a step up from frel, but it still just makes me think of american network television censors in the year 2007

krakenten · Post by **krakenten** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 11:12 pm

Ooooh, Felkercarb!

JJ Burke · Post by **JJ Burke** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 11:21 pm

i couldn't think of where i knew that word from.. but the urban dictionary remembers! felgercarb

Eternities End · Post by **Eternities End** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 11:28 pm

JJ Burke wrote:i just don't like the use of 'frak'.. it's like that other show farscape, where they used to say 'frel' or something instead of the f-word we're all thinking.. it bumps me out of the story whenever that comes up

Wow Wow guy dont be bad mouthing Farscape, that show was one of the greatest Sci Fi shows ever! but the whole "frel" thing was pretty lame, but they did stick alot of made up alien words in that show

JJ Burke · Post by **JJ Burke** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 11:58 pm

yeah it was a decent sci-fi show.. but i don't think there's an elegant way to simulate profanity, especially if you just invent another f-word that's an obvious derivative of an actual word

E.A. Lovecraft · Post by **E.A. Lovecraft** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 12:20 am

I've only seen a couple episodes of the new BSG, and while I enjoyed it, the use of frak came across as clumsy to me, too.

The actors and writers should observe some Marine Corps drill instructors in action. Banned from swearing (at least within earshot of civilians), they've perfected the art of making normally tame words sound just as cutting as their more profane counterparts.

krakenten · Post by **krakenten** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 12:45 am

BSG has to observe the broadcast rules, ever since the All Destroying Tit of Janet Jackson, fear has ruled the airwaves.
Remember, this is not the Terran culture, and the alien cuss words, the 'on' suffix to so many words, along with the strange retro aspects, smoking, drinking, spectacles, the uniforms and civilian clothes, dial telephones and such are disorienting enough to make it feel very strange, indeed.

JJ Burke · Post by **JJ Burke** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 1:25 am

meritorious programs, one and all — but not perfect! i just haaad to point that out, because i'm like that, it's just the angle of my dangle, the way i gots to ROLL!

krakenten · Post by **krakenten** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 9:18 am

Not at all perfect- the Colonials seem to have a considerable abundance of manufactured goods-where do they come from-these people packed in a hurry, remember, no time to fit out ships as factories.
They've also taken a Hell of a lot of casualties.
But I wonder who the final five are going to be?