tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post4149500967735992487..comments2024-03-17T20:04:18.872-05:00Comments on Indomitable | The online home of Chauncey DeVega: Chauncey DeVega's World of Ghetto Nerds: Lost in Space? or Battlestar Galactica Reviewed in the Atlantic MagazineLady Zora, Chauncey DeVega, and Gordon Gartrellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09138154899923808806noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-36548922297792169102009-03-02T04:33:00.000-06:002009-03-02T04:33:00.000-06:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-51131700441935069372009-02-16T08:45:00.000-06:002009-02-16T08:45:00.000-06:00u know everytime i see a person with a bkluetooth ...u know everytime i see a person with a bkluetooth in their ear, reminds me of the cylons lolAll-Mi-T [Thought Crime] Rawdawgbuffalohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08843040863123899426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-34387434621624381012009-02-16T01:59:00.000-06:002009-02-16T01:59:00.000-06:00I guess it's time to step in this again.The origin...I guess it's time to step in this again.<BR/><BR/>The original BSG had some <I>very</I> serious issues regarding race and gender. However, the "current" BSG makes the original look downright ultra-progressive in comparison. Non-white characters on this show (pretty much all of them, BTW) get pasted with the same tired Sci-Fi tropes that get tied to people of color everywhere else.<BR/><BR/>In the three seasons plus the miniseries plus Razor that I've watched (I make it a point NEVER to watch a season new anymore; I wait for the season to finish and/or its DVD release - this removes the advertising fog of the "shocking" events that I am supposed to look forward to), I have found this show to be lacking in nearly every aspect - especially when it comes to their treatment of non-white characters.<BR/><BR/>As far as I am can see, this show entered into existence without a working plan, so it tried to buy as much time as it could trying to "shock" the audience with a great many stunts from the start, hoping that one or more of these would catch on and resonate. The most egregious of these was the finale of Season 2 through the first few episodes of Season 3, which ended up sacrificing the mythos of Battlestar (old and new) in an attempt to be relevant with the times (Stargate SG-1 attempted the same "current relevance" with Seasons 9 and 10, which aired at around the same time - with almost similar results). This attempt to be "current" also has the side-effect of aging your show and diminishing its shelf re-watch life even further, especially if your show is not set up as a "ripped from the headlines show" like Law and Order or CSI. <BR/><BR/>OTOH, shows that remain within their own framework have tendencies of being prescient without even trying. For example, Star Trek: DS9 Seasons 3 and 4 are harbingers when looking through the lenses of 9/11/01, the Afghanistan campaign, and the run-up to the Iraq war. And this works regardless of which side of the multi-angled lens you happen to look at.<BR/><BR/>Maybe it's high time I finish my BSG analysis and get it posted.Heavy Armorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12753726301435923033noreply@blogger.com