Re: 4th Season Battlestar Galactica - The Ties That Bind - 5 star

On Apr 20, 5:59=A0pm, cloud dreamer <Fi...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> EGK wrote:
> > On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:22:41 -0500, "Deke" <no s...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> "George Avalos" <georgeaval...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> >>news:QeSdnbOjr-7hh5bVnZ2dnUVZ_oKhnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>> "The Ties That Bind"
> >>> 4-18-08 BSG
>
> >>> 5 stars (silk)
>
> >>> 0-1 stars (wire)
>
> >>> -George
>
> >> 3.0 =A0Would have been a 3.5 if they had had a bit less of the baby
cry=
ing.
>
> > I don't want to rain on anyone's parade here but I can't see the
attract=
ion
> > of this show any more. =A0I loved it when it first started but now I
rec=
ord
> > episodes and FF thru most of them. =A0It's become nothing but a giant
so=
ap
> > opera =A0in space. =A0That's ok if you like soaps. =A0I do sometimes
if =
they're
> > done well but I have to care about the characters. =A0 The only reason
I=
 even
> > still record them to FF through later is to hopefully see some sort of
> > closure to the series.
>
> > =A0My major problem with BG is there is not a single character in the
wh=
ole
> > series who I give two ****s about. =A0I hope they all die. =A0Cally
was =
a
> > likeable character years ago but like everyone else on the series, the
> > writers trashed her. =A0They basically made her a shrewish ***** and a
q=
uick
> > exit out an air-lock seemed like a fitting end for her. =A0 If they
coul=
d only
> > do that to the rest of them. =A0
>
> > I'm wondering if other people who still think BG is great TV like the
> > characters? =A0 Or am I in a minority in needing to like and be able
to =
root
> > for them to enjoy a show like this?
>
> I hate soaps. I don't see anything soapy about BSG except for maybe a
> couple episodes last year when they played with the Lee/Kara thing.
> Other than that, it's a very strong show that focuses on the characters,
> not the "cylon attack of the week" that the original did much too often.
> All the characters are appealing in one form or another. I can honestly
> say there isn't a character I don't like.
>
> If you hate the show that much, why even waste the electricity to record
> it? Obviously, something still appeals to you.
>
> =A0 ..
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> =A0 =A0 or the climate will do it for us.
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The characters are great, but it doesn't seem that much like sci-fi
any longer (except for the fact, of course, that they are on a ****p in
space-period.)
C