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<blockquote data-quote="Mark CMG" data-source="post: 6084206" data-attributes="member: 10479"><p>Yeah, I don't disagree. Predictable script, the acting was a bit flat (though I hesitate to blame the cast when it's just as easily attributed to the predictable scripting), and the pacing was a bit jerky due to the way in which they wanted to serialize it. However, I've always felt BSG had the right underlying elements for the story it wanted to tell. It took the premise of man seeding his own destruction and put the audience at just the right vantage point (in both space and time) to be able to create a mysteriousness about the whole. Then, once all of that has been revealed, it turned the premise on its side and allowed the audience to view things differently with Caprica, and still managed to keep it unpredictable. BSG as a franchise was, overall, very well done. The less said about the Dylan tune (a near-shark-jumping moment, IMO) and how an author should be careful not to insert himself too much into his writing, if that isn't the point all along, the better. I don't doubt that the predictability of B&C was what put off the green light, given that BSG's forte was being just the opposite.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mark CMG, post: 6084206, member: 10479"] Yeah, I don't disagree. Predictable script, the acting was a bit flat (though I hesitate to blame the cast when it's just as easily attributed to the predictable scripting), and the pacing was a bit jerky due to the way in which they wanted to serialize it. However, I've always felt BSG had the right underlying elements for the story it wanted to tell. It took the premise of man seeding his own destruction and put the audience at just the right vantage point (in both space and time) to be able to create a mysteriousness about the whole. Then, once all of that has been revealed, it turned the premise on its side and allowed the audience to view things differently with Caprica, and still managed to keep it unpredictable. BSG as a franchise was, overall, very well done. The less said about the Dylan tune (a near-shark-jumping moment, IMO) and how an author should be careful not to insert himself too much into his writing, if that isn't the point all along, the better. I don't doubt that the predictability of B&C was what put off the green light, given that BSG's forte was being just the opposite. [/QUOTE]
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