TV viewing

[chicken]

Sadly, this episode was fairly predictable and fairly heavy-handed. I was a bit disappointed.

I'd have expected better from Jane Espenson, because I am usually a big fan of her writing. After seeing the episode I told myself, "oh, all the parts I didn't like must have been down to the other writer" since she co-wrote it. But then in her blog entry today she described writing exactly one of the scenes I didn't like. Darn.

I really enjoyed the food shortage episode she wrote earlier in the season. But you know what might be really interesting, is to see her pen a very, very Cylon-centric episode. That could be really great.



Wow, the backstory is very interesting. I don't know if I agree that using B&W is the best way to signal "flashback" but the story is so good it doesn't really matter. Eccleston and Takei and rooftops, oh my. And little Hiro! This is my favorite show on TV right now.

My Bunny says it looks like Eric Roberts has had some plastic surgery, and I have to agree. It doesn't suit him -- he actually kind of looks like a Romulan, especially with that hair he had in the flashbacks.

Comments

[kaydee23.livejournal.com]

Yes. Remember the boy who kept saying he wasn't a farmer? Oh my, what happened to him was so horrible, but I knew as soon as he arrived complaining about being selected that something very very bad was going to happen to him. :shudders:

[chicken-cem.livejournal.com]

See, that scene pissed me off more than any other scene. It displayed a bit of contempt for the viewer. Like yes, here's this boy that we're obviously going to use to exploit yours and the Chief's feelings about the hard working conditions, so obviously we are going to hurt him. Oh, look we've hurt him, what a huge enormous surprise! Not. I mean, he was a red shirt the moment he came on screen. I expect less obvious stuff from the BSG crew.

[kaydee23.livejournal.com]

I left the room every time I saw him on the screen because I didn't want to see what I knew they were going to do to him. It was obvious that something *horrible* was going to happen to a character we really had no investment in. It was cheap. You're right about that.

[chicken-cem.livejournal.com]

At least they didn't kill him. If they had done that I would have lost all respect for BSG.