what BSG gets, which is why i watch

[somedaybitch]

from an article on milbloggers in the August 2005 print edition of Wired, i came across a quote that parallels my feelings about BSG so well, it was kinda creepy. the speaker, a UC Davis psych-major drop out, was explaining the stylistic choice of his blog, how he prefers "the vignettes of Iraqi civilians interacting with soldiers, or the sad tale of the death of a guardsman who had the chance to go home and instead requested another tour of duty, only to be killed by an improvised explosive device."

the blogger, Danjel Bout, said:

"Americans are raised on a steady diet of action films and sound bites that slip from one supercharged scene to another," he says, "leaving out all the confusing decisions and subtle details where most people actually spend their lives. While that makes for a great story, it doesn't reveal anything of lasting value. For people to really understand our day-to-day experience here, they need more than the highlights reel. They need to see the world through our eyes for a few minutes."

/emphasis mine


many are complaining that the scenes on Caprica, the scenes with Baltar, are boring, that the action is where the show should stay, that introducing a guy that isn't Lee for Kara is just a forced plot device and it's lame. as i see the show, they are thoroughly missing the point.

Comments

[sabaceanbabe.livejournal.com]

Ayup.

It's the little things that make it so real and truly engaging, as far as I'm concerned. It's nice to watch a Bruce Willis Die Hard flick once in a while, but they don't stay with you long after you leave the theater.

[suenix.livejournal.com]

I could not agree more!
It is the interaction of all the players that
makes this show the crack that it is.

And how the hell can they complain
about a lack of action?
Hell , half the time, I have to remember to breathe !

Suenix

[somedaybitch.livejournal.com]

Hell , half the time, I have to remember to breathe !

no kidding. it's all exhausting and shit.

[technosage.livejournal.com]

I found you through galactica_news

Was reading Robert McKee's STORY today, and I discovered this quote that sums up what BSG does for me. Since it's similar, I thought you might like it:

"The audience wants to know how it feels to be alive on the knife edge of the now. What does it mean to be a human being today.

Innovative writers are not only contemporary, they are visionary."

[somedaybitch.livejournal.com]

exactly, this. yes.

[technosage.livejournal.com]

Exactly that, except with a question mark after today. *g*