Battlestar Galactica -- "The Hub" -- 6/6/2008

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06-08-08 | 08:34 PM

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Lost is comparable, but different. Even if they couldn't finish season 4 the way they wanted, they knew they'd have seasons 5 and 6 to use. Much easier to cram 2.5 seasons into 2 in the future than to cram .75 into .25 immediately.

Seems like they're trying to cram .10 into .25. Certainly, there's been way more filler than actual plot advancement.

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I didn't have a problem with Season 3 of BSG. I always like seeing all aspects of fleet life. Hell, they've been running for like 4 years now and the Cylon visits are infrequent anyway. Shit's gotta be going on.

Yes, unfortunately this show is getting dangerously close to becoming a parody of Gilligan's Island.

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06-08-08 | 10:49 PM

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saying that this was better than the last few episodes isn't exactly a compliment

this season just hasn't been nearly as exciting or interesting as the previous ones

not by a long shot

it's not a bad show, it's just a shadow of its former awesome self

I just re-watched season 1 on hd-dvd and all it did was remind me of what a great show this used to be

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06-09-08 | 12:31 AM

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I thought it was one of the better episodes of this season. Exciting from beginning to end.
Things are finally getting interesting.

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06-09-08 | 07:38 AM

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I thought it was one of the better episodes of this season. Exciting from beginning to end.
Things are finally getting interesting.

+1

Again there was TONS of character development for the actors and a great deal of stuff that will change how everyone handles everything from here on out - both Cylons and Colonists. I'm still all in. (Especially did not miss Starbuck!)

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06-09-08 | 07:44 AM

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Agreed this was the best of the season....but it's been a pretty weak season.

Also agree: that fight at the Hub was obnoxiously easy.

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06-09-08 | 08:18 AM

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So according to Wiki, this weeks episode is the last of the first half season. Hopefully it ends well, since the wait may be till 2009.

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06-09-08 | 08:30 AM

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So according to Wiki, this weeks episode is the last of the first half season. Hopefully it ends well, since the wait may be till 2009.

And according to the previews after this episode, "ALL WILL BE REVEALED"!

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06-09-08 | 09:11 AM

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It also doesn't help BSG that this season's episodes seem to have a leap-frog pattern, where something is set up in episode A, then episode B goes off on a totally different plot, then episode C picks up from the cliffhanger in episode A, episode D picks up the threads from episode B, and so on. It's an odd rhythm for them to establish, and it think it probably sounded better on paper than it actually works in practice.

I think what they are doing is shooting two episodes at the same time by splitting the cast between two different sets. Last weeks and this weeks were probably shot at the same time. Actors would jump over to the other set for quick cameo. Adama gets into viper, cut, goes over to other set where he gets out of viper and meets Roslin. Stargate does this alot. One week Carter and Rodney are trapped with the doctor on some planet, the next week Shepard and Ronin are on earth, etc. Star Trek did it alot with the episodes that centered on just one cast member.