Go Back  DVD Talk Forum > Entertainment Discussions > TV Talk
Reload this Page >

Battlestar Galactica and the incessant bubble invading

Community
Search
TV Talk Talk about Shows on TV

Battlestar Galactica and the incessant bubble invading

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old 04-20-10 | 10:29 PM
  #1  
Thread Starter
DVD Talk Legend
 
Joined: May 2004
Posts: 15,105
Received 303 Likes on 239 Posts
From: a mile high, give or take a few feet
Battlestar Galactica and the incessant bubble invading

I finally started the new Battlestar Galactica, and am having a hard time putting up with all of the bubble invading going on. Number Six is always half an inch from Gaius' face, and it's irritating the hell out of me. Does this let off during the rest of the series? I'm having a hard time finding anything online that can tell me one way or the other, and it's enough to keep me from watching any more episodes.


Stay out of my bubble.
Old 04-20-10 | 10:49 PM
  #2  
stingermck's Avatar
DVD Talk Legend
 
Joined: Jul 2002
Posts: 19,049
Received 578 Likes on 375 Posts
From: Cobra Island
Re: Battlestar Galactica and the incessant bubble invading

if thats a problem you should stop watching now.

Though you will miss an amazing show!

Oh, and btw

Old 04-20-10 | 10:52 PM
  #3  
Heat's Avatar
DVD Talk Legend
 
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 16,702
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like on 1 Post
From: Central Illinois
Re: Battlestar Galactica and the incessant bubble invading

Old 04-20-10 | 10:54 PM
  #4  
DVD Talk Limited Edition
 
Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 7,127
Received 32 Likes on 27 Posts
From: STL
Re: Battlestar Galactica and the incessant bubble invading

Sent you a pm. It's the number for my therapist.
Old 04-21-10 | 12:21 AM
  #5  
Thread Starter
DVD Talk Legend
 
Joined: May 2004
Posts: 15,105
Received 303 Likes on 239 Posts
From: a mile high, give or take a few feet
Re: Battlestar Galactica and the incessant bubble invading

Crap, I was afraid of that. I don't want to give up altogether, so I may just space out the series a bit, interspersing something else between each season for some much needed breathing room. For a show that takes place in the vast reaches of all space, they don't seem to utilize much of it.
Old 04-21-10 | 01:29 AM
  #6  
Moopher's Avatar
DVD Talk Platinum Edition
 
Joined: Mar 2008
Posts: 3,238
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like on 1 Post
From: kj
Re: Battlestar Galactica and the incessant bubble invading

Originally Posted by mndtrp
Crap, I was afraid of that. I don't want to give up altogether, so I may just space out the series a bit, interspersing something else between each season for some much needed breathing room. For a show that takes place in the vast reaches of all space, they don't seem to utilize much of it.
That's the beauty of it. They're stranded, so it should feel claustrophobic. This show is amazing though, easily my favorite show of all-time!
Old 04-21-10 | 06:57 AM
  #7  
Bandoman's Avatar
Enormous Genitals
 
Joined: Oct 2000
Posts: 38,844
Received 905 Likes on 474 Posts
From: a small cottage on a cul de sac in the lower pits of hell.
Re: Battlestar Galactica and the incessant bubble invading

Tricia Helfer can invade my bubble any time.
Old 04-21-10 | 07:00 AM
  #8  
DVD Talk Legend
 
Joined: Jul 2000
Posts: 10,634
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
From: chokin' you out in less than 30 seconds
Re: Battlestar Galactica and the incessant bubble invading

your bubble got burst a looooooooooooooooong time ago, there bando.
Old 04-21-10 | 08:29 AM
  #9  
Hokeyboy's Avatar
DVD Talk Legend
 
Joined: Oct 2001
Posts: 20,856
Received 1,041 Likes on 621 Posts
From: Fort Lauderdale, FL
Re: Battlestar Galactica and the incessant bubble invading

So now people are making up totally fucking trivial reasons to not like an amazing show? "Bubble invading"? Christ almighty..
Old 04-21-10 | 08:34 AM
  #10  
Heat's Avatar
DVD Talk Legend
 
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 16,702
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like on 1 Post
From: Central Illinois
Re: Battlestar Galactica and the incessant bubble invading

I never thought that there were enough animals on the show. They needed an elephant, or at least a zebra, to make the show more realistic.
Old 04-21-10 | 08:45 AM
  #11  
JuryDuty's Avatar
DVD Talk Limited Edition
 
Joined: Oct 1999
Posts: 6,717
Received 61 Likes on 48 Posts
From: Lost in Texas
Re: Battlestar Galactica and the incessant bubble invading

Don't give up on it just yet. While that's pretty much the way this series was filmed, I think it evens out the more you get into it. The thing about the new BSG that you have to realize is that it's created in storyline arcs. You've got really BAD storyline arcs and really GOOD storyline arcs. So sometimes you just have to suffer through a handful of really bad episodes to get to the really great ones.
Old 04-21-10 | 08:48 AM
  #12  
DVD Talk Hall of Fame
 
Joined: Dec 1999
Posts: 9,922
Received 10 Likes on 9 Posts
From: Washington, DC
Re: Battlestar Galactica and the incessant bubble invading

Originally Posted by Hokeyboy
So now people are making up totally fucking trivial reasons to not like an amazing show? "Bubble invading"? Christ almighty..
+1
Really?
Old 04-21-10 | 09:22 AM
  #13  
Sean O'Hara's Avatar
DVD Talk Legend
 
Joined: Nov 2005
Posts: 13,533
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like on 1 Post
From: Vichy America
Re: Battlestar Galactica and the incessant bubble invading

Originally Posted by Hokeyboy
So now people are making up totally fucking trivial reasons to not like an amazing show? "Bubble invading"? Christ almighty..
Yeah, if you're going to trash it, have a good reason -- like the way the show goes off the rails at the end of season 2, and, despite a few good episodes later on, never recovers, subjecting the viewer to way too many pointless episodes that don't advance the plot and instead focus on soapy storylines before culminating in a wall-banger finale.
Old 04-21-10 | 09:26 AM
  #14  
DVD Talk Legend
 
Joined: Mar 2004
Posts: 23,936
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like on 1 Post
From: MN
Re: Battlestar Galactica and the incessant bubble invading



"I think it's nice"
Old 04-21-10 | 09:41 AM
  #15  
DVD Talk Special Edition
 
Joined: Nov 1999
Posts: 1,835
Received 3 Likes on 2 Posts
From: Madison, WI
Re: Battlestar Galactica and the incessant bubble invading

+2 (or is it 3?)

a pretty ridiculous reason to not like a show.
Old 04-21-10 | 12:29 PM
  #16  
DVD Talk Platinum Edition
 
Joined: Jun 2009
Posts: 3,275
Received 4 Likes on 4 Posts
From: NYC-ish
Re: Battlestar Galactica and the incessant bubble invading

Originally Posted by Sean O'Hara
Yeah, if you're going to trash it, have a good reason -- like the way the show goes off the rails at the end of season 2, and, despite a few good episodes later on, never recovers, subjecting the viewer to way too many pointless episodes that don't advance the plot and instead focus on soapy storylines before culminating in a wall-banger finale.
I blame the inclusion of the Ewoks and Starbuck "shooting first". I might as well cut to the chase and just make up reasons to hate the show.
Old 04-21-10 | 12:31 PM
  #17  
DVD Talk Hero
 
Joined: Sep 2003
Posts: 25,058
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like on 1 Post
From: Portland, OR
Re: Battlestar Galactica and the incessant bubble invading

Originally Posted by Sean O'Hara
Yeah, if you're going to trash it, have a good reason -- like the way the show goes off the rails at the end of season 2, and, despite a few good episodes later on, never recovers, subjecting the viewer to way too many pointless episodes that don't advance the plot and instead focus on soapy storylines before culminating in a wall-banger finale.
Old 04-21-10 | 12:33 PM
  #18  
DVD Talk God
 
Joined: Feb 2000
Posts: 133,156
Received 897 Likes on 741 Posts
From: Directionally Challenged (for DirecTV)
Re: Battlestar Galactica and the incessant bubble invading

I did find this aspect of the show the most annoying thing about an otherwise great first 3 seasons. The irony is that they did far less of it during the subpar final season.
Old 04-21-10 | 12:56 PM
  #19  
DVD Talk Special Edition
 
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 1,118
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like on 1 Post
From: Formerly known as "darthlurker"
Re: Battlestar Galactica and the incessant bubble invading

So, I'm thinking of watching this show, but it seems to be in outer space? Are they always in outer space? Because if they're always in outer space, I don't think I can watch it.

Also, dialogue bothers me. I hope the show is silent.
Old 04-21-10 | 02:54 PM
  #20  
Ayre's Avatar
DVD Talk Gold Edition
 
Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 2,196
Received 4 Likes on 4 Posts
Re: Battlestar Galactica and the incessant bubble invading

I paid too much for my color TV to watch a show in black & white.
Old 04-21-10 | 06:07 PM
  #21  
Thread Starter
DVD Talk Legend
 
Joined: May 2004
Posts: 15,105
Received 303 Likes on 239 Posts
From: a mile high, give or take a few feet
Re: Battlestar Galactica and the incessant bubble invading

Say what you will, and you're welcome to your opinion, but watching several episodes back to back over the course of a week or so, it's irritating the hell out of me. I don't mind hearing someone say "like" once in a while, but if I'm around teenage girls who say it 30 times in the course of 10 minutes, it drives me nuts.

Which is why I said I would continue watching the show, as I like the characters, plots, everything else, but I would space the episodes out with something else. I realize it's rather petty, but it is something I don't appreciate in my real life, and it isn't much better on television.
Old 04-21-10 | 07:05 PM
  #22  
DVD Talk Hall of Fame
 
Joined: Oct 2001
Posts: 7,534
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like on 1 Post
From: San Diego, CA
Re: Battlestar Galactica and the incessant bubble invading

"bubble invading"? Didn't know what that meant until I read the post. I thought it had to do w/ all the popups and credits invading the bottom of the screen for half the show.
Old 04-21-10 | 08:29 PM
  #23  
DVD Talk Hero
 
Joined: Aug 2000
Posts: 29,850
Received 23 Likes on 16 Posts
From: Bartertown due to it having a better economy than where I really live.
Re: Battlestar Galactica and the incessant bubble invading

while I understand not wanting someone to get within your personal space in real life, I can't grasp seeing it happen to other people on tv being an issue

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off



Archive - Advertising - Cookie Policy - Privacy Statement - Terms of Service -

Copyright © 2026 MH Sub I, LLC dba Internet Brands. All rights reserved. Use of this site indicates your consent to the Terms of Use.