Battlestar Galactica Backlash Thread.

[Natty P]

Yeah, that's a real first in television history.

How's that relevant? Are you saying that a ubiquitous flaw is above reproach because of its ubiquity?

[Taxman]

How's that relevant? Are you saying that a ubiquitous flaw is above reproach because of its ubiquity?

It is not above reproach, but I don't know that I would consider it worth complaining about.

[Natty P]

It is not above reproach, but I don't know that I would consider it worth complaining about.

A fair point, and I may have over-emphasized how much it bothers me. The events of tonight's episode reminded me of how that bothers me and thus how much everything else bothers me. Dave F said it all with more brevity than I did.

[Fourthman]

The events of tonight's episode reminded me of how that bothers me and thus how much everything else bothers me.

I was not ready to join your cause until you phrased it just this way.

[Simps]

I'm halfway through the miniseries right now, and it's okay so far, but not mind-blowingly amazing. I'm willing to stick through the first season, though.

[The Human Target]

The lack of a main character death (at least one) is a huge problem IMO.

No one in this thread has made an even slightly valid argument against that that problem either.

[The Hodag]

The lack of a main character death (at least one) is a huge problem IMO.

I guess I'm not quite seeing the issue. Barring Starbuck and Apollo, most of the leads are effectively shielded from frontline combat. With the Cylons, it seems like they dole out killing on a mass scale - talking about planetary or capital ship destruction - or not at all. There's just not a lot of whittling down of humans on a small scale, what with terrorist attacks being minimal and man-to-man combat being extremely rare.

Admittedly, I think they've cheaped out a few times with close-calls like

Spoilers:

Adama's shooting or the President's cancer (especially the President's cancer)

and that tends to make viewers skeptical anytime death looms over a major character. That is a bit of an issue. Still, I don't think it's that big a stretch that the major players haven't gotten killed. Most of them are leader-types in one way or another, and those are precisely the folks who usually survive wars.

[The Human Target]

I guess I'm not quite seeing the issue. Barring Starbuck and Apollo, most of the leads are effectively shielded from frontline combat. With the Cylons, it seems like they dole out killing on a mass scale - talking about planetary or capital ship destruction - or not at all. There's just not a lot of whittling down of humans on a small scale, what with terrorist attacks being minimal and man-to-man combat being extremely rare.

Admittedly, I think they've cheaped out a few times with close-calls like

Spoilers:

Adama's shooting or the President's cancer (especially the President's cancer)

and that tends to make viewers skeptical anytime death looms over a major character. That is a bit of an issue. Still, I don't think it's that big a stretch that the major players haven't gotten killed. Most of them are leader-types in one way or another, and those are precisely the folks who usually survive wars.

All the major characters have gotten really close to dying at least once (no matter if they're pilots or commanders or Presidents), and each time they've been snatched from the brink as you pointed out.

That idea wears really, really thin when its used that much, and makes the fact that no title character has died even more glaring.

Gaeta, Billy, Dee, Cally, Anders, Tigh's wife, Tom Zarek, etc could all have been raised to positions of greater importance in the show.

I don't WANT any of the main characters to die.

But in an fairly realistic war drama, someone NEEDS to.

[Boris the Blade]

Yeah, enough bickering among the Cylons. Time for them to ruthlessly clean house, and re-emerge with a singular, devastating vision against humanity!

[The Human Target]

I prefer the bickering truth be told.

The race fro Earth is all I need in the way of a plan/motivation for either side for the rest of the series.