| Convention updates - March edition |
[Saturday
March 13th, 2010 at
11:08am] |
meshel73 and I continue to update our comprehensive list of BSG/Caprica events. These are the guests and locations included in our updates over the past couple weeks:
- Battlestar guests: Jamie Bamber, Luciana Carro, Aaron Douglas, David Eick, Michael Hogan, Ronald D. Moore, Ryan Robbins, Rekha Sharma, Mark Stern, Michael Trucco, Kate Vernon and Rick Worthy
- Caprica guests: Magda Apanowicz, Luciana Carro, David Eick, Paula Malcomson, James Marsters, Ronald D. Moore, Esai Morales, Ryan Robbins, Sasha Roiz, Mark Stern and Alessandra Torresani
- Locations: Birmingham (Alabama), Brisbane, Chicago, Lake Charles (Louisiana), Long Island, Melbourne, New York City, San Francisco, Toronto and Vancouver
For a complete list of all BSG/Caprica guests at conventions and other public events, see and bookmark this post
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| Episode Review Thread |
[Friday
March 12th, 2010 at
2:24pm] |
Please bookmark this post -- After you've watched the episode, add your thoughts, opinions, reviews, etc. (if you've already written a review on a different site, feel free to post a link as well). This isn't mandatory, but it's encouraged so that the community isn't flooded with a ton of separate posts. As always, this thread will be added to our Episode Reviews page for easy reference.
( CAPRICA: 'The Imperfections of Memory' -- SPOILERS WITHIN )
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| The Caprican Re: Tauron |
[Wednesday
March 10th, 2010 at
6:57pm] |
The second-latest article at The Caprican goes into more detail about the Tauron Civil War and the origin of the slur "dirteater". http://syfy.com/caprican
ETA: Oops. Link fixed. I had no idea that leaving http:// out of the html code would cause the link not to work, since that works fine when you type it into an address box. Sorry.
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| The heart of the problem with Caprica's drama is the limited moral ambiguity! |
[Wednesday
March 10th, 2010 at
3:00pm] |
I'm quoting my review about the heart of the problem with Caprica's drama:
"There is no sense that Caprica is delving deeply and realistically into the mindsets of terrorists, based on an examination of history and present day politics from a non-Western perspective; this is what Ronald D. Moore ensured on Battlestar Galactica. Instead, one gets the impression that Jane Espenson is leading her writing staff in coming up with their notions of such people and movements on their own. This tends to lead to mythical notions of how people behave without any psychological grounding. It also leads to morally ambiguous arcs that are less ambitious and are crafted for their own sake, rather than to say something pertinent about our world.
For example, isn't it convenient that the moral ambiguity among the show's characters only extends to limited culpability? They're often suspected of committing horrible acts, but they're shown as either having not committed them or having never meant for them to occur and – therefore – are redeemable, according to conventional state-oriented notions of morality. Daniel never meant to have Virgo Industries' employees killed; I'm sure even Sam will be absolved of complicity in their deaths and Tomas Virgo will be shown to wrongly want Daniel or the Adamas' deaths. Similarly, Zoe is thought by her parents and the GDD to be responsible for the suicide train bombing, but we know she isn't. Yet the guy who is, Ben Stark, still hasn't been explored. In the same vein, Sister Clarice will predictably be found out by Amanda as a member of the STO, and Amanda will think Clarice responsible for the bombing. Yet, it's pretty clear that she's depicted as disagreeing with Barnabas' violent course. In contrast, Ronald D. Moore's pilot had a disturbing but convincing scene in which she lays out a sympathetic understanding of Ben's mindset; a deleted scene even hinted that she was behind his actions. In this episode, we find out that Keon's culpability is also limited because he didn't know Stark would use the bomb in that way. It would have been harder to humanize these characters were they responsible for the horrible things of which they are or will be accused, but it would make for better drama and more insightful probing into the human condition.
In contrast, on Battlestar Galactica, the cylons INTENDED to commit genocide against the humans at the start of the show, just as the fleet MEANT to do the same to the cylons later on. Characters also willfully tortured "the other." The brilliance of that show lay in getting the audience to feel that this cruelty could be rationalized and carried out by the same people who were capable of great kindness as well.
So, instead of the current dramatic course – composed of a series of accidents and misunderstandings – Caprica's storytelling should push the boundaries of moral ambiguity to more extreme, albeit realistic, levels to explore the most horrific acts of humanity. Like Battlestar, it must serve to expose the most pressing issues of our time and ask viewers to question their own narratives and the mainstream North American media's biased depictions of events. Above nearly every other issue, that is my greatest concern with the show's present direction."
My entire review is here:
http://www.tv.com/caprica/know-thy-enemy/episode/1326224/reviews.html
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| Lee, space tactician? (not) |
[Tuesday
March 9th, 2010 at
6:25pm] |
So, after re-watching Season 3 and the space battle above New Caprica. I'm wondering. Pegasus' main batteries are pretty impressive, and took out a base star from a pretty serious distance - they're no close-quarters weapons. Instead of driving through them, why not just stand off and pick them off one-by-one?
Admittedly, nowhere near as exciting.
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| Browser-Based Battlestar Galactica MMOG Coming Fall 2010 |
[Tuesday
March 9th, 2010 at
6:13pm] |
Bigpoint, recognized as a global market leader in browser-based Massively Multiplayer Online Games (MMOG), will introduce 'Battlestar Galactica Online', a tactical space combat and adventure MMOG based on Syfy's Vancouver-lensed Battlestar Galactica TV series.
The MMOG will launch worldwide exclusively this fall on Syfy.com for a 30 day period. The Unity co-developed MMOG will offer state of the art graphics that can be played directly in an Internet browser.
Full article here, or just search on the net, seems there are several stories about it!
Teaser website for the game here.
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| Galactica: Sabotage (Vid) |
[Monday
March 8th, 2010 at
4:34pm] |
I have no idea what spawned this hot mess of a vid. Actually, yeah I do...it was Adama's Frakstache.
Sabotage is one of my favorite videos from the 90s and I had this cracked-out idea to copy it shot-for-shot using BSG footage. I succeeded in some parts, failed in others, but I think the end result is awesome.
Since Youtube won't let me embed the Beastie Boys' original vid for comparison, here's the link.
Download it here, if you feel inclined (.mp4 format).
Enjoy the crack.
Edit: Here's the side-by-side comparison of the two vids.
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| Wallpaper ♥ |
[Monday
March 8th, 2010 at
10:01pm] |
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Mary McDonnell (Laura Roslin) and Edward James Olmos (Eddie Holt in Wolfen) wallpapers at my LJ Enjoy! :)
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| NY Congressman Forced Out over Inappropriate Statement |
[Monday
March 8th, 2010 at
10:26am] |
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A political post? Not really. I just found the comment that he claims got him in trouble to be funny (and of possible interest to the community):
"And I grabbed the staff member sitting next to me and I said, 'What I really ought to be doing is frakking you,' and then tossled the guy's hair and left, went to my room, because I knew the party was getting to a point where I shouldn't be there."
Link
I look forward to more frakking conversations from Congress in the future.
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