Hee! Glad you liked it - always nice to hear my wordiness is in some way useful.
As to the Razor comparison, I wasn't actually referencing its success in anything other than a purely structural fashion. While I don't agree with them all, I certainly see where your criticisms of the story itself come from and even think the reasons I don't share those opinions might be down to me giving the show far too much credit; bluntly, there's a lot that's valid to criticise. However, one thing I do think it did much, much better than The Plan was have a plot that nonetheless tied into past events in the series. If it had followed the format of The Plan then we would have had to sit through loads of scenes about what Thorne and Cain and Gina were doing during Pegasus - Resurrection Ship II; likewise had The Plan followed Razor's model, we would have maybe spent nearly all our time on the Cybele with Gianna or something? I hope that makes sense? I'm not saying Razor was a masterpiece of plot or anything just that, well, it had one.
On a happier note - YAYCAVIL! :D
Porno Battlestar is just NOT RIGHT and it will distract the hell out of me in scenes where I should not be distractred. Like, for example, the emotional climax of Simon's storyline.
OMGS YES THIS. Except I totally move we rename it Porno Battlestar, especially during eras where Adama has that godawful 70s pornstache.
that does make me wonder if there was a contractual issue going on.
Yeah, cus for example Lee doesn't have anything to do in it at all, and that's fine because it's not his story; this isn't Laura's story so it would have been weird to shoehorn her in. But in clips where she actually WAS, and where she was doing something really, really important to boot, the way they cut around her when they weren't doing that with anyone else really suggests there was something else going on there. I mean, I'm sure it was all very civil, etc., but there must have been a budgeting or contractual issue or something, otherwise it just doesn't make sense. I believe The Plan was filmed on a different contract or something? So maybe that's part of it? WE SHALL PROBABLY NEVER KNOW.
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Re: part 1
Date: 2009-10-24 09:52 pm (UTC)As to the Razor comparison, I wasn't actually referencing its success in anything other than a purely structural fashion. While I don't agree with them all, I certainly see where your criticisms of the story itself come from and even think the reasons I don't share those opinions might be down to me giving the show far too much credit; bluntly, there's a lot that's valid to criticise. However, one thing I do think it did much, much better than The Plan was have a plot that nonetheless tied into past events in the series. If it had followed the format of The Plan then we would have had to sit through loads of scenes about what Thorne and Cain and Gina were doing during Pegasus - Resurrection Ship II; likewise had The Plan followed Razor's model, we would have maybe spent nearly all our time on the Cybele with Gianna or something? I hope that makes sense? I'm not saying Razor was a masterpiece of plot or anything just that, well, it had one.
On a happier note - YAYCAVIL! :D
Porno Battlestar is just NOT RIGHT and it will distract the hell out of me in scenes where I should not be distractred. Like, for example, the emotional climax of Simon's storyline.
OMGS YES THIS. Except I totally move we rename it Porno Battlestar, especially during eras where Adama has that godawful 70s pornstache.
that does make me wonder if there was a contractual issue going on.
Yeah, cus for example Lee doesn't have anything to do in it at all, and that's fine because it's not his story; this isn't Laura's story so it would have been weird to shoehorn her in. But in clips where she actually WAS, and where she was doing something really, really important to boot, the way they cut around her when they weren't doing that with anyone else really suggests there was something else going on there. I mean, I'm sure it was all very civil, etc., but there must have been a budgeting or contractual issue or something, otherwise it just doesn't make sense. I believe The Plan was filmed on a different contract or something? So maybe that's part of it? WE SHALL PROBABLY NEVER KNOW.