Comments on: Secret cult of Mormon sci-fi fans? http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/05/03/7143/ Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:50:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: dan http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/05/03/7143/#comment-513883 Tue, 06 May 2008 18:30:53 +0100 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/05/03/7143/#comment-513883 <i>I’d rather go into how the current season is near-catatonia-inducing</i> Dear BSG People, Please to make Starbuck badass and tuff again, instead of this sort of sad depressing mental case with a bunch of fingerpaints. I mean she was always crazy but she was badass-tuff crazy, not "curl up in the fetal position muttering to herself and then turn into Stockholm-buddies with her former captor" crazy. I’d rather go into how the current season is near-catatonia-inducing

Dear BSG People,

Please to make Starbuck badass and tuff again, instead of this sort of sad depressing mental case with a bunch of fingerpaints.

I mean she was always crazy but she was badass-tuff crazy, not “curl up in the fetal position muttering to herself and then turn into Stockholm-buddies with her former captor” crazy.

]]> by: Grammar RWA http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/05/03/7143/#comment-513739 Tue, 06 May 2008 12:17:30 +0100 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/05/03/7143/#comment-513739 <blockquote>People believe because they want to believe.</blockquote> This does not account for many former atheists' conversion experiences. I think these people may be failing to notice that they're applying insufficient (often hypocritical) standards of rigor, but they aren't all hoping for (or even happy about) a god.

People believe because they want to believe. This does not account for many former atheists’ conversion experiences. I think these people may be failing to notice that they’re applying insufficient (often hypocritical) standards of rigor, but they aren’t all hoping for (or even happy about) a god.

]]> by: BlackBloc http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/05/03/7143/#comment-513509 Mon, 05 May 2008 14:10:15 +0100 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/05/03/7143/#comment-513509 Whether Head Six is a Cylon entity, an envoy of the one true god, or something else entirely... does it actually make a difference? Does it make Balthar any less of a traitor depending on exactly what is the nature of the entity he's delivering humanity to? Whether Head Six is a Cylon entity, an envoy of the one true god, or something else entirely… does it actually make a difference? Does it make Balthar any less of a traitor depending on exactly what is the nature of the entity he’s delivering humanity to?

]]> by: inge http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/05/03/7143/#comment-513438 Mon, 05 May 2008 10:55:39 +0100 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/05/03/7143/#comment-513438 So BSG is fanfic on Bible fanfic? I'm completely not shocked here. The Book or Mormon works better as SF than as fantasy anyway. So BSG is fanfic on Bible fanfic? I’m completely not shocked here. The Book or Mormon works better as SF than as fantasy anyway.

]]> by: Jettboy http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/05/03/7143/#comment-513421 Mon, 05 May 2008 09:21:34 +0100 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/05/03/7143/#comment-513421 I think Baltar is much more Mohammed than any other prophet; although Bacchas sometimes comes to mind. Most of his "theology" sounds like modern self-help gurus. The writers are just making things up as they go along and the viewers are filling in the blanks. Who people decide he is seems to say more about the viewer than Baltar, and that is a sign of good writing. Sadly, I have not enjoyed this season because I think they have gone over the top with the characters. Having one main character a cylon was dramatic. Picking several main characters as cylons is overkill and beyond my suspension of disbelief. I think Baltar is much more Mohammed than any other prophet; although Bacchas sometimes comes to mind. Most of his “theology” sounds like modern self-help gurus. The writers are just making things up as they go along and the viewers are filling in the blanks. Who people decide he is seems to say more about the viewer than Baltar, and that is a sign of good writing.

Sadly, I have not enjoyed this season because I think they have gone over the top with the characters. Having one main character a cylon was dramatic. Picking several main characters as cylons is overkill and beyond my suspension of disbelief.

]]> by: denelian http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/05/03/7143/#comment-513398 Sun, 04 May 2008 21:18:47 +0100 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/05/03/7143/#comment-513398 most people know the high points of the Book of Enoch ????????????? Enoch was a city? at least according to Vampire:theMasquerade... i demand more info! :D most people know the high points of the Book of Enoch
?????????????

Enoch was a city? at least according to Vampire:theMasquerade…

i demand more info! :D

]]> by: teac, grand duchess of dark roast coffee http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/05/03/7143/#comment-513397 Sun, 04 May 2008 20:52:34 +0100 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/05/03/7143/#comment-513397 Nanu nanu! Nanu nanu!

]]> by: Caren, Creator of Animorphic Pancakes http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/05/03/7143/#comment-513396 Sun, 04 May 2008 20:31:26 +0100 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/05/03/7143/#comment-513396 Bidi bidi bidi!!! Nanu nanu! BSG TOS was actually a highly rated program. It only lasted one season b/c it was expensive for the time. None of its replacements ever got its ratings. John Dykstra did the effects for Star Wars and BSG. Star Wars threatened to sue, which is why the 'blasters' only shot like flash lights and not like Star Trek's phasers. (Yes Star <i>Wars</i> was claiming rights to effects used by other SF shows for decades like Star <i>Trek</i>) I still can't quite wrap my mind around why the show was so expensive when they ended up rushing production and then having to use the same 3 fx shots over and over and over and over. Certainly they could have gotten more for $1million+ in 1978? Bidi bidi bidi!!! Nanu nanu!

BSG TOS was actually a highly rated program. It only lasted one season b/c it was expensive for the time. None of its replacements ever got its ratings.

John Dykstra did the effects for Star Wars and BSG. Star Wars threatened to sue, which is why the ‘blasters’ only shot like flash lights and not like Star Trek’s phasers. (Yes Star Wars was claiming rights to effects used by other SF shows for decades like Star Trek)

I still can’t quite wrap my mind around why the show was so expensive when they ended up rushing production and then having to use the same 3 fx shots over and over and over and over. Certainly they could have gotten more for $1million+ in 1978?

]]> by: hf http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/05/03/7143/#comment-513395 Sun, 04 May 2008 20:27:04 +0100 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/05/03/7143/#comment-513395 <i>Of course, our culture is permeated with religion and theology — most people know the high points of the Book of Enoch</i> You must have an awfully narrow definition of your culture, or a love of outright lying. Most Americans don't know the high points of Jeremiah. Of course, our culture is permeated with religion and theology — most people know the high points of the Book of Enoch

You must have an awfully narrow definition of your culture, or a love of outright lying. Most Americans don’t know the high points of Jeremiah.

]]> by: Roxanne http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/05/03/7143/#comment-513382 Sun, 04 May 2008 18:21:13 +0100 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/05/03/7143/#comment-513382 <i>by doing Six’s (and other Cylons’) bidding</i> I think that presupposes that HIS six IS six. I'm not sure that's the case. by doing Six’s (and other Cylons’) bidding

I think that presupposes that HIS six IS six. I’m not sure that’s the case.

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