Battlestar Galactica music video

ray245 · Post by **ray245** » 2006-12-09 10:23pm

Err...I think we are a bit off topic by now...maybe wrong section at the least.

Can we just get back to enjoy TOS or nBSG music video in peace?

Post by **Vympel** » 2006-12-09 10:44pm

I don't think everyone in nBSG is an asshole- having seen the whole show rather than a handful of episodes (where one is sure to form such an impression)- nearly everyone on the show (with the "good guys", at any rate) is an inherently good person, irrespective of mistakes they've made in the past.

It's a fantasic damn show and it definitiely delivers what I'm looking for, entertainment wise.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=utWxIfIFXaQ

And that video fucking kicks ass. Galactica and Pegasus kicking ass and taking names the whole time.

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2006-12-09 11:22pm

Spyder wrote:Not only that but characters are suddenly being held accountable for their actions. No more third options, no more resets and time travel.

AMEN

I loved Adama's speech in Season 1 when Tyrol tried to take the rap after a deckhand took the fall for him.

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2006-12-09 11:26pm

The drunk, stupid police chief (Tigh)

You mean the drunk, competent XO?

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2006-12-09 11:27pm

Does Tigh ever do anything but drink, be emo, and scowl? Maybe it's just the luck of the draw, but that's pretty much all I've ever seen him do. Is that High Drama?

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2006-12-09 11:30pm

Stark wrote:Does Tigh ever do anything but drink, be emo, and scowl? Maybe it's just the luck of the draw, but that's pretty much all I've ever seen him do. Is that High Drama?

He's ordered suicide bombings, the venting of 84 crew members into space; put the entire civilian government into the brig, executed people for collaboration with the Cylons via tossing them out of a launch bay, etc.

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2006-12-09 11:35pm

That doesn't answer the question, Shep. But nevermind. I think I'll go make a 'Do people who like nBSG like Law and Order etc' poll.

Post by **Vympel** » 2006-12-09 11:36pm

Stark wrote:That doesn't answer the question, Shep.

Yes it does- everything Shep just said doesn't fall under your three categories

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2006-12-09 11:41pm

Rubbish. I've seen the show: he's emo/drunk all over the place while doing other stuff, like being a hardass. All that whining and being emo isn't very manly. I actually thought the spacing was weak, since it'd be standard to vent in such situations.

Was it you or Dalton who likes Law and Order? I'm working on an 'enjoys preachy stuff' theory on nBSG.

Brother-Captain Gaius · Post by **Brother-Captain Gaius** » 2006-12-10 12:28am

Stark wrote:Rubbish. I've seen the show: he's emo/drunk all over the place while doing other stuff, like being a hardass. All that whining and being emo isn't very manly. I actually thought the spacing was weak, since it'd be standard to vent in such situations.

Was it you or Dalton who likes Law and Order? I'm working on an 'enjoys preachy stuff' theory on nBSG.

The only time he was ever really emo was after he was forced to kill his own wife because he's such a hardcore BMF. His manliness was just too powerful, you see. Plus, now he's a pirate.

Spyder · Post by **Spyder** » 2006-12-10 12:31am

I can't say I've seen many emos order suicide bombings.

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2006-12-10 12:40am

Our emo tolerances must be different: his angst levels are just too high for me to take him seriously. Then again, the same is true for most of the rest of the 'forced edgy' cast with their laughable personal problems. Anyway, I'm just being off topic.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2006-12-10 01:34am

I'll take angsty XOs over farty aliens, Stark.

ray245 · Post by **ray245** » 2006-12-10 01:53am

By the way, what theme music could fit in nBSG well? I've seen too many music video with music that does not suit the show?

Halo main theme is the only I could think of...

Post by **Vympel** » 2006-12-10 01:57am

ray245 wrote:By the way, what theme music could fit in nBSG well? I've seen too many music video with music that does not suit the show?

Halo main theme is the only I could think of...

nBSG has theme music, heathen infidel.

Post by **Vympel** » 2006-12-10 01:58am

Stark wrote:Rubbish. I've seen the show: he's emo/drunk all over the place while doing other stuff, like being a hardass.

He's not emo. Drunk, yes, but not all the time.

All that whining and being emo isn't very manly. I actually thought the spacing was weak, since it'd be standard to vent in such situations.

Was it you or Dalton who likes Law and Order? I'm working on an 'enjoys preachy stuff' theory on nBSG.

I'll watch Law and Order if it's on telly and I happen to be in front of the telly, but otherwise, no

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2006-12-10 02:15am

Vympel wrote:He's not emo. Drunk, yes, but not all the time.

Must be luck of the draw, then. Or maybe it's interference for everyone else's emo pretention?

I'll watch Law and Order if it's on telly and I happen to be in front of the telly, but otherwise, no

Dammit! Another awesome theory shot down by science!

Lord Poe · Post by **Lord Poe** » 2006-12-10 02:41am

Stofsk wrote:Uh... what's your definition of campiness?

In relation to nBSG, campiness would refer to making Starbuck female but retaining every male quality the old Starbuck had, but without the humor and charm of that character. Its like a bad SNL skit.

MKSheppard wrote:I believe we need to have a nice sitdown and comparison between Colonel Tigh and Colonel Tigh with Wayne.

Oh, you mean the black ship commander who was stoic and competent in his job, vs the white guy who is a pitiful drunk and "rises to the occasion" at the last moment and makes heroic decisions, only to crawl back into the bottle afterwards?

Or between Commander Adama and Admiral Adama....

Yeah, Commander Adama had a computer with speech to text capability to keep his logs, while I suppose Admiral Adama uses a chisel and stone to keep his. You know, to keep that "low-tech" motif going? How many more seasons will it take before Admiral Adama completely morphs into ass-kicking Lt. Castillo from "Miami Vice"I wonder?

Hell, I can go on and on; look at Baltar from oBSG; he was right away a traitor to the entire human race with his MUWHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA "i'm so evil" schtick for no reason at all.

You mean no reason other than the promise of a position of power with the Cylons?

Gaius Baltar from nBSG isn't the evil villian right away; it's his own actions which damn him beyond redemption as the series goes on, which is far superior.

Yeah, it must be nice for the audiences to watch a mewling crybaby suffer through LSD-like daydreams...

ray245 wrote:Err...I think we are a bit off topic by now...maybe wrong section at the least. Can we just get back to enjoy TOS or nBSG music video in peace?

Shut the fuck up. We're still on topic; oBSG vs nBSG, which is what the music video in the OP is about.

Stark wrote:Does Tigh ever do anything but drink, be emo, and scowl? Maybe it's just the luck of the draw, but that's pretty much all I've ever seen him do. Is that High Drama?

Looks like I HAVEN'T missed a damned thing after the mini series and first two episodes...

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2006-12-10 03:35am

Lord Poe wrote:Oh, you mean the black ship commander who was stoic and competent in his job

Did he ever sacrifice 84 men and women to save the ship by venting their compartments to space? That's in the mini, by the way.

vs the white guy who is a pitiful drunk

He actually broke his habit early in season 1, and then Ellen showed up.....

and "rises to the occasion" at the last moment and makes heroic decisions

Except he keeps making heroic decisions over and over.

only to crawl back into the bottle afterwards?

So your beef is that Tigh isn't the shining defect-free version from the Campy Original show?

You know, to keep that "low-tech" motif going?

Wow, looks so goddamn low tech, Wayne

How many more seasons will it take before Admiral Adama completely morphs into ass-kicking Lt. Castillo from "Miami Vice" I
wonder?

Already happened and then over with. The 'Stache will be back however when humanity is in mortal peril once more!

You mean no reason other than the promise of a position of power with the Cylons?

"MUHAHAHAHAHHA, I'M SO EVIL! MUHAHAHAHHAHAHA!"

Yeah, it must be nice for the audiences to watch a mewling crybaby suffer through LSD-like daydreams...

No, it's interesting to see him damn himself ever further whenever he's given a chance to do the right thing; he does the thing that's best for Gaius Baltar.

Looks like I HAVEN'T missed a damned thing after the mini series and first two episodes...

You've missed a fuckload, Wayne, like The Original Starbuck Becoming a Reoccuring guest star on nBSG

Lord Poe · Post by **Lord Poe** » 2006-12-10 03:51am

MKSheppard wrote:You've missed a fuckload, Wayne, like The Original Starbuck Becoming a Reoccuring guest star on nBSG

That ain't Starbuck, Shep. Then again neither is this:

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2006-12-10 04:06am

That ain't Starbuck, Shep

Starbuck's soooo ICONIC that I mix up Apollo and Starbuck!

Actually, that IS starbuck to me.

oBSG was strictly a 1970s and early 1980s thing, it never gained the widespread success of other shows, and was pretty much forgotten until neoBSG.

It must really burn you people up that neo BSG has:

1.) Lasted Longer than oBSG.
2.) Gained more of an audience than oBSG.
3.) Gained more critical acclaim than oBSG.

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2006-12-10 04:09am

Let's recap what Wayne is waxing poetic over:

HOT SWEATY CAMP ACTION!

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2006-12-10 04:13am

MKSheppard wrote:Let's recap what Wayne is waxing poetic over:

HOT SWEATY CAMP ACTION!

You'd know about that sorta thing, eh Shep? *KISS*

Post by **Vympel** » 2006-12-10 04:13am

Oh. My. God.

That ... really says it all.

I'm going to go wash my bleeding eyes.

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2006-12-10 04:22am

Vympel wrote:Oh. My. God.

That ... really says it all.

I'm going to go wash my bleeding eyes.

*prepares tapes of Galactica: 1980*