BSG's Miniseries

[pennyfeline]

Lots of people have been doing that tv meme recentlly. Silently, I found myself replying to a lot of those questions with "BSG miniseries". To this day and 4 seasons of BSG, I still consider its pilot movie one of the best things ever. One of the best BSG "episodes" ever and one of the best movies in general, ever. Considering the fact that I was

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[firstlady1408]

This is such a beautiful post, especially as I'm currently tryin to persuade my friend who's visiting me to watch it :-) Question? Was the little girl called Tammy I've been calling her Cammie all this time lol

[firstlady1408]

[firstlady1408]

LOL, I think that's s perfectly find excuse bb. I just second guessed myself then cos it was you xc

[pennyfeline]

Woah, the power I have over you. *rubs hands*

[cosy_lil_corner]

OMG. I heart this post so. Reminded me that I have some heavy rewatching to do, surprisingly the Pilot is the only of bsg I can bring myself to watch these days.
Funniest thing is that when crazyyounglady and my younger brother practically teamed up to trick me into starting bsg journey *sigh*, they actually advised me against watching the pilot for various reasons, mainly because it was basically long and boring. So had I been through three seasons and raizor, all of a sudden it occured to me that I actually have the prologue to come back to *insert a dalia icon here*

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[pennyfeline]

((((Sheldon))))

You know, it's funny because I've been reading a lot of people say that about the mini. It being boring, that is. Personally, I think it just takes enough time to let the story unfold, to show thoughtful scenes and slow building emotion, but never boring.

So, how was it to watch the pilot after 3 seasons? Or, how was it to start with 33 without having gotten to know the characters so well in the mini?

[cosy_lil_corner]

Can't but agree with you here. It's also important for both writers and actors to find their ground, if you know what I mean. Personally, I suppose none of the tv shows was able to hold me captivated straight away, so as you put it 'slow building emotion', yeah, there's that.

Well to start with I was familiar with Mary's character owing to the fact that crazyyounglady went literally crazy about LR. Oh totally I had this FTW reaction to the weirdo Baltar guy and his imaginary girlfriend,as for the rest of it, it was pretty clear as to what was going (I'd be lying though if I say I wasn't a tiny bit suspicious about the entire cylon mythical plot ), so. Looking to the bright side, I had the lovely 'making having babies' moment saved up to savour when stuff got ugly (namely season 3).

[pennyfeline]

So I have to thank crazyyounglady then? &hearts

[spymaster47]

Epic post for an epic pilot! Hee, I was wondering whether you'd include shots of Colonial One Pilot. So glad you did. :P I went into watching the BSG pilot after reading a good review having never heard of the earlier series and no particular impressions of MM/EJO. So glad I did, and proud to say I've been there since the beginning. I'm with you in finding the pilot to be one of the best BSG eps ever (except the too long Adama/Leoben scenes!). Hm..I think I probably enjoy it more than '33'. Just some strong introductions to basically all the characters, and some which we'd sadly never ever again *sob C1pilot*. :P Laura was the one who really grabbed me, just with the way she was handling her unexpected leadership position + cancer + Bill + Lee + Billy + babies, but Adama made me look at him wth new eyes from the moment he made his speech. I liked just about everyone though I thought some of the young actors were a bit new to acting

[pennyfeline]

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Aww, thank you for your post to this! &hearts

You know I loved the Colonial One pilot, of course I would include shots of him. :D Hee!

So glad I did, and proud to say I've been there since the beginning.

Wow, did you watch it before the 1st season had been filmed? I only discovered it in the middle of season 2.

*sob C1pilot*. :P

I'm so with you in sobbing over never seeing him again. Sometimes, when we saw shots of Colonial One showing its cockpit later in the series, I was so sure I could spot him. :P

I liked just about everyone though I thought some of the young actors were a bit new to acting.

I have to say the one young actor that left an impression on me at this point was Aaron Douglas. But he had some good scenes, too. I was fond of Apollo, but I think this pretty much came down to his interactions with Kara and especially Laura.

Hee, you made my mind go into a naughty direction. My mind just followed you, thanks for that! *g

[spymaster47]

"Wow, did you watch it before the 1st season had been filmed

[spymaster47]

Were you surprised at the reveal of Sharon as a cylon model at the end? Hm.. would it have been even more interesting/shocking if it'd been another character...say Laura or Bill! Imagine the WTF! :P

[pennyfeline]

Thank you! :)

[born_spook]

I was out yesterday and haven't had a chance to read this properly yet, but I will be back! It's beautifully put together, and I need to savour it properly. ;)

For me, these are some of the best 3 hours of TV ever. ♥

[pennyfeline]

How dare you go out yesterday? *g*

For me, these are some of the best 3 hours of TV ever. ♥

&hearts &hearts &hearts

[born_spook]

I had a appointment with the Queen!

Ok, I didn't, but we did go to London, to a cricket match for Ash's birthday (an early present), lol.

♥

[pennyfeline]

Happy (early) birthday, fake!hubby! And please, give my best wishes to the Queen when you see her again.