As we speak, having been largely immobilised in front of the TV for the last 6 days (following the foot op I really ought to blog about!) I've been reworking through my Battlestar Galactica DVDs. Previously I'd watched as far as just before the end of season 2, stopping there to avoid the cliffhangar until season 3 came out on DVD. But then didn't get around to buying season 3 for a year or more by which time I'd forgotten the details of what had been happening...
Anyway, as of last night I'm caught up on where I was, and now 4 eps into season 3. And I'm still enjoying it, and I still think it's superbly done and awesome television. But man, is it DARK. I can't say the pacing ever worried me (and this may be less of an issue if watching 8 eps in a day!), nor the "nymphomanic hallucinatory Cylon" but if I had to say whay I like least about the show it'd be the near-unrelieved darkness. Even their big triumphs tend to be bittersweet, and whilst I can't argue that it's inappropriate or indeed that it doesn't make for great drama, I wish they'd lightten up the gloom a bit occasionally.
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Anyway, as of last night I'm caught up on where I was, and now 4 eps into season 3. And I'm still enjoying it, and I still think it's superbly done and awesome television. But man, is it DARK. I can't say the pacing ever worried me (and this may be less of an issue if watching 8 eps in a day!), nor the "nymphomanic hallucinatory Cylon" but if I had to say whay I like least about the show it'd be the near-unrelieved darkness. Even their big triumphs tend to be bittersweet, and whilst I can't argue that it's inappropriate or indeed that it doesn't make for great drama, I wish they'd lightten up the gloom a bit occasionally.