tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post4596646794863192300..comments2024-02-24T00:37:43.087-05:00Comments on The Other McCain: Creators vs. 'The Suits'Robert Stacy McCainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03084541621503669804noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-16784417415400251402009-01-20T10:01:00.000-05:002009-01-20T10:01:00.000-05:00for the time, BSG was good... despite the robot do...for the time, BSG was good... despite the robot dog..<BR/><BR/>looking back from today's perspective, hokey as hell..<BR/><BR/>same can be said with 'Dukes of Hazzard', 'Knight Rider', and 'The A-Team'. <BR/><BR/>I saw the mini series kick off of BSG 2.0 and the first few episodes.. In some ways, it was superior to the original.. but then, the lead, Apollo, seemed to be too much of a metrosexual and Starbuck (doe) has more hubris than him.. <BR/><BR/>nothing against strong female roles.. but when it comes to the detriment of a strong male role.. it rolls into PC land. <BR/><BR/>( I haven't seen the rest of the series, no sci fi at home.. I saw what I did on vacation.. to <I> my </I> wife's detriment. :)Dave Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13779153708960447630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-91308776456005083312009-01-19T23:48:00.000-05:002009-01-19T23:48:00.000-05:00I'm a little torn on this as well. I don't rememb...I'm a little torn on this as well. I don't remember the original BSG all that well, but I actually do enjoy the "re-imagining," despite the preachiness (and gaping plot holes).<BR/><BR/>But his larger point is right. The nihilism that just drips from every pore of modern culture is over-bearing. People don't really enjoy watching programming that constantly reminds them of how much humanity sucks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-6351235728762813572009-01-19T19:37:00.000-05:002009-01-19T19:37:00.000-05:00Dunno.Just as often, once the creative people take...Dunno.<BR/><BR/>Just as often, once the creative people take full control of the project, there's no appreciable increase in quality.<BR/><BR/>Exhibit 1: Star Wars Prequels.<BR/><BR/>Exhibit 2: I tend to think that the last 4 Harry Potter novels could have used judicious editing.<BR/><BR/>Exhibit 3: Director of Basketball Operations Michael Jordan.<BR/><BR/>Just kidding about that last one. I think.TomM.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09593255193340617837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-13618828294666311222009-01-19T19:04:00.000-05:002009-01-19T19:04:00.000-05:00He picked a lousy example to hang his hat on. The...He picked a lousy example to hang his hat on. The original BSG sucked, and I man collapsed-giant star black hole sucked. It was far to cheesy and dorky for even me at age 14 when I was much more tolerant of cheesiness and dorkisms in sci-fi. The first two seasons of the new BSG were pretty damn good TV, and while it started to fall off and become a bit preachy from the 3rd season on, it's at least watchable. In the first season you had episodes that gave credence to the ideas that leaders might have to do some unsavory things to protect the citizenry, that a state might actually have a compelling reason to prohibit abortion, and that it might actually be dangerous to allow your avowed enemies to live among you. <BR/><BR/>His more general complaint might be somewhat dated as well. When the original BSG was on TV, the major networks were the largely the only ones running new series, and thus the suits had to water them down to appeal to the maximum number of viewers. But nowadays with so much fragmentation in the TV landscape thanks to cable networks, you have a lot of excellent series like The Sopranos, The Wire, Mad Men (which is great not just because of Christina Hendricks, although that certainly enhances its watch-ability), and yes, BSG. Creators have a lot more freedom now it would seem to me, as networks have to compete to find niches that will bring viewers instead of just going for the lowest common denominator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com