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I love the new Battlestar! I think they've done some really interesting things with it. The choice to make Starbuck a girl, but keep many of the rogueish elements of the character was a good call. I also think it's of a high quality in terms of script writing and acting. What was particularly brave, imo, is that they broke away from the adage that a TV show should be accessible at any point that you come into it. I came into the show about a third of the way through the first series and was totally lost for two episodes. I knew what I was watching was good, that the character interaction was believable and complex......but I was also very confused. I then started to piece it together and eventually downloaded the mini-series and first couple of episodes to fill in the gaps. Most programmes you can come in to any episode in the series and all the pieces fit together within that first viewing.
I am absolutely not ashamed to like Battlstar.....nor am i ashamed to like Sci-fi. I used to have loads of arguments with Judah's dad about sci-fi and its potential worth as an art form. (he is a playwrite). I read and watch all sorts of stuff, from 'high culture' to pulp novels. I don't see that sci-fi is any less valid as an art form than books like Wuthering Heights and the plays of Ibsen. It just operates along different lines and criteria. Some of the finest novels I have ever read have been science fiction, and they dealt with the 'big issues'. Some of the worst novels i have ever read have also been sci-fi, but then again some of the most unreadable and unengaging stuff I've ever read has been so called 'literature'.
I am slightly shamefaced about my love for 'Cadfael' though :P
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