So I adore Doctor Who, and
ert has gotten me hooked on Firefly, although I was dubious about it at first. (Now I'm desperately trying to stretch the episodes out as long as possible.) We also have been watching BSG, which, while it had a good first season, has been declining in quality since then, in my opinion. But I'm still enough into it to want to
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Sick minds think alike, or something like that...
And lest you think that British sci-fi is all good lately, avoid Primeval at all costs. *shudder*
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I was never into Buffy, but I suppose eventually somebody's going to tie me to a chair and make me watch some of that, too.
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Briscoe County is cute. Wonderfalls I missed. The L word seems to be slowly colonizing everyone I know. I find myself in the situation you are with Buffy for it. :)
Only watch seasons 1-3 of Buffy. Or even just 2-3.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EndVxxfdN8
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Most of the shows have disappointed me of late - Season 2 of new Doctor Who was weak. Torchwood became lame soap opera "queer as folk with aliens" as well.
BSG Season 3... the Love Rhombus got REALLY GODDAM ANNOYING.
Reading stuff from Moore, we see he has a plan for season 4. He says he always had broad arc chapters planned. I am suspicious. Certainly he admits that a key element of Season 3 he came up with at the beginning of season 3 and was not originally planned that way.
Mostly though I think what happened was that the ratings started to tank, and so the demand from the suits was "more sexy young people in angst!". Sadly, that wasn't why there were good ratings in the start.
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Like I said above, I love Torchwood--it's intended to be more soap operatic and I think it works. (Also, all the sexual fluidity has got me hooked.)
As for BSG, well, he's got a whole year to hammer out a plan. Let's hope he does so.
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It isn't as tight, and I agree there are good and bad reasons for it. I had the exact same reaction in the big reveal. And yeah, I believe I commented on it in LJ when he was revealed to be that much of a fan boy. (Worse, when he was that much of a fan boy but didn't focus on it.)
I like the sexual fluidity of Torchwood. It's probably the thing I like the most about it.
I think the best thing in the world for BSG would be for him to say "I have 22 episodes, I will end the whole story now." The ratings slide means he's not going to get a 5th season if he tries to stretch it out, I think.
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*That* would be fantastic. A complete story arc? That would make up for the overall mediocrity of Seasons 2 and 3. Do I think he'll do it? No.
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I'm not counting on it, though.
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