Yes, another BSG related post, but also evidence I watch other shows

[asta77]

Thanks to a headache combined with eye strain (likely brought on by too much time on the net, go figure), many of you have probably already read Mo Ryan’s Q&A with Jane Espenson and Ryan Mottesheard about ‘No Exit’. There were several comments that peaked my interest.

Comments

[pellucid]

The dates and sequence of the events surrounded Pythia and Kobol are going to be explored, I understand, in a comic book

*STABBITY*

I'm not sure why this fills me with RAGE, but it does. I think because I feel like this is surely VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION that should be addressed in the show, and if it isn't, then maybe I'm WRONG about it being important, and...argh!

This is why I shouldn't read interviews and other extra-textual commentary. It only ends in tears.

[dementedsiren]

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What pellucid said.
(I want my canon in canon, damn it).

[danceswithwords]

I am so with you. Basically, if you can't get across all of the information you need to get across to make sense of your show IN THE SHOW, then you have FAILED AT STORYTELLING. Requiring people to buy supplemental comic books just to follow along is not an acceptable plan B.

[asta77]

And how difficult would it be to fit the information in the show? I would think a few lines of dialogue or perhaps a scene would help clarify why certain dates don't seem to jive. I suspect we are going to get a comic exploring what happened two thousand years ago and when will people learn prequels generally suck?

[crossoverman]

Well here's the thing, I don't think exact dates for the Kobol exodus are VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION. YMMV.

[pellucid]

I should clarify: the dates themselves aren't that important to me, really. I mean, I would like to know because I'm the kind of person who would totally hang the timeline on my wall and then write fic about it, but I don't think the dates are everything. I do, however, think that whatever it was that happened on Kobol is going to be very key--who created whom, what's up with the Lords of Kobol anyway, what's the deal with the opera house, etc. Or at least I did think that until this information--because why would they have stuff about Kobol and not toss in the dates? Surely the dates alone aren't important enough for comic books. So I conclude that it's all the Kobol stuff that may well get shoved into a comic book, and that makes me rather upset.

[crossoverman]

I'll be pissed off too if the Kobol stuff is pushed into the comic books, too. But I can't see that happening, since as you say - at least the Opera House stuff is still to be resolved and that's very much about Kobol.

Also, I'm all for exact chronologies and time lines but I think the general 2000 years ago sort of approximation we've always had will suffice. Plus I'm not sure they've exactly been consistent on that in the series, so I can't see a comic book fixing that anyway.

[asta77]

When I read the comment you were the first person I thought of. ;) I know the timeline has always been of importance to you and in a recent post you mentioned researching it more to see if you could get a better grasp of it. We have been giveny contradictory dates for certain key events and now with the Big Damn Exposition you would think we'd be getting some clarification with the series coming to an end. I can't say I'm filled with rage, but I'm annoyed that I have to spend money I something I never spend money on to see the entire picture.

Hey, if you didn't read interviews then you'd be waiting for answers that will not be forthcoming and be even more frustrated!

[pellucid]

But if I didn't read the interviews I would only be frustrated at the end, and not anxious and frustrated the whole way through! :)