"Does anyone think (formerly) South Viet Nam is better off with a dictatorial communism these days?"
Considering how corrupt the government we were backing in that conflitc was. I have to say possibly they are better off. But the other poster is correct about the effects our meddling have certainly made it worse for the survivors and their childern no matter who won.
For right now, while it has elements of Blade Runner, I have too much unanswered and handwaved away with no scientific basis. Blade Runner clearly explained what exactly replicants are and how they exist the technology is not "magic" just much farther down the road.
If you would like I can list my questions, and issues with why I feel this is not hard SF.
"This new Battlestar Galactica not only transcends the science fiction genre and redefines it, it also takes television a step further."
Exactly what do you mean by transcends and redefines ?
I think you might want to read some other sci-fi now and then before goinf off half cocked over the latest soap opera. I'm not saying BSG is crap or anyhitng, but you jsut said that all SF written is so far below this it cant even touch the feet of the writing in BSG.
Can you explain how the writing of this tv show transcends SF writing as we know it, and how it redefines SF writing?
"How many times in Star Trek did they happen to crash land on planet that had just the right amount of oxygen?"
Since they tend to explore planets capable of sustaining carbon based life forms, I dont have much problem with trek inthat area.
Considering this was a engagement between fighter ships that had no care for the planet below I am not bothered by BSG doing it the way they did. I still dont nderstand how she didnt burn up on re-entry tho considering her ship seemed to be.
Have you been watching Enterprise? IT isn't Federation good, everyone else bad. LAst season at one point Archer jacks some alien explorers ship of it's warp stuff to fix Enterprise, promising to help them when he is done saving his planet. I dont remember this getting deal with, because those aliens were left stranded in hostile space with a return home trip of something like 40 years.
So we have had some Space Pirate Captian Archer go on. There are other examples of humans not being all good and federation like.
You shouldnt even need an autopsy. A simple genetic test shoudl be all that needed, or fuck them.
They established that the radiation present in that nebula(or whatever it was) would kill a cylon in a few hours(or as it days). So there has to be some real clear diference in the bological make up of cylons compared to humans.
From the mini series I got that cylons were made by humans and look old-skool (they had one in a case in the galactica museum). Humans had never seen the "new" cylons. So how magically did cylons go from machines to human clones? How can they not be easily detected either by fucking them, or whatever gives them the whole hive mind tine, or the difference that must exist for them to be killed by a few hours in that nebula while humans are unaffected?
I find the huge lack of explination for so many things hard to swallow and it really makes the show weak in my view.
Baltar I guess could be a cylon, but rememer there are just 12 "models" and I dont know if that counts the non human looking ones, the space ships, and other crap. They are running short of cylon types if they are going to turn this into an "everyone is a cylon" show.
See I predicted after Sci-fi did the mini series that everyone was a cylon. But baby Jesus being a cylon is just too much.
Has anyone bothered to explain why cylons glow? Why dosent Baltar just fuck everyone to find them?
Man, I wish the show was better, less drama queen, more hard sci-fi. I can't stand most of the camera work. Hated it on cop shows, dont like it for the interior shots, and can barely stand it for space shots.
If thats what you think is happening in reality (the plot of BSG), or that it's "U.S. vs. The World", we are more fucked then I had imagined. Please tell me you are not an American, or at least not in any way in contact with people outside America, because you will fuck up and make people hate us even more with that kind of attitude.
But 24 is crap. Seriously, at least this season looks to be that way. I cant buy the premise this time around (well last time I had some problems as well).
I am constantly bothered by the equipment/layout/safety issues of the bridge. I was able to ignore it at first, but by the time the pilot mini series was over I was thinking about how poor the design is every time I see a scene set on the bridge.
As much as I would like to celebrate, I see no indication of a return to the "HP way" or any sign of quality returning to products at HP. HP is dead to me until they can manage to turn those issues around.
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"Does anyone think (formerly) South Viet Nam is better off with a dictatorial communism these days?"
Considering how corrupt the government we were backing in that conflitc was. I have to say possibly they are better off. But the other poster is correct about the effects our meddling have certainly made it worse for the survivors and their childern no matter who won.
For right now, while it has elements of Blade Runner, I have too much unanswered and handwaved away with no scientific basis. Blade Runner clearly explained what exactly replicants are and how they exist the technology is not "magic" just much farther down the road.
If you would like I can list my questions, and issues with why I feel this is not hard SF.
"This new Battlestar Galactica not only transcends the science fiction genre and redefines it, it also takes television a step further."
Exactly what do you mean by transcends and redefines ?
I think you might want to read some other sci-fi now and then before goinf off half cocked over the latest soap opera. I'm not saying BSG is crap or anyhitng, but you jsut said that all SF written is so far below this it cant even touch the feet of the writing in BSG.
Can you explain how the writing of this tv show transcends SF writing as we know it, and how it redefines SF writing?
"How many times in Star Trek did they happen to crash land on planet that had just the right amount of oxygen?"
Since they tend to explore planets capable of sustaining carbon based life forms, I dont have much problem with trek inthat area.
Considering this was a engagement between fighter ships that had no care for the planet below I am not bothered by BSG doing it the way they did. I still dont nderstand how she didnt burn up on re-entry tho considering her ship seemed to be.
So we should be hell bent on making the worst future possible?
Have you been watching Enterprise?
IT isn't Federation good, everyone else bad.
LAst season at one point Archer jacks some alien explorers ship of it's warp stuff to fix Enterprise, promising to help them when he is done saving his planet. I dont remember this getting deal with, because those aliens were left stranded in hostile space with a return home trip of something like 40 years.
So we have had some Space Pirate Captian Archer go on. There are other examples of humans not being all good and federation like.
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You shouldnt even need an autopsy. A simple genetic test shoudl be all that needed, or fuck them.
They established that the radiation present in that nebula(or whatever it was) would kill a cylon in a few hours(or as it days). So there has to be some real clear diference in the bological make up of cylons compared to humans.
From the mini series I got that cylons were made by humans and look old-skool (they had one in a case in the galactica museum). Humans had never seen the "new" cylons. So how magically did cylons go from machines to human clones? How can they not be easily detected either by fucking them, or whatever gives them the whole hive mind tine, or the difference that must exist for them to be killed by a few hours in that nebula while humans are unaffected?
I find the huge lack of explination for so many things hard to swallow and it really makes the show weak in my view.
Baltar I guess could be a cylon, but rememer there are just 12 "models" and I dont know if that counts the non human looking ones, the space ships, and other crap. They are running short of cylon types if they are going to turn this into an "everyone is a cylon" show.
See I predicted after Sci-fi did the mini series that everyone was a cylon. But baby Jesus being a cylon is just too much.
Has anyone bothered to explain why cylons glow? Why dosent Baltar just fuck everyone to find them?
Man, I wish the show was better, less drama queen, more hard sci-fi. I can't stand most of the camera work. Hated it on cop shows, dont like it for the interior shots, and can barely stand it for space shots.
If you think Dune (even jsut the first book) had almost no technology, you might want to go read it again.
If thats what you think is happening in reality (the plot of BSG), or that it's "U.S. vs. The World", we are more fucked then I had imagined. Please tell me you are not an American, or at least not in any way in contact with people outside America, because you will fuck up and make people hate us even more with that kind of attitude.
BSG is anthing but hard SCI-FI. Otherwise the writer would not be so frightened of having any scientific explainations for things that IMO need it.
It may be hard enough for people but I find it quite wanting compared to what I consider hard SCI-FI.
But 24 is crap. Seriously, at least this season looks to be that way. I cant buy the premise this time around (well last time I had some problems as well).
Various cop shows have been doing this since before Firefly.
I see no sane reason to outright get rid of "god's eye" perspective.
It's like saying all fiction must only be written in the 1st person.
I dont buy his arguments. Seems like a lot of mental wanking to me.
I am constantly bothered by the equipment/layout/safety issues of the bridge.
I was able to ignore it at first, but by the time the pilot mini series was over I was thinking about how poor the design is every time I see a scene set on the bridge.
I find it strange that in all the talk of religion in sci-fi no one has mentioned "A Canticle for Leibowitz".
But all the new Battlestar fans have been ranting how this show is "bestist" because it has no technobabble.
Clearly you speak sacralidge.
May the lords of some obsolete programming language have mercy upon you, for the fanboy* will not.
* See Freakazoid tv series.
But it no longer AOL linked now....
If I was stuck in the "doom3 guy's" situation I would certainly be packing a pair of "Joo Janta 2000 super-chromatic peril sensitive sunglasses".
In fact, if you can fid em, a couple Athalon boards can be modded to run alpha chips.
But what do they actually represent? MBAs are worthless to the point I wouldnt waste the cost of a bullet on them.
Seriously, I appears to me MBA is a warning sign that this personhas no real clue on how to effectively manage any long term concern.
As much as I would like to celebrate, I see no indication of a return to the "HP way" or any sign of quality returning to products at HP.
HP is dead to me until they can manage to turn those issues around.
You should put up a torrent ;-)