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Zenan Plains - Site Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Agent 12 on January 16, 2009, 04:29:31 am
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Hard for me to contain my excitement.
I'm guessing...Gaeta is the final cylon...though it might be to obvious after the webisodes....writers could be trying to throw me off the scent.
--JP
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Just saw the first episode of the last ten. Excellent in all ways. Of course, I will say nothing specific, but on general grounds, the writers, directors, actors... they have done a wonderful and remarkable job upon the entire thing. It is confusing, to be sure, but to watch something so bewildering with the full knowledge that it is coming to a comprehensible conclusion is a breathtaking experience.
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Agreed I didn't fully appreciate BSG until I started watching the DVD commentary (which this episodes is available on Hulu) and realize how much thought went into every scene. The show isn't just an excellent story it's great visuals, acting and (by far this is where I'm most impressed) sound.
--JP
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If it takes someone explaining why something is great for you to really realize something is great...is it really all that great to begin with?...or, wait, where am I...? >_>
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Well I still loved the show before the commentary I'm not like....an artistic guy by any means so I wouldn't really notice stuff like that. I only watched some of the commentary cause I was looking for clues on who the final cylon was and it made me appreciate the show that much more.
---JP
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If it takes someone explaining why something is great for you to really realize something is great...is it really all that great to begin with?...or, wait, where am I...? >_>
Yes. Greatness isn't only an experience, it's also a knowledge, V, and sometimes that knowledge must be told. Something can have the appearance and feeling of being great, but to be truly great it must be understood. Art, after all, is not just feeling and experience. That is the error of abstract art. It removes the importance of skill and human will in the equation in favour of mere experience.
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Something can have the appearance and feeling of being great, but to be truly great it must be understood.
By whom?
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Something can have the appearance and feeling of being great, but to be truly great it must be understood.
By whom?
By the observer?
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Jim: By any chance, did you see Battlestar Galactica last night?
Andy: No, I did not. Was that any good?
Jim: Actually not. It was really so-so.
Dwight: Ok. [Dwight turns around, but Jim holds up the stopwatch, threatening to start it]
Jim: I mean I like all the crazy monsters and stuff. You know, like klingons and wookies and all that but... [Dwight begins to turn around again, Jim holds up the watch] Sorry, was there something you wanted to add, Dwight?
Andy: Is that anything like the original Battlestar Galactica?
Jim: You know, it's weird. It's practically a shot for shot remake.
Andy: Really? [Dwight closes his eyes, crumples the paper in his hands] Huh, that's cool.
Jim: Story's kinda bland. It's about this guy named Dumbledore Calrissian who needs to return the ring back to Mordor.
Andy: Really? That doesn't sound right.
That's really the extent of my BSG knowledge.
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Something can have the appearance and feeling of being great, but to be truly great it must be understood.
By whom?
By the observer?
If a thing which has the potential to be great, if understood, is not understood by the person observing at that moment, is it not great at that moment? If someone comes along who is able to understand, does the thing then become great? What if there is a mix of observers?
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*is completely confused by all the deep philosophical stuff going on in here*
Final season... that just sounds so... final. Like how depressing it was for me to find out that Stargate Atlantis is on its way out (which sucks, since it wasn't that long ago that SG1 ended).
Oh well, here's to the hope that it ends with one helluva bang! :D
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SG1 was getting weird to me...
"You got your Stargate in my Farscape!" "You got your Farscape in my Stargate!"
>_>
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Something can have the appearance and feeling of being great, but to be truly great it must be understood.
By whom?
By the observer?
If a thing which has the potential to be great, if understood, is not understood by the person observing at that moment, is it not great at that moment? If someone comes along who is able to understand, does the thing then become great? What if there is a mix of observers?
Well, the thing has inherent greatness. However, to appear great to any given observer might require explanation.
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wow,
I just watched tonights episode that was FANTASTIC! I was seriously on the edge of my seat the whole time.
--JP
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SG1 was getting weird to me...
"You got your Stargate in my Farscape!" "You got your Farscape in my Stargate!"
>_>
Wait, SG-1 is doing a Farscape crossover?
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Something can have the appearance and feeling of being great, but to be truly great it must be understood.
Well, the thing has inherent greatness. However, to appear great to any given observer might require explanation.
That seems a reversal of your prior position.
I don't think something has to be understood to be great. There's an awful lot of theoretical physics that's turning out to provide us with greater understanding of the universe. That in of itself is great, but I personally have almost no understanding of it. I still appreciate the greatness though.