Pitch me Battlestar Galactica! by Hawk

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Pitch me Battlestar Galactica!

POSTED BY: HAWK
UPDATED: Monday, January 16, 2006 14:33
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Thursday, January 12, 2006 12:28 AM

Anybody else think season one feels like half a season somehow? I put this feeling in myself down to two reasons:

13 episodes is not long enough!

There isn't a whole load of progression in the storyline until Kobol's Last Gleaming, which shakes up everything you've come to expect from the show.

A possible third reason is that maybe no amount of episodes could be "enough" for me!

I hope that future seasons are bumped up to the typical 20-odd quota of other US shows... has this occured with Season Two? I remember Buffy's first season was a thirteen episode dealie, but by the time it finished there were about 25 to a season.

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Monday, January 16, 2006 6:39 AM

RIVER6213

This is what I wrote on November 8th:

Like a lot of people, I was a big fan of the old BSG series and was annoyed greatly when it got cancelled way back in The-Past-That-Was. I've heard so many good things about the new Battle Star Galactica, and its tempting to check out this new show. Everytime I'm in the video store, I see the new show in its DVD box, I go over to pick it up and look at the cover, but something stops me every time.

I've decided that it would be a big mistake for me to watch it, I know its good show, but I CAN'T watch it; Isnt that strange behavior?

Have any of you ever had this kind of behavior happen to you?
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I finally got over my "phobia" and downloaded the new BSG episodes onto my new ipod video and started to watch the new BSG starting from the mini-series. I find that the new show is far more interesting and entertaining than the old show could ever be, and I like it a lot.

Now, I'm not trying to be a "drama queen" but have you ever connected a TV show with an event in your life where something bad happened?

I found out that this was my hangup and please people, tell me if I'm being too touchy/feely about this, or just call me what I am...an idiot.

*** Personal Info Warning ***

Back in 1979 my mother was dying from some stupid aliment. I was a 16 year old girl who was a loner and spent a good deal of her time avoiding everyone at school, and everyone at home, and living her life off of science fiction books and TV shows if some of you know what I mean by that.

I had spent the entire week watching all the interviews of the casts for the upcoming 2 hour pilot of Battlstar Galactica...and I was VERY excited about it...so excited that I ignored everything else in my life...including my dying mother, who was constantly making stranger and stranger demands on the family in her lucid state, which I found to be increasingly distressing.

The day that Battlestar Galactica aired, I had my bedroom door locked, and I was GLUED to my little black and white TV set, and no force in the 'verse could stop me from watching this.

After the 2 hour show, I was so excited! It was such a good show! I ran downstairs to check on my mother who I forgot about. I was going to ask her if she wanted something to eat, but instead, I found her dead. Dead sitting in her chair. She died alone while I was watching BSG.

The strange part was I had no emotion at that age. I called the hospital and they sent an ambulance and the police. While waiting for them to show up, I sat there silently, reading a Star Trek novel and not thinking about anything at all.

Then the cops and the paramedics showed up and I showed them where the body was, and they made their reports and took the body away. My sisters and brothers were all crying their eyes out. I went back to my room just in time to catch another interview of BSG...I think the interview had Dirk Benedict in it.

Later, I missed going to my mother's funeral because I was watching the 1st episode after the pilot of Battlestar Galactica. My family thought I had lost my mind, but at the time I didnt really think too much about it all...all I knew was that it was important not to miss not ONE episode of this new show.

A couple decades later, and a lot of forgotten past, a new Battlestar Galactica was being advertised. Everytime I sat down to watch this thing, I felt a serious bit of anxiety coming up from within myself, so I would quickly turn the tv off and go do something else.

Later when the new BSG DVDs were up for sale, I would go into the store and try to purchase it, but then I would suddenly change my mind and leave the store; I never knew why I acting like this, but I did find out. last November when I talked with my sister. We sat on the phone and talked about our lives, and then the conversation turned to our mother, who I had forgotten about....then I remembered.

In hindsight, perhaps I should have tended to my mother's needs instead of watching Battlestar Galactica back in 1979. Even though I did not love her, perhaps I should have showed her the respect a dying person needs to have instead of hiding in my bedroom, watching a show that I thought was so important.

My mother died alone, while I was upstairs watching Battlestar Galactica...how fucking selfish is that?

I know no one gives a damn about my personal life, and I apologize for sharing this crap, but it was a mini breakthrough, and I just wanted to share this little bit of insanity with all of you. The moral of this pathetic story is: Don't place TV shows ahead of life....you could end up missing a lot.

Thanks for reading this garbage.

P.S. This post will end up in Troll Country, but considering what a selfish idiot I am....let it be so.

River

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Monday, January 16, 2006 2:33 PM

SICKDUDE

River6213, I hope you don't mind if I reply to that. Not sure it'll help, but.. well. what the heck. I lost my Mother this year, too. In fact, there's a thread somewhere where a lot of people come forward with having lost someone recently. Anyway, although the circumstances are quite different and I'm sure I don't fully understand everything you went through, some of it may be similar.

There were definately things I regret. (For starters, she was in a wheelchair and had a hard time washing her dog. Now that I have the dog, I can attest to the way she smells after a week or two. Wish I had helped her wash the gorram dog...). I went to a grief group (which was a good thing), and there were a lot of people who also had various regrets for the last hours. But I don't think that is what was important. What is important is the way I loved my Mom, and the way she loved me. I hope it was the same for you.

If you watched BSG out of denial, that's a good thing because it means you hated the idea of losing her. In other words, it was something you did (and now regret) because of the situation and your love for her.

On the other hand, if you watched it just because you like good scifi, that's okay too. Because life goes on, even in the midst of death. I remember I was mowing my lawn just 10 hours before she died. I doubt you knew she was going to die at exactly that moment (even if you knew she was 'close'). Things just happen while you're living your life and doing your stuff.

So don't beat yourself up over that. I'm sure she loved you and vice versa.

Well, sorry if this makes things worse. And sorry to all about hijacking the thread..

"Don't say 'ka' until you've tried it." Daniel Jackson

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