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Oct. 9th, 2006 11:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
beccaelizabethBeen watching BSG all day, the season 2 DVDs.
Watched enough I've got to the episodes I haven't seen yet.
I bailed out in the mid season break. Too depressing.
Haven't really changed my mind on that.
Plus even when Really Bad Things appear to be happening... I mostly don't care. I mean I get upset about some of the concepts (bad things should never happen to babies ever. ever.) but I don't specifically care about these characters and this story and that. I'm watching what will happen next, but whatever it is I'm unlikely to... I'm trying to come up with another word, but it is sleep time now, so I'm just thinking, care.
Its like, they could all go boom, they could all survive, and right now that kind of isn't the point of why I'm watching.
It also tends to loop into RL a bit too close to the important-yet-unalterable for my peace of mind.
er, not philosophically unalterable, just that I personally can't do a hell of a lot about it.
All that said, I've been watching all day. And I'm in a mini argument with myself about if I could stay up a little bit later, seeing as college is only twilight session tomorrow. And I haven't really kept up with email or message boards. So its certainly involving.
It just...
It doesn't live in my head. While I wasn't watching it, I didn't wonder what was up with it. I don't fic these characters, don't have any ideas one way or another what they do when they aren't doing it in episodes. Its just a story. I just watch it.
And then when I get annoyed at it then is all on the portrayal of women / minorities / whatever kind of level, which... doesn't encourage me to keep watching.
Starbuck is still hot. But I got fed up when they added that whole backstory with the breaks. Because I don't think my heroes need Horrible Trauma, and yet they inevitably get it.
All this twisty politics, insanity, backstabbing, all the rest... its just too dark, too depressing, and I think once I finish the DVDs I'll just let it go.
Watched enough I've got to the episodes I haven't seen yet.
I bailed out in the mid season break. Too depressing.
Haven't really changed my mind on that.
Plus even when Really Bad Things appear to be happening... I mostly don't care. I mean I get upset about some of the concepts (bad things should never happen to babies ever. ever.) but I don't specifically care about these characters and this story and that. I'm watching what will happen next, but whatever it is I'm unlikely to... I'm trying to come up with another word, but it is sleep time now, so I'm just thinking, care.
Its like, they could all go boom, they could all survive, and right now that kind of isn't the point of why I'm watching.
It also tends to loop into RL a bit too close to the important-yet-unalterable for my peace of mind.
er, not philosophically unalterable, just that I personally can't do a hell of a lot about it.
All that said, I've been watching all day. And I'm in a mini argument with myself about if I could stay up a little bit later, seeing as college is only twilight session tomorrow. And I haven't really kept up with email or message boards. So its certainly involving.
It just...
It doesn't live in my head. While I wasn't watching it, I didn't wonder what was up with it. I don't fic these characters, don't have any ideas one way or another what they do when they aren't doing it in episodes. Its just a story. I just watch it.
And then when I get annoyed at it then is all on the portrayal of women / minorities / whatever kind of level, which... doesn't encourage me to keep watching.
Starbuck is still hot. But I got fed up when they added that whole backstory with the breaks. Because I don't think my heroes need Horrible Trauma, and yet they inevitably get it.
All this twisty politics, insanity, backstabbing, all the rest... its just too dark, too depressing, and I think once I finish the DVDs I'll just let it go.