tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7747146.post5479835997515814371..comments2023-10-26T03:57:50.903-07:00Comments on Comics Fairplay: Is This Gratuitous? Battlestar Galactica #10 Raynor CoverHeidi Meeleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01436991028382498324noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7747146.post-79836221558366072162007-07-22T13:30:00.000-07:002007-07-22T13:30:00.000-07:00I really appreciate all your feedback on this- let...I really appreciate all your feedback on this- let's call it most definitely gratuitous, shall we? <BR/><BR/>Yikes, I still think it is Witchblade every time I glance at it.Heidi Meeleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01436991028382498324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7747146.post-25761443824262840102007-07-21T19:48:00.000-07:002007-07-21T19:48:00.000-07:00The new show has the cylons and humans humping all...The new show has the cylons and humans humping all the time, so I'm gonna say it's not in context of the BSG showSwinebreadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02947060321484913676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7747146.post-87097414988905705072007-07-21T13:26:00.000-07:002007-07-21T13:26:00.000-07:00I confess that I do not know the story (and this c...I confess that I do not know the story (and this cover completely fails to make me want to know the story), but I would say that this is gratuitous. The cover makes me think "surly naked babe with strings poking at her" more than it makes me think of a generated body.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17758138287645891132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7747146.post-91027559870193911752007-07-20T12:03:00.000-07:002007-07-20T12:03:00.000-07:00I LOVE the show. The old one is too dorky for me ...I LOVE the show. The old one is too dorky for me -- I'll watch an ep once in a while when it's on, just for laughs, but I could never commit to it. The current show is great, in my opinion, although the middle of this last season got a little bit off track.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I believe that's Sharon on the cover, who is a Cylon in the show. I thought this cover was pretty gratuitous when the comic showed up in my store. But, they do have several covers, so I always make sure that this cover is not the one in the front.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06656871719685145723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7747146.post-34549550351631545592007-07-20T10:06:00.000-07:002007-07-20T10:06:00.000-07:00Gratuitous.As for the show, I tried watching an ep...Gratuitous.<BR/><BR/>As for the show, I tried watching an episode a year or so back, and found it a pretty dull experience. <BR/><BR/>The handheld, shakey-camera technique drove me crazy, and actor Edward James Olmos drains the energy out of every scene he inhabits...so that combination alone was enough to chase me away. I question why they even needed the "Battlestar Galactica" title, since it bears such a vague resemblance to the original show. I suspect it was simply to "fill the seats" when they were looking for an initial fan base. <BR/><BR/>I loved the original BG, though I suspect it may not hold up as well if I watched the episodes again. They were perfect for a teenage boy in the late 1970's, though.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17068915515828406594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7747146.post-27238983547992652562007-07-20T09:49:00.000-07:002007-07-20T09:49:00.000-07:00Welp, may The Lords of Kobol bless your hubby! The...Welp, may The Lords of Kobol bless your hubby! The new show is a hideous blasphemy against the one and only Battlestar Galactica and is a soap opera pretending to be SF using only the names, the props and nothing else. And before any GINOBSG zombie jumps on my back, I watched the damned mini-series and the first 2 seasons since all my hypnotized friends insisted I wasn't giving it a break! One of my other friends they got to watch the show finally asked the main guy pushing it (after he had watched up to half the first season) the funniest damned thing:<BR/><BR/>"So, when I am supposed to like and care about the characters?"<BR/><BR/>And the best was the reply:<BR/><BR/>"Oh, by the middle of the 2nd season..."<BR/><BR/>Ssssssssssoooo, basically you have to watch like 27 episodes and before that, a 6 hour mini-series before the love kicks in folks.<BR/><BR/>I gave The New Avengers 3 books before I quit that mess. <BR/><BR/>Anyway, way off the subject, back to it. That's supposed to be Sharon? Sharon aka "Boomer" (*snort!*) is an Asian-looking gal and I too thought Sara from Witchblade was on the wrong cover.<BR/>Yeah, I'd say it was gratuitous, but not the first GINOBSG cover to do so...Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06642758191046222448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7747146.post-40760365140144444122007-07-20T08:02:00.000-07:002007-07-20T08:02:00.000-07:00If the cover is suppose to be of Sharon from the n...If the cover is suppose to be of Sharon from the new series, um...yeah, no., lol. It's pretty gratuitous.<BR/><BR/>BSG the new series thats out now has had it's ups and downs, honestly I suggest checking it out on DVD. A lot of people have problems with some of the traditional roles being played by women but, come on, Katee Sackhoff as Starbuck=SMOKIN!! As I have been told there is also only one more season left for the show, I am guessing cause David Eick is starting up a new Bionic Woman tv series (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bionic_Woman_%282007_TV_series%29)<BR/><BR/>On a totally random note, have you checked out that new Vertigo series called Faker? I just read the first issue it's not half bad.Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15656971247395848847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7747146.post-29009387885084743512007-07-20T05:55:00.000-07:002007-07-20T05:55:00.000-07:00I've just finished watching the first two seasons ...I've just finished watching the first two seasons of BG on DVD (haven't read the comics) - part of the story involves the fact that, when Cylons die, they "reincarnate" into new bodies. Part of this involves the new body soaking in a big tub of goo.<BR/><BR/>However, the way the TV show handled it was subtle - you saw a head, arms, and legs sticking out of the goo. No full-on nudity, or even, say, unsubtle hints.<BR/><BR/>So my vote - this is gratuitous. But what do I know? :)Gordon Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01048644813784102126noreply@blogger.com