While I wait for the paint to dry on the #Enterprise G, I’ll be continuing work on number 8 on the list of “models I started last year and really need to finish”. The #Battlestar#Pegasus. I used paint masks to add some panels in a lighter shade, painted the larger recessed areas Gunmetal and painted the red stripes at the front. Still got some details to paint (might take a while). #BattlestarGalactica#BSG#4105Scale#ScaleModels#ModelBuilder#MKMModelwerx
This program is simple but it made me so happy to write it! Let's write a demo program that makes a Cylon "eye" sweep back and forth on the screen. #battlestar#byyourcommand
@freedosproject a classic demo program. when I worked for a server company, one of the first things our engineers did when we got our new blade-server product up and running was program it to cylon-eye the hard drive lights
@gedeonm "Yes, we're tired. Yes, there is no relief. Yes, the Cylons keep coming after us time after time after time. And yes, we are still expected to do our jobs!"
I watched the two episode #BattlestarGalactica miniseries from 2003 today, and I have some mixed feelings (though mostly positive). For some reference, I grew up watching every #StarTrek show from TOS through ENT (except the animated series. Never found enough interest to try it). The #Stargate shows also hold a special place in my heart (I absolutely love every sound the gates make).
Regarding Battlestar Galactica, I like the way they handle information on the bridge and the ship. It's interesting to see something that massive designed for cyber warfare. Wireless technology is almost completely rejected. Systems that must communicate over a distance are either wired (the intercoms) or air-gapped (ship-to-ship radios). There's binders, printouts, and dry-erase boards everywhere.
I do think their radio systems could use some more explanation… Maybe I missed them addressing this, but I would be concerned about the Cylons impersonating other ships. Even if the ship systems can't be compromised by the radio, the humans could still be manipulated. At one point they "verify" a message, but I'd really like to know what that entails…
The space cinematography reminded me a lot of #StargateUniverse. Shaky, long distance shots that quickly zoom in on something. Not sure if that was just the style at the time, but I find it kinda nostalgic.
On a similar note… Is 2000s sci-fi just oddly horny? I don't think I've seen enough shows to actually make that judgement. It just sticks out at me that the similarities between BSG and SGU include sexual scenes that I feel don't quite fit or aren't actually needed. There's already plenty of sources for drama and conflict in those shows; do you really need to graphically add in sexual relationships as another?
Anyways… I did enjoy the miniseries! Probably going to watch the show as well.
@forgetful_bri Figured I’d pipe up with a detail on the space cinematography – BSG were actually the folks who pretty much established that style. It was a little controversial at time, with some people really hating it, I rather liked it.
On the sex, I think in some ways they were trying to differentiate from BSG TOS which was seen as a bit more “kiddy”
Glad you enjoyed it! There are some great episodes in there!
Doing my annual #Battlestar rewatch. Currently the pilot. I love the way it uses all these submarine/war movie tropes - sealing off the compartments, the protagonist in the brig, and the inevitable showdown fistfight.
@helgztech - I watched two or three seasons and absolutely loved it. Life interrupted me in the middle of it and I never picked it back up again. So I don't know how it ends.
@tinker There was a lot of fan debate around the final series and ending, and certainly - like many series - the latter part isn't as strong as the first - but I love these characters and there's some brilliant storytelling throughout. I was absolutely obsessed for a while there. You should definitely watch again and persist to the end.
Every episode of #BattlestarGalactica is on sale for only $29.99 on Apple TV right now. After so much prestige TV that there’s been, BSG is still my #1 all time show, can’t recommend this enough.