I suspect that we disagree on this point, and that that leads to a lot of the difference in how we view BSG as well. I respect very much the actors for filling in the gaps, but while I think that's necessary to create watchable television, I don't think it can save the story, the script--the work that I'm primarily judging or considering. At the end of the day, for me, if it didn't make sense on the page, then it doesn't make sense, the end. I very much respect the actor's efforts to turn it into something that makes sense--they almost get close sometimes--but that's a different thing, and while they (and my eyes' tendency to see faces in clouds) might make a whole, it's a separate thing.
And maybe that's totally not a valid way to approach movies and television -- and, strangely, I feel much less secure in applying it to movies, which aren't usually so... improvisational... as the last couple seasons of BSG have been.
Okay, I'm rambling now, but hopefully I've at least explained my feelings on this. I'm not saying that your interpretations are wrong, by any means; just that I think we're evaluating different works.
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Re: What We Talk About When We Talk About Battlestar
Date: 2009-02-09 07:57 pm (UTC)I suspect that we disagree on this point, and that that leads to a lot of the difference in how we view BSG as well. I respect very much the actors for filling in the gaps, but while I think that's necessary to create watchable television, I don't think it can save the story, the script--the work that I'm primarily judging or considering. At the end of the day, for me, if it didn't make sense on the page, then it doesn't make sense, the end. I very much respect the actor's efforts to turn it into something that makes sense--they almost get close sometimes--but that's a different thing, and while they (and my eyes' tendency to see faces in clouds) might make a whole, it's a separate thing.
And maybe that's totally not a valid way to approach movies and television -- and, strangely, I feel much less secure in applying it to movies, which aren't usually so... improvisational... as the last couple seasons of BSG have been.
Okay, I'm rambling now, but hopefully I've at least explained my feelings on this. I'm not saying that your interpretations are wrong, by any means; just that I think we're evaluating different works.