journey_man 0 Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 I mean to say, they're both awesome. But one must be better - there can be only one... You can blame FT, he put me on to Heroes The thing is, I can't make up my mind. Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 Not seen either but heard that Heroes is really good. Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 Heroes by far. Battlestar Galactica was a entertaining but the characters were very cliched and cheesy. Every episode of Heroes had me wanting to watch the next one immediately. Link to post Share on other sites
Rag-Doll 0 Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 no contest - one has aliens, spaceships and hot, kick arse chicks. The other has one strangely stocky teenager, an internet stripper with special powers that I can't for the life of me work out what they are and a plot that feels like the writers have no idea where the show is going. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 I voted Battlestar cos only geeky kids watch geeky kid programs. Link to post Share on other sites
Rag-Doll 0 Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 Geeks are ok. I've even met a few that I quite liked. Just to establish my own geeky bona fides - the team that do the speacial effects for BG also worked on the firefly (that odd cowboy - scifi show) and some of the star trek shows. As a homage to those other shows there is a scene in one of the BG episodes where they show the refugee fleet and mixed in with the other ships is the firefly spaceship and the star trek ship! So there. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 that is not geek information. That is good pub talk. Link to post Share on other sites
ausi ski bum 1 Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 Add Veronica Mars to the list and there is no contest Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 BG is sci fi perve for geeks. As much as I enjoyed it, do you relally think the story line and card-board acting beat Heroes for interest? Not me. Link to post Share on other sites
Rag-Doll 0 Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 Perhaps the appeal of BG over H is that in BG, whilst the overall story line might be just as directionless and contrived, at least the major characters (particularly in the 2nd series) have a) a fair idea of is going on a clear end to work towards c) the ability to go out and kick some butt when the need arises. On top of that, each episode is a self contained (sometimes good sometimes not so good) story with a beginning, middle and end. H is just a buggers' muddle with no one knowing what the hell is going on or who the hell they are or what they're supposed to be. It is certainly watchable but give me a cigar smokin', whisky drinkin' jet fighter/spaceship thingy drivin' gal who shoots first and doesn't bother with the questions at all. Maybe it's the simplicity that's appealing, maybe it's because I hope my daughters turn out to be more like Starbuck than Stumpy-the-Cheerleader. Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 Have you heard any interviews with the writers of Heroes RD? Did you see the season finale? They said they didn't want to draw it out like Lost. They very definitely had a point they were working towrads, and I saw it very clearly right through to the end. Sure, it wasn't all spelled out in bright pink, but it was there. Each week we got more info on characters, and saw them all gravitating closer together and to the final event. It wasn't directionless. And the Season finale wrapped up the storyline of the first season. That is how they wrote it. They are gonna start a completely new storyline for season two. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 Anything that BP defends, I'm against. Battlestar it is then. Link to post Share on other sites
Rag-Doll 0 Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 BP, No I didn't see the finale or that interview and I am doing my usual thing of talking from a basis of (almost) complete ignorance. I just never really got into the show - I couldn't get past my confusion over Internet-Stripper's powers. What was it again, Surly-Psycho-Bitch with a kung fu grip? So what next for the Heroes? Matching outfits and a bat phone? Strange how the most mundane of dramas becomes watchable if it’s mixed with a bit of science fiction. But then again, there is a show being advertised here that is described as being "the highest rating show on the sci-fi channel". Hardly the greatest of recommendations! Bring back Blake's Seven! Have you ever noticed how many science fiction shows revolve around a group of misfits who somehow end up with the best space in the universe and being chased by the authorities (typically baddies) of some sort? In no particular order: Blake’s Seven Farscape Lex Andromeda Firefly (spaceship was junk but all other elements were there with the psycho sister substituting for the spaceship) Doctor Who (sort of, sometimes) Star Trek (not completely in line with that but the Voyager had many of these elements)* *Suspension of belief (and let’s face common sense and good taste as well) is pretty well mandatory for science fiction but in Star Trek Voyager, if they can have a computer program work as a doctor, why the hell do they need a person to manually steer the ship? I’m flat out at work today. Can you tell? Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 Thursday, F'ckoff! So we all know now that Thursday bases anything he says not on fact or reason, but on whether he is trying to be an otherwise idiot RD, I agree that that was the weakest of the characters, but she only featured heavily in the earlier episodes. Some of the other characters were quite good. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 BP look at cha. RD is wiping the floor with you. Give up on your Heroes defence. Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 Yes, yes Thursday. Seems that way to me Now where was that ignore feature... Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted May 31, 2007 Share Posted May 31, 2007 Are either of those on in Japan? (Yes yes I know you can probably download illegally and then watch them on your computer - I'm talking about on the telly). Link to post Share on other sites
ausi ski bum 1 Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 Originally Posted By: scouser Are either of those on in Japan? (Yes yes I know you can probably download illegally and then watch them on your computer - I'm talking about on the telly). If you purchase and download ConvertXtoDVD you can burn your downloads and watch them on your TV using the DVD Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 heros has the better story. BG was better whne there was action. Now they are just having romps with each other. Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 Once you purchase the Convert thingy, do you then have to steal the actual programs or can you actually buy them? Link to post Share on other sites
journey_man 0 Posted August 7, 2007 Author Share Posted August 7, 2007 If you are going to bother buying, you might as well get the DVD - then you'll get the whole deal - Hi Res video and 5.1 sound. Q. If I miss a show on TV, then download it so I can watch it, is it stealing? After all if I had been organised I could have recorded it on my computer through my TV dongle thingie... BTW most new DVD's will play computer DivX and XviD, etc video files. Saves on all that tedious converting! Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 well in Australia at least, technically it is still stealing. Although for practical interpretation of the law they allow videoing of shows for purely private use. Link to post Share on other sites
blinkin'ek 0 Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 When is BG going to be on Jtv, thats what I want to know. That Ms Park looks lovely. Link to post Share on other sites
journey_man 0 Posted August 7, 2007 Author Share Posted August 7, 2007 News Flash! Heroes S2 launches in September both online and on air. BSG is kicking off again with a two hour special episode in November. There is a teaser available... There are some home made vids on the BSG site which are a bit of a laugh. Link to post Share on other sites
nagoid 4 Posted August 8, 2007 Share Posted August 8, 2007 Nice one. Love Heroes. Hardly watch any movies of late. Link to post Share on other sites
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