Most of my characterization problems with BSG are actually plot problems, in a sense. They occasionally fall prey to having the plot prevent a character from having to make the hard choice, or from having to take responsibility for it, at any rate.
Of course, they fail in that way far, far less often than a typical genre show, which is part of why I usually like BSG.
One of the subtle character/plot things that I didn't realize until a little ways into season 3 was one of the side effects of the One Year Later thing. They appear to have completely given up on UST. *Any* show can do UST, and usually does to a fault. BSG has bigger fish to fry, like actual politics and difficult ethical dilemnas :-)
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Date: 2006-12-20 09:49 pm (UTC)Most of my characterization problems with BSG are actually plot problems, in a sense. They occasionally fall prey to having the plot prevent a character from having to make the hard choice, or from having to take responsibility for it, at any rate.
Of course, they fail in that way far, far less often than a typical genre show, which is part of why I usually like BSG.
One of the subtle character/plot things that I didn't realize until a little ways into season 3 was one of the side effects of the One Year Later thing. They appear to have completely given up on UST. *Any* show can do UST, and usually does to a fault. BSG has bigger fish to fry, like actual politics and difficult ethical dilemnas :-)