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10 May 2008

Why Battlestar Galactica Is Good TV and Lost Is Not

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The closer Battlestar Galactica gets to its last episode the more you believe it has something useful to say about life and death.  The higher the body count gets in Lost the more you realize its writers haven't got a clue.  There is just no way the writers of BSG would have killed off Mr Eko. On Lost they are literally killing off characters at random.  And, sure, life is random.  But stories have shape, or should I say composition, and BSG has elegant composition. I'm sure Lost will continue with the plot twists right to the end, but it'll be a much greater pleasure to watch BSG's inevitable conclusion.  Douglas

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I'm pretty sure you're wrong about LOST. It has a set time to end, and the producers have been up front both about not resolving everything in a Midi-Chlorian, disappointing sort of way, but also tying it all together and answering our key questions.

http://exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com/2008/05/whos-in-charge-on-lost-producers.html

Well, I hope so. The slaughter would make sense if indeed the characters were in Purgatory and being shuffled off to Heaven or Hell, but I understand the producers have ruled out this possibility. Right now Lost just seems to be Survivor with live ammo.

Boy, if you want to get your stats up, diss a popular TV show. Our readership tripled yesterday.

well one show is groundbreaking the other is a standard serialized space drama we have seen before (Star Trek anyone).

oh yeah and the show an end date, and MR. Ecko died early last season because the actor was a blowhard.

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