Sunday, January 29, 2006

More Black Market

I just watched Black Market for the second time, and boy it just gets worse the more you watch it. Terrible, terrible, dreadful and depressing episode.

But, anyway, I'm sure they do better for the rest of the season.

One cool thing that JMS, the creator of Babylon 5, did when he produced the B5 spinoff Crusade, was that he had JPL on board as consultants who provided a lot of science background to the show. I think Ron Moore and David Eick should also hire JPL for science vetting. But, there is a major think tank in Santa Monica called RAND Corporation. (RAND stands for Research and Development. They work with the Pentagon and the US Government on many projects.) RAND is very good at thinking through problems. So, I'd go to RAND and lay out the premise of BSG, the fleet, the supplies, and I'm sure RAND would come up with a realistic work up of how that kind of economy would work in a post apocalyptic world. Their ideas might be interesting.

I'd think the economies of the Confederacy at the end of the Civil War, and in Germany at the end of WWII might also provide a lot of history of what does happen when a society, government, and economy collapse.

It could be an interesting thing to explore. But, then I'm not sure devalued currency, and massive inflation can translate into tv drama for a Sci-Fi Channel show Friday's at 10 p.m.

3 comments:

D said...

I agree. I appreciate the commentary of Alan Light but the more I listen to what he provides the more I feel that he wants the old BSG with the superior writing, acting and effects of the surrent incarnation. This episode was pretty crappy (right up there with the other crappy episode of the series: Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down).

-D

Logan Gawain said...

Well, I think Alan made his views clear, and he's certainly entitled to his point of view. I do think he may get some flack for liking Black Market as much as he did. ;-)

But, I actually liked Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down. It's the only episode that is pure comedy, and I'm glad that at least one episode of BSG has humor in it. Sometimes the show is so dark, it could use more light moments like that episode had. Plus, Edward James Olmos did a great job directing it. It was like a British comedy/farce. It was kinda fun.

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