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Originally Posted by Siberys

Setting or Story, it doesn't matter, the fact is the name Science -Fiction-, the key word is fiction, as in not real, as in not coterminous with reality. I don't watch science fiction set or plotted shows wanting reality. I watch them to get away from reality and be entertained, which many shows including BSG, have failed to do.

Personally, I prefer plausibility over reality. With reality, the cause and effect situation compares the show (what happens in the show, the cause) with reality (what would be the result in reality, the effect), whereas plausibility keeps cause and effect simply within the show itself. Realism in shows tend to turn towards an education documentary rather than something entertaining. In SG1, I don't give a flying crap about how a hyperspace window works, I just want to know if it's faster than the enemies version and if not will it be an explosive escape.

This is why, just in my opinion, Michael Bay is a genius (except for pearl harbor). I don't care if the explosion of a building would be bigger or smaller due to the severity of the crash/bomb or what have you, all I need to know is there was an explosion, and what the characters are doing to DEAL with that explosion.

When BSG focuses on comparisons of politics, current events, or any situation, it's a realistic situation, it doesn't matter if they alter it to their story, the fact is it came from reality and I don't want to see that. THAT is why I hate most science fiction shows, as well as BSG.

Well then, I conceed. If you are only interested in explosions and pretty graphics, we are speaking to different mindsets. You stress that you are interested in how the characters deal with a situation. It seems, though, that you are interested in how they literally deal with it. While you may be interested in which shield frequency they modulate over to or if they can hop on over to Pegasus and find an Ancient repository to develop another ARG and end there, I am more interested in how they personally deal with their situations. I want to care about the characters. I do that with BSG. I've watched SG1 for 10 years, it's a good fun show, but no where near BSG in, what I consider, quality. Remember though, BSG is a drama first and scifi second. The difference between using scifi as a setting and as a story is massive. I really, honestly hate to sound elitist, but if Michael Bay is your idea of a superior story teller, I guess I am.