I'm really getting into this whole Galactica franchise thing. I spent a little time researching the original works and found that it has everything from comic book lines to original full length movies that go way back to the 70's. It's pretty crazy, even when you consider that they "re-invisioned" the original story, but it still is popular and has relevance. That's the problem with most of the brain numbing shows I get hooked on like Dexter. There is no deeper meaning to pull from the story, no hidden messages or things to be mulled over with your friends.
The formula that is turning prime time television to crap lately is the idea that a show cannot end without a cliff hanger so every episode has to reveal some shocking new twist. Take any of the recent series that have come out like Desperate Housewives, Dexter, Lost, Prison Break, 24, etc. They all thrive on that "find out more, next time" hook. Is there any other context that an audience would be satisfied with that kind of empty conclusion? If you read a newspaper article and it trailed off without making a point or rented a movie that just ended without a resolution, wouldn't it be natural instinct to be disappointed? It kind of boggles my mind that it has become the "in" thing for tv shows.
Oh, yeah. I'm not exactly studying at the present. I'm more in line with the pins and needles guy from PCU, if you can remember what his thesis paper was about.
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