Tonight's BSG (No Spoilers)

[Number_6]

Does anyone but my wife and I think that BSG is using the non-linear mode of storytelling a little bit too often?

This is two weeks in a row they've started the story near its end, and then flashed back to earlier events, only to bring us back to the point at which we started before the last commercial break, and then finishing the story in the last act.

And I know this isn't only the second time they've done this, because my wife was complaining that they were overusing this last week.

I'm not slamming tonight's episode. I'm just thinking that this way of telling the story is starting to get gimmicky.

 

[Tisiphone]

I totally agree. I didn't feel it really changed the dynamics of the story. At least last week it was much more of a build-up.

Good episode, though.

 

[Colonel Kira's Left Tit]

Yeah, it's getting a little old, and I hope they lay off for awhile. This is the third time they've done it in the last four episodes. However, I think it actually worked this time and served the story well. The other two times it was just used as a teaser hook, and was kind of pointless.

Good episode, though, with good performances all around.

 

[Friday]

But I also fear that post-production (specifically editing) is one area where the network will always continue to have the most influence. In my experience (I can't speak for the Scifi Channel) the network heads who view the rough cuts and call for changes in episodes are not always the most "creative-minded" of people, and are all-too-eager to go for the cheap thrills, gimmicky tricks and appeal to the lowest common denominator of their viewership.

Unfortunately, this attitude is pervasive in Hollywood.

I've been privy to the "pandering to the lowest common denominator" mindset when it comes not only to post production, but the actual production itself. Most times, the product is not viewed as a creative piece, but a marketable piece. Decisions are made based on mass market appeal, and sometimes the most insightful aspects of a product are thrown out, and the result is "dumbed down".

Not to mention the executives making these decisions wouldn't know good art if it bit them in the ass. Most of these people are business majors, or happened into their jobs thru sheer good luck.