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August 14th, 2003, 03:17 PM
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Muff Daggy
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Water, Water, Everywhere
You’ve probably been to the ocean at least once in your life. I know I have. Going when you’re young and it’s all new is so amazing. The vastness is so overwhelming in its majesty.
On one of my first visits, I was having the time of my life. Playing in the sand, making castles, teasing the foamy waves with my chilly toes, it was all so perfect. The sun beating down was like an antagonist of the sea and its frigid beauty.
Then I got thirsty. Asking Mom if I could have some water yielded an odd reply – we have none. None? With gazillions of gallons of it floating inches away? Then she explained. Yes, it’s water but it’s not /drinkable/ water. It has an extra ingredient, salt. That spoils it for humans. So much water, so close by, and still I was thirsty. That leaves an indelible mark on a young mind.
Today I feel I am facing a similar experience. Yes, the new BSG is water. And I am /so/ thirsty. But you see, it has these extra ingredients that make it undrinkable, at least for me. It changes too much and so little is the same. It both puzzles and saddens me in ways I cannot express.
Water, water, everywhere. And not a drop to drink for a thirsty fan.
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August 14th, 2003, 03:39 PM
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Well said.
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August 14th, 2003, 04:40 PM
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Snowball, My Angel Baby
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Yes, well said.
Along the same lines, Muffit, "so close yet so far away".
BST 
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Lay down
Your sweet and weary head
The night is falling
You have come to journey's end
Sleep now
And dream of the ones who came before
They are calling
From across the distant shore .
Children are a message that we send
to a time that we will never see.
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August 14th, 2003, 05:31 PM
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Muff Daggy
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Thank you Repcisg and BST 
Yes, so close yet somehow so far away...
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August 14th, 2003, 07:10 PM
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Nicely said Muffit ........just hold on though since the
BIG SCREEN BSG isn't out ........there's still HOPE  |
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August 14th, 2003, 08:21 PM
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Muff Daggy
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Thanks shiningstar, yes I wil keep hope alive
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August 14th, 2003, 09:40 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
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Most eloquent.
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Populos stultus viris indignas honores saepe dat. -Horace
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Fortuna est caeca. -Cicero
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"You know the night before was a tough one when even the sound of the fizz hurts your head." -Mike Hammer.
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August 15th, 2003, 06:51 AM
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I agree with that Senmut
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August 15th, 2003, 08:03 AM
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Battlestar Callisto
Join Date: Jun 2003
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Exactly!
That's just about right, Muffit. Very good analogy.
Sad because after so long, fighting so hard, we finally get our revival...BUT, look at what shape it has taken with something we never wanted. Of course, it's BSG! THey have to screw with it and totally screw the fans who loved the original series...are we really surprised?
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August 15th, 2003, 12:11 PM
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The MINI isn't a part of the Original BSG series and never will
be Charybdis. Just remember the BIG screen version written
by people who actually know what they're doing and hold out
for that.
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August 15th, 2003, 02:31 PM
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Muff Daggy
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Thank you also Senmut and Charybdis
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August 15th, 2003, 02:58 PM
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I agree.
I have read the script (or at least what is purported to be the script - and it matches some of the commercials I have seen) and I understand your comments.
The mini appears to have some interesting points, but it is not BSG as I know it.
Its much like the Wild WIld West movie. A somewhat entertaining item that had no need to corrupt an icon. It just turns off the fans of the original....
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August 15th, 2003, 03:06 PM
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Great Wise Guru
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Welcome to the Fleets, PlaidSquadron.
If you read the script at Battlestarfanclub.com (did I get that right? I pulled it out of unreliable memory), then you read the script for the mini.
Not BSG, is it?
Anyway, have a great time here. This is a great group of people.
I am
Dawg
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August 15th, 2003, 05:34 PM
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Muff Daggy
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Welcome PlaidSquadron! I like your handle.
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August 15th, 2003, 08:43 PM
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I agree with you on that PlaidSquadron.
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