I think things just got more complicated.

[proggrrl]

I just finished watching the extended cut of Battlestar Galactica's UNFINISHED BUSINESS on the season 3 DVD.   *eyes glaze over with joy*

Firstly, gods I LOVE THIS SHOW.  So much.

And second, what a marvelous valentine this piece is to fans, to Apollo/Starbuck shippers...what a powerful testament to the potent art of editing.  I actually think the shorter broadcast version packs a bigger punch in terms of editing.  Yet this longer cut gave me just about EVERYTHING, and more, that I'd heard was shot and taken out of the final cut.  It was intense, sad, romantic, sexy, brutal, funny.  Just fantastic...especially the ending.

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[ez-as-pi.livejournal.com]

I prefer the tighter editing of the original. This definitely gave some insights to what happened, but it was much blunter, for lack of a better word.

I cringed a lot at Kara's behavior, even though I love her like peanut butter.

There were some parts I'd give my first born to have in the original.. like the quite I love yous... but hey, now we have quality s3 footage for vids... LOL

[proggrrl.livejournal.com]

LOL I just came back to add that exact sentiment to my post above...I liked the interwoven-style edit better as a piece of storytelling, as the best version of the ep.

However, all this new footage was so excellent, and I'd wanted to see it all very very much. So I just love TPTB for doing the work to present this to us as a cut piece, blunt though it may be, rather than just including a pile of deleted scenes. It makes it very clear why all the stuff got cut. Priceless for a trufan like you or I.

[ez-as-pi.livejournal.com]

Yup. :)

(I just want to schmoosh pilots together at the end and make it all better!)