January 14, 2005

Battlestar Galactica

The Vorlon Wife is watching Battlestar Galactica and I’ve perused a bit of it. It looks rather well done, but one thing really impressed me.

They’ve taken out the sound effects for the space battle scenes. That makes it appear more accurate. In space, there is no sound.

It somehow makes the battle scene seem even deadlier. As I recall, they don’t play music, per se, but there’s kind of a drumbeat that seem to increase the tension.

The only technical screw-up I see is when the fighters land on the Battlestar Galactica. When they touchdown, they flair like an airplane would. The trouble is there is no air to flair with. Instead, I would expect them to just fly into the landing zone and grind to a halt.

Posted by Ted at January 14, 2005 9:31 PM