GWC Podcast #85

Podcasts Galactic Watercooler
#41

Over in the Star Trek threads, DocP is watching the entire ST canon for the first time. Now we have Audra and Chuck watching Lost with virgin eyes. I’m so jealous.

I actually missed the first couple episodes of Lost when it originally premiered, and knowing that it was going to be a serial type of show, I stayed away from getting into it for the whole first year. Didn’t want to come in on the middle of the story. Besides, I was in my last year of film school, so I didn’t have a lot of time. At the end of the next summer though, once I’d finished my final project, I went out and rented the entire first season. I camped out on the sofa and spent the whole week resting from college and charging through an average of three episodes a day (kudos to Chuck for apparently watching entire seasons in a day; my butt doesn’t have that much staying power…there I go, continuing the butt-versations.).

Wow, that was a good week! I treasure it even now. My favorite episode to this day is Locke’s first flashback episode, “Walkabout.” I think the puzzle-pieces nature of Lost plots + the character development reached a perfect pitch when,
[spoiler] in the last moments of the episode, Locke stands up. I almost cried. [/spoiler]
The best part was, when I was done, I only had a few days to wait until the premiere of season 2.

#42

I feel your inner conflict, HM. Listening to the RDM podcasts for me was like taking a masters class in screenwriting with a professional who deigned to sit down with me in person and pour out all he knew. Hearing how the stories came together behind-the-scenes gave me insight in dealing with my own creative process.

But yeah, someone should get that guy a quiet little comfortable room where he can record the podcast in peace. That’s all I’m saying. After all, he did declare, “No whining” about his recordings (seriously, though, could you maybe pause until the truck has passed by?).

#43

Oh yeah, I would second that. I like his podcasts as much as the next guy, but I really don’t care about his drinking/smoking habits and the cats and the telephone and the kids and the trucks… :smiley:

#44

But those are my favorite parts!

#45

I still find the technical discussion to be relevant. Why? Technical issues can sometimes drive story decisions. The two-parter known as Crossroads had as a central thread the very technical issue of the All Along the Watchtower. Admittedly the score to an episode is usually written in response to the action and dialog. Crossroads was a case where the score drove the action. Off the soundtrack CD the two tracks concerned most heavily are “A Distant Sadness”, which was the music that plagued Colonel Tigh, and the bt4 rendition of “All Along the Watchtower”.

A show is a tapestry. The story, in many cases, is just one of many threads that makes it up. For Sci-Fi, sometimes the technical aspects of productions make the biggest impact in terms of even being able to tell the story.

If you want to see an example of a podcast produced from lessons culled from RDM podcasts, click this to go to iTunes: http://www.itunes.com/podcast?id=270165304 . The current episode of that podcast is also available for direct access.

RDM does need a better recording set up. We get a ton of noise from Russell outside between Whitney Ranch and the freeway as we produce what we produce here. Even though we can hear it while recording, it really has not been noticeable in recordings themselves. I will say RDM’s truck and chopper issues add to the podcast simply because they paint him as being indeed human rather than a mythical exalted specimen of showrunners.

#46

[whisper] mine too, but I won’t admit it … publicly [/whisper]

#47

Honestly, the background noise adds to the charm, as well as the choice of smokes and scotch. And most of the time, RDM is doing the podcast with what precious little free time he’s got from running the show, when he could be spending time, shall we say, offscreen with Mrs. Ron.

That said, I wouldn’t miss 'em if they were gone.

#48

the podcast or Mr.&Mrs. Ron?

#49

Nope it was me. 1776 is my favorite musical :slight_smile: It was a play off; “New York abstains, courteously” One of my favorite parts.

#50

Boob scenes, speculations on goo, and now the “buttcast”

#51

Well I am not sure I should be proud of or even mention this, but I could probably couch potato Chuck under the rug. 2 seasons of 24 in 4 days. That show is beyond addictive. Lost was similar. I think I watched seasons 1 and 2 in 4-5 days.
BTW, I really don’t see how Lost cannot be Sci-fi. Would go into detail but I think most of you already agree. I do think it was clever of the writers (and thank God they are back) to not sell Lost as Sci-fi and then slowly ease and addicted fan base into the reality that they are in fact watching science fiction.

#52

did anyone else think that the ressurection ship could either be the only one that can create ner raiders?Also it oculd be a RAM thing. The ressurection ship has like 149234615987 terabites, and the basestar has 2 gigs… Or if you look at it in :Ressurection ship" you see lots of bodies posibly thats the only ship that can create new bodies?

#53

That amazes me. I figured my cohort was the last to be largely exposed to it (at least, for another hundred years.)

#54

Well I know most of you have read my experience with the BSG cast from Dragon*Con (if not and are interested I can dig it up or you can find it on the main watercooler page), but I wanted to comment anyway.

Everyone I talk to raves at how open and friendly the Galactica cast is. They were VERY patient with us and we even had running jokes with them through out the weekend. They took lots of time to talk to us from everything from BSG to children to politics. I have so far met Jamie, Aaron Douglas, Mark Sheppard and Richard Hatch. And will hopefully be meeing Nikki Clyne in London in April and Tahmoh and Leah Cairns at D*C 2008.

Now you have to make sure you chose the right kind of Con, if you have a choice. The fan run ones like D*C or Wolf Con in the UK. You get much more time to interact with the fans and in most cases they are cheaper too. Other cons rush you through and you don’t get to interact with them.

I have also seen interviews or discussions where the cast (particularily the BSG crew) loves the interaction with the fans as much as we enjoy hanging with them.

#55

Also a friend from Skiffy (whom I also met at Dragon*Con) won the phone call with Michael Trucco from the pencils to media mogels campaign. He allowed her to tape it and share it with us.

He is recovering well (and actually called to talk to her while he was walking his dog - whose name is Sammy).

Here is the link to how to hear it if you would like:

http://forums.scifi.com/index.php?showtopic=2300163&st=0&p=4825326&#entry4825326

The BSG cast seems like an all around great group who love the fans.

#56

My thoughts exactly - I’m beginning to like the cast more and more! Go Audra!

#57

Ooops! Sorry, dude. Glad to know I’m in the best of company though :slight_smile:

#58

I was introduced to the wonders of 1776 by a truly ancient history prof back in high school, and then, once at college, I discovered that other geeky weirdos had also seen and loved it. In fact, more than one of my friends actually owned DVD copies! Did you know that the writer was not a professional writer or musician but a mathematician?

#59

Frak me, that came out wrong! Sorry. I meant I wouldn’t miss all the distractions and embellishments. Please don’t go away, Mr. Ron!
[insert Glimfeather into last scene from “Shane”: “Ron! Roo-oon!”

#60

I love the fact that I can come to GWC and randomly find a discussion of the only non-tragedy on my list of favorite musicals. (The others being Camelot, La Mancha and Todd)

You know, I think this kind of discussion of genres and concepts other than SciFi may be one of the biggest draws and differentiating factors of the GWC. It’s surprising diversity of topics humanizes a forum that could, by the nature of it’s main focus, tend to be cold, insular and even exclusionary. (It is so often that forums of hard-core fans, be they sport fans, roll players, what have you, raise cred-based walls around what essentially become feisty groups of navel-gazers.)
And it’s my opinion that it’s the GWC Crew that is responsible for the inclusionary and general friendly nature found here. Their original decision to podcast the good-natured banter of friends, side tracks and all (instead of say, recaps, staunch declarations of theory and general over-emphatic opinionization) has attracted a similar fan-base with similarly diverse interests.
I would hazard that while having many overlapping interests, not one GWC forum member would described themself exactly as any other would, and I for one am happy for it.
Though this isn’t really the thread for it, thank-you Audra, Chuck and Sean for creating, and setting the example for, such a special place.