*cries*

[lyssie]

Damn Trucco's quote in the TV Guide interview. Damn it to hell.

eta: here's his quote. Spoilers for 4.5 and the finale. And etc.

"I didn't want to do the recent scene where Anders had that intense, endless, brain-exploding monologue summing up the entire history of the Cylons and what really went down with the FF. I was like, 'This is bullshit, man! Hogan's good at lines. Let him do it!' But I came to realize what an extraordinary honor I'd been handed. And, hey, maybe I'll live on as an answer to a question in the crossword puzzles: Cylon History Revealer!"

So. If Sam isn't the one with the monologue and it's Tigh, that means Tigh get shot and not Sam...

You can imagine how annoyed I am right now. Go on, you know you can. *cries*

Comments

[scarfman]

Yah, whaddee say??

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

I have eta'd. *sulks*

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

The sad part is, much as I like what Trucco did with Anders before, he's totally right--Hogan's delivery would have been better. Also, if they'd brain-frakked Tigh, I would have been a weeping mess instead of wanting to throw things at the TV all the time as was.

[lizardbeth-j.livejournal.com]

Yeah, there was apparently a vague plan to shoot Tigh originally, IIRC from Verheiden's comments on Blood on the Scales, but it got nixed pretty quickly. Hell, there was apparently no plan to shoot ANYONE until he decided there had to be someone on Team Adama to suffer, and it all cascaded from there.... :(

[waterdaughter.livejournal.com]

Gaaaaaaaaah. Also, no, Trucco, it's still bullshit!

*cries with you*

[scifiaddict86.livejournal.com]

Tigh actually was supposed to be the one shot originally and the script changed to Trucco after the accident. I do think Tigh getting shot may have been the more interesting story there but I wonder what that would have done to Deadlocked.

[scifiaddict86.livejournal.com]

I don't know about that there's not much story there I mean how pathetic would that bedside vigil be? Three guys who only kinda sorta give a crap and a president who is pissed. Although they might have milked the drama by making Kara be threatened by Sam worrying about Tory but even that only has about five seconds of mileage.

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

...wait, wait, the original plan really was to shoot Tigh, so he could info-dump?

Damn.

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

Less soap opera. I bet that's the real reason Ron dumped the idea.

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

IT IS.

Luckily, er, I may be fixing it.

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

Actually, it doesn't, though two people have now said that was the original plan.

It is, however, what occurred in my brain while I was folding and stuffing checks. And let me tell you, a couple hastily-scrawled sentences is no substitute for having my brain hooked up to the computer. Sigh.

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

I would have... been ok with it. Even though it would mean endless scenes of Adama sitting at Tigh's bedside. Blech.

[prozacpark.livejournal.com]

All I want to know is how they were going to handle Kara/Sam if they hadn't gone the coma-induced-by-bullet route with Sam.

Also, maybe, I have brief moments where I wonder if I would've traded in that Sam/Kara ending for actual Sam/Kara interaction in 4.5.

[lizardbeth-j.livejournal.com]

well, I don't know if they had the info-dump plan originally - it may all have been on Ellen at one time, too. The way Verheiden made it sound, was he was assigned Blood and he said, "y'know, Team Adama should suffer a casualty from the mutiny, too. How about Tigh gets shot?" and the others said, "uh,no, we need Tigh for other stuff." "ok, how about Anders?" "... ok. So then I'll put him in a coma for mine, etc." But that's just the impression I had, and I don't know if that was as early as the story conference or when he'd actually started script. But of course, at the time of the comment, he couldn't have spoiled the hybrid thing, so he may have downplayed the story direction a lot.

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

That is so very depressing. If I didn't already have a drink, I'd need one.

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

Kara/Lee, I think.

And I think I would. Because as much as I love "I love you" I already knew she did.

[http://users.livejournal.com/radon_/]

But if that happens, how will Kara/Sam be like? Or will it just be the same except Kara says goodbye to other Sam and Lee? (either that or Sam dies storming the Colony, DNW)

(However, thank you RDM, or not giving Adama anymore reasons to go all drooly!crying on us and mucking around with white paint.)

[frolicndetour.livejournal.com]

(However, thank you RDM, or not giving Adama anymore reasons to go all drooly!crying on us and mucking around with white paint.)

I am forced to agree, much as I hated the permanent coma/Hybrid thing.

[frolicndetour.livejournal.com]

Do you remember where Verheiden said this? I haven't seen any interview with him this season.

[lizardbeth-j.livejournal.com]

I think it was his blog, IIRC. Might've been Mo Ryan, but probably his blog. I mention reading it on Feb 13 so it was probably a post on the 12th or 13th I was reacting to, if that helps...

[greycoupon.livejournal.com]

Tigh was the one who going to be shot at one point. Ron mentioned it in a podcast. They wanted to critically injure a FFer.