Bright Side

[sugarhaven.livejournal.com]

A lot of people around here are not particularly fond of RDM mainly because for what he did to the pilots at the last season. He has also been accused (based on his interviews and commentaries) of never truly being interested in the Kara/Lee relationship and never wanting to see them together. But is it really true? Are we fair to RDM and the rest of the BSG creators? Why would they give us such an amazing love story if they simply didn't care?

I want you to try to forget all the negative that's been said and focus only on the bright side. Is there anything positive that you like that any of the BSG crew (writers, directors or actors) or anybody outside of this fandom ever said about the pilots? If so, please share with us snippets of reviews, comments, commentaries etc. that you are fond of and help us forget all the bad stuff. 
You can find audios and transcripts of RDM's podcasts here. 

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[rachelindeed.livejournal.com]

I've also always liked this little comment. RDM is talking about their initial plans for the first episode of season 4, some of which changed and some of which didn't. But he reads an excerpt from their original story outline:

So episode one, in a nutshell, it says: "Kara faces doubts about who she is, the Final Four worry about their loyalties, Lee leaves the military for good, Baltar begins his role as a religious leader." In depth, it says: "Cylon baseships battle Galactica and the Fleet, unable to jump away, facing annihilation, Galactica prevails while the Cylons' Heavy Raiders mysteriously retreat. Kara's miraculous return with knowledge about how to reach Earth sparks Trojan suspicion. Unable to reconcile her gut feelings of who she thinks she is with mounting evidence to contrary, Kara grabs her weapon, bolts from confinement, ominously seeks out the most powerful man alive: Adama!" Whoo. "Tigh, Anders, Tyrol and Tory secretly meet. Inner conflict: one of them, should they reveal who they are, are they capable of doing harm, uneasy agreement is reached. One: keep their identity secret. Two: keep watching each other. Three: discover who is the fifth of the Final Five, Kara being the obvious candidate....Lee's fundamental joy and belief in Kara galvanizes belief in himself, second chance at a life out of uniform. He tells Adama he's through with flying."

Nice :)