To me BSG couldn't quite nail down how to lean into the lore and spirituality they created. They'd have an episode with the scrolls seeming to be right and the god's existed and then the next episode it was all hooey
Agreed. This only happens because the creatives behind a show, or any story medium, don't properly hammer out the details of the story before hand. They "wing it", which creates all manner of problems in the telling of the story, creating contradictions in the story, lore, and characters. It's like trying to release a book before it's finished being written, or even planned out. It invites catastrophe.
On the other hand, a properly laid out and planned story, if told well, almost universally is enjoyed more than one not planned. A properly planned and executed story plants seeds in the story, mirrors and foreshadows, metaphors and allegories, lessons upon lessons, subtleties and nuance, which upon reflection of the story, or future readings, makes the story much more rich. But, most writers nowadays, at least in Hollywood, are incapable of doing that.
To me BSG couldn't quite nail down how to lean into the lore and spirituality they created. They'd have an episode with the scrolls seeming to be right and the god's existed and then the next episode it was all hooey
Agreed. This only happens because the creatives behind a show, or any story medium, don't properly hammer out the details of the story before hand. They "wing it", which creates all manner of problems in the telling of the story, creating contradictions in the story, lore, and characters. It's like trying to release a book before it's finished being written, or even planned out. It invites catastrophe.
On the other hand, a properly laid out and planned story, if told well, almost universally is enjoyed more than one not planned. A properly planned and executed story plants seeds in the story, mirrors and foreshadows, metaphors and allegories, lessons upon lessons, subtleties and nuance, which upon reflection of the story, or future readings, makes the story much more rich. But, most writers nowadays, at least in Hollywood, are incapable of doing that.