There is also this little trick with muting the sound that Jackson does when somebody dies. He does it with Gandalf and with Boromir,and thereby you get these really quiet moments when grief and desperation just shines through.
Oh, yes, I love that all you can really hear is Boromir breathing - in one of the commentaries someone (perhaps Sean Bean?) mentions that it's almost like Boromir is drowning (which I guess technically he is, since the arrows went in to his lungs). It's just an absolutely perfect scene.
The moment in the MOVIES that gets me with Theoden is actually when he breaks down after Theodred's funeral and his voice cracks and I can't watch that without weeping. (And you know, Boromir and Theoden are my two favorite characters in the films!)
I agree that in Season 1, there's nothing to suggest that Starbuck is somehow set apart from the others. Even her special pain about Zach is tied into her relationships with Adama and with Lee. I don't know if this is really, objectively true, but I felt like so much of Season 2 became less "Battlestar Galactica" with ensemble cast, and more "The Life and Times of Starbuck, Coolest Ever Person" and I HATED that.
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Date: 2006-09-27 11:33 pm (UTC)Oh, yes, I love that all you can really hear is Boromir breathing - in one of the commentaries someone (perhaps Sean Bean?) mentions that it's almost like Boromir is drowning (which I guess technically he is, since the arrows went in to his lungs). It's just an absolutely perfect scene.
The moment in the MOVIES that gets me with Theoden is actually when he breaks down after Theodred's funeral and his voice cracks and I can't watch that without weeping. (And you know, Boromir and Theoden are my two favorite characters in the films!)
I agree that in Season 1, there's nothing to suggest that Starbuck is somehow set apart from the others. Even her special pain about Zach is tied into her relationships with Adama and with Lee. I don't know if this is really, objectively true, but I felt like so much of Season 2 became less "Battlestar Galactica" with ensemble cast, and more "The Life and Times of Starbuck, Coolest Ever Person" and I HATED that.