Showing posts with label battlestar galactica. Show all posts
Showing posts with label battlestar galactica. Show all posts
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Monday, December 29, 2008
Yes, Gaeta Rules
Okay, I have always loved Felix Gaeta. He is the tireless assistant who is dark and yet mysterious. Over the years, there has been much speculation on Gaeta's sexuality and in the webisodes for the upcoming season 4.5, they've made it official. Gaeta is at least mostly into guys.
You have got to check out the webisodes on SciFi.com. They are amazing.
Friday, April 4, 2008
To Be Continued
This sucks.
We will all keep watching. Why can't they just have an ending to an episode without it being open-ended? GRRRR.
I'm going home to watch the episode again on TiVo.
We will all keep watching. Why can't they just have an ending to an episode without it being open-ended? GRRRR.
I'm going home to watch the episode again on TiVo.
Starbuck's Viper
I started a post earlier about Starbuck's viper. It's too new. I knew that would be a quick spoiler.
Whew
Thank goodness the space battle is over. I can breathe now.
Oh crap, the cult of Baltar? I may puke.
Oh crap, the cult of Baltar? I may puke.
Sam Anders
The awesome raider trick with they eye was really cool. I just knew there was a way to have the new 4 stop the battle.
Not the spinny ship
This space battle is waaaay brutal.
UPDATE: Yay, the spinny ship is damagaed, but still flying. Yay.
UPDATE: Yay, the spinny ship is damagaed, but still flying. Yay.
Live Blog Beginning.
TWELVE CYLON MODELS
SEVEN ARE KNOWN
FOUR LIVE IN SECRET
"one will be revealed."
WHEN!!!!???!!
SEVEN ARE KNOWN
FOUR LIVE IN SECRET
"one will be revealed."
WHEN!!!!???!!
BSG Priemere, Liveish blogging
I'm watching sans Tivo, with my friends Andy and Chad at Andy's house, via Comcast HD. They just showed the end of crossroads, part 2 with the really really annoying version of bob dylan's all along the watchtower.
Now it's commercials. I can barely contain my enthusiasm.
Now it's commercials. I can barely contain my enthusiasm.
Sunday, December 2, 2007
Why BSG is better than Star Trek and Star Wars
In a recent conversation, I pledged my devotion to the BSG camp of Sci-fi over the Star Wars trilogy (eps. 4,5,6) and over Star Trek.
Here are some thoughts on the subject. The BSG (reloaded) universe is its own special universe. So far, it is separate from human history, though it may be tied to some far distant future, or past (gods forbid it's some scientology propaganda piece).
The Star Trek universe is a futuristic atheist-utopian fantasy where humans have united in spite of their differences upon realizing that we are not alone in the universe, as revealed in First Contact. Call me cynical, but I just don't buy that humanity can change that quickly. Another reason the Star Trek universe is flawed is that the vision and legacy of Roddenberry was corroded and polluted after his death to where misguided series after series were produced by Paramount to capitalize on the beleaguered, grieved fan base. The premises for each series grew thinner and thinner until finally people quit watching and they canceled "Enterprise" with the dreadful Bakula.
The Star Wars universe was a great piece of mythology for its time, but with the logistical problems of not doing the saga in sequence, it left the whole universe open to abject failure through the chaotic invasion of conjecture. The myriad books that expand the canon through eons before and after the saga of the 6 films seems like a cheap, capitalistic merchandising trick. When one realizes how vast the star wars merchandising universe is, one cannot help but lose trust in the motives of Lucas, et al.
All things considered, Battlestar Galactica is not without its own laundry list of faults. The most obvious of all is the boxing episode of season 3. I would have much rather watched a few more webisodes on Scifi.com than sit through the blood splatters just so we could see the memories of New Caprica come to life in the crews' thoughts.
The second problem is the sexuality of 6 and Baltar. Okay, we get it, she uses sex to manipulate people. Humans are weakest when we succomb to our base desires. yeah yeah yeah. We know you use the sex to get ratings. NYPD blue did the same damn thing about 10 years ago.
The third problem is Admiral Cain's lesbianism. It seemed that this was coming years ago, when we met Cain in season 2. It was hinted at somehow, in her body language with her ship's 6. My friend Chad called this a hackneyed stereotype. I think they should have hired Rita Mae Brown or some other lesbian writer to come up with some other way to talk about the issue. The BSG powers that be have been tempting us with Gaeta since the miniseries when we first see him gush over Baltar.
The fourth, and probably most overriding problem is the logic of posterity. My friend Chad and I argue about this in every, and I do mean EVERY BSG convo. A race of people capable of interstellar, faster-than-light space travel would surely have better records of their deities than scrolls, especially when the gods lived with them on Kobol. The only possible explanation is that the fractured, separatist nature of the colonies, and the fact that they were constantly at war with one another until shortly before the first cylon war, means that their militarism dominated all areas of society, and history and archives were never properly maintained.
All in all, the problems of BSG are ones that I largely can live with. The problems I have with the other universes cannot be overcome in my mind.
Here are some thoughts on the subject. The BSG (reloaded) universe is its own special universe. So far, it is separate from human history, though it may be tied to some far distant future, or past (gods forbid it's some scientology propaganda piece).
The Star Trek universe is a futuristic atheist-utopian fantasy where humans have united in spite of their differences upon realizing that we are not alone in the universe, as revealed in First Contact. Call me cynical, but I just don't buy that humanity can change that quickly. Another reason the Star Trek universe is flawed is that the vision and legacy of Roddenberry was corroded and polluted after his death to where misguided series after series were produced by Paramount to capitalize on the beleaguered, grieved fan base. The premises for each series grew thinner and thinner until finally people quit watching and they canceled "Enterprise" with the dreadful Bakula.
The Star Wars universe was a great piece of mythology for its time, but with the logistical problems of not doing the saga in sequence, it left the whole universe open to abject failure through the chaotic invasion of conjecture. The myriad books that expand the canon through eons before and after the saga of the 6 films seems like a cheap, capitalistic merchandising trick. When one realizes how vast the star wars merchandising universe is, one cannot help but lose trust in the motives of Lucas, et al.
All things considered, Battlestar Galactica is not without its own laundry list of faults. The most obvious of all is the boxing episode of season 3. I would have much rather watched a few more webisodes on Scifi.com than sit through the blood splatters just so we could see the memories of New Caprica come to life in the crews' thoughts.
The second problem is the sexuality of 6 and Baltar. Okay, we get it, she uses sex to manipulate people. Humans are weakest when we succomb to our base desires. yeah yeah yeah. We know you use the sex to get ratings. NYPD blue did the same damn thing about 10 years ago.
The third problem is Admiral Cain's lesbianism. It seemed that this was coming years ago, when we met Cain in season 2. It was hinted at somehow, in her body language with her ship's 6. My friend Chad called this a hackneyed stereotype. I think they should have hired Rita Mae Brown or some other lesbian writer to come up with some other way to talk about the issue. The BSG powers that be have been tempting us with Gaeta since the miniseries when we first see him gush over Baltar.
The fourth, and probably most overriding problem is the logic of posterity. My friend Chad and I argue about this in every, and I do mean EVERY BSG convo. A race of people capable of interstellar, faster-than-light space travel would surely have better records of their deities than scrolls, especially when the gods lived with them on Kobol. The only possible explanation is that the fractured, separatist nature of the colonies, and the fact that they were constantly at war with one another until shortly before the first cylon war, means that their militarism dominated all areas of society, and history and archives were never properly maintained.
All in all, the problems of BSG are ones that I largely can live with. The problems I have with the other universes cannot be overcome in my mind.
Thursday, November 8, 2007
tomorrow's dinner and last weekend's beverage
Tomorrow, I am supposed to go to Red Lobster to celebrate my friend's birthday. I haven't set foot in a Red Lobster since 1998, so help me Diety.
Does anyone have any suggestions for what to order? I at least know that white wine goes with all seafood. Maybe that's why I'm not too keen on it. I prefer red.
Speaking of Red wine, (and I'm not being paid for this) I was at Andy's last weekend for Battlestar Galactica and wine. I picked out a Yellow Tail Pinot Noir. It was sooooo good and it was the first time in a long time I hadn't gotten sniffly from alcohol.
We also watched Torchwood from BBC America. It's the lame spinoff from the reinvented Dr. Who, complete with Russell Davies' over-the-top affectations. I didn't quite care for it, but the plot point that all of the secret agents are randy bisexuals was an odd, literally queer, twist. The name of the episode was, I kid you not, "They Keep Killing Suzie." I must agree with Andy that it's the best title ever for a television episode.
Does anyone have any suggestions for what to order? I at least know that white wine goes with all seafood. Maybe that's why I'm not too keen on it. I prefer red.
Speaking of Red wine, (and I'm not being paid for this) I was at Andy's last weekend for Battlestar Galactica and wine. I picked out a Yellow Tail Pinot Noir. It was sooooo good and it was the first time in a long time I hadn't gotten sniffly from alcohol.
We also watched Torchwood from BBC America. It's the lame spinoff from the reinvented Dr. Who, complete with Russell Davies' over-the-top affectations. I didn't quite care for it, but the plot point that all of the secret agents are randy bisexuals was an odd, literally queer, twist. The name of the episode was, I kid you not, "They Keep Killing Suzie." I must agree with Andy that it's the best title ever for a television episode.
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