This post contains spoilers for the most recent episodes of BSG and Lost, so click through at your own risk.
TV Thoughts: BSG "Someone to Watch Over Me"
I would have more to say, but when I watched the episode, I was nearly falling asleep and knew I had to be up about an hour before the asscrack of dawn the next day. So just a few thoughts this time, though I really did enjoy the episode. It was certainly one of the best Chief showcases of the series, and I loves me some Chief. I really felt for him when he found out he'd been played by Boomer. And man, is Boomer a manipulative bitch. I don't think I've ever truly hated her, but this episode really made me hate her--emotionally screwing with Chief like that, taking advantage of Helo's susceptibility to the Eights like that, and making Athena watch! Bitch! As far as the Starbuck stuff goes, that was also good. I felt pretty confident by the end of the second act that the mystery piano player was ghost!Dad or whatevs, but I enjoyed their chemistry anyways because at this point, I don't care much about the plot as much as spending time with these characters before it's all over. I love that they are really incorporating the musical score into that character's lives. The Gershwin-influenced score this week was really an auditory treat; plus, I felt a cut above average for being able to identify that even before I read Bear McCreary's blog post on the episode.
TV Thoughts: Lost "LeFleur"
I'm loving Lost these days--LOVING! IT! This Sawyer-centric episode was by far one of my favorites of the season, and possibly the series. Last week's Locke-centric mission to reunite the Oceanic 6 band was great, as many Locke episodes are, but this was had that extra something that kept me glued to my sofa. Sawyer screen time has been in short supply recently, so maybe that's why I loved it so much--Sawyer clearly gets the best dialogue, and as a bonus we got to see him with clean hair--something we haven't seen since sometime in season 3. This episode really felt like a breather--there really wasn't a whole lot of plot momentum, other than getting an extended look at life in the Dharma Initiative during their heyday in 1974, until the end, and the rest of the hour was filling in blanks and spending time with the no longer time-traveling-sickened left-behinders. There wasn't a lot of Daniel, but what there was packed a wallop; Jeremy Davies really knows how to sell distraught and quasi-catatonic. Miles got to be a smart-ass and just generally be Sawyer 2.0. Jin's English improved! As did his hair. But the heart of the episode belonged to Sawyer and Juliette. They are teh cute! I really like them together. Of course, as soon as he gave that spiel to Horace about how three years is enough time to get over someone, it was obvious that the next development was going to be Kate & Co. getting zapped back to the island. All of that being said, the gaspiest part for me was getting that frustratingly brief glimpse of the Four-toed Statue (I'm just guessing but come on, that's pretty much a gimmie) back when it was A Whole Statue. Cuselof, you bastards!!
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Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Saturday, February 14, 2009
TV Thoughts: BSG "No Exit"
Previously on BSG: no more possibility of Geata and Hoshi saving the world with math. Woe.
Ellen's transition from losing her shit to calmly getting out of the goo tub--I think I have a bit of whiplash.
"Its a bit cold in here." "I'll get you some clothes; I've seen it all before." Mwah!
There's brain surgery all over the damn place this week on TV--Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice, and now BSG.
Just thinking of all the layers: Ellen made Cavil to look like her father and then she was screwing him on NC even though she had no idea what she really was and...gah! That gray matter is my 'sploded brain.
"What about the swirl? Had he taught you that?" Ellen, you still a saucy bitch!
Oh Lee, the lady doth protest a bit too much.
Eww, was it too much to ask a cleaning crew to clean up the arterial blood spatters?
So is Kara the heretofore nonexistent 13th cylon?
My brain hurts!
Man. Cavil's hatred of humanity is so thick and viscous you could drizzle it over pancakes and eat it up.
Boomer: who would I want to love?
Slambang to the chief. Mmmm. Anvillicious.
Eeeee! John Hodgeman awesomeness! He totally had the aura of a fanboy having his dreams come true and it was a kick to see.
Who was Daniel?! Gah!
Obvious: Cavil is a cold bastard.
Poor Galactica, old girl.
I don't know but I have this bad feeling about Anders' surgery--maybe it's because he hadn't had this much screen time since last year.
Yay, Boomer got a backbone!
Nurse needs to learn some bedside manner.
I would say Adama needs to ease up on the liver abuse, but there's only a handful of eps. left, so who cares!
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Ellen's transition from losing her shit to calmly getting out of the goo tub--I think I have a bit of whiplash.
"Its a bit cold in here." "I'll get you some clothes; I've seen it all before." Mwah!
There's brain surgery all over the damn place this week on TV--Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice, and now BSG.
Just thinking of all the layers: Ellen made Cavil to look like her father and then she was screwing him on NC even though she had no idea what she really was and...gah! That gray matter is my 'sploded brain.
"What about the swirl? Had he taught you that?" Ellen, you still a saucy bitch!
Oh Lee, the lady doth protest a bit too much.
Eww, was it too much to ask a cleaning crew to clean up the arterial blood spatters?
So is Kara the heretofore nonexistent 13th cylon?
My brain hurts!
Man. Cavil's hatred of humanity is so thick and viscous you could drizzle it over pancakes and eat it up.
Boomer: who would I want to love?
Slambang to the chief. Mmmm. Anvillicious.
Eeeee! John Hodgeman awesomeness! He totally had the aura of a fanboy having his dreams come true and it was a kick to see.
Who was Daniel?! Gah!
Obvious: Cavil is a cold bastard.
Poor Galactica, old girl.
I don't know but I have this bad feeling about Anders' surgery--maybe it's because he hadn't had this much screen time since last year.
Yay, Boomer got a backbone!
Nurse needs to learn some bedside manner.
I would say Adama needs to ease up on the liver abuse, but there's only a handful of eps. left, so who cares!
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Friday, February 6, 2009
TV Thoughts: BSG "Blood on the Scales"
Previously on BSG: Aaaaargh! There be mutiny!
"Blood on the Scales"
(This ep. was written by Michael Angeli, so there's a 50/50 chance it could psychoanalyze itself into suckitude, but I have hope since the previews looked nice and action-y.)
Hey, it's Kelly, who was last seen getting all on sabatoge-y on Galactica's ass!
Dude, Adama could pwn your ass six ways to Sunday, Felix.
And Romo Lampkin makes an appearance--wouldn't be an Angeli episode without him, and looking about 25% less crazy than the last time we saw him.
Awesome line: Adama to Felix: "Shove it up your ass." If only all arguments could be solved that way...
Looks like foppish Sagitaron rep. grew a backbone too late. Nasty business, this civil war.
Hi, Feelix's latent idealism! Long time since we've seen you.
Awesome lines 2 ans 3: "I'm too frakkin' tired to get up, so why don't you just shoot me." and "I'm just a machine? What does that make you, dumbass?" Both by Chief, because he's starting to be awesome again.
Yay, Helo's conscious!
Oh noes, Anders!
More magical cylon transdpondster tech--what will they reveal next.
Lampkin decides to help Kara and not-dead-yet Anders--like you couldn't see that coming from across the fleet. Thanks for not letting me down, Angeli.
No one writes anvillicious self-awareness like Angeli. At least he shifts characters each time, with Gaius being this week's verbal victim.
Tricia Helfer looks pretty bangin'--as Jonathan Antin would say--with the Hollywood hippy hair.
Chief in the bowels of the ship--I know there's some kind of deep metaphor or something but my brain is too mushy to come up with one.
When are you going to learn Tom, not to piss off Laura to the point where she gets trigger happy? Honestly, have you not seen this show?
The ad for the Cylon detector iPhone app: I may have to download that.
Felix has done so much mental waffling that you could drizzle sweet grade A maple syrup all over it. mmmmm.
Awesome line: "I just hope that one day people will know what I was." Oh Felix, has there ever been a more meta line on this show?!
Felix finally lets go of his anger and his stump stops hurting--oh the levels you bring to the drama, Angeli.
Of course Zarek and Felix had to get ded, there would be no end if they didn't. I'm just sad to see them die because while what they did ended up being all kinds of bad for the survival of the fleet, they actually were grounded--at least Felix was, maybe Zarek not so much--in correct principles. It's too bad things had to end the way they did, but it wouldn't be BSG if at least one known and semi-beloved character didn't get deep sixed every so often.
As far as Angeli episodes go, this was one of the better ones. This is mostly because the plot dictated lots of ass-kicking action, leaving precious little time for dithering and obvious introspection, something Angeli seems to have a huge boner for but for which he lacks the necessary nuance to carry off much of the time. Of course, this is just my opinion as one of a million BSG fans who are also internet jackasses.
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"Blood on the Scales"
(This ep. was written by Michael Angeli, so there's a 50/50 chance it could psychoanalyze itself into suckitude, but I have hope since the previews looked nice and action-y.)
Hey, it's Kelly, who was last seen getting all on sabatoge-y on Galactica's ass!
Dude, Adama could pwn your ass six ways to Sunday, Felix.
And Romo Lampkin makes an appearance--wouldn't be an Angeli episode without him, and looking about 25% less crazy than the last time we saw him.
Awesome line: Adama to Felix: "Shove it up your ass." If only all arguments could be solved that way...
Looks like foppish Sagitaron rep. grew a backbone too late. Nasty business, this civil war.
Hi, Feelix's latent idealism! Long time since we've seen you.
Awesome lines 2 ans 3: "I'm too frakkin' tired to get up, so why don't you just shoot me." and "I'm just a machine? What does that make you, dumbass?" Both by Chief, because he's starting to be awesome again.
Yay, Helo's conscious!
Oh noes, Anders!
More magical cylon transdpondster tech--what will they reveal next.
Lampkin decides to help Kara and not-dead-yet Anders--like you couldn't see that coming from across the fleet. Thanks for not letting me down, Angeli.
No one writes anvillicious self-awareness like Angeli. At least he shifts characters each time, with Gaius being this week's verbal victim.
Tricia Helfer looks pretty bangin'--as Jonathan Antin would say--with the Hollywood hippy hair.
Chief in the bowels of the ship--I know there's some kind of deep metaphor or something but my brain is too mushy to come up with one.
When are you going to learn Tom, not to piss off Laura to the point where she gets trigger happy? Honestly, have you not seen this show?
The ad for the Cylon detector iPhone app: I may have to download that.
Felix has done so much mental waffling that you could drizzle sweet grade A maple syrup all over it. mmmmm.
Awesome line: "I just hope that one day people will know what I was." Oh Felix, has there ever been a more meta line on this show?!
Felix finally lets go of his anger and his stump stops hurting--oh the levels you bring to the drama, Angeli.
Of course Zarek and Felix had to get ded, there would be no end if they didn't. I'm just sad to see them die because while what they did ended up being all kinds of bad for the survival of the fleet, they actually were grounded--at least Felix was, maybe Zarek not so much--in correct principles. It's too bad things had to end the way they did, but it wouldn't be BSG if at least one known and semi-beloved character didn't get deep sixed every so often.
As far as Angeli episodes go, this was one of the better ones. This is mostly because the plot dictated lots of ass-kicking action, leaving precious little time for dithering and obvious introspection, something Angeli seems to have a huge boner for but for which he lacks the necessary nuance to carry off much of the time. Of course, this is just my opinion as one of a million BSG fans who are also internet jackasses.
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Saturday, January 31, 2009
TV Thoughts: BSG "The Oath"
Previously on BSG: Some people in the Feel Bad Gang were starting to get mutiny fever, and Zarek might finally get to be prom queen!
"The Oath"
Follow the bouncing Zarek for spoilers!
Oh Laura, methinks the lady does protest too much!
On the one hand Zarek makes valuable points--and is right from a purely principled standpoint, but on the other hand I find him to be personally reprehensible. Mixed feelings!!!
Felix is a freaky good liar. And poor Hoshi--you deserve better.
Kara is really scary when she's pissed--you know, just stating the obvious.
I knew something bad was going to happen to Helo/Sharon/Hera because it's been awhile since anything has happened with them.
Evil Pegasus dude, you did not just threaten and pistol whip my Helo.
Kara and Lee in the shit just like old times. I'm getting misty.
Poor dead Jaffe. He never got a first name.
Of course Gaius is ditching his harem in the name of safety/self-preservation. Good old Gaius.
Do not mess with the admiral or the colonel for they will fuck your shit up. Good.
Maybe Laura and Gaius could start a support group for religious flip-flippers anonymous.
I like how the sickly green lighting in CIC really hammers home that the fleet is not well. Yes, that's sarcasm.
Looks like Laura got her groove back! Yay.
This had nothing to do with the ep. but the preview for Wyvern looked fucking hilarious in a bad way.
Bill and Laura: it's almost too hard to watch. *sniff* But Lee's and Kara's awkwardness was perfect.
What an image to end on--two crusty old dudes with machine guns.
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"The Oath"
Follow the bouncing Zarek for spoilers!
Oh Laura, methinks the lady does protest too much!
On the one hand Zarek makes valuable points--and is right from a purely principled standpoint, but on the other hand I find him to be personally reprehensible. Mixed feelings!!!
Felix is a freaky good liar. And poor Hoshi--you deserve better.
Kara is really scary when she's pissed--you know, just stating the obvious.
I knew something bad was going to happen to Helo/Sharon/Hera because it's been awhile since anything has happened with them.
Evil Pegasus dude, you did not just threaten and pistol whip my Helo.
Kara and Lee in the shit just like old times. I'm getting misty.
Poor dead Jaffe. He never got a first name.
Of course Gaius is ditching his harem in the name of safety/self-preservation. Good old Gaius.
Do not mess with the admiral or the colonel for they will fuck your shit up. Good.
Maybe Laura and Gaius could start a support group for religious flip-flippers anonymous.
I like how the sickly green lighting in CIC really hammers home that the fleet is not well. Yes, that's sarcasm.
Looks like Laura got her groove back! Yay.
This had nothing to do with the ep. but the preview for Wyvern looked fucking hilarious in a bad way.
Bill and Laura: it's almost too hard to watch. *sniff* But Lee's and Kara's awkwardness was perfect.
What an image to end on--two crusty old dudes with machine guns.
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Friday, January 23, 2009
TV Thoughts: BSG
Previously on BSG: The Feel Bad Gang got depressed because Earth was an irradiated shitball. O yeah, and Ellen is totally the Fifth. Like, duh!
"The Disquiet That Follow My Soul"
--News flash: Zarek still doesn't want the cylons in the fleet. In related news, the cat's breath smells like cat food.
--Man the ship looks exponentially shittier than usual.
--More Felix=yea! Oh, to remember the halcyon days of the first exodus when all he did was spout technobabble on his two good legs.
--On one hand, Zarek does make valid points about the flip-floppiness of the human/cylon relationship. On the other hand, he's using the current situation to his political advantage. On another hand--yes a third hand--maybe it's just the hair and ill-fitting suits, but he always comes across as at least 45% skeazy d-bag.
--Two teeth brushings in one ep.! RDM, is this epi underwritten by Crest or what?
--It's comforting to know that as the remnants of the human race drift toward destruction, Baltar won't let his megalomania go with it. And he knows when to get a haircut.
--Dayum, Hotdog. Dayum, Chief. I feel bad for both of you.
--"There are days I really hate this job." William Adama: king of the understatement.
--"It sucks, except for the parts that don't." Galen Tyrol, father of the year.
--Ooh, Zarek is a lefty, so you know he's evil! Go antiquated stereotypes!
--Adama, they should just call you The Gambler since you know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em!
--No Felix, I don't want more screen time to = you going to the dark side! Nooooooooo!
--Bill and Laura deserve so much more than what little time they've had together. Weep. But they are teh cute.
Next on BSG: More bad shit goes down. Lather, rinse, repeat.
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"The Disquiet That Follow My Soul"
--News flash: Zarek still doesn't want the cylons in the fleet. In related news, the cat's breath smells like cat food.
--Man the ship looks exponentially shittier than usual.
--More Felix=yea! Oh, to remember the halcyon days of the first exodus when all he did was spout technobabble on his two good legs.
--On one hand, Zarek does make valid points about the flip-floppiness of the human/cylon relationship. On the other hand, he's using the current situation to his political advantage. On another hand--yes a third hand--maybe it's just the hair and ill-fitting suits, but he always comes across as at least 45% skeazy d-bag.
--Two teeth brushings in one ep.! RDM, is this epi underwritten by Crest or what?
--It's comforting to know that as the remnants of the human race drift toward destruction, Baltar won't let his megalomania go with it. And he knows when to get a haircut.
--Dayum, Hotdog. Dayum, Chief. I feel bad for both of you.
--"There are days I really hate this job." William Adama: king of the understatement.
--"It sucks, except for the parts that don't." Galen Tyrol, father of the year.
--Ooh, Zarek is a lefty, so you know he's evil! Go antiquated stereotypes!
--Adama, they should just call you The Gambler since you know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em!
--No Felix, I don't want more screen time to = you going to the dark side! Nooooooooo!
--Bill and Laura deserve so much more than what little time they've had together. Weep. But they are teh cute.
Next on BSG: More bad shit goes down. Lather, rinse, repeat.
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Friday, January 16, 2009
TV Thoughts: BSG
I have some ramblings about the newest--and last *sob*--BSG premier under the cut.
So Roslin basically goes back to Galactica and goes catatonic and I was like "holy shit".
We find out that the unsecret-special-cylons all lived on Earth before, you know, shit went down, and I was like "Holy shit."
Then, Dualla kills herself and I was like "Holy Shit!"
And Starbuck discovers that she's dead in her viper on nuked!Earth, a development even Leoben finds unsettling, and I was like "Holy SHIT!"
And then we find out that Ellen is the fifth cylon and I was like "Holy! Shit!!!!!" *falls over*
This show is an impossible blend of Debbie Downer (re: Dualla), and "oh no, they did not just do that?! I mean, they did, but still. WTF?!?!" (re: Ellen). I was never a huge Dualla fan--I liked her enough in the first season, but they never really got me to care a lot about her later on to justify the amount of screen time she got--but her suicide was a figurative gut punch to be sure. I think most of that is because of Lee's reaction to it--his absolute confusion and despair of it and not ever being able to understand. Lee's always been a not-and-cold character for me, but I really felt for him here. The whole Ellen being a cylon is perfect because they introduced her under a cloud of suspicion anyways and then they killed her off so I was all "that's that then". And then they do this? WTF in the best way.
So Roslin basically goes back to Galactica and goes catatonic and I was like "holy shit".
We find out that the unsecret-special-cylons all lived on Earth before, you know, shit went down, and I was like "Holy shit."
Then, Dualla kills herself and I was like "Holy Shit!"
And Starbuck discovers that she's dead in her viper on nuked!Earth, a development even Leoben finds unsettling, and I was like "Holy SHIT!"
And then we find out that Ellen is the fifth cylon and I was like "Holy! Shit!!!!!" *falls over*
This show is an impossible blend of Debbie Downer (re: Dualla), and "oh no, they did not just do that?! I mean, they did, but still. WTF?!?!" (re: Ellen). I was never a huge Dualla fan--I liked her enough in the first season, but they never really got me to care a lot about her later on to justify the amount of screen time she got--but her suicide was a figurative gut punch to be sure. I think most of that is because of Lee's reaction to it--his absolute confusion and despair of it and not ever being able to understand. Lee's always been a not-and-cold character for me, but I really felt for him here. The whole Ellen being a cylon is perfect because they introduced her under a cloud of suspicion anyways and then they killed her off so I was all "that's that then". And then they do this? WTF in the best way.
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