April 13, 2006
Short Term For President Geena Davis
Well, it's all over but the whining. ABC is
expected to cancel "Commander-In-Chief" after only one season.
ABC suits will not renew COMMANDER unless audience levels can hold a 15 share, a source claims. The show crashed from a high of nearly 17 million viewers for its second episode to 10.4 million for its last, Jan. 24.
A 15 share? With five weeks left in the season? Well, that ain't happening. At least Davis will be freed up to negotiate a deal for "Earth Girls Are Easy 2".
Kudos to Jonah Goldberg who predicted the failure of this turkey back on July 28 of last year:
"It will be dull because who cares how much more difficult picking a Supreme Court nominee, raising/lowering taxes, bombing terrorist camps, whatever is for a female president? Indeed, it will grow increasingly implausible for the audience to believe that there would be any significant difference for a chick president to do anything of these things, particularly after she proved herself capable of doing the job. And the more the producers try to hammer feminist issues into every situation, the duller or more tedious it will get. From the commercials, we're supposed to believe the government is drenched with crotchety white guys who just don't believe a woman can do the job. That's not only implausible, but to the extent they make it plausible they will still be repeating themselves week after week after week. Very quickly, viewers will say 'We get it, she's a woman. Next.'"
Now the flailing and gnashing of the teeth will come from the Hollywood Left who will no doubt bitch that America just isn't ready for a woman President, which is a lot of hooey. They're just not ready for a woman President that they find too unlikable (ahem, Hillary) or too Liberal.
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1st woman prez and 1st black prez will both be republicans.
You can say you got that from me, and that you knew back when.
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April 10, 2006
"24" Is Kicking Me In The Balls
Damn, this show doesn't let up. Three hours into Season Two and we've already got major bloodshed and explosions. Who knew plutonium acts so fast when inhaled? Jeez.
UPDATE: 4/11/06 10:00AM
Kiefer Sutherland has just signed a deal with FOX TV for seasons 6-8!!! So Jack will definitely be back. Any other member of the cast, however, better look over their shoulders because as we all know nothing is guaranteed for them.
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April 09, 2006
"24": Season Two
Here we go. Damn, Jack looks like shit. Understandble though.
But then, why does George Mason look like shit? Cuz he's still Director CTU - LA? He looks like he just scraped himself off a barroom floor. And what's with Roseanne Barr's problem child working at CTU?
Kim still looks awesome. Hmmm...Kim. Tough break getting the au pair job for the psycho.
The next two weeks will be all-"24". Sorry if posting is light. Need to feed this addiction.
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March 31, 2006
"24" Season One: The CTU Traitor Exposed
Just finished Season One of "24" on DVD.
RIVETING!!!!
Don't want to give spoilers but I did NOT see that one coming.
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Nobody saw it coming. Ready to start season two?
Posted by: rightwingprof at April 01, 2006 09:10 AM (hj1Wx)
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I'm taking a week off - lots of preparation for my son's birthday next weekend.
Then...it's all six discs in rapid fire mode. No one else in the house gets NetFlix choices for two weeks straight. Too bad!
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BTW, starting with Season Two, each set has a 7th disc with bonus material. Anyone out there seen these? Are they worth getting? :confused:
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March 29, 2006
Get "Lost" Tonight!
As exciting as the plot is getting, they just don't show enough Kate anymore...
"If only they had one of these comfy couches in the hatch. Sigh."
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Great episode tonight! Getting back on track. They even had some Kate for you, Gary. ...And some Jack, Sawyer and Sayid for me. Oh.Yeah.
Posted by: Georgia Girl at March 29, 2006 10:29 PM (EvFfn)
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Actually I sorta like the "throw" on the sofa best of all.
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March 12, 2006
Battlestar Galactica And Politics
This post is actually in response to a comment left on
a previous post about BSG. The comment read:
"Wow, major miscalculation by the Left Coast producers, judging by the reaction to the season ender across the Web! I won't spoil the plot, but the producers obviously went after Bush - to make him Baltar - and instead we see what would've happened under Gore or Kerry. And that's what people think and are angry about, apparently! They're also miffed that the Cylons are Muslims, or so they think. (Well, they do believe that their God resurrects them immediately after they commit suicide or die in holy battle, I guess.) Still, maybe it's just a TV show, people."
Interesting observations, but I have some of my own.
First, I don't look around the internet or on message boards for reaction to the show (don't have time) so what the general consensus is among fans regarding the season finale may very well be what the commenter describes. I just don't know.
Second, I don't infer any political allegory in this show at all. Ronald D. Moore no doubt has his own personal political feelings but (unless he's mentioned something on the commentary podcasts) I'm not aware that he's ever made them known. I don't think that just because the guy's from Hollywood that he thinks one way of the other. This is a different take on an already established plot idea. And certainly you can see some similarities with the current GWOT and the approach that the Bush Administration takes in fighting it.
But my own opinion is that Moore and Company haven't used the series to editorialize about current (or historical) events. And believe me I have a very low threshold for noticing that kind of thing (perhaps too low).
My take on the show is that its central premise is an examination of what it means to be human, contrasted against the culture of the Cylons. Human beings are flawed. They make decisions (for the most part) based on what they feel is the right thing to do. Sometimes they make good decisions, sometimes bad decisions. In each case, however, these decisions have consequences. And I feel that the show tries to look at what those consequences might be. I think it's more a case of "what if" than "this or that is necessarily right or wrong". While we have seen characters acting in a way they're not proud of, Moore recognizes that if a person's survival (much less the survival of the human race) is at risk there are certain unpleasant things that must be done.
I also think that as the series progresses we may be looking at an examination of what it means to be Cylon.
I don't think the show's creators are trying to make the Cylons out to be a version of the Islamofascists and I don't see Baltar (or Roslin) as representative of any particular U.S. politician. And I think that's one of the reasons that the show is so popular.
The best fiction tries to steer clear of particular allegory but rather presents the material in a way that can be interpreted as many different ways as there are people to interpret it. J.R.R. Tolkien was insistent that nothing in his work "The Lord of the Rings" was allegorical in any way to human events. This didn't stop speculation that the Ring was supposed to represent the A-bomb or that Sauron was supposed to be Hitler. But the story has been so popular for so long because each generation has been able to infer its own interpretation rather than read into anything that was implied by the author.
Okay, I'm rambling. But I think this series is unique because it is a human story and one that people can relate to because the characters are so much like us: flawed. If there's any similarity between the closing scenes of Friday's episode it would be that the Cylons are like the Nazi's occupying France in World War II. What will be interesting is not that there will be a resistance, but rather how the characters will all play a part in it.
As to Baltar, we know he is motivated primarily by self-interest. But what will he determine is in his best interest? Will he feel its better to play it safe and submit completely to the Cylons, going "Vichy" on humanity? Perhaps, but what kind of life would that be for him? He doesn't like to take orders or live that way someone else tells him. He may decide to be duplicitous and put on one face for the Cylons while all the while helping the resistance in the hope that one day they may be able to escape this fate.
Anyway, at this point I trust Moore to be even-handed in the telling of the story. As far as I'm concerned, he's given me no reason not to.
UPDATE: 3/13/06 - 1:30pm: MOORE SPEAKS!
There is an interview with Ronald D. Moore in Now Playing Magazine published on Saturday. Bottom line: this isn't a dream sequence or an alternate reality. This is what it is.
“The end of the season is quite a shake-up,” acknowledges Moore. “The Cylons show up and all hell breaks loose. Essentially, season three is going to deal with the Cylon occupation of the Colonials on New Caprica. The sort of archetype that we’re talking about is like Vichy France: There’s a Colonial government run by President Baltar that is collaborating with the Cylons, while the humans put together an insurgent resistance against the occupation. It’s a pretty big twist.”
So unless Moore is lying through his teeth, I don't see any parallels with any of the events of today being played out in the series. He also says that he'll eventually get the Colonials back out into space and that the evolution of Baltar's character will be to a "darker place".
One other note about the long wait for Season Three. Season One was essentially a short season of 13 episodes (15 if you lump in the two-part miniseries). It ran in the U.K. starting in October 2004. Episodes in the U.S. ran from January to March 2005. Season Two, also "short" by industry standards, was broken up into two runs of ten episodes each - July-September 2005 and January-March 2006. My guess is that Season Three will be the first "normal" season the show has had and going forward they will conform to the traditional Fall through Spring schedule that most other television shows follow. Plus, the extra couple of months will give Moore and his writers longer to figure out how they'll get out of this one.
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skye had a good post on the matter last year (I remember, because I poured a lot into my comment).
As far as Moore, he did make some statements that do indicate his political leanings.
But I do think some people are reading too much into the series as political allegory for current events.
I think they may touch upon events that are happening in our own time, but are not making a direct comparison; but rather using issues to tell their own story and mold it to fit the series.
but the producers obviously went after Bush - to make him Baltar - and instead we see what would've happened under Gore or Kerry. And that's what people think and are angry about, apparently!
What do you mean? That Baltar started out as a Bush figure, and ended up being Gore/Kerry? And so people (leftist fans) are upset about it?
I don't think the political overtones are overtly related to commentary on our own real world events. I think there are some intentional parallels, but not a direct allegory.
If I read political slants into everything I watch on tv and in movies, I think I'd give up watching anything.
I believe in skye's post, I said something about even if there were direct correlations, such as cylons equating to terrorists/Muslim sympathy, in the BSG world, if our emotions are being manipulated to feel sympathetic and understanding toward cylons, it works. It is fiction. In the BSG world, if that's their reality, then so be it. Ours is different. In our real world, terrorists don't need more understanding- just more ass-kicking!
Where is Skye-buck when you need her? :wink:
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Politics aside, I'm just hoping the last 20-30 minutes of the finale were a dream sequence. Aughhhhhh!!!!!!
Posted by: Starbuck at March 13, 2006 12:04 AM (EvFfn)
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I read an article sent to an email list that said that the Oct. start is because there's a strong possibility that NBC will move it from SciFi to the network. Otherwise, it would have started in June with SG1 and Atlantis as usual.
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If it does move to NBC, I would imagine they would show the series from the very beginning to get viewers caught up.
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Skye-Buck is alive and kicking, my friend!
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Where is Skye-buck when you need her?
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March 10, 2006
BSG Season Finale Tonight!
Let's Go.
Episode #35: "Lay Down Your Burdens (II)"
Baltar captures the vote, leaving Roslin to consider stealing the election when she starts suspecting he's collaborating with the Cylons.
10pm Sci-Fi ** This is a 90 minute episode! **
Oh, piss up a rope! OCTOBER? This is worse than the Soprano's! Frak Me!
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In a few short minutes..BSG!!
Looking forward to the awkward reunion of Kara, Lee and Anders
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Oh...It's starting now...
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Okay, I watched the first 30 minutes and have to give up because my real life version of Anders is asleep on the couch. (Wuss.) Anyway, we will watch the entire ep tomorrow. Just have to say, Skye couldn't have chosen a more apt word than "awkward" to describe the "reunion" between those three. What a scene. Looking forward to seeing more...tomorrow.
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An hour through, here on the Left Coast- er, I mean, West Coast. (ok..no, I don't).
October? You're not telling me that the new eps don't happen until then, do you? That would be a pisser!
And yes, I felt bad for Lee. How drunken rude!
Posted by: Wordsmith at March 11, 2006 01:50 AM (nrGCx)
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Frak.......next season better have 50 episodes if we have to wait until October. :-(
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Wordsmith,
We will need at least 50 episodes to flesh out the numerous plot points that were exhibited in the season finale.
Uhmm..am I the only one who liked that awkward scene?
http://vienna-dreams.livejournal.com/
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Wow, major miscalculation by the Left Coast producers, judging by the reaction to the season ender across the Web! I won't spoil the plot, but the producers obviously went after Bush - to make him Baltar - and instead we see what would've happened under Gore or Kerry. :shock: And that's what people think and are angry about, apparently! They're also miffed that the Cylons are Muslims, or so they think. (Well, they do believe that their God resurrects them immediately after they commit suicide or die in holy battle, I guess.) Still, maybe it's just a TV show, people.
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Skye, which awkward scene.
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"Which awkward scene???" How about the one where I'm totally making out with Anders in front of Lee??? "Get a room!" Gosh, I lack class! But, Anders is so totally hot that it's worth the indignity!
And, anyway, he's going to die soon, so I'll be pining for Apollo again come October. I have to say, I hate my hair really long like that. And, I hope I wake up from THIS TRULY AWFUL DREAM SEQUENCE IN OCTOBER TOO!!!!! FRAKKING TERRIBLE IDEA! It's like the finale of Felicity, when all of the sudden they jumped an entire year or two ahead. (I'm so sure all of you BSG'ers watched Felicity...)
I HATE IT WHEN SHOWS DO THIS!!!!! HATE IT!!!!! And, Gary, you aren't going to talk me into liking it!!!
(Yes, that is how I really feel.)
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March 03, 2006
BSG Tonight!
Season Finale - Part One!
Episode #34: "Lay Down Your Burdens (I)"
The Colonial fleet is stunned to receive a peace offering from Cylon representatives.
10pm Sci-Fi
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Nice chatting with you tonight, but yfbil and I are going to have to record the show. Too tired. Have a cold. Will watch tomorrow! :-(
Posted by: Starburck at March 03, 2006 09:42 PM (EvFfn)
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They should have new episodes year round. :-(
How about a spin-off BSG 24, where the Jack Bauer of the BSG and their counter-cylon terrorist unit has to save the fleet in the span of a 24 hour season? No? Ok, then. It was just a whimsical thought.
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February 24, 2006
BSG Tonight!
WATCH IT!
Episode #33: "Downloaded"
When a Cylon's consciousness is downloaded into a new body following her death, the structure of Cylon society is revealed.
10pm Sci-Fi
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That was...really different. I'm frakking confused. But, Anders was there. I love him...
Posted by: Starbuck at February 24, 2006 11:04 PM (EvFfn)
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Hoo-Kay! The only part I'm confused about is why is Gaius in Six's head? I thought Six was in Gaius' head. But Six (on Caprica) didn't even know that Gaius was alive.
So
who has been in his head all this time and why is he in hers? Is
he a Cylon? Do they have some mental connection? Or are they
both a manifestation of each other's guilt?
Ronald D. Moore, you magnificent bastard!
:shock: WTF?
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I definitely think Baltar is a cylon now. He wouldn't be able to be on Galactica if he had "died" a human death in the blast on Caprica. Funny how the "fantasy" version of each is sexy and the "real" version of each is kind of befuddled. Reminds me a little of the movie "Dead Again," where they reincarnate as each other. Aha...now there's a title and story line that are apropos! How long before Caprica Six, Caprica Sharon and Anders (sigh) make it back to Galactica? All of them are going to want to go there for love. Now, I'm assuming that the Sharon we saw on Caprica tonight is the one that blew her face off a while back. That Sharon was in love with Chief. The one who had the baby is in love (or at least is/was committed to having the baby) with Helo. Does that make for a "love square?" What will the Six who Baltar rescued from the evil Pegasus crew do or think when tonight's Caprica Six shows up on Galactica? Do you think there's going to be some hot frakking going on when Galactica Baltar and Caprica Six meet up again? Gosh - the long-awaited reunion between Starbuck and Anders is going to seem so...boring, so...human in comparison to these other pairings. But, I want them to hook up. He is hot. I'm glad they managed to bring him back. Apollo is getting more appealing since he has a newfound "edge," but Anders is - shall I say it again? - HOT!
I can't believe the season finale is coming up. Noooo!
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February 17, 2006
BSG Tonight!
Starbuck's a girl? Frakin' "A"!
Episode #32: "The Captain's Hand"
Apollo assists in the search for a missing Raptor team as the new commander of the Pegasus grows increasingly unstable.
10pm Sci-Fi
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Have to....record it..... Too....tired.... Rough....week.....
Posted by: Starbuck at February 17, 2006 09:31 PM (EvFfn)
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Too bad. You're gonna like it. Very much a Lee-Kara "intensive" episode. And a couple of nice surprises.
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Awesome episode! I like that they jumped ahead a month. Excellent tension, great acting. And Baltar - he's so great. Such a little devil...
As for me (Starbuck), I apparently am a complete mess. And I want Lee. Especially since now he's a commander. Oh, yeah. Sorry, D, but I need to FTL you or something...
Posted by: Starbuck at February 18, 2006 09:47 AM (EvFfn)
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February 10, 2006
BSG Post-Game Analysis
Guest star
Dana Delany:
...is smokin' hot.
She's one of the hottest (almost) 50-year old women I've ever seen. I think I'm going to go rent "Exit To Eden". On second thought, Rosie O'Donnell is in that one isn't she? Forget it. But why the hell isn't this woman on TV more?
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Yfbil and I saw her in an episode of Moonlighting (season 2) on DVD the other night, as David Addison's ex-girlfriend who conned him and killed her husband. Or, maybe that was Kim Delaney. At any rate, yes, she's still very pretty.
Posted by: Georgia Girl at February 10, 2006 11:27 PM (EvFfn)
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I've been wanting to add day by day vertical for a while now. But the directions are just too darn confusing.
Did you find it easy?
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BSG Tonight!
Episode #31: "Sacrifice"
A woman takes hostages on Cloud Nine and demands that Adama turn over
Sharon in order to avenge her husband's death at the hands of the Cylons.
10pm Sci-Fi
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February 03, 2006
BSG Tonight!
Episode #30: "Scar"
A crazed Cylon raider attacks the Colonial fleet in a series of hit-and-run attacks. Overworked Viper pilots must defend a mining operation from this raider that they nickname "Scar."
10pm, Sci-Fi
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what a hero ted kennedy is - he's always out there fighting for the minoritys and the poor whereas reagen's motto was take from the poor to give to the rich
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Hey, you DO have a sense of humor. Good one!
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Well, am I a drunken psycho or what? Glad I got it together at the last second there. Anders is worth trying to stick around for. Of course, I don't know what I was thinking, messing up that encounter with Apollo. Duhhhh...
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February 01, 2006
"24" Is Such A Great Show
Even people like me who've never seen a single episode say it's the best show on television. Wanna know why? Because Jack Bauer is the number one terrorist-killing badass that ever lived.
And here's the Top 60 Facts About Jack Bauer. Pretty damn funny. If you do watch "24", they're probably even funnier.
Yips to Robbo (who hasn't seen the show either).
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Man, I have got to catch that show.
Posted by: chris Muir at February 01, 2006 10:15 PM (RklOC)
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Never seen it? You're kidding.
Good luck catching up. It's not that kind of show.
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January 27, 2006
BSG Tonight!
10pm - Sci-Fi.
Watch it.
That's all I have time for. Miss it and it's your own loss.
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Posted by: Wordsmith at January 27, 2006 11:04 PM (nrGCx)
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What an intense episode! I thought it was going to be a little boring/off-track, but it was great! Mr. Goody Two Shoes turns out to have been hooking up (pun intended) with a prostitute for who knows how long, goes head-to-head with his namesake (from TOS), threatens and kills a mobster, and is generally shown to be a bad-ass with some serious emotional issues. We had no idea!
Looking forward to next week for my reunion with Anders! Yeah, baby!
Posted by: Starbuck at January 27, 2006 11:39 PM (M2L+3)
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This episode was a perfect example of why I would describe the series as "gritty". The characters on the show are as real as any that you would find on television today.
I like that Ronald D. Moore gave a character to Richard Hatch that was so "meaty". He deserves it. And he plays it VERY well. Is it me or does it look like Tom Zarik is the new "black market" godfather?
Posted by: Gary at January 27, 2006 11:53 PM (7uJxH)
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Very worthwhile episode. I agree, Gary: it's nice when a sci-fi show can also stand on its own merits of quality drama and character depth.
I liked his line about "Just because we're all wrong, doesn't make it right".
Posted by: Wordsmith at January 28, 2006 11:05 AM (nrGCx)
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10pm - Sci-Fi.
Watch it.
That's all I have time for. Miss it and it's your own loss.
Really, you LIKE this show? I would think that a well written, intelligent show like
Galactica would be above your intelligence level! I would have assumed you would think that it was an apology for terrorism as they portray the cylons as being sympathetic on occasion. You never can tell!
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January 22, 2006
President To Be Removed From Office
That is, the President from the land of make-believe, Josiah Bartlett - aka lefty moonbat celebrity Martin Sheen.
Hey, when you're Hollywood and your political heroes disappoint you, you can always write a better story. Which is what happened seven seasons ago. In the wake of Bill Clinton's disgraceful second term, Liberal writers decided to huddle together and create for the viewing audience a vision of what the Clinton Presidency could have been.
It started off as a pretty popular show, but Americans eventually got tired of "The West Wing" and its ratings tanked. Now, NBC will be cutting this once-Emmy winning series from the line-up. Often referred to by Conservatives as "The Left Wing", the writers found they couldn't create Republican characters that weren't blatant stereotypes so they would often invite real-live Republicans in as consultants. Sometimes it worked. Most times it didn't.
The show apparently jumped the shark a while ago but you know that a series is on life support when it resorts to putting Janeane Garofalo in as a guest star.
R.I.P.
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Wordsmith from
Sparks from the Anvil sent me over here as I had written a similar entry. Your entry is much more entertaining!
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...you know that a series is on life support when it resorts to putting Janeane Garofalo in as a guest star
Like Seinfeld in 1996. Or Law & Order in 1997. Or the Sopranos in 2000. Life support, yes, got it.
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Aww. Isn't that cute. You learned how to use the Internet Movie Database website.
Prior to 2001, she
was actually funny. Then she caught a wicked case of BDS (Bush Derangement Syndrome) and went full-fledged moonbat.
Nowadays
she's the joke.
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January 18, 2006
What I'm Watching Update (Mid-Season Review)
Back in September, I posted a list of
TV shows I planned to watch this season and why.
Now that we've hit the mid-point, I thought I'd revist that post and grade them. Click "more" to read.
more...
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Good stuff indeed, I agree with you with respect to "Doogie Howser"'s breakout performance in "How I Met Your Mother." His screen-time is hysterical and the reason I keep coming back to that show.
I never really got into the CSI shows (much less their clones), but I am well and truly hooked on "NCIS" (formerly "Navy CIS"). A great cast good plots and character development, and no leftist whining/America-sux claptrap prevalent in television these days (amazed it's lasted as long as it has and still going strong).
Posted by: DuelNature at January 18, 2006 03:50 PM (XcjsG)
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But dude, this is the FIFTH season of 24. You mean this is the first season you've seen?
Posted by: rightwingprof at January 19, 2006 11:15 AM (hj1Wx)
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No, I mean I'm not even watching THIS season yet. My life is accumulating a time DEFICIT at this point. My hope is to catch up in time for NEXT season.
Posted by: Gary at January 19, 2006 02:53 PM (QoxB+)
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I'm like Gary and missed the first 4 seasons,...er...days of 24. However, I picked it up this last Sunday and now I am hooked like a crackbaby. And in hidef it's like watching a freaking movie. Just beautiful! Gary, ya gotta put this one on your list.
Posted by: .....Dan at January 20, 2006 11:34 PM (UWbv/)
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January 13, 2006
BSG Tonight!
Part 2 of
"Resurrection Ship", 10pm - Sci-fi.
Will Starbuck have the...ahem...cojones to blast Admiral Cain in the head? Personally, I think someone else will, first. And that person serves aboard the Pegasus.
Tune in!
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The person that dispatches Cain has been on the Pegasus for quite a while.
Looking forward to tonights episode!
Posted by: skye at January 13, 2006 09:10 PM (cANwE)
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That post and photo deserve a caption...
"Well you know what, Gary? You can KISS my frakking cojones."
- Starbuck
Posted by: Starbuck at January 13, 2006 09:50 PM (M2L+3)
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Betcha it's Cain's XO who pulls the trigger. He's under a lot of stress and you can tell he's afraid of her. Of what she's capable of.
Posted by: Gary at January 13, 2006 10:10 PM (lUU2s)
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Or maybe the civilian engineer. Did Cain kill his family?
Posted by: Gary at January 13, 2006 10:11 PM (lUU2s)
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FRAK ME! I did NOT see that coming.
This show never ceases to impress me.
Posted by: Gary at January 13, 2006 11:00 PM (lUU2s)
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Oh, Gary, if you'd just read the scifi message boards you would have already known that there is a screen shot that shows a rather abused, female wrist attached to the hand that is holding the gun that is pointed at Cain.
I bet you never peeked at your Christmas presents before Christmas morning...
Posted by: Starbuck at January 13, 2006 11:14 PM (M2L+3)
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The same sci fi message boards have spoilers regarding Lee/Dee...yeeech!
Buck..I always peeked at my Christmas presents. I was hoping Ron Moore would have gifted me with the building of a Kara/Lee relationship...
Posted by: skye at January 14, 2006 12:35 PM (SH35r)
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Personally, I am hoping for a reunion with Anders... Oh, yeah...
Posted by: Starbuck at January 14, 2006 08:15 PM (M2L+3)
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January 06, 2006
The Star Trek Manifesto
Here's a site where the guy makes a well-thought out and convincing argument that
the "Federation" in the Star Trek universe (TNG and after) is essentially totalitarian in nature.
As Mr. Spock would say, "Fascinating".
Note: I'm angry at myself because when I stumbled upon it I had bookmarked it for reading later and forgot to note the referring source. If it's you, please leave a comment and I'll be sure to credit you! Apologies in advance.
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I've been telling my fellow Trekkie friends about this idea for years, and they have always looked at me like I was a loon! I'd love to see a book that would explore those who lived outside the Federation on Earth somewhere.
Posted by: Homero at January 07, 2006 02:56 AM (8C9ef)
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I've been watching ST:TNG recently, and I'm amazed that I ever liked it. It's a reeking pile of leftist drivel from beginning to end.
Posted by: rightwingprof at January 07, 2006 08:35 AM (hj1Wx)
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BSG Is Back!
The second half of Battlestar Galactica season two starts tonight! 10pm on Sci-Fi.
It's Galactica v. Pegasus - when Battlestars collide! And Number Six. Hmmmm...Hot Cylons.
UPDATE: By special request, one for the ladies: Lee "Apollo" Adama (played by Brit actor Jamie Bamber)
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Yes!!! Can't wait until 10:00!!! I think you should put a nice shot of Apollo up on the blog for me...
Starbuck
(aka Georgia Girl, Sat-Thurs)
Posted by: Starbuck at January 06, 2006 12:43 PM (EHefn)
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Yes!!! Now the new year really begins!
Posted by: Wordsmith at January 06, 2006 12:44 PM (nrGCx)
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Excellent! Thank you! I don't suppose you could post a screen shot from when he was wearing just a towel in one of the ep's from last year? :wink:
Posted by: Starbuck at January 06, 2006 02:23 PM (EHefn)
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Well, I'd be happy to do that for you, Commander, but, you know, she is the only person who wants to take us back to Caprica...where I can get it on with Anders again!
- Starbuck
Good ep tonight, and next Friday should be quite interesting! They're baaaack!
Posted by: Starbuck at January 06, 2006 11:39 PM (M2L+3)
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