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Can't sleep, that's what happens after a nice restful weekend at home (one of the few recently). So here are my thoughts on the BSG finale.
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Caught up on BSG. It's good to see they're going to rip my heart out before the series ends. I love Laura and Bill more than I can say. And just all of them, wow. Can't wait to see the end (and at some point rewatch the entire series).
( not really spoilery, but does reference the last episode aired )
( not really spoilery, but does reference the last episode aired )
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I've had some thoughts on Dr. Who and BSG hanging out in my brain for a while. Probably should have posted them earlier, but here they are now. (Spoilers obviously, more for Dr. Who and BSG, the Sarah Jane stuff is pretty general.)
( Dr. Who--Midnight )
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( Dr. Who--Turn Left )
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( oh and while I'm talking about that, the Sarah Jane Adventures )
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( BSG )
( Dr. Who--Midnight )
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( Dr. Who--Turn Left )
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( oh and while I'm talking about that, the Sarah Jane Adventures )
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( BSG )
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This weekend was great, mostly because my mother came to visit, but also due to curling, a party Saturday night filled with green drinks, music, and snakes, and a bunch of awesome scifi tv.
Mom stuff:
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Party:
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tv:
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Mom stuff:
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Party:
( a dialogue )
tv:
( some emoticons )
Public Service Annoucement: BSG is coming back Friday April 4th.
(And thank goodness since there's no more The Wire. I love both shows for very similar reasons, the deep humanity of them, the interplay between individuals and systems--political, legal, religious, military, the street, etc--, the question of personal morality as well as what is for "the public good", a deep sense of place, an unflinching respect for the constancy of human lives despite the circumstances, an examination of what it takes to survive in different environments, and a questioning of the barriers and divisions--the categories we use to define ourselves and prop ourselves up as different from "them". Also, people aren't dumb, they're flawed in complex, human ways. The Wire is quite pessimistic, seeing all these things as cyclical, as repeating due to the structures of institutions that are self-perpetuating, demanding rather than serving the goals of the individuals within them. BSG is much more optimistic and much more linear, there's a crisis, a mission, an ultimate goal. There is space for heroism, space that's mostly absent in The Wire. Also, more explosions and sex. But really there's a lot of the same shit in space.)
It's been a while so the sci fi channel has this great snarky recap starting from the beginning of the series called What the Frack is going on?. Highly recommended.
(And thank goodness since there's no more The Wire. I love both shows for very similar reasons, the deep humanity of them, the interplay between individuals and systems--political, legal, religious, military, the street, etc--, the question of personal morality as well as what is for "the public good", a deep sense of place, an unflinching respect for the constancy of human lives despite the circumstances, an examination of what it takes to survive in different environments, and a questioning of the barriers and divisions--the categories we use to define ourselves and prop ourselves up as different from "them". Also, people aren't dumb, they're flawed in complex, human ways. The Wire is quite pessimistic, seeing all these things as cyclical, as repeating due to the structures of institutions that are self-perpetuating, demanding rather than serving the goals of the individuals within them. BSG is much more optimistic and much more linear, there's a crisis, a mission, an ultimate goal. There is space for heroism, space that's mostly absent in The Wire. Also, more explosions and sex. But really there's a lot of the same shit in space.)
It's been a while so the sci fi channel has this great snarky recap starting from the beginning of the series called What the Frack is going on?. Highly recommended.
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