Suddenly I find myself among meatspace people who like Sci Fi Friday. It's very peculiar. Having to defend the Momoa casting (my justifications may be retrofitted, but I'm okay with that) or the Apollo characterisation (I think that Starbuck is a better son for Adama, and I find that interesting, not a failing) is so very strange.

I'm not used to looking people in the face for those discussions.

I did learn that the role on SG1 that Colin auditioned for was Cameron Mitchell, and felt good consoling him that he had no chance in hell, and not to take it personally. What cracked me up, though, was the revelation that he was friends with Hewlett, and thinks he rocks. So, there you go -- validation on the DH from a guy who's apparently very nice. Or, nicer than me. Whichever.

Between BSG and Aquarium, people want to talk about Aquarium.

t throws up hands

The world has become to strange to me.

It's the age of Aquarium.

"What is your sign?"

"Aquarium. What's yours?"

"SeaWorld."

Sorry, BSG leaves me cold. (I blame Six - when I saw all the sex with Baltar I was like, 'oh, so that's the kind of show this is'. I could just see how it was going to be a major plotline and I was tired of it after about 5 minutes.) The only one I like on the show at all is Starbuck.

BSG serves as a grim chaser after two hours of squee. I found myself actually tired when we finally got to it on Friday night. After three hours -- with the addition of Firefly I'm going to be useless all day on Saturday....

I find BSG is fine, when you watch it on mute. It is when the characters open their yaps that the illogic and the histrionics get to me. If they would all just brood shirtlessly silently, it would be a lovely show.

(Anyway, there is usually a game on, so I can click to it for the beefcake quotient and then click away as soon as it annoys.)

I know some people (can't remember if it was anyone here) didn't like the nuclear explosion and thought it was a huge plot hole because of radiation and fall out.

Somewhere on Lj (of course I forgot to mark it) in someone's comments (yes, this is vague) there was an explanation that the mainland was far enough away not to have too many problems, because the blast was high enough up and over water fallout wasn't going to be an issue, and the planets pristine condition with no other pollutants was a big help, so no one has to worry about radiation.

the blast was high enough up and over water fallout wasn't going to be an issue, and the planets pristine condition with no other pollutants was a big help, so no one has to worry about radiation.

Er, isn't a high-altitude blast generally worse than a low one? Because, with high-altitude, you've got more particles high up in the atmosphere, where they can do not-nice things like make it snow in July in Boston. (This really happened, after Krakatoa.) Also, I am thinking, alpha- and beta-radiation is the stuff that you can inhale and get into cuts and stuff, so the idea of it dropping like an invisible rain for the next several years is not my idea of fun.

Plus, imagine the mutant sea-creatures! I foresee an episode about Swamp Thing this season.

I imagine it all depends on a lot of real-life factors like exactly how high, exactly how far, exactly how many megatons. Still and all, I think I prefer my life without any nuclear explosions, you know?

validation on the DH

Those initials of his have caused me to double take twice now.

I think BSG rocks, Gus, and I don't think I'm entirely alone in that. Talk away. SGA makes me smile, and I thought they had a really strong second half of S1. SG-1 is, well, SG-1, there's only love there, really. And for all, I handwave gladly.