Between BSG and Aquarium, people want to talk about Aquarium.
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The world has become to strange to me.
Giles! I accidentally killed Spike. That's okay, right?
Buffy ,'Never Leave Me'
Boxed Set, Vol. II: "It's a Cookbook...A Cookbook!!"
A topic for the discussion of Farscape, Smallville, and Due South. Beware possible invasions of Stargate, Highlander, or pretty much any other "genre" show that captures our fancy. Expect Adult Content and discussion of the Big Gay Sex.
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Blackfont is allowed after the show has aired on the east coast.
This is NOT a general TV discussion thread.
Gus - Jul 17, 2005 9:28:35 pm PDT #2079 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
tommyrot - Jul 17, 2005 9:29:53 pm PDT #2080 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
It's the age of Aquarium.
Gus - Jul 17, 2005 9:49:27 pm PDT #2081 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
"What is your sign?"
"Aquarium. What's yours?"
"SeaWorld."
arby - Jul 18, 2005 1:45:06 am PDT #2082 of 10001
Guy #1: Man, there are so many hipsters around. I hate hipsters! Guy #2: You're at the wrong place. That's like going to Vegas only to say "I hate titties!" --The Warsaw, Williamsburg (OINY)
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.
Theodosia - Jul 18, 2005 3:29:05 am PDT #2083 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
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....
Nutty - Jul 18, 2005 3:32:06 am PDT #2084 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
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.)
askye - Jul 18, 2005 3:35:12 am PDT #2085 of 10001
Thrive to spite them
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.
Nutty - Jul 18, 2005 3:53:32 am PDT #2086 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
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?
JenP - Jul 18, 2005 4:03:23 am PDT #2087 of 10001
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.
DXMachina - Jul 18, 2005 4:09:10 am PDT #2088 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
I had a big problem with the bomb not from a despoiling the pritine environment PoV, but because I can't imagine any way that the residual radiation, not to mention the heat, would have vanished in thirty seconds or so. I don't think they couldn't detonate it all that high up. The Wraith would've known it was a fake out.
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.)
That was the dust from Krakatoa, though, which would be more likely (I think) from a ground blast. A blast over the ocean should produce a lot of irradiated steam (which should pretty much poach anyone standing, say, right under the blast), but not so much dust.