'Serenity'
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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I only just realized that this was an episode without Six -- at all -- and therefore nothing from Baltar's POV. Interesting.
I like that Apollo is, you know, pretty unlikeable. It's unusual to see that.
(Meanwhile, on tv: Nature about horses and riders.)
So I saw SG-1, err, I mean, the show what says RELIGION IS BAD in all-caps.
Well, blind obedience to beings that sap your life force and tolerate no dissent is BAD in all caps.
Especially when the beings being worshipped are the metaphorical analog to demons.
It's interesting (to me at least), though, that even Orlin uses "Orii" and "Alterans", because, to my knows-just-a-little-Latin brain, the language makes the Orii the first (Orii, Origin, it all starts here), and the Alterans/Ancients/Atlanteans the others (Alternate, secondary). Which is, well, a bizarre thing to have the etymology, especially 1) with the Religion/Science thing (the Orii came first, and the Ancients were looking for "another way", maybe?) 2) if they're not going anywhere with it
Oh, I like that Lee isn't likeable, too. I love the character as is, so I don't necessarily want him likeabled-up.
And I get a mad-on every time they're mean to Sharon. I know my emotions are being manipulated, and I don't care. I know probably she should be put down like a mad dog before she betrays everybody. But it still hurts to see her forearms crossed and shackled, or a dog control-stick used on her neck. I so deeply loved the scene between Tyrol and Helo, precisely because of the not-bonding in the face of being mutually shunned, the awkwardness and the misdirected anger and jealousy over (the concept of the person) Sharon. OTT, indeed. I also love how the tension was set up on Cobol and left to simmer until last night's ep. Ilovethisshow, and I'd like to thank 'Suela, Katie, and Jen for their siren pimpage of SciFi Friday shows.
Daniel's glasses continue to make me want to reach through the screen and set the earpieces down on his ears. If they need the lenses tilted to not reflect the overhead lights, they need to get him another frame, because the look he's got going now is the one DH uses to watch tv once his prescription is no longer correct, and I have to thwap him to make him go get a checkup. I feel like thwapping Daniel('s costumer) for the same reason. That the lenses circle his eyesocket and eyebrow, while providing no downward vision makes my teeth itch.
Yeah, I know, something a non-glasses wearer would never notice, but it bugs.
Hee. My gripe is that his lenses frequently reflect ambient light, and I keep thinking "Couldn't they have gotten him non-glare lenses?"
Debet, it seems that the etymology is right in that the Ancients are a splinter group that broke off from the original society. Apparently both groups subsequently developed ascension independently of each other, millions of years after the fact.
Interesting to note that the Ori are lying about actively recruiting more members of their ranks - it means they won't eventually outnumber and overwhelm the ascended Ancients as I'd feared. In fact, they seem to be interfering with the process that might result in a few of their followers acscending on their own, wheras Oma going rogue has led hundreds or thousands to go directly to ascension without passing GO first.
I didn't watch the shows until the second showing because we had a impromtu block party thing going on down the street. A little hungover today. Blah.
SG-1 had a relentless pacing going on that both tired me out and bored me. I may have just been too tired to give it the appropriate attention.
BSG - Whee! They named the ship after me!
Someone rewrote The Princess Bride for Atlantis. So. Damned. Silly: [link]
But, Matt, I don't think it's just a numbers thing. I mean, if you're talking about balance, it's like a thousand regular people against the Justice League (only, you know, evil in the religious-fanatic way). More or less even, IMO.
Ilovethisshow, and I'd like to thank 'Suela, Katie, and Jen for their siren pimpage of SciFi Friday shows.
You are so welcome for my part of it. Also, yay! I acheived pimp status for something! Alright!!