Coming in late:

I sort of consider him a minor-league Gene Hackman -- not quite elevating everything he's in to good, but in a lot of things, a lot of which are good.

Thanks to MST3K, I am unable to see Gene Hackman in a movie without wanting to do a little golf clap and say, "oh, he's good in EVERYTHING!"

A long article on Michael Piller (head writer on ST:TNG and others) written by Ron Moore (writer on ST:TNG and other Trek shows; currently writer/exec producer for BSG). Talks about the process of pitching and breaking episodes for Michael, what it was to write/work for him, etc. The main theme is the tremendous respect that Michael had for writers.

Very interesting. [link]

Spoilers for SGA 2.12:

I thoroughly enjoyed JF's performance... the sort of underlying petulance about their (perceived) slackeryness in sending him supplies, etc. It was both amusing and made me want to give him a hug and reassure him that they still loved him, poor noodle.

And...

MALP on a stick made me laugh and laugh and laugh. I had the same thought re: tagging it.

I agree, though, that the story was kind of meh. It was like the Predator landed in The Village... and then they all killed him with their brains .

Speaking of Star Trek ... [link]

Apparently they've even managed to get Walter Koenig to reprise his role as "Chekov" ... not sure how (or if) they've explained his extreme aging in the space of a "year" ;)

Well they do say

Special guest stars are Walter Koenig returning as Chekov (with a twist)

Extreme editing? Visitor from the future? through an android replica? There are all sorts of cheesy possibilities. Good cheese.

Delayed reaction from that ST:TOS episode where Kirk, McCoy and Spock all age rapidly from exposure to some radiation or something, but Chekov is unaffecected?

Good one.

Anyone going to be watching Hulk on SciFi tonight? 9/8 central.

Hulk

I probably will. Here's a [link] to a trailer if anyone misremembers which version of the Hulk this is.

So I just downloaded S1 of Farscape because one episode a week just wasn't enough.

"DNA Mad Scientist" last night, which had a lot of good points. I was surprised by the lack of hesitation or deliberation in cutting off Pilot's arm, so I'm glad that it was, you know, an actual Issue. I'm not sure that the Issue wasn't lessened a bit by the fact that Pilot could grow another arm back easily enough.

I thought Aeryn's angst about not being able to go back home (which, hasn't she complained about it like thirty thousand times before?) was laid on a little thick, but I liked the new spin to it. Not, like, they won't let her back into their little club, but it's the only world she's ever known, and she's lost outside it.

Oh, the whole Zhaan/D'Argo/Rygel dynamic was great. I actually liked Rygel in this episode. And dear God, Zhaan will sex up ANYTHING, won't she? I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT RYGEL'S NAUGHTY BITS.

Pilot is totally awesome.

And I just watched "They've Got a Secret." Holy crap. D'Argo angst up the wazoo. He married a Peacekeeper ? Criminy. And I guess being framed for that murder was what got him on Moya in the first place? I still don't understand why he started having these schizophrenic flashbacks, but I guess I'm supposed to attribute it to his near-death experience. I like D'Argo much more than I did at first, which is what DebetEsse said would happen.

The DRDs! Attacking! Cooool.

Oh, as soon as Aeryn was like, "Oh, I figured out the controls," I was thinking, "Ha, it's 'cause she had Pilot's DNA." And then Crichton went ahead and said it, and I know this is going to be just like Xander's military knowledge that comes and goes when it's convenient.

Moya's pregnant! I was spoiled for the fact that she has a child because of a description of an S2 episode, but I had no idea she became pregnant this early. So I still thought it was cool that she was trying to kill them all for whatever reason. I wonder who the father is. Some mighty seed got through the Sebacean birth control.

I'm kind of impressed by how layered most of the characters are already. It's like, they're on a ship, and they can't really do much in the way of plot, so let's just throw in some character development, and that should be enough.

I'm really liking the show now, and I'm close to loving it. I'm not sure whether it's too early for that because S1's not supposed to be good and I'm supposed to wait for S2, but I was biased to like it anyway, and I must be easy to please.