Ergh, it is a weird AVI format. OpenDML AVI

BSG makes another "Ten Best TV Shows" list:

‘Galactica’ is out of this world
Why does the new “Battlestar Galactica” (Fridays, returning in 2006, SciFi) work so extraordinarily well? Because it’s more than the sum of its parts: more Beckett than sci-fi, and far more than just a great reconsideration of the beloved (but cheesy) ‘70s original. Quite simply, there’s nothing like it on TV. That said, the revisions are brilliant. Fans balked when Starbuck was recast as a woman (Katee Sackhoff, with her sexy mix of swagger and lost-little-girl), but “Galactica” works far better with the women in charge — the good (Mary McDonnell’s President Roslin), the bad (Tricia Helfer’s Number Six) and the conflicted (Grace Park’s Boomer, a Cylon with a heart of gold). That the robotic Cylons look human and harbor far more piety than their flesh-and-blood counterparts allows the show to adopt a “Twilight Zone”-like philosophical edge.

There’s more. Ron Moore and writers craft flawed characters and terse dialogue that give Aaron Sorkin (“West Wing”) a run for his money. The humans-hunting-for-home theme resonates with its chilling post-9/11 sensibility – as does the endless military-civilian tension, which never descends into the obvious. Tack on a flawless cast (Edward James Olmos’ Adama has a cranky gravitas that eclipses Lorne Greene’s original, I must admit), quietly dazzling special effects and a deliberately outmoded production design — right down to those old-fashioned phone handsets—and you have the makings of a show almost too good for television. Thank the gods someone had the guts to make “Galactica” fly again. —Jon Bonné

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Hey, I know Jon! I owe my employee-discount copy of Office to his good graces.

immortals decapitated by trains

Most allergy inducing episode evah.

And how weird is it that when I tried to link to imdb for Pruitt Taylor Vince's role as Mikey in The Innocent, it wasn't there. Not listed at all. Huh. Makes me wonder what else he has been in that didn't make the list.

Loved, in a painful, aching way, his work in Heavy.

Ergh, it is a weird AVI format. OpenDML AVI

I wonder if it plays in VLC player? [link]

A Merry Tardis Christmas pic: [link]

Non-Spoilery.

The BBC has a commentary track in MP3 format one can download from the episode page here : [link]

Andi and I are going to watch again when she gets home from work tonight, this time playing the commentary track was well.

Downloading now. I was looking for something entertaining to watch/do. This is perfect.

The special "interactive" short "Attack of the Graske" is also available online via ahemming. The one I saw has it twice. One with one set of choices, the other with another set of choices.

From the BBC:

From 8pm on Christmas night, Digital Satellite and Freeview viewers can truly immerse themselves in the world of Doctor Who.

Attack of the Graske is a mini episode of Dr Who with a twist - it allows viewers to become the Doctor's companion.

Viewers will get the chance to track down an evil alien life form by flying the TARDIS and completing a series of challenges set by the Doctor himself.

Pruitt Taylor Vince'

Loved him in Nobody's Fool. And in the American version of Touching Evil.