Jayne: Well... I don't like the idea of someone hearin' what I'm thinkin'. Inara: No one likes the idea of hearing what you're thinking.

'Objects In Space'


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.


Stephanie - Jan 07, 2006 3:11:48 am PST #6178 of 10001
Trust my rage

I loved the flippy ships! It was beautiful.

I've been watching BSG since this summer, but this is the first time I've ever been caught up enough to watch in real time. Or almost real time because we never stay up late enough to watch any show that starts at 10pm.

Oh, and I loved the "Good hunting" line. Poor Starbuck - I hope she doesn't fall for Cain's manipulation.


sumi - Jan 07, 2006 3:36:38 am PST #6179 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!

I watched the promo very carefully -- I don't have the ability to slow it down -- all I could tell is that the sidearm is being held right-handed. It looked as though Starbuck was carrying her sidearm on the left in the bit where she walks down the hall.

Apollo carries his sidearm on the right.

But the shooter didn't seem to be wearing a shiny flightsuit.


Theodosia - Jan 07, 2006 3:38:23 am PST #6180 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"

I loved the flippy ships. If I'd had control of the TiVo peanut controller at that moment, we'd have totally watched that a couple times in a row.

As it was, we all pretty much gasped when Roslyn made her modest proposal. It was the essence of an HSQ moment!


Polter-Cow - Jan 07, 2006 3:54:36 am PST #6181 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

I do think the dual assassination plots are a bit too much, that they're identical. But what a mess.

But they're not identical, though. Adama's plan is Boomer's assassination attempt: because it worked; she should have just shot him in the head. It's up close and personal. Cain's, on the other hand, is, in essence, a military coup: Fisk, rather than shooting Adama himself, is to order some Marines to take Adama out in addition to the rest of his command. The timing is the same, but the strategies and philosophies are completely different.


Theodosia - Jan 07, 2006 4:00:02 am PST #6182 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"

Cain ordered the execution of Adama's entire command -- everybody in CIC. Total coup.


Consuela - Jan 07, 2006 6:31:24 am PST #6183 of 10001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Cain ordered the execution of Adama's entire command -- everybody in CIC. Total coup.

Yeah, I caught that -- not just a coup, but a coup enabled by a massacre. I still think it's all a bit too writerly/convenient to have the setup be exactly the same.

Anyone taking bets on the person with the gun to Caine's head in the promo being Lee instead Kara? Or are we all convinced it's Caine's XO? (What's his name, anyway?)


Polter-Cow - Jan 07, 2006 6:38:05 am PST #6184 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Fisk. Like Kingpin!


§ ita § - Jan 07, 2006 7:12:20 am PST #6185 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I do like that Adama's plan reeks of desperation and opportunity and quick in and out. Though not sure about the out.

Cain, OTOH, has an implied exit strategy, and she's not assassinating so much as establishing tight control.

Loved the Dan/Cam show on SG1, and I don't hate the Jaffa. Orlin was...weird. No love there.

Ronon is so fucking hot, and hidden knives? Yeah, sumi, good call.

"And the clowns?" "Clowns? Oh, yeah, the clowns. We fight them too--entire armies spilling out of Volkswagens. We do our best to fight them off, but they keep sending them in."

WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT? I laughed my ass off.


JenP - Jan 07, 2006 7:15:10 am PST #6186 of 10001

WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT? I laughed my ass off.

Wasn't it great (in a completely random way)? It was his delivery that sent me into fits, I think.


Consuela - Jan 07, 2006 7:16:09 am PST #6187 of 10001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

What I didn't realize until just now is that he already knew she was a plant at that point. Hence the wacky diversionary tactic. A la, "Look! Flying dead turtles!" So she thought he was crazy but not dodging her.