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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Hmm, the second half of the BSG was a smidgeon better, but not by much. I don't know... the whole Lee angst felt very manufactured and inorganic. It'd been better if there were even a small mention of this all important woman in Lee's past in the previous episodes, but no. I did like that Lee shot the dude.
I LOVED tonight's episode of Atlantis when I first saw it, so I've watched it again just now, which has put me in the happy, happy place. David Hewlett and Amanda Tapping were fabulous together. What a terrific character piece, plus humor, angst, team-love, good Zelenka, and WHALE! *love*
I like the genre-mixing episodes, because I like seeing them experiment. So just for that, I liked it more than last week's, but I think they need stricter limits on cliches.
Strega, I thought of your earlier request for stories about civilian life because I am discovering that stories about civilian life...suck.
I'm with Vonnie (surprise!) on not liking this episode very much.
Next week doesn't look good either.
Next week looks even worse. I'm afraid.
It felt kinda flat to me. But that's because although I love loooking at Lee, his unthinking nobility kinda bores me. Actually it really annoys me. He'a bout as smart as Angel. I think there is place for Nobility - but you need to think to get there. And I don't think Lee needed to pay for sex, he chose to pay for sex. that way he could live the fantasy he felt like living. We've seen one episode - where D and lee were sparing - there seemed to be something going on .
by the way, Baltar is such a baby.
I haven't been watching the Stargates, due to sheer ennui, but I caught them tonight.
To sum up:
Jaffa politics: yawn.
Mitchell: yum.
McKay: aww.
Sheppard: yum.
ALIENWHALE!: cool.
I guess I'll start watching again.
SPACE WHALE!
Okay not space space, but still, WHALE!
I feel like they've had new writers the past 2 eps.
Yeah, last week's was. I missed the name this time and am too lazy to go look, but it had the feel of someone who wasn't quite used to the characters yet.
I thought of your earlier request for stories about civilian life because I am discovering that stories about civilian life...suck.
But they don't suck inherently!
The problem I have with the space mafia is that they're dealing with finite resources. Which is the thing that would be interesting if they'd actually given it some thought. But I mean, I'm a crimelord. I'm rich! Whee! So I can get... slightly better quarters, I guess. Then what? I guess he was buying nice suits so as to put some of his loot back in circulation? It would be easier to understand the black market economy if we'd had any hint as to how the regular economy functions. Not that I'm eager for the thrilling taxation episode.
Which is the thing that would be interesting if they'd actually given it some thought. But I mean, I'm a crimelord. I'm rich! Whee! So I can get... slightly better quarters, I guess. Then what?
I guess I don't see actual crimelord types thinking that far ahead either, so it doesn't bug me. ("Yeah, I could make a fortune on the black market and become king of the space-underworld, but once I get to the top, there'll be a very limited range of luxury goods to buy! I guess I won't bother...")
The problem I have with the space mafia is that they're dealing with finite resources.
Yeah, that confused me too in the initial "Let's boringly talk about trade" scene. Because they were all, "We're running low on resources." And I'm thinking, "Well, yeah...you're OUT IN FUCKING SPACE." I thought the solution was to GO FIND MORE RESOURCES. Where the fucking hell is this black market getting their shit that the military isn't?!
Now, I suppose it would be interesting if the black market were getting shit from the Cylons, or something.
the space mafia
Every noun is funnier when it is prefaced with "space," isn't it? Space monkeys, space madness, space cookies, space whales.
The problem with black-marketeering in a closed system is that most of the stuff you'd bother to sell illicitly is
gonna get used up,
and then you won't have anything to sell. It's not like you can call up your friend Jorgi and ask him to smuggle more tins of herring into the country under his coat, you know?
don't they have replicators?
uh.
