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.
Bunnies frighten me.
Anya ,'Help'
Boxed Set, Vol. II: "It's a Cookbook...A Cookbook!!"
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Zenkitty - Jan 27, 2006 7:56:07 pm PST #6865 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Consuela - Jan 27, 2006 8:27:53 pm PST #6866 of 10001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
SPACE WHALE!
Okay not space space, but still, WHALE!
Strega - Jan 27, 2006 8:54:01 pm PST #6867 of 10001
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.
Jessica - Jan 28, 2006 4:03:54 am PST #6868 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
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...")
Polter-Cow - Jan 28, 2006 4:06:42 am PST #6869 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
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.
Nutty - Jan 28, 2006 5:02:53 am PST #6870 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
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?
le nubian - Jan 28, 2006 5:27:38 am PST #6871 of 10001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
don't they have replicators?
uh.
Jessica - Jan 28, 2006 6:17:11 am PST #6872 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I think we're supposed to assume that the civilian fleet has been restocking their raw materials along the way (when we met Cain, she pointed out that the fleet had been jumping to systems with natural resources, which is how the Cylons were able to track them so easily), so it's not a completely closed system.
Which doesn't explain the whiskey and cigars, but that's what handwaving is for.
Stephanie - Jan 28, 2006 9:33:50 am PST #6873 of 10001
Trust my rage
This is was not one of my favorite episodes. Too much that seemed to come from nowhere.
The Lee/D thing seemed so poorly done. I actually felt awkward for D in that scene with Lee. They have one moment of sexual tension while sparring and suddenly she needs to ask him where things are going?
Also the prostitute seemed to come left field as did the black market. Actually, the market makes sense, I guess. But what's the legitiamte market like? What's wrong with trading what you have for what you need? Sure, trading children is bad, but the rest seemed like capitalism 101 - trade what you have but don't need for stuff you want but don't have.
Polter-Cow - Jan 28, 2006 9:46:49 am PST #6874 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
They have one moment of sexual tension while sparring and suddenly she needs to ask him where things are going?
Well, apparently that one moment has been repeated during all the other sparring sessions that we didn't see.