It could have been saved for me if she'd taken over the frowny majordomo Wraith instead, as he struck me as more of a toadying follower type than the queen (or Todd, for that matter), and the males have been shown to be less psychically powerful than the females.

Am I ready for The Sarah Connor Chronicles? Oh yes I am.

Squinting past the SGA comments because I haven't watched yet. I did watch last week's last night. Enjoyed the action and tension. It was like real SciFi stuff.

Totally ready for it, too, Laura. I should probably check to find out what time it's on, eh?

We've been watching football on Fox, so the commercials have been taunting me for hours. 8pm EST. After the game.

Thanks! I just got back in and am watching a Mark Destillcan'tspellitcascos movie on Sci-fi - really, I'm watching because I came in mid-movie, and the sky is on fire, but I don't know WHY. Very frustrating.

And also, Mark D is very pretty.

Which movie, Jen? I can't believe I didn't know one was coming. I blame it on not finishing setting up the new TiVo.

It is, according to the Sci-fi schedule, called Solar Attack!

OK, the exclamation point is mine. But I think that title deserves one. I cannot tell from what I've seen so far why the sun is attacking us, though I could think of a few good reasons.

Mark is playing a military pilot (Lucas Foster), who is currently saving the world with a Russian sub captain, while an American sub is trying to torpedo them out of the water. Communications are problematic, so Amerisub is in the dark and not believing the missile-firing Russian sub captain at the moment.

And also, the acting is largely problematic, too. Wow. But not Mark. He's all good.

Aha. I tried that one. I really did.

But I couldn't make it through.

I wonder if he injured himself or something. Because he was great at action. Not about to win any Oscars, but a decent enough actor with amazing physical skills should get you somewhere. But I don't think I've seen him hit someone in years.

I mean--Iron Chef?

Yes, I can see how starting from the beginning, I probably wouldn't have made it this far. I seem to have come in at the perfect point.

Yeah, I really don't know. The first thing I remember noticing him in was TV The Crow, and then I saw him again in Brotherhood of the Wolf (which, though it was bizarre and rambling, I quite liked). Then... nothing much. Which is a shame, because as you say, decent actor, very pretty, and super cool to watch fighting.

I mean--Iron Chef?

Oh. My. God. That's him??? I thought it was just someone who was incredibly blessed to look just like him. I am so lame. But also, yeah, what's up with that? Well, paycheck is what, of course. But still.

ETA: And apparently I can't even spell his first name right. Lemme go fix that...

In my region, Sarah Connor is on at 8 pm. Which is good, because the Tivo is also set up to record Persuasion at 9.