Baltar is just getting on my nerves. I hope he isn't going to spend the whole season with his eyes bugged out. I fear that one of my dreams for this season is that he does something really stupid and it makes him really dead.
We're not gonna die. We can't die, Bendis. You know why? Because we are so very pretty. We are just too pretty for God to let us die.
Mal ,'Serenity'
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Ginger - Apr 05, 2008 5:00:25 am PDT #1495 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Juliebird - Apr 05, 2008 5:30:07 am PDT #1496 of 30001
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Baltar made me laugh and laugh.
But I do groan at the forward momentum of his story, where is it going? I can see a dozen different paths for the rest of the cast of characters, but his story is too isolated right now. They have literally cut him off from the rest of characters we know and "care" about. Even when he was on the basestar at least then he was with Six and Xenalon it wasn't so disconnected from the rest of the story...um, well, actually, I think I kinda hated that too.
But for now, I'll appreciate that Baltar is funny again, and I love his bugged out crazy eyes, they make everthing that much more funny!
SailAweigh - Apr 05, 2008 5:36:22 am PDT #1497 of 30001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Torchwood: Holy shit is right. I don't know if I could have watched it, if I'd read the whitefont first. It was bad enough watching Owen die the first time. Waaaah!
sumi - Apr 05, 2008 8:59:29 am PDT #1498 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
Theodosia - Apr 05, 2008 9:04:33 am PDT #1499 of 30001
'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 altar with the Xmas lights on it, and intend to build one in my living room ASAP....
Tom Scola - Apr 05, 2008 9:08:47 am PDT #1500 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
When you create a sci-fi world, it's always desirable to give your aliens punnable names. For example, from B5:
Knock-knock.
Who's there?
Kosh.
Kosh who?
Gesundheit.
sumi - Apr 05, 2008 9:10:40 am PDT #1501 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
I thought that they needed to get that lovely portrait of President Baltar from above Colonial One's toilet to add to the altar.
Dana - Apr 05, 2008 9:14:17 am PDT #1502 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
My favorite reference from last night is by far "the Baltar Altar."
§ ita § - Apr 05, 2008 10:04:16 am PDT #1503 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I've always thought the tone around Baltar wasn't like the tone of the rest of the show. He was laughable and moustache twirling and pathetic in his cravenness. So far, by placing him as they have, they;re shining a spotlight on his otherness, and surrounding him with people almost as ludicrous as he is.
Jessica - Apr 05, 2008 10:57:57 am PDT #1504 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
True to form, I have yet to (re)watch the BSG premiere. Bad fan, no biscuit.
But I saw this on my flist today and thought the Torchwood fans would appreciate it.