BSG: David Weddle and Bradley Thompson are leaving BSG to run c.s.i. (From Galactica Sitrep - and Jane Espenson is writing the BSG movie Edward James Olmos is directing - some casting spoilers at link. (Casting for the movie - nobody who hasn't been in BSG before.)

Who 4.13: OK, the Guardian review made me laugh, so here it is - Warning - spoilery, of course:

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I liked this bit, 'cos she's talking about us:

"I can't, to be brutally honest with you, work out exactly what happened. The jargon-heavy mid-section rather did for my chances of keeping a grip on the minutiae, but that's nothing that three days on the internet forums won't sort out" .

Casanova is horrified at the way his lifestyle has been twisted by his son, that for him it is just a fuck, and with very nihilistic overtones to that whole section.

I think his horror is more to do with the fact that Giac Jr. is knowingly fucking his sibling. i'm sure he feels a bit of disgust at knowing that Giac doesn't understand what it truly means (to him) to be Casanova, but i think his biggest problem with it is the incest.

of course, it's easy to understand that Giac Jr. has a warped sense of what love is and how to distinguish it from lust from just watching his father. so Giacomo is very much to blame for his son's cavalier attitude towards everything revolving around sex and showing one's emotion.

OK, the Guardian review made me laugh, so here it is

Hee! Wait, what three-fold man prophecy is she talking about?

I agree, Tiggy, but I think that that's sort of symptomatic of the whole thing, like that was the final wake-up call for Giac Jr being, basically, a monster. And, of course, yes, it is ultimately his own fault (If there is anyone who has no business parenting, it's him). They drew very clear parallels between their childhoods, which is what makes the difference (amidst the similarities) in the outcomes even more striking

It's almost like Angel and Spike (only backward)...I need a better example, though. That's not quite it.

Dalek Salt & Pepper Shakers

$150?!? Oh, well, at least they include napkin rings.

that was my reaction too, Kathy. they are SO CUTE though.

DW 4x13 I can't remember the last time I've been haunted by an episode of TV like this. For all it's flaws and angry-making (some of it meta, some of it totally intended by the writing), I can't shake this one. It's been in the back of my head all yesterday, I couldn't sleep last night, all today at work, I couldn't focus. Then I went and listened to the podcast. It made me cry. Threw on my house-cleaning playlist and Citizen Cope's "Sideways" came up, and it made me cry (granted, that song rips my heart apart all on it's own). And now to torture myself I'm listening to "Roads".) I think I'm gonna go dig out my black eyeliner and brush my bangs over my face.

I can haz a happy ?

Because I just watched the DW Confidential for 4.13 and it made me cry big, fat tears for Donna, again, I had to go find some fic.

Spoilery fic links for 4.13:

1) [link]

2) [link]