BSG:

I like the tension and the realizm in the fatigue of the characters in "33" and "water", but the tone is so relentless that the show threatens to become kinda boring. I hope there is room for some B5-style humor to be woven in.

I missed 33 and I don't think I'm in the mood for Water. Although, I wish I had figured out that it was on tonight so I could have taped it.

There's not much I want to tape and watch right now, but I can't ever remember when anything is on, I think I need to tape a schedule by the tv.

OK, just finished watching the mini on TiVo. That was intense. I don't know who the heck is playing Baltar, but he's such a ringer for Alexander Siddig, I do a little double-take whenever I look at him. The British accent doesn't help. (He's *good* though. The whole set-up with Baltar and Six is creepy as fuck. I love it.)

It grieves me to notice this because I'm always psyched to see Asian actresses play non-stereotyped roles, but Grace Park's Boomer is a bit of a weak link in the cast. Not the character--obviously there's going to be interesting development with the character, but the actress doesn't bring that much to the table. She's not *bad* per se; just unexceptional compared to the very good actors she's surrounded with. Maybe she'll improve.

I don't know who the heck is playing Baltar, but he's such a ringer for Alexander Siddig, I do a little double-take whenever I look at him.

I actually had to go IMDB for the actor, because I knew it wasn't Siddig, but... I just had to make sure. It's distracting. I think his name is James Callis. Something like that.

I thought 33 rocked. I think I remember liking the mini OK, but not being bowled over. But the first ep of the season? I really liked it. I was surprised how much.

I thought it was Siddig at first, too. I was disappointed to be wrong.

I like what I've seen so far, and I think it has a chance with talent like Olmos and McConnell anchoring it. I love the soundtrack.

Alexander Siddig should be added to the Stargate cast. Maybe Janet's replacement...

McConnell continues to shine, I think. She's just great. And while I don't think I thought poorly of Grace at any point, I think she does some good work in the later eps, so you may see that as an improvement.

Alexander Siddig should be added to my personal life.

Agree re: McDonnell. I liked her at the beginning, and it just keeps going. Gotta say, not all that much love for Starbuck yet. And, well, I love EJO pretty much always.

I love Roslin. She's probably my favorite character of the lot, which is saying a lot because I like most of them quite a bit. McConnell is doing an amazing job, and so is EJO.

I like Starbuck. Of course, I've never seen the original so her being a woman doesn't bother me. The bit with Lee and the stimulant pills was adorable, I gotta say. I'm not quite at the place where I'd want fic for these two, but gimme more scenes like that, and I might.

As for Grace Park--she's had a more substantial role in ep 2, and acquitted herself decently, but I feel like... I dunno, she should have been more desperate and tortured, you know? I think a large part of it is because the actor who plays Tyrol is (I think) very good--in the reunion scene during the mini, for example, there was such look of incredible relief and joy on his face while Boomer looked just kind of glad--that she suffers in comparison.

Also, I'm loving the relationship between Roslin and Lee. She's part his commander-in-chief, part co-conspirator, and part surrogate-mother, and there is such lovely warmth between these two.

Wahh. Want next episode now.

Wahh. Want next episode now.

The first ten or more are available via bittorrent.