Damn that was a crappy episode of Buck Rogers SG-1.

You know, it was stupid and badly written, and I enjoyed the hell out of it anyway. Because it was gleefully silly, and it was Claudia Black on my tv!

I am shallow.

I used to really enjoy Buck Rogers. I guess I just expect a little bit more than that out of SG-1.

I'm also not that crazy about stories that use the spaceship. What I love about Stargate is that it's not the typical sci-fi space opera. Whenever they have stuff with the big Captain Chain and the bridge of the Starship it just doesn't feel original.

It did have a Buck Rogers vibe, didn't it? I still liked it, despite being annoyed by how easily she was able to commandeer the Prometheus.

BSG seems to be really picking up. I loved last night's ep.

Oddly though, it's now a show I'm compelled to discuss, like, at all. I watch an ep, think "Yeah, that was good," and that's it. I wish it were more discuss-y.

Having the old doctor smoke a cigarette threw me out of the moment.

I have no problem with Starbuck's cigar, as it's no stretch to imagine there are analogues of tobacco out there. But the scene with the doctor smoking and the president objecting was too current earth culture in tone.

Not to mention the whole breast cancer storyline, which I'm trying to accept. It feels like they are trying to manipulate us with an anvil. And anvils are usually lost on me in shows.

I was more thrown off by the "this is chemo and radiation only by a different name" thing.

I'm having a real hard time seeing this as either pre-Earth or post-Earth without major holes, and even Earth-parallel is kinda problematic.

I was more thrown off by the "this is

Yeah, that's certainly another addition to my issue with the storyline.

I'm having a real hard time seeing this as either pre-Earth or post-Earth without major holes, and even Earth-parallel is kinda problematic.

Why?

Pre-Earth problems: All the hand props look very now-like (eg-paint can). That it would be the natural progression of humanity to come up with 3x5 photographs and neckties, even having forgotten about them for thousands of years...I understand that it makes the series cheaper, and works as a short-hand, but it screams post-Earth to me.

Post-Earth problems: They created andriods and functional space battleships, but haven't gotten anything better than chemo and radiation to treat cancer? Also, they're going to "Earth", which, if it is post-Earth, survives in the cultural consciousness not as "Earth that was", which implies a far future.

Concurrent problems: "Apollo"--They use a non-Earth name for their Olympus, but that one is the same, even though the implications of the theology is far more Christian than Greek/Roman.

I'm sure there are more specific things that have bugged me (some specific cultural reference that made me go "hey"), but I can't think of them at the moment.