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May 11, 2008
I’m on the road again, traveling in New Mexico, so posting will be spotty this week. But the scenery here is so beautiful I may have to post some pictures.
I leave you with a couple of thoughts:
Battlestar Galactica is dead to me. I’ve written about how to write a good series. BSG is doing a really good job right now demonstrating how to screw up a series. More later, I’m waiting to see how they wrap it all up.
Yes, I’m still following all the GI Joe movie rumors and character photos. I must say, I heart Dennis Quaid’s Hawk, and the Baroness looks pretty darned good (this version looks a lot like the excellent artwork of Mike Bear in the current run of comics). But it’s all looking very dark and Matrix-y, which is confusing my 1980’s cartoon lovin’ sensibilities.
May 11, 2008 at 5:35 pm
I was scared for a bit when I saw the Baroness. She looked a little too much like J Lo and that just seems like a bad idea to me. However, it’s Sienna Miller and I have no thoughts on her (I had to look it up on IMDB).
Although, from what I remember about GI Joe, I have to agree about the whole matrixy look. The only one that looks remotely Army is Dennis Quaid (and I agree, he pulls it off well).
May 11, 2008 at 8:06 pm
That makes me sad to hear about Galactica. I saw the miniseries beginning and loved it, but after the Lost fiasco I’ve been waiting to make sure it stays good before I buy the DVDs and watch the whole thing. Why can’t good series just stay good?
Speaking of good series, I just read Kitty and the Silver Bullet, and loved it. (It’s been sitting on my shelf since January, but I hadn’t read it yet, because I knew it would devour my life for a day or so when I did. And it did.) I really think it’s the best in the series. Always nice when great series get even better as you go along, rather than worse.
May 16, 2008 at 11:26 am
New Mexico looks lovely.
As for Battlestar, I’ll mention a particular flaw that I’ve noticed. The series makes something seem incredibly important, but then pretty much forgets about it. For example, the Galactica crew found that cool holographic map to earth, but you wouldn’t know it by the way they are wandering aimlessly in space.
As another example, the hybrid baby Hera was supposed to be incredibly important, (in Baltar’s dream sequences we are given the impression she may even be a savior to the Cylons), but what has happened to her?
Even so, I still enjoy the series. Here’s my prediction for the last member of the Final Five: Starbuck!
May 21, 2008 at 6:06 pm
Carrie:
You say Battlestar Galactica is dead to you. I saw last week’s episode, and thought it was very good. The show’s creators have returned to the meat of the story: that episode dealt with Hera and the Opera House. If you missed it because of your New Mexico trip, you can watch it at the Sci Fi channel webpage.
And then next week, they promise that ALL WILL BE REVEALED!
May 22, 2008 at 9:05 am
Yeah, I haven’t seen last week’s yet. It wasn’t on the website last time I checked.
But when they’re doing things like “Please don’t let Doc Cottle take my leg!” I just want to cry.
May 22, 2008 at 11:00 am
Carrie: you’re right, the Doc Cottle stuff was pretty lame. Hopefully, you’ll have a chance to watch the lastest episode because I think you’ll like it.