TV, Science Fiction, and Thee

[lydamorehouse]

Again for those of you who tune in for my writing bits, I have a short rant over at Wyrdsmiths' blog about Ken Tucker's review in Entertainment Weekly of Battlestar Galatica called "Now I'm Just Cranky...".

The title says it all, although for those BSG fans out there who might be thinking "aha,,Lyda's finally blown a gasket after Starbuck returned!," I don't really take on Tucker's talking points so much as his attitude towards science fiction in general.

I actually still haven't seen the premiere episode of BSG, and for the second time in so many weeks I'm kind of lamenting the fact that we don't have cable. God/dess knows I don't need any more TV in my life, but I always feel like I'm one step behind every other fan I know. I haven't read any of the new Brian Michael Bendis' Secret War stuff over at Marvel (because, again, I don't subscribe, and... uh, okay, that's more about my own laziness and the thinness of my wallet,) and I have no idea what happened on BSG. Plus, I'm a season behind on Dexter, which is a show I've fallen absolutely in love with.

Plus, last night, I realized that I still have 40,000 words to write on a novel due at the publisher in a month and three-quarters. Okay, if I write 1,000 words a day I've got it covered in 40 days, but the problem is that I've been clocking in a rather pathetic 500 -600 words a day. Time to step on the gas.

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[shenjanno.livejournal.com]

Secret Invasion is so good... oh, the possible ramifications... On a slightly BSG related note, its rumored that some Skrulls may not know that they are skrulls...

[lydamorehouse]

Well, thank GOD Elizabeth at Dreamhaven called and they need more Archangel Protocols, so I will have some "money" to spend on comicbooks. I am determined to catch up!!

Do you have a good list of the titles I could/should buy?

[shenjanno.livejournal.com]

Supposedly Secret Invasion goes all the way back to the new Secret War series and Avengers Disassembled and runs through all that side of the marvel universe stuff ever since, (New Avengers is especially tied in as they discover it. Mighty only kind of, because of Iron Man.) and while they're all fun to lesser and greater degrees, you don't have to buy them to know what is going on unless you want to.

The basic gist of it is:
Skrulls are amongst us... they've infiltrated everything...manipulating some events... letting others happen... some skrulls know... others do not... there are many skrulls... and they have a plan...

heh, so anyway, with Secret Invasion, it just started, so only one issue is out. The only related title tht I would recommend is New Avengers: Illuminati as it directly ties in, plus its a fun behind the scenes look at the history of the Marvel universe and what the secret group of Iron Man, Prof. X, Black Bolt, Mr. Fantastic, Dr. Strange and Namor were up to during it all. Plus, they may have caused this whole thing accidently.

Man, there's a scene part way through Secret Invasion that blew my mind...

Unrelated possivble purchases: Remember to look at Planetary and also, glance at Umbrella Academy. I's like Royal Tannebaums with super powers. One of the characters had a horrible rocket ship accident and had to have his head implanted on a gorilla's body as a result.

Congratulations on the restock.

[alirose.livejournal.com]

If it makes you feel better, I'm behind on BSG and Dexter as well. I am really out of the BSG loop right now actually, which makes me sad. Having a kid totally messed up my TV watching schedule.

[chaircrusher.livejournal.com]

Well you do have an internet connection -- you can download new episodes of battlestar galactica (or whatever else you like to watch) with a little googling.

Of course that's nominally against the law, yadda yadda, but so far the television industry seems to tacitly accept torrent download of shows, as it does them good as a promotional tool.

If you have watched BSG on Sci Fi with commercials, I'd highly recommend either the torrent downloads or the DVDs as they become available. Battlestar Galactica is nothing if not tense drama with very little relief. Without the intrusion of commercials it's even more so.

Plus it only takes a little more than 45 minutes to watch an hour's episode.

[drewan.livejournal.com]

Even better, you can watch BSG for FREE online, legally, on SciFi Rewind:

http://www.scifi.com/rewind/

Enjoy!

[lydamorehouse]

Yes, I have internet. I have dial-up.

[darkchallenger.livejournal.com]

I'm finally caught up on BSG, but I'm also on dial-up. I have a couple of pals who are taping episodes for me. 30 Rock is back tonight! Something to watch while the snow moves in.

[drewan.livejournal.com]

You can watch it online a http://www.hulu.com/ or at http://www.scifi.com/rewind/

Enjoy!