WTF*

*What the FRAK?! Without giving away any spoilers, I have to say that the first episode of BATTLESTAR GALACTICA was a fraking disaster, and I not in the nuclear or hurricane way. Maybe it's because I don't care about any of the characters because it's been sooooo sooooooo soooo fraking long since the show's been on. The whole fraking episode seemed like a bunch of completely unrelated and random events that didn't add up to ANYTHING. Starbuck did not fraking explain why there was a huge worldwide coffee franchise named after her. The Admiral was behaving like fraking Baltar. Where the frak was Baltar? The President was acting like a Six with crippling fraking PMS. One amazing improvement was the background soundtrack, which in surround sound filled the room with eerie background clangs and clanks and echoing spooky noises in every scene on the ship. Frakin' awesome (but pointless if there's nothing on the show but a bunch of random background noises). Not frakin' awesome was the exposition back story about the music the secret in-fleet Cyclons all heard which eventually drew them all together. Earth, though, was like a cheesy 80's BSG set and NOT up to 00's BSG's usual standards. The entire episode was dangerously close to previous episodes of shows like LOST (blech!) and HEROES (????) which caused me to stop watching the show. The producers seem to be tossing all the show's previous plot points and characters into an airlock and flushing them out into deep space. Now that I know who the final 5th secret Cyclon is, it makes much LESS sense than all the people the show was alluding to throughout the completely superfluous first 41 minutes of the episode loyal fans have been waiting almost a year for. Don't FRAK this up, BSG! We're counting on you to lead us all out of TV hell.

That is SO Gaeda!

Remember there used to be a show called BATTLESTAR GALACTICA that was on the Sci-Fi channel once in a while? Well, I'd almost forgotten all about the show myself. When was the last episode? 2007? What happened? Something about Earth, I think. Who knows. That was soooo long ago. It's hard to get excited about a show that I can barely remember because it hasn't been on in years. And, silly me, I thought maybe the "exclusive" webisodes from Hulu would catch me up or fill me in. But, oh no! The webisodes just unravel more threads. What is going ON?!?!

New BSG starts Friday, January 16 at 10PM on Sci-Fi Channel. Don't frakin' forget!

Roslin / Adama '08

Without question the most exciting television event of 2008 thus far is just a few days away. I'm speaking -- of course -- about the premiere of the fourth season of the best show on television, BATTLESTAR GALACTICA.Screw Hilary. I'm voting for Laura Roslin in the 2008 election. If she gets here by November. The season ends in June, so hopefully she'll be here in time to kick ass and take names at the convention.
Aaaanyway, this Friday at 10PM, the ONE FREAKING YEAR WAIT (if you don't count RAZOR) is finally over. If you are watching the series, you are practically peeing with anticipation for the upcoming (and sadly final) season. If you are not watching the series, you better get on it! SCI-FI Channel is airing a BUNCH of episodes this week. I'm planning to TiVo the last 4 episodes of Season 3 on Friday afternoon and refresh my memory before the new episode on Friday night. I barely remember who any of these people are after a year off, but there are also a few BSG "specials" airing on SCI-FI. They'll help catch you up if your memory is fuzzy.
Some of the things I'm looking forward to are:^Angry, sexy Hilo!^Gruff but lovable Adama and Saint Laura Roslin!^Oh frack! Did D'Anna leave the iron on?!