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March 29, 2005

geek obsessions

So maybe I'm slow to the podcast bandwagon, but now I have a definite reason to pay attention. Besides poetry readings by Mark Strand, Forrest Gander, Robert Creeley, Mark Doty and more, now I can fuel my other obsession...


Battlestar Galactica.

I am so hooked on this show and now I can check out really cool podcasts about the episodes, characters, writers, motivations, etc. Executive producer Ronald D. Moore gives great commentary...really gives a whole new dimension to it all.

I am SO sad that the season finale is this Friday. I don't WANT to wait until next season for my fix! Seriously, absolutely great sci-fi. I'll warn you though...it's tough to figure out what is going on if you miss an episode. I missed the mini-series
and it took me awhile to figure some of it all out. Season 1 should be out on DVD soon though, I bet. Worth buying and catching up!

Posted by crystallyn at March 29, 2005 08:38 PM

Comments

Agreed. Great re-imaging. The only bad thing is I succombed and watched the whole season 2 months ago since Britain got it first and then it aired in the US. Thanks goodness for Newsgroups and people with MPEG encoders.

Posted by: Jeff at March 30, 2005 08:24 AM

Best TV series out there. Glad to know you're also interested! They started filming season two this week and we reportedly should see episodes from that this summer (woohoo!). Twenty episodes for season two. Season One DVDs are available so far only in the U.K. which is so annoying!

(Yes, I'm a tad obsessed.)

Posted by: Ancarett at March 30, 2005 09:46 AM

I really enjoy the new series, but some of it needs to be wrapped up faster than it has been. One plotline that comes to mind is the 2 pilots stuck on Cylon occupied Caprica. Come on now, it's taken the entire season for that story line to do ANYTHING, other than run around, avoid cylons, and make out.

Another thing that's bugging me is the new-found religious zealotry of Madame President. I think they built that up way too fast, it was never even an issue, now all of a sudden she is convinced of things, and making decisions based on that.

So other than a little uneven writing, I am enjoying it!

Posted by: sean at March 31, 2005 03:43 PM

HAH! I'm not the only one who thinks that it's the best show out there...

So does Wired:

http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,67044,00.html?tw=rss.TOP

Posted by: crystal at April 1, 2005 02:22 PM