Why yes, I am on a bandwagon.

[merlinofchaos]

I won't bore everyone with it, but I am on the Battlestar Galactica bandwagon.

So far...'tis amazing. I am happy.

Also, believe it or not, Enterprise has made a 100% change-of-course turnaround and has actually been good
this season. Well, some of the complaints people have had about the cast simply aren't going to go away, but
nothing can be done about that. But the horrible, awful direction it'd been heading...well, they've clearly
dropped all that.

Thank goodness.

For those of you who like Trek and are at least a little open-minded, it is worth a second try. For those
of you whose biggest problem was how the Vulcans were acting, they dealt with that in-character, and
told a pretty cool story while doing so.

Comments

[esmerel.livejournal.com]

I mean, if /I/ can stand it, anyone should be able to. ;)

[evilmagnus]

Ah, but there could just be some kind of freaky 'support mate in his hobbies' thing going on. :)

BSG is teh hawt, though. I am very impressed, and I look forward to welcoming our new Cylon Overlords.

[merlinofchaos]

Maybe, but she used to leave the room when I put on Enterprise.

[evilmagnus]

She's learning to be more supportive? :)

[esmerel.livejournal.com]

No :)

I generally don't watch tv. I'm actually sorta interested in the current storyline.

[merlinofchaos]

...of course, most of brain used to leave the room when I put on Enterprise.

[evilmagnus]

Apropos of nothing, you have a mythTV box, right? How's it working? I'm thinking of putting one together when we get out to Cali.

[merlinofchaos]

No, I have a TiVo.

I have a box with something custom that I've always intended to turn into a media player, but time/interest/equipment have always held me back.

Now software has advanced significantly, and I may consider a mythTV box instead of what I was going to do (custom software, because nothing out there does exactly what I want)

[evilmagnus]

Now software has advanced significantly, and I may consider a mythTV box instead of what I was going to do (custom software, because nothing out there does exactly what I want)

I know what you mean. It looks like MythTV may finally have enough neatness for it to be worthwhile - the built-in DiVX player is neat for me, and support for the Hauppage PVR-350 hardware mpeg2 encoder is sweet.

[toddk.livejournal.com]

We're enjoying it at my house as well. It was a long wait from the mini-series a year ago.

I must admit

[forkmonkey.livejournal.com]

I too have enjoyed BSG and Enterprise this season, including the "why Vulcans were stupid" plotline. Archer's shaping up, as is T'pol, and I'm getting much less of a hot-for-the-captain vibe from Malcolm.

Even Squeak is tolerable. Go figure.

And Glactica is just cool. Starbuck is my hero(ine).

One last cautious query: Are you enjoying Atlantis too? 'Cause I am.

Re: I must admit

[merlinofchaos]

Alas I never got the Stargate bug, so I am not watching Atlantis. Clay has all the DVDs and I may watch them, but I hear a lot of different things about the show from different people. Am not quite sure. And it'll take a lot of time to get through them if I do.

[drivingblind.livejournal.com]

Rock on, sir. Rock on.

My only complaint

[jakeaidan.livejournal.com]

My only complaint in the series is the recharacterization of Starbuck. I don't care that he is now a she...but I do care about the new "tortured" persona.

The original Starbuck drank hard, gambled hard, and womenized because he was a fighter pilot. He felt his mortality and felt his life was short, so he indulged heavily. This new "She's indulging in excess to deal with the pain" nonsense is not nearly as good, in my humble opinion.

Re: My only complaint

[merlinofchaos]

Almost everyone I know loves that, oddly.

Also, I love the interaction between Starbuck and Col. Tigh.

Glad you decided to drink the Kool-Aid...

[antoniusrex.livejournal.com]

Dude, Starbuck's sooooo going to get it on with the XO...and Apollo...and most likely the doctor...and if we're lucky, Boomer...

Though, gotta say, my favorite exchange has been between Tigh and the kid:

"Were's your mother?"
"Dead. Where's yours?"

Ah, such wonder...though I've gotta say, this series ain't gonna last long if they keep killing off people at the rate they're going...

Re: Glad you decided to drink the Kool-Aid...

[merlinofchaos]

No main character's been killed off yet!

But there's a lot of foreshadowing.

Re: Glad you decided to drink the Kool-Aid...

[antoniusrex.livejournal.com]

Well, there's that...but I mean the whole "There are only 50,000 of us left" thing. Cuz, what? They've lost *how many* and they've not even gotten to the fifth episode yet? Heee....

Re: Glad you decided to drink the Kool-Aid...

[death-by-monkey.livejournal.com]

In the one episode where they finished with Madame President making a final tally on her white board at the end of the episode, I really hoped that they would continue that trend and end every episode with a new count of just how many people were left.

[rosminah.livejournal.com]

Yay, BSG! Now I don't need to make up an excuse for not going out Friday night.