Battlestar Galactica (Season 4 Episode 11)
Sometimes I live in the country
Sometimes I live in the town
Sometimes I get a great notion
To jump into the river an’ drown
Its been almost a week since the first episode in the second part of season 4 aired so I had some time to think about it.
Overall I loved the episode. It was one of the darkest episodes of BSG ever. The heavy mood of lost hope was brilliantly filmed.
The plot did not progress much but the bits of information we got were really shocking, yet expected (13th Colony being Cylon).
The biggest revelation of the night happened in the very last scene, where we found out that Elen is the 12th cylon (or the fifth of final five). At first I was unimpressed. Why her!? I don't even like her character. She was annoying in season 1 and I didn't care for her much in later episodes.
After few days of reflecting on it however I am starting to feel that she does fit. I don't know where the story will go but I predict that Cavil knows Elen is a cylon and that is partially why he doesn't want the others to know anything about the 5. I could of course be horribly wrong.
Can't wait for next episode.
4.99/5
Lost (Season 5 Episode 1)
I must say that I am a bit unimpressed with the Lost's time traveling island story. It seems that every time a show starts to play with time travel it ends up being a mess.
I hope I am wrong but I already see logic holes in the story which bothers me.
Don't get me wrong over all the premiere episode was good. Hugo was funny as always and my wife liked Sawyer running around the jungle with his shirt off *raised eyebrow*. It looks like the producers of the show finally know where the story is going which means that hopefully they will start answering some questions.
4/5
If you are wondering why there has been very little activity on this blog lately, the answer is simple. Battlestar Galactica.
The new episodes start this Friday and I have been re-watching the series in order to prepare myself for the new things!
Few things come to mind when I look back at my re-watching experience.
- This is the best show ever. I forgot that a bit since it's been so long since I watched it last.
- There is tons of things that I missed on my first watching, that the second time around made more clear.
- I may be addicted to all things Galactica.
- I think this is the most "religion" themed show on TV right now.
- The final cylon is 99efd084ba4136301aa1114bb722fa0c
"In the age of the cell phone and the internet it is probably more difficult than before to protect silence and to nourish the interior dimension of life”
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So very true. Add to this two little girls and working late and there is hardly any time for anything. Surprisingly I still manage to find time to watch TV shows. Hmmm I think I have my priorities messed up.
Last night's episode was hard to watch. The show continues to surprise me with its unpredictableness.
New season of Battlestar Galactica is starting in April and already I can't wait. I started watching the show late last year and became instantly addicted to it. Since then I watched all 50+ episodes and now I have to wait... I have to wait for a whole two months to see where the story goes.
I can't believe it took me so long to start watching this show. I am a SF fan so the fact that what is most likely the best SF show EVER has slipped my attention for so long is amazing.
Today I have discovered that I'm not the only one who just recently discovered this show - Barbara Nicolosi of the Act One program has also recently fell in love with the show and writes about it here and here.
I am still working on convincing my wife to start watching it. She is so stubborn and will not even give it a try. I am a patient man and I'm sure that after many many months of nagging I will convince her and I will re-watch the entire series again!