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shadowkatFrigid today in my opinion. My fingers are cold typing. Soon I will retreat to my couch for lunch or maybe a heated cinnamin role. Yes, I have today off from work - thanks to Martin Luther King - one of the few holidays I'm happy is a Federal one. MLK deserves a holiday methinks. He was the US's version of Gandi.
A man who believed in non-violence and was opposed to the old eye for an eye.
And honestly thought if we could just see past surface differences such as race, creed, heritage, size of a nose, color of skin, or eyes, we'd notice how much we had in common. How are differences made us more interesting. And how tolerating others differences in taste, size, shape, etc made life more worthwhile. He had a dream - a world without violence filled with love and tolerance. That in my humble opinion is worth taking a day off to think about.
Spent last hour and a half - reading flist and email. Nice thing about lj being down is gave me time to get caught up on my flist. I did miss it on Sat though.
If you get a chance - read,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
atpotch poem on Loneliness...which I strongly identified with. Also, I appear to be one of the few people on my flist who isn't overly impressed with Desperate Housewives. It reminds me a great deal of Peyton Place (rent the movie sometime - you'll be shocked how similar the two are.)There's something about the show that I find kinda of insulting and grating. Can't quite put my finger on it. I watch occassionally -because I adore Felicity Huffman and Marcia Cross, and well the mystery intrigues me. But it's not a show I'll ever love.
Battlestar Galatica on the other hand - may become my next "can't miss" TV show. I will tape this baby if I'm out or try to schedule around it, which could be dicey since people like to get together on Friday nights. The first two episodes of the series - were the best thing I've seen in weeks. Character driven. Unpredictable. Twisty. Dark. With emotion. Also a nice balance of strong male and female leads. The cinematography is excellent - and precise.
Much better than Firefly. Sort of in the same line as Farscape the PeaceKeeper Wars, actually. And unlike Star Trek, X-Files or Star Gate - it's not all military based. Several of the characters are civilians.
33 - dealt with the 48,000 surviving humans desperately trying to escape the Cylon pursuers who had just killed 90% of their population. Every 33 minutes they'd jump to escape, hoping the Cyclons wouldn't follow them to the next jump point. And each ship had to jump separately. They aren't all on one ship, there's about 27 or 30 ships jumping together and it has to be timed perfectly.
They've been jumping 127 times, haven't slept in 27 hours, and you see the wear and tear on them. The episode includes a trippy bit with Gaius Baltar - a scientist who inadvertently betrayed the humans to Cylons, struggling with his conscious and his sanity and his beliefs. He's haunted by the Cylon woman, who he believed was human and believed loved him. Although he betrayed her - by sleeping with someone else. He's not sure if she is a figment of his imagination, a chip the Cylon's implanted in his head or his baser instincts.
Then there's Adama and the new Pres - who are faced with the decision to
blow up a civilian carrier - carring 1300 people - they thought they'd lost.
Is it infilterated with Cylons? Gaius states it is - but, he has an alterior motive - there's a scientist on the cruiser who knows it was Gaius' information that gave the Cylon's the ability to destroy them. Yet, perhaps Gaius is right - the Cylon in his head tells him that the Cruiser is most likely infilterated. Either way Gaius is screwed. And when they approach it, it does not obey their commands or orders. So on Adama's command, Apollo fires, and orders Starbuck to do the same - even though she questions Apollo's orders. The action haunts Apollo, Adama, and the Pres well into the next episode.
Water - Boomer is in crisis. She wakes up soaked with a deadly detonator in her bag. Terrified she goes to the Master at Arms locker and discovers others missing. What has she done? Why can't she remember? She goes to the Chief Maintenance guy - and tells him her dilemma. He reports that the detonators are missing, but keeps her out of it. Then - just as Adama is showing off his water supply to the new Pres - the tanks blow and they lose over half their water. Boomer and a co-pilot are sent to find new water. Meanwhile back on their homeworld - another version of Boomer returns for the man she left behind on the homeworld. He'd given up his place on their escaping shuttlecraft to Gaius way back in the mini-series. The two tales get parralleled. Plus - Gaius flirts with Starbuck during a poker game. And the Pres hires Apollo as her military liasion to figure out his father. Each character is explored a bit more in depth.
Both stories deal directly with the characters - they aren't plotty thematic tales. Although there is morality at play here - it is subtle. Not preachy.
The acting is top-notch. The cinematography perfect. And the writing tight and sharp. Best show on right now.
A man who believed in non-violence and was opposed to the old eye for an eye.
And honestly thought if we could just see past surface differences such as race, creed, heritage, size of a nose, color of skin, or eyes, we'd notice how much we had in common. How are differences made us more interesting. And how tolerating others differences in taste, size, shape, etc made life more worthwhile. He had a dream - a world without violence filled with love and tolerance. That in my humble opinion is worth taking a day off to think about.
Spent last hour and a half - reading flist and email. Nice thing about lj being down is gave me time to get caught up on my flist. I did miss it on Sat though.
If you get a chance - read,
atpotch poem on Loneliness...which I strongly identified with. Also, I appear to be one of the few people on my flist who isn't overly impressed with Desperate Housewives. It reminds me a great deal of Peyton Place (rent the movie sometime - you'll be shocked how similar the two are.)There's something about the show that I find kinda of insulting and grating. Can't quite put my finger on it. I watch occassionally -because I adore Felicity Huffman and Marcia Cross, and well the mystery intrigues me. But it's not a show I'll ever love. Battlestar Galatica on the other hand - may become my next "can't miss" TV show. I will tape this baby if I'm out or try to schedule around it, which could be dicey since people like to get together on Friday nights. The first two episodes of the series - were the best thing I've seen in weeks. Character driven. Unpredictable. Twisty. Dark. With emotion. Also a nice balance of strong male and female leads. The cinematography is excellent - and precise.
Much better than Firefly. Sort of in the same line as Farscape the PeaceKeeper Wars, actually. And unlike Star Trek, X-Files or Star Gate - it's not all military based. Several of the characters are civilians.
33 - dealt with the 48,000 surviving humans desperately trying to escape the Cylon pursuers who had just killed 90% of their population. Every 33 minutes they'd jump to escape, hoping the Cyclons wouldn't follow them to the next jump point. And each ship had to jump separately. They aren't all on one ship, there's about 27 or 30 ships jumping together and it has to be timed perfectly.
They've been jumping 127 times, haven't slept in 27 hours, and you see the wear and tear on them. The episode includes a trippy bit with Gaius Baltar - a scientist who inadvertently betrayed the humans to Cylons, struggling with his conscious and his sanity and his beliefs. He's haunted by the Cylon woman, who he believed was human and believed loved him. Although he betrayed her - by sleeping with someone else. He's not sure if she is a figment of his imagination, a chip the Cylon's implanted in his head or his baser instincts.
Then there's Adama and the new Pres - who are faced with the decision to
blow up a civilian carrier - carring 1300 people - they thought they'd lost.
Is it infilterated with Cylons? Gaius states it is - but, he has an alterior motive - there's a scientist on the cruiser who knows it was Gaius' information that gave the Cylon's the ability to destroy them. Yet, perhaps Gaius is right - the Cylon in his head tells him that the Cruiser is most likely infilterated. Either way Gaius is screwed. And when they approach it, it does not obey their commands or orders. So on Adama's command, Apollo fires, and orders Starbuck to do the same - even though she questions Apollo's orders. The action haunts Apollo, Adama, and the Pres well into the next episode.
Water - Boomer is in crisis. She wakes up soaked with a deadly detonator in her bag. Terrified she goes to the Master at Arms locker and discovers others missing. What has she done? Why can't she remember? She goes to the Chief Maintenance guy - and tells him her dilemma. He reports that the detonators are missing, but keeps her out of it. Then - just as Adama is showing off his water supply to the new Pres - the tanks blow and they lose over half their water. Boomer and a co-pilot are sent to find new water. Meanwhile back on their homeworld - another version of Boomer returns for the man she left behind on the homeworld. He'd given up his place on their escaping shuttlecraft to Gaius way back in the mini-series. The two tales get parralleled. Plus - Gaius flirts with Starbuck during a poker game. And the Pres hires Apollo as her military liasion to figure out his father. Each character is explored a bit more in depth.
Both stories deal directly with the characters - they aren't plotty thematic tales. Although there is morality at play here - it is subtle. Not preachy.
The acting is top-notch. The cinematography perfect. And the writing tight and sharp. Best show on right now.
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Date: 2005-01-17 10:09 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-01-17 10:23 am (UTC)Yep, me too. Only Bree and the central mystery interests me.
Marcia Cross is extraordinarly good at playing characters that appear perfect on the surface but are edgy and insecure underneath. And in some ways - I find her character the most satirical.
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Date: 2005-01-17 10:30 am (UTC)Having the same problem...although it is bugging me a little less this year, now that we actually have some strong female protagonists emerging. Boston Legal fixed their problem by introducing Candice Bergen as Schmidt. (The writing is still grating though, so I don't recommend.) And we have Medium, Veronica Mars (is getting better), and now BattleStar. So it feels a little less like a guys fantasy medium.
I'm trying to see the satire in DH, really I am, but it's hard to get past the negative stereotypes. We get enough of that from commercials and reality shows.
thought about watching BG, but I finally understand those people who feel like "Oh, man, can I take on another fandom?" It sounds good....I just d'know....it's a weird feeling.
I guess it depends on how involved you get in fandoms. I don't really. The only fandom I ever got involved with was BTVS and that was peripherally. I wrote essays and corresponded with folks - sure, but that was it. Didn't buy anything, outside of tapes to tape it. If you are the sort who gets heavily involved? Another matter entirely.
It's a good show though. Very good. Character driven. Action oriented. And sci-fi. A combo we don't see much right now.
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Date: 2005-01-17 10:49 am (UTC)I think this might be that in many ways the show doesn't go beyond the stereotype (except for maybe Lynette's character). The conniving rich one, the pretty one, the slutty one, the nice one, the kooky one. And that is always insulting to not have more depth than that. But with Lynette's character, you see the challenges, the fears, the needs and the reality of living with kids. She is torn between her old life, her new life and just wanting something in the middle. I can relate. Being in a place where you want to be, with your kids, but knowing that they are just kids and you really can't/shouldn't be anywhere else, if you want peace of mind, drives her. I find that fascinating and not at all shallow. The other characters IMO haven't reached that depth yet except maybe Bree. I can't say this is a show I will ever love either, but sometimes, just sometimes it touches on truths that are not very well depicted on television and that keeps we watching for now. Reminds me in some ways, those occasionally truthful depictions, in Thirtysomething done back in the 80's. Grains of women's lives put forth. Not the whole picture, not necessarily accurate, but with enough truth to make it valuable.
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Date: 2005-01-17 01:41 pm (UTC)Lynett's and Bree - I've met, so there's a little connection there. But no identification. 'Course I don't have kids, no husband, and am single. My issues are the opposite of the women in the show - actually they may be closer to outsider Edie's.
That said - I know married women who hate the show as well - my mother seems to despise it. So...maybe
it really is a "subjective" thing?
Thirtysomething - worked more for me, somehow. Because it had a far more diverse female set. We had single gal Melissa (who I adored), frustrated Mel (who had left her career to have a child), and
her friend - the one played by Ken Olin's real life wife - married to Tim Busfield - children and working. The grains of truth hit closer. The ones in DH ring sort of hollow in my ears. But that's just me.
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Date: 2005-01-17 01:52 pm (UTC)little chat between Edie and Susan.
"You were one of those perky cheerleaders in high school right? While I was considered the freak, the outsider - you couldn't lower yourself to talk to."
(Edie to Susan). "Interesting, no matter how old you get, some things never change."
And all Edie wants? To be invited to the poker game.
The other bit - which I sort of enjoyed? Lynette's
constant curse: "I hope you are blessed with many
children." LOL!