Much ado about BSG, jail term for shoe thrower, bad oil spill, football and other stuff

[misscam]

Long week finally arrived at weekend. Been working overtime, twisted my knee in a bit of an ice mishap, was kissed by a four year old, had another 'ARGH NSB' week and have just generally been busy. Lazy weekend arrived just in time.

And weekend means new BSG. This week's episode felt such a part one of more that I don't feel right judging it on its own. I'll see how it all ties together next week. So, just a couple of things...

- Colony is next to a naked singularity? If either the colony or Galactica doesn't get pulled into the singularity, I will eat the hat I don't have. Point of it being 'naked' is that you would actually be able to see it then - gravitational singularities normally are at the centre of black holes and have an event horizon. Naked singularities - if they exist, it's a theory that they can and a debated one - do not have an event horizon and thus would allow observation of the collapse of an object to infinite density. Galactica's fate? We shall see.
- Aha, so that's the fountain scene for Laura. There were pics from shooting of it around, and I always wondered.
- All the flashbacks just seemed to cement that this show is about the characters most of all. I like that, if it all pulls together at the end.
- Little moments of win: Tyrol taking Tory across the line, Baltar's ohsovisible desire to cross it and yet not doing it, happy!Kara and happy!Lee of another time, druken pigeon chase (lol), Adama's 'you're my daughter' to Kara, Adama's look when he turned around and actually seeing Laura with friends and loved ones that wasn't just Bill. (Much as I love Bill and Laura's romance, she's been such a lonely character).
- Little moments of heartbreak: Laura looking so frail, Helo and Athena, the labels on Bill's boxes, people taking the pictures of the memorial hall with them, bitter!Tyrol being bitter, Sam and Cottle's little moment with Adama.
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"You didn't think you would take off without me, did you Admiral?" "Never crossed my mind, Madam President." DAMN STRAIGHT IT BETTER NOT HAVE. I can't take splitting up these two right now, not with everything else making me sniffle. Also, the moment where Kara supported Laura and took her hand was just made of additional win. Extended Adama family. I wish they could all get happy endings, inner peace, cabins and time to rest.

Had episode reaction chat with lotus79 and falena84, which consisted of me and Saz making up all sorts of fake spoilers for the episode as falena84 was watching, discussions of Sam/Kara/Lee threesome, lotus79's porny BSG!Sims adventures (with mpreg), explanations and discussions about singularities, the concept of time in spacetime, laws of physics, Lee and the pigeon theories, teaser for next episode, BSG rewatching habits, who is more spoilt by their ship/who has the most right to whine (I am in love with Adama/Roslin, lotus79 is all about the Kara/Lee, falena84 is inclined to Helo/Athena) and human nature. This show sure spawns a lot of very different topics. I LOVE IT.

HOW IS IT ONLY TWO HOURS LEFT?! The mere thought is making me depressed. I don't want to let it go.

In other BSG stuff:
- Everyone has already seen the TVGuide photoshoot bits, right? CUTE LIKE WHOA.
- One more part of the Edward James Olmos and Mary McDonnel TVGuide interview, this time discussing the fans and media. No spoilers.
- The UN to have a panel on BSG. Ron Moore, EJO and MM all due to appear. Wow. Someone in the UN must be a serious fan.
- Battlestar drinks. Because after next week, we might all need some alcohol.
- Critic wants to know what makes BSG so great, invites fans to explain it.
- How will BSG end? Critic admits to being nervous. So am I.

In life:

Bad oil spill hits the coasts of Queensland, Australia. Parts of the Sunshine Coast to be precise, and I got all sad and wah because that's where I often went to the beach when I lived in Brisbane. Even my favourite of Bribie Island got hit. :(

Meanwhile, football season is starting in Norway today - with most of the country still covered in over 30cm of snow. HAH. I am a quite dedicated football watcher, as is my mum. Meanwhile, dad and my brother don't really care. Role-reversal FTW. My team is Tromsø and I'm hoping for a good season. Last year they got a bronze, whoo.

Remember the guy that threw a shoe at Bush? He got a three year jail term for it. Um, that seems a bit excessive. Seems more akin to throwing rotten eggs, which in Norway you get fined over, mostly. Three years, seriously? I've seen rapists get less than that.

Eurosong is SRS BSNS. Most Europeans already know this, of course. Ah, Eurosong. What Europe does instead of going to war with each other these days. I'm looking forward to this year's already.

Link of funny: Top 15 villain inboxes. Daleks, Gollum and Tetris included, as it should be.

So, what are you all up to?

Comments

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Flashbacks didn't bug me either. It sort of reinforced the characters and their journey. But if they turn out to have taken signicant time away from some explanations I really want, I might change my mind a bit. It depends how it goes next week.

No more BSG :( I don't even want to think about that. I do want to see The Plan, even if I'll miss Laura. I want a few Cylon things explained.

All I ever expect from Eurosong is shit and giggles, and it usually delivers ;)