--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > So, is anyone else watching Season Four?
I have not. Time issues. I like to go outside once in a while :) But just in case not eveyone knows, you can watch the new one, the old one, and 13 billion other shows via hula. For free, Right now. http://www.hulu.com/ > > The pilot just knocked the ball out of the park, > in my opinion. Strong, clever writing, surprises > and new plot twists out the ying-yang, and great > performances by all of the actors, who are in > their last season as these characters and seem > dedicated to going out with a roar, not a > jumped-the-shark whimper. > > For the spiritually inclined, if you don't know > the new Battlestar Galactica, you should. Remem- > ber the old one, back in the late 70s? Got that > image? Now forget it. Throw it on the trash heap. > That's what the developers of the new Battlestar > Galactica did. > > Instead of hokey space opera they created Myth > In Space. Heavy-duty myth. You've got yer gods, > yer religions, yer Cylons who look like humans > and yer humans who merely think they're humans. > You've got yer heroes and you've got yer villains, > and they keep swapping places. You've got a quest > in which the few survivors of the human race are > searching for their home planet, which is called > Earth, but which probably never really existed > and may be mere myth. You've got yer seers, whose > visions lead these lost-in-space seekers across > the universe. And even, *finally* in this season, > you've got yer sprinklings of humor, as if the > survival of the human race and the quest for a > place to call home were not quite as serious > as some take them to be. > > You've got yer great television. We're talking > serious Emmy and Golden Globe potential here. So > far it looks as if Katee Sackhoff may walk away > with the Best Actress awards. May her character > Starbuck on the good ship Galactica find a better > end than her namesake aboard the good ship Pequod. >
