Shadow Wrought's Journal: Now... Where was I?

So after much too long of an Hiatus I'm going to start back in on BSG tonight :-)

Starting at the begenning of Season 2, which Peacefinder was kind enough to loan me half a lifetime ago. I'm going for an episode a night or so...

Like the Cylon? -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- >

Never watched it

[stoolpigeon]

Probably will eventually. I'm trying to watch Farscape, but my wife isn't too keen on it so that makes it tough.

We both have enjoyed Stargate: Universe which starts back up soon. And I'm digging on Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood - though that's not sci-fi, so I'm off topic there.

Anyway - curious to think of what you think of the entire series once you finish it. I've tried to avoid spoilers so I haven't really gotten a good feel on whether or not people think it finished strong.

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[Shadow Wrought]

FMA is totally SciFi. But, I have a rather generous (genreous?) definition of "SciFi." :-)

Your wife might like BSG. It really is more a storyline about power and the good and ill uses thereof than a normal SciFi show. And that's just the obvious layer of the onion, if you know what I mean! It starts with a 4-hour mini-series, IIRC, and if she likes that you're good.

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[stoolpigeon]

She likes SG:U though I think her favorite right now, that we've been watching on netflix is The Legend of the Seeker. Which isn't bad, I just tend to prefer sci-fi over fantasy.

Sweet

[Captain Splendid]

You watching Caprica, or saving that for later?

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[Shadow Wrought]

It depends. If Caprica fits the timeline, I'll mix it in. If not I'll probably wait. To be honest, I'm not even sure what exactly it is. I just know to avoid spoilers :-)

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[nizo]

Tried watching the first episode of Caprica and couldn't get into it. Its some weird prequel set on Caprica several hundred(?) years before the BSG series if I recall correctly.

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[Marxist Hacker 42]

40 years before. William Adama is a 10 year old boy in Caprica, he's the only character that is in both shows.

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[Shadow Wrought]

That would be interesting. I'll have to finish off the whole thing then before diving into Caprica.

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[Marxist Hacker 42]

Not as interesting as you'd think- in fact, it appears rather the opposite of what you'd expect for Adama's childhood.

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[Captain Splendid]

Young Adama's a red herring - I have no idea why he needs to be involved in this, the series is doing quite nicely without him already.

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[Marxist Hacker 42]

It's more his sister, isn't it?

I'm going for an episode a night

[tomhudson]

Only ONE episode a night? Where's the "good luck with that" tag :-)

We saved them for weekends and then watched 3-4 episodes at a time - including the bonus material.

Enjoy!

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[Shadow Wrought]

Thanks! Really it just comes down to by the time I've worked, figured out dinner, taken care of the dog's, and the house all I have time for is about that. Included in that is me also trying to work out and write :-) So one episode a night is more realistic than watching a bunch. Weekends just go by to fast to watch them, too. (That was my plan for last weekend: net number watched 0)

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[tomhudson]

We need the 4-day workweek. Spreads jobs around, gives us all more time to do the important things.

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[Shadow Wrought]

Hell. Yeah.

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