Life on Queen Street

I have this horrible feeling that this week's Battlestar Galactica is going to make me cry before it's done.

Remind me but wasn't there a time in the recent past when BSG didn't suck?

Yeah, I think the ensemble's pretty talented, too, Ron. I just don't give a frak - so could we please go back to Starbuck and Apollo killing Cylons, now, please?

Wolfgang Peterson is releasing a Director's Cut edition of Troy - I'm actually verging on excited about this: kind of-sort of bad sword&sandal epics are better than no sword and sandal epics at all.

I'm less excited about the news that they're making a movie from Frank Miller's Ronin, which is my least favourite (save the last act of The Dark Knight Strikes Again - WTF Frank?!). Ronin is FM's homage to the classic manga Lone Wolf and Cub but it never gelled for me. I have the trade somewhere in Casa di Cranky - I'll probably pull it out sometime this week for a reread along with The Dark Knight Returns - "I know 62 ways to disarm a man from this position..." heh.

Also in comics, Birds of Prey writer Gail Simone answered 55 questions from fans at Newsarama.com. Not too much interesting for me personally over there - some confirmation that breaking up Nightwing and Oracle was a decision mandated by Dan Didio (not surprising, since he wanted to off Nightwing at the climax of 'Infinite Crapfest') and a surprising plug IMO for Marv Wolfman's run on Nightwing. ( thoughts on latest Nightwing arc )

I haven't seen either Battlestar Galactica or Rome yet (and let's add my addiction to TV not currently conveniently available in Canada to reasons why I think the legislation currently before the American House of Representatives to record all ISP traffic sucks ass) but I hope to tonight. Also, following blog reports this weeked, Michael Auiselllo is reporting (along with with the LA Times) that BSG's fourth season is a done deal (WARNING - spoilers in the link). The renewal is apparently for 13 episodes, which makes me happy because I think Ron Moore gets into trouble when he tries to expand the arc of each season out to 20 episodes. Having just rewatched season one, I'm can't honestly say that there's an episode that could easily be skipped over - possibly "Litmus" and "Flesh and Bone" could have been merged into a single ep - whereas in season two, just off the top of my head, "Black Market", "Sacrifice" and "The Captain's Hand" are all episodes that were so badly reviewed online that I never bothered to watch'em. At least one episode that I did watch - "Scar" - was a complete and utter OOC waste of time. And this season, as much as I enjoyed "Unfinished Business", the storyline did not requie and entire episode to itself whereas "Hero" should have been left on the drawing board. 13 episodes is a nice tight number that ought to give us maximum bang for our buck. Now, about Starbuck... .

I should create a new tag and call it "things that are going to give me a stroke", such as Canadian politics, Battlestar Galactica spoilers, biblical literalists, movies that say they're history but are soooo not, the Vatican and senior exec.

For a start.

Dammit, five weeks until "Maelstrorm" and no fourth season pick-up yet? I can feel my blood pressure rise even as I type this.

And, yes, that is Che and no, I'm not using the icon for any particular reason.

It's a strange, weird, excellent episode of Battlestar Galactica that positions Kara Thrace as the more emotionally honest and mature part of Starbuck&Apollo. It's been a while since I've wangsted full-on about character and plot meta, so please bear with me, but...

( Crankygrrl Sings Songs of Love to Samuel T. Anders ) And Sam's just freaking awesome. How can you not want them together?

It's been a slow start to my Sunday. As in "hmmm, it's two pm, I should probably get dressed, eat, wash my hair (not necessarily in that order)". So far today, I've finished watching all of Dexter and slept in. Not a lot to show for my day and it's already 2 in the afternoon.

Things I should do today: laundry, clean the apartment, clean the cat's litter, put away dishes, sweep, vacuum and mop the floors, write. Things I will likely get done today... tough to call that one.

Things I would like to do today if I had more time for poncing about online - wank extensively about Starbuck/Apollo, Starbuck/Anders love (although Sam has not been winning any points with me lately), and why Dualla annoys me (oh grow a pair, already woman!). That might lead into a meditation on the question of why the more earthy metaphors for courage and action all seem to involve testes - we live in a patriarchal society and don't let anyone convince you otherwise. And, yes, I can write for several hundred words about profanity and gender politics, should I choose (mostly not).

Following that would be a general repudiation and throw down on the 15-year-old fangirls and 15-year-old fangirl wannabes who have taken over online Veronica Mars fandom with their cult of St. Logan of the Woobification and their constant refrains of 'OMG Kristne Bell is such a bitch/clueless/doesn't understand her own character' - change out Kristen Bell for Rob Thomas and repeat as necessary.

Gah! It's hard to follow a fandom that has been so agressively taken over by the lowest common denominator. Also - once upon a time, there used to be decent VM fic out there. Has anyone seen where it went?

Unfortunately, I don't have time for these things, so I think I will settle for eating, dressing and clean hair. Then I will head out to the pub, order breakfast and sit and WRITE for a couple of hours. Then there shall be laundry.

Maybe.

Possibly.

If I don't get a better offer.

For svilleficrecs: 226 words of longing

"Stolen", BSG, K/L

( He hadn't inteded to kiss her. )