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Countdown to the Battlestar Galactica finale & some other stuff

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Top news of the day of course is the Battlestar Galactica finale tonight on SyFy Channel. You’ll note the new spelling, SyFy instead of SciFi. Apparently the network wanted a brand it could own, so changed from an easily understood abbreviation, one that actually means something to vast numbers of people, to a homonym with no actual meaning.

Whatever.

Latest spoilers on tonight’s finale can be found on The Patriot Resource. In the last week, there’s been a bit of gnashing and wailing from the Lee/Kara shippers over the last round of Katee Sackoff comments.

Personally, I’ve always taken anything Ms. Sackhoff says about the show with a gigantic grain of salt. Edward James Olmos and Jamie Bamber have always struck me as much better sources. Not that they leak anything, but rather what they do say is told straight up without letting their own wishes or desires for their characters’ arcs color their commentary.

And, you know, whatever it is, is. I just plan to enjoy the show.

Running time of the finale is two hours and 11 minutes, so make sure your DVRs have the right end time. Especially if you don’t plan to watch live. Me, I’ll be watching and tweeting during the commercials.

In other entertainment news…

I finally finished the last book in the Outlander series by Diana Galbadon, A Breath of Snow and Ashes (Outlander). I highly recommend the whole series — a bit of time travel, a little history, some romance — but fair warning: it is addictive. I blew through all six books in less than one month, and they are LONG books. A new one An Echo in the Bone is due out this fall.

While I was reading the series, though, I pretty much stopped watching TV. Except Battlestar of course.  Even though there are a few shows on right now that I like, and a few new ones I wanted to check out, I was too involved in the books.

I took some time to get caught up last night and watched the first two episodes of Castle, the new ABC show starring Nathan Fillion. I liked it, although I wouldn’t stay home to watch it live as I do with Battlestar and did with both Buffy and Angel. But  I do like Fillion, and the supporting cast is good.

I particularly liked the family interplay; Susan Sullivan is inspired casting as his mother, and Molly Quinn, the young woman who plays his daughter is excellent. The hat tip to One Life to Live, the soap where Fillion got his start, was a nice gift to his fans.

Other shows I plan to check out soon: Dollhouse and Leverage. Plus the season finale of Burn Notice.

The exercise update. I haven’t done Jillian Michaels – 30 Day Shredas much this week as last. We went on a two hour snowshow hike up Mount Tom in Woodstock last Saturday and I did treadmill for almost three miles on Tuesday (that damn book again) but when I went back to the Shred yesterday, it wasn’t painful like the the first few days were. Still a hard workout, but I wasn’t in as much pain. So maybe I do need to graduate to the next level…

Enjoy the first day of Spring. Even if the weather is bad today where you are, better, nicer, warmer days are coming.

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Sneak Peek: BSG No Exit

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(hat tip Galactica Sitrep)

Great scene with Lee and Roslin. Echoes of Season 1 when “Captain Apollo” was her military adviser. In fact I’ve noticed a lot of things are “happening again.” Next week being no exception with the return of Ellen Tigh from the dead.

Update 2-12: Looks like SciFi has pulled the Lee/Roslin clip down. Here’s a transcript, thanks to The Patriot Resource (warning: link goes to a spoiler page)

On Colonial One, Roslin tells Lee, “That’s a very excellent observation and that I think that you should keep it in mind when you are assembling new representatives.” Lee is a bit surprised, “When I assemble the new representatives?” Roslin continues, “I will of course remain by title as President, but…” Lee responds, “Madame President, you can do a lot more than that.” Roslin answers, “No, I can’t, Lee. It’s time that I let someone else do the heavy lifting.” Lee is speechless. Roslin takes off her glasses. Lee says, “I don’t know what to say… I would be honored if you think I’m the right one.” Roslin smiles and then says, “You are the right one, Lee. You have always been the right one. My only concern about you is you’re so hell-bent on doing the right thing that you sometimes don’t do the smart thing.” Lee responds, “I’ll try and be smarter… and wronger.” That brings a bit of a laugh from Roslin.

SciFi and Fantasy Lovers Friday

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The movie Coraline based on the Neil Gaiman book opens today. Here’s a trailer (spotted on Gaiman’s blog) featuring the author discussing fear of buttons. You’ll never look at a rag doll the same way again.





Trailer for the next season of Torchwood was released yesterday. I must admit, I sort of lost the plot toward the end of the last season. Got busy, got behind in watching and finally just gave up on the last fews eps. From the looks of this trailer though I might just give it a go again.




Need a laugh? Mosey on over to this post by actress Felicia Day on the phenomenon of hardy highland swains in romance novels. Do yourself a favor though. Put down the hot drinks and dangerous objects while reading or you might hurt yourself.

What we’re watching
For the first time in a long time, there are quite a few television shows that I like, and more down the pike that look good. Bones , Fringe, The Mentalist and Burn Notice were back in January, although Bones has been a tad weird, and not in a good way. Chuck and Life both returned this week with strong episodes, and of course there’s Battlestar Galactica. Blood on the Scales is the episode tonight, and it looks good. Very good.





Shows we’re looking forward to include Dollhouse, the new series from Joss Whedon with Eliza Dushku and Tahmoh Penikett, and Castle, starring Nathan Fillion. Dollhouse premieres next Friday February 13th on Fox, Castle on March 9th on ABC.