One down, three to go. I still haven’t hit the level of bittersweet over the whole deal yet. I have a feeling I won’t start the “grieving process” until the after the finale. With all that being said let’s get to this episode which I have been waiting to see for a bit.
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Two items from the recent past come back to bite the crew of the Destiny and as I say that, I realize I’m setting myself up for some sort of relativistic pun. I’ll be damned if I can find it, but you might have better luck.
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I love Lucy Lawless. I was an avid viewer of Xena: Warrior Princess because I’m a sucker for bad ass brunette women (cause then I can pretend I’m one too). And no matter what role she plays, I’m able to see her as some level of cool and strong. For instance, when she smoothly asks Winnick if he’s an idiot, it’s just made me giddy.
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This is it kids, the last set of episodes. The last pieces of Smallville. I am feeling a little sad, and a little excited.
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More than once while watching this week’s episode, thoughts of the film Predator crept into my mind. Fortunately, I didn’t yell “GET TO THE CHOPPA!” at any point in time, but some of the elements were there. It wasn’t enough to draw a parallel, but it made me wonder where the writers got their inspiration.
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We have Clark Kent changing in a phone booth. I repeat: WE HAVE CLARK KENT CHANGING IN A PHONE BOOTH!!!!
Oh, and Booster Gold is in this episode, too. But, I never liked that character, so whatever.
And there’s Blue Beetle, looking like a time traveler from a 1990s Saturday morning show on public access.
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Transhuman and posthuman concepts in SF fascinate me — sometimes they terrify me, but that’s another topic all together. What this episode does is touch on those subjects in way that’s not intrusive with either philosophical or technical talk.
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Apparently, my DVR got the news that No Ordinary Family is on the chopping block and decided to not record the last few episodes. Perhaps, like the show’s 2 leads, it had jumped ship to try something else (though it didn’t seem to tape anything in its place).
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Given the isolated setting of the Destiny, it’s easy to overlook the fact there’s things going on Earth-side. The Lucian Alliance is an outstanding threat to Earth, and an attack is pending. With only one member of the Alliance on the ship, it’s a plot thread that can fall by the wayside. In this week’s episode it picks back up.
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“When they wrote that 150 years ago, they weren’t thinking about the situation we’re in now.” Oh, snap! Suck on that, Constitutional Originalists! Especially you, Justice Scalia.
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“That’s how you kill your mother.”
Any flaws we saw this season were totally worth it just for that line.
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The Destiny is like that abusive spouse that won’t let go. All that hidden knowledge and the drive to continue her mission, and now that she has a crew she’s not giving them up.
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Most penultimate episodes preparing for the season finale serve as a chance to build up momentum and tie all of the individual plot lines together. Devil in a Blue Dress succeeded in that regard, but that didn’t make the episode any less muddled or confusing.
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One problem with these mid-season breaks is that I risk forgetting details like character names, and as a result I have to re-familiarize myself when the show continues. While I do have notes to consult, they have inconsistencies, such as using “MathGeek” for Eli. However I do remember the previous episode and its “cliffhanger” ending. I expected the Destiny’s rescue to come at the hands of a Deus Ex Machina, since I had already seen them abuse that with Telford’s arrival with the seed ship.
What actually happened ended up making sense instead.
Admittedly, I’ve been kinda adrift since Heroes and Lost ended – I just don’t feel complete as a person unless I’m being antagonized by some show. It’s not as easy as it sounds. The perpetrator/show can’t simply be bad, lest I lose interest and stop watching (case in point: The Cape). It’s got to transcend plain badness and still have something that keeps me interested and coming back.
So, in an attempt to get back that old feeling, I’m giving The Event a shot at being my TV adversary.
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“Are you trying to tell me that Conner is the genetic love child of Clark Kent and Lex Luthor?” Okay, sorry. THIS is THE line of the show.
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