By Rhea Dee
1. I hate to say it, but the last two episodes of beloved BSG seemed to be dragging their feet. I didn’t feel like anything was happening, that is, anything substantial. Could it have been the (then) impending strike, I wonder? Or are the writers buckling under the pressure of final season glory? Perhaps it’s just the way they’ve laid out the season, slow in the beginning, but it’ll all connect in the end (which in that case…have we learned nothing from Lost Season 3?).
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By Lisa Fary
Oh, Battlestar Galactica, where have all your good women gone? Seriously, I’d like to know because your “strong” women aren’t so strong anymore.
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with Professor of Fangeekonomics, Ms. Melissa Voelker
Reference Materials for today’s class:
Xena: Warrior Princess, Episode 1.12 – Beware Greeks Bearing Gifts
Not one to have her adventures restricted by silly things like facts, Xena was known to pull a Forrest Gump on occasion and go for a stroll through actual historical events. And she didn’t do it in a way that went along with what REALLY happened, or show up at times and places that fit any kind of timeline that would be possible. While most of the myth about the Trojan War against the Greeks over the beautiful Helen is probably myth, there really was a city of Troy at one time, and it really was destroyed in 1180 BC. Later on in the series Xena has a fling with Caesar (ya, THAT Caesar) which would have taken place around 50-44 BC, which would put Xena at about 1130 years old. She certainly looked good for her age.
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by Nancy Mathews
Our heroes are still sitting about to be discovered by the Cylons. All because of that damn daggit. Again I really have to question the parental wisdom of Apollo. I know “Take Your Child to Work Day” is very popular, but I don’t think they intended it for Colonial Viper Pilots on secret missions.
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By Rhea Dee 1. Well, as I expected, Roslin lived and Starbuck’s going to the brig. Was it surprising to me? Err, no. It’s a bit early in the season for death twists like that, isn’t it? I did like how Starbuck pointed out all the things she’s done for Roslin, all those crazy myth-y [...]
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By Lisa Fary OK, ladies! Put on your sea mineral mud mask and get a big slice of cheesecake because we’re going to take a break in our limited number of remaining Battlestar Galactica episodes for some human drama! Related Stuff:
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with Professor of Fangeekonomics, Ms. Melissa Voelker Reference Materials for today’s class: Xena: Warrior Princess, Episode 1.11 – The Black Wolf Though her strongest and closest pupil, Gabrielle was not the first young woman to look up to Xena as a mentor and friend. Once upon a time, before she became the warrior [...]
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By Rhea Dee 1. Yay, Starbuck’s back! But, wait, no one believes she’s a human, even though she checks out as biologically human. While I don’t think she’s a cylon, she’s obviously some sort of super human. I mean, she felt the path to Earth. I really hope that ability doesn’t annoy me in the [...]
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Exploring the Untold Stories of the Buffyverse By Sabrina Boyer Ever wondered what happened between seasons five and six of Buffy the Vampire Slayer when Buffy was dead and Willow became all veiny and scary? So did Tabitha Smith and Kim Butler, creators of Buffy Between the Lines, an audio podcast by and for fans [...]
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By Lisa Fary Let’s hear it for Samuel T. Anders, the ONLY hot Cylon guy. I don’t know who designed the skin jobs (perhaps that will be revealed as well), but that person clearly had an eye for the ladies. I look forward to the episode where we see Anders stepping naked out of a [...]
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with Professor of Fangeekonomics, Ms. Melissa Voelker Reference Materials for today’s class: Xena: Warrior Princess, Episode 1.10 – Hooves and Harlots Today, class, let us look at a very important stage in the evolution of the Xena/Gabrielle relationship. When they first meet, Xena is the powerful warrior who Gabby, the young village girl, looks up [...]
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by Nancy Mathews Memory is a funny thing. Re-watching these old BSGs, I can’t say that I remember them well. There’s a flash here and there and the overall mythos is still clear but outside of the pilot (which I had the photo-novel for) I haven’t remembered much at all. Until now. Mostly I think [...]
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By Lisa Fary I’ve been starving for Battlestar Galactica for the past year, so naturally I tuned in to the specials (BSG: Revealed and BSG: The Phenomenon) on the Sci Fi Channel this weekend and sucked it up from my flatscreen like a BSG vampire. That bliss lasted for about two minutes, until I heard [...]
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with Professor of Fangeekonomics, Ms. Melissa Voelker Reference Materials for today’s class: Xena: Warrior Princess, Episode 1.9 – Death in Chains Long before Xena and Gabrielle began their regular cycles of dying and coming back to life, they dealt with death among their friends and enemies. The first episode to show how non-permanent death could [...]
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by Teresa Jusino Meet Kevin Johnson….his boy Elroy….daughter Judy….Jane, his wife! Has anyone ever realized that’s a really crappy theme song? I mean, it doesn’t tell a story, there’s only four lines of lyrics in the whole thing….and have you ever tried singing it without the faux-jazz instrumental? It sounds stupid! Go ahead. Try it. [...]
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with Professor of Fangeekonomics, Ms. Melissa Voelker Reference Materials for today’s class: Xena: Warrior Princess, Episode 1.8 – Prometheus If you can remember back to the unit on Greek Mythology in high school/middle school, you will recall that according to the Greeks, Prometheus was a tricky Titan who gifted human beings with the ability to [...]
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LOST 4.7 – “Ji Yeon” by Teresa Jusino This week’s episode of Lost, “Ji Yeon”, while strange, brought the show back to good form after a couple of less-than-stellar episodes. It’s official, Sun & Jin episodes are consistently the best in the series. Oh, and pandas? Very, very important. Related Stuff:
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By Nancy Matthews I was looking forward to this episode. After the Apollo-centric Lost Warrior I was ready for a little quality time with my sweet Starbuck. Leave it to Apollo to screw it up by hogging up screen time. No wonder he grew up to be a terrorist. Related Stuff:
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