Leg Go my Eggo

What a lovely little Saturday this has been. I've enjoyed yet another nonstop lurkfest on the bboards of my favs: BSG, Smallville, Heroes, Doctor Who and Lost. excellant discussions to be found there.

must say, surprising, hollywood's not let me down so far this fall season

well, maybe its because the video media has finally open their eyes to the genius of fanboys. all of the above series have strong, if not premienent, connections with the formerly known as quiet geek sect

isn't it great that Revenge of the Nerds was partially prophetical? PARTIALLY- I HOPE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

anywho, the real reason i wanted to post was not to engage in written discourse (die hard lurkers, raise your right hands)

but to share this funny off the YouTube

ENJOY

Ender's Shadow

You would think retelling the same story from a different perspective would be a recipe for a terrible novel and low sales.  Think again. 

Card tells a story on the same timeline as Ender's Game and the events of the world mirror each other.  Ender's Shadow is able to break free of the shadow of Ender's Game by mesmerizing the reader with the tale of little Bean. 

Card weaves a retelling of his best selling award winner in with the new stories that Bean brings with it.  It is almost a behind the scenes look into what was going on inside the school.  If the reader has read Ender's Game he sometimes finds himself routing against Bean. 

Card nails the story as original as a retelling can be told.  He also makes it self sufficient so that readers may pick up Ender's Shadow and then decide that they would like to read Ender's Game as well. To say that the book was a success is selling it short.  This proved to Card that he could write and sell other viable stories within the Ender universe. 

Highly recommended!

BSG is BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Man, was tonight's episode completely AWESOME or what?

man, man, .... i feel foolish just tring to compose an intelligent blog about the experience i've just had with this show.

because i must say RDM and his writing team's skill with creating real world of thought provoking, intense drama is so off the chart that, that -- they can't be humans. THEY'RE CYLONS!!!!!!!!!!!!

if i had a thimble of their talent maybe i'd get over my slacker numbness - - -
nah

anyway, the show didn't end with the second hour. Mosey on over to the BSG bboard at scifi.com and follow along with the word play.

sadly there are a number of posters who missed the point. BSG season 1 seemed to be taking the right wing position of firm, uncompromising response to misguided religious terrorism. season 2 pulled the liberal card with its pro infanticde and embracing the POV of the "bad guy". now season 3 has put alot of pro iraq war supporters into an unpleasant wedgie.

personally i support the war. i understand the benefits to the USA of a de-stabilized islamic region with pro-american factions controlling a desperate resource. but BSG is NOT about taking sides or making your political choices based on the rhetoric of hollywood writers.

a poster made an excellant point that the ability to appreciate all POVs is a mark of a thinking individual. does the seeming presentation of the occupied colonists as a stand in for palestinian insurgents make me soften and appreciate their goals and change my position on Isreal?

absolutely NOT. remember net surfers ficition is just that. you take kernels of reality, modify them enough so you can't be sued for libel and re-package them as driven drama.

do i appreciate being given an opportunity to consider multiple POVs?

absolutely. only a weak willed spineless person who has either no true convictions or substance-less drones can't stand the light of the opposition.

besides, the wonderful thing about BSG being spear headed by a "true believer" scifigeek is that the show isn't taking sides or proselyting. it's presenting engaging, intense commentary on trueism recurrent in the human experience. it's bloodless gladiatory sport.

and i must say- they've SPOT ON got it right.

YEAH SCI FI
YEAH BSG
YEAH FRIDAY!!!!

p.s. did anyone else out there nearly faint when the previews popped up? every twist that we've wanted to see is coming.
my only fear is that they go too far and have Zarek sacrifice his life to save to president. now that would be a tragedy worth threating show abondment. (in theory at least)

Whu-WhOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!

the BEST Smallville EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!

no recent posts b/c i've been content to suck in the fullness of netware from the lurker's POV

but tonight's Smallville has drawn me back to the channel

to SCREAM

tonight's episode (10/5) was TOTALLY TUBULAR MAN
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having been an SV fangirl for the past 5 seasons (including season 4 although i still get nausea and night sweats thinking about the dreadful mulana story line) i must say i haven't been impressed EVER (well maybe the season 3 opera finale with the magnificent baddie and his de-frocking) as i was tonight.

they got EVERYTHING right!

from the lois byline to chloe's pivotal role to the brief but poignant visitation from our resident lion king to Ollie's arrow to weatherman Clark to to to totottototootototoototooooooo

hyperventialing

only beef is that once again my Lexie was on the bottom again
saddness- but if he convinced the leech to stay under his terms then he will have truely begun his ascent / decent to control of his dark empire.

yup- i'm in video feedback nirvana

let's recap my joyous week as an unashamed scifigeek

heroes- episodes one and two- yes they went overboard with the convient dramatic implants but they've inspired my devotion to the younger of the trapazoid brothers

docotor who- cheesy in all his arthur dent glory but who can forget the line "DOES SHE LOOK TIRED TO YOU?"

X-men the last stand available on DVD with a nice bonus buy from best buy

LOST- absoultely lost and lovin' it

and of course the piece-de resistance (feel free to correct my french) the wait is finally over!!!!!
BSG tomorrowwie

yes, i'm imitating baby talk- i'm just that loopie right now

exhalation