sff: stupid weather keeps changing edition

[lyssie]

DW: Voyage of the Damned: Blessedly free of "all women must fall in love with the Doctor or they are incomplete beings".
BSG 'The Ties That Bind': Well. At least Kara and Sam aren't wearing matching bracelets.

DW was cute and fluffy and things exploded, and the adorable first mate boy survived. 's all good. Kylie was short and adorable.

Her death scene, however, was shot by Ron Moore.

As was that ridiculous flying angel crap. *eyeroll*

Luckily, they got back to being light and fluffy after that by punching the floor.

Also, way to retread Robots of Death, guys. ANGELS DO NOT MAKE THEM LESS CREEPY.

BSG. If you actually think this show is the best SF ever, or the best TV? You're reading the wrong journal. At its best, it's entertaining crack with a complete lack of continuity and coherence. At its worst (Unfinished Business, Maelstrom, Woman King, Pegasus) its utter shit that has no business being lauded.

FURTHER, there will be no Cally OR Tory bashing on this livejournal. If I catch you at it, I'll be utterly disappointed in you, you fucking asshole.

1. It's a pity Nicki Clyne turned in a brilliant performance, considering this was the end for her.

2. Man. Female on female violence. Who says that's cliche? (REMEMBER TO SAVE THOSE BABIES, GIRLS. OTHERWISE BOYS WON'T LIKE YOU)

3. The retconning of the Tyrol marriage (portrayed up until now as pretty healthy, despite the whole him breaking her jaw thing) is Red Cap WTF worthy. This is definitely a "wait, Burns has a crush on Jo?" level of OMGWTFness.

4. I think Lee and Zarek were being devils and angels. Or something. I don't know, I had it muted.

5. CYLON CIVL WAR OF SHINYNESS. Even if it's a season later than they said it would be. Downloaded was when THEY PROMISED ME A CIVIL WAR. Nice of them to finally remember their own fucking canon and deliver.

6. How much do I love Cally being smrt and worming her way into the wall? And even more, Tory, being shorter than the boys, notices the wacky wall thing...

7. Cally taking Chief down with the wrench = AWESOMESAUCE.

8. Speaking of awesomesauce. HI COTTLE, I LOVE YOU. STOP LETTING CALLY STEAL YOUR SMOKES.

9. And, of course, Dad reading (horribly) to Mom. Adorable.

10. It's just a pity Tory's characterization is thrown out so they can use her like a skeleton key when they need to. I'm sorry BSG sucks at logical characterization, Tory, but you're stuck in this cookie-cutter replaceable world. :/

11. I see Kara and Sam have regressed to Collaborators. Of course, this time, when Kara says "I wanna hurt you, Sam" he says, "Ok! Yay! I like pain!" Sometimes, I wonder if the writers live in some sort of married hell--none of them seem to be able to let anyone in a marriage progress or grow. They're always going back to the way they were and never moving forward. It's really boring.

12. That said, it's amusing that Sam's sexual prowess makes Kara chatty. "Hey, baby, that deep dicking just makes me wanna talk about my mama who hit me with frying pans..."

13. No, actually, I didn't mind the Kara/Sam scene. I just wish I hadn't written it four or five times before this.

14. Does this mean we can now call Kara and Sam Ellen and Saul now, though? Because that was totally IloveyouIhateyoulet'sfrak Tighishness. Kara even scratched at Sam before he pinned her.

15. On a purely shallow note, TRUCCO IS DAMN TALL. His hairy leg in the bed there, man. Sheeeeesh. SO TALL. I'm surprised he fit in that thing.

16. Kara has cushy quarters, though. I had no idea the bunks on a sewage recyke ship would be so spacious and fab. Here I was, picturing cramped and smelly places. And paint! In all colors of the rainbow (I think she and Sam must've paused during their rough hate sex to put it on the floor so they wouldn't knock it over, since, y'know, all those open cans were on her bed)

17. Oh OH. PLAYA IS STILL ALIVE. And her hair is longer! YAY.

18. And, lest I forget them, HI HELO AND YOUR MANLY SWEATY ARMS. And Seelix and Athena! Whoot! Also, Sparky. Who obviously is not getting any, and thinks everyone is INSANE, and is wishing when Adama suggested he go that he'd said Dee should go instead. (also, VIPERS. MY FIC CAN SO BE CANON NOW YAY)

19. Boomer is... lost. And sadly uninteresting. Sigh. I do think she might swing back the other way, since she wants a soul.

Comments

[chev-y.livejournal.com]

I need to make two comments here. Nothing cerebral just smutty minded me.
#12...Is it wrong for me to totally love the phrase "deep dicking"?
#15...I won't say a word, just smile as I can only imagine. (yes, I knew what you meant but...)

[fahrbotdrusilla]

As was that ridiculous flying angel crap. *eyeroll*

I hated that part SO MUCH.

17. Oh OH. PLAYA IS STILL ALIVE. And her hair is longer! YAY.

YAY! Although I think remember seeing her in the trial episode last time I watched it...?

[cynthia-arrow.livejournal.com]

3. That retconning was absolutely unnecessary. Wouldn't it have been a more powerful story for this to be a normal marriage, occasionally stormy but loving, and then have this Cylon thing come down on it like a hammer? Why do we need to turn Cally into a broken-down angry mess before the shit hits the fan? I just don't get it. And it pisses me off.

19. I'm still reeling from her having her hands on a nekkid Cavil. But, yes, I get the impression we're supposed to find her plight moving or something, but I can't get a bead on what her motivation is for anything she does. She lost me sometimes around Rapture. I mean, she was boring long before that, but at least she was coherently boring. Now she's...vaguely pissed at not being human and maybe bored enough on the basestar she needs to stir the pot (to assert herself?) and tongue-kiss Machiavelli? I want to care, because I love Athena so much, but Boomer is just... *scratches head*

[daisycm83.livejournal.com]

"wait, Burns has a crush on Jo?" level of OMGWTFness.

I didn't watch - I haven't in a really long time - but dude. I instantly know how truly WTF-y this must be. My goodness.

[http://users.livejournal.com/ar_feiniel_/]

"1. It's a pity Nicki Clyne turned in a brilliant performance, considering this was the end for her."

motto - she was great this week. she really carried the story.

[rosewildeirish.livejournal.com]

DW was cute and fluffy and things exploded, and the adorable first mate boy survived.

I blinked and said, "George!" at the teevee. First Mate boy played George on Being Human which will be picked up and developed if anyone at the beeb has three braincells to rub together. So very happy to see him. Though he tends to get roles that require him to shriek. And it is most definitely a shriek.

(BTW, George? Is nekkid within the first minute of us seeing him. And is nekkid quite a bit in the first portion of the show. Just sayin'.)

FURTHER, there will be no Cally OR Tory bashing on this livejournal. If I catch you at it, I'll be utterly disappointed in you, you fucking asshole.

Can I bash TPTB instead, for fucking with Cally, who's never been given enough chance to truly shine?

[alonglongtime.livejournal.com]

It's funny...I was thinking during that scene: haven't I read porn like this before?

[scarfman]

Say, did Kara call Sam by something other than his name in their first scene together, when they're talking through the deck she's standing on? It sounded like she called him by a name that wasn't his name and wasn't Longshot either, so (since she'd just called Karl by his callname) I wondered what it was. And, for some reason, whether you'd caught it.

[libbi.livejournal.com]

FURTHER, there will be no Cally OR Tory bashing on this livejournal. If I catch you at it, I'll be utterly disappointed in you, you fucking asshole

Thank you. It's nice to see an entry that isn't Cally-bashing. Good review too :)

[daera23.livejournal.com]

That said, it's amusing that Sam's sexual prowess makes Kara chatty. "Hey, baby, that deep dicking just makes me wanna talk about my mama who hit me with frying pans..."

omg! it's so true!