Being fond of tv series, I've been following several shows that are enjoyable and entertaining but I miss the excitement of following a tv show that makes you really care about the characters and think and speculate like crazy. I miss Lost, I miss the BSG'verse, I miss the Life On Mars/Ashes to ashes ' verse, and above all I miss Buffy. So it's nice to have Dollhouse back, even if it is for a short time before the finale in January, and I can't wait to see the new episodes.

Also I came across ( these interesting pictures from SyFy Caprica website ) My first reaction was about Eric's hair that looks blondish rather than red on the picture; my second reaction was about his glasses (I love Daniel Graystone's glasses!) and finally I realised what Daniel was probably doing on the second pic...
( Speculation )
On the one hand I want to be in January so I can watch Caprica, on the other hand I don't want to say goodbye to Dollhouse. No matter the flaws that Dollhouse may have still, a tv-land sans Whedon is a less clever place to be.
And I can't think of any other tv actor that is as impressive as Enver Gjokaj these days. Watching him perform on screen in Dollhouse is like watching a Russian ballet dancer doing things that defy the laws of physics as if they were the most natural things in the world.

I mean the BSG writing team, not the cylons...

Because I've just watched "The Plan", that BSG movie that was supposed to reveal a lot of things thanks to the Cylons' point of view. Well...I feel underwhelmed, to say the least. I didn't have high expectations, but since I had been pleasantly surpised by the pilot of Caprica I thought that maybe "The Plan" was worth watching.

Alas, this movie was disappointing and unnecessary. It hardly added stuff to what we knew. It's the first time I'm so negative about BSG but this tv movie didn't live up to the series. Compared to "The Plan", even "Razor" was a masterpiece.

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I'm off to Brittany tomorrow morning for five days, I don't know exactly when we will drive back on Monday, and then school is starting again so this may be my last post for a while.

I've seen the premiere of Dexter (yes it has leaked!) and the latest True Blood (not  a masterpiece for sure but a lot of fun). We're close to the season finale, but fortunately there's the new season of Dexter and Dollhouse to be aired very soon. I mostly rely on streaming sites now for I can no longer play the videos that are saved on my computer (must be the driver because the bug happens with every software I try) so downloading is useless. :-(
Anyway the DVD box of BSG 4th season should be released at the end of September.

Also I'm becoming quite obsessed with Caprica. I guess it's both Bear's music(I'm currently in love with the track   "A Tauron Sacrifice") and  the Eric Stoltz Daniel Graystone effect....




Something struck me during the second viewage but I wasn't sure so I re-watched Blade Runner for the 3333333th time and...bingo!!!!
The heavy glasses that the defence minister wears in Caprica are the same as Tyrell's in Blade Runner. I love little details like that. The pilot of BSG was already filled with references to Blade Runner and they did it again with Caprica. It makes me happy.

A few days ago, I heard about Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles' fate as I was finishing Richard Powers' Galatea 2.2, and I watched Caprica pilot thanks to the Internet fairy.

When I first heard that there would be a the spin-off, I was rather skeptical. I didn't really see the point of telling the story of what happened some fifty years before the Cylons destroyed the colonies, so I wasn't sure I would watch the 82 minute movie, less alone like it, but I thought I could give it a try, and honestly I did enjoy Caprica. It is quite different from BSG even though there are connections through Bear McCreary's music, the Adama family (William isn't Bill yet but he's there as a young boy) and the "birth" of the first "cybernetic life-form node" that is a CYLON. The line "A Cylon? Interesting." was a killer.
I spotted flaws here and there, and yes there was some stuff that bothered me but I was left wanting more, wanting to know what would be going to happen next. I guess it's a good thing given that Caprica is a prequel! The Greystones are really intriguing and touching, especially Daniel. Eric Stoltz was simply amazing.

Also looks like Ron Moore and Joss Whedon keep giving nods to each other's work. I couldn't help noticing that two characters have names that connect them to Buffy: Cyrus Xander and Clarisse Willow! It can't be a coincidence! Or was it Jane Espenson's wink at her former boss?

So I recommend Caprica to anyone who likes intelligent Sci-Fi. You don't even need to have seen BSG in order to understand it. But it's better to see to pilot, unspoiled!


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Richard Powers' Galatea 2.2  is terrific. I loved it. I can't believe that there isn't a lot more fans of Powers out there. He is a genius and manages to move me every time (I cried reading certain pieces from The Time of Our Singing!). For anyone interested, Galatea 2.2 tells the story of a writer anmed Richard Powers, who's going through a life crisis and gets involved by acognitive neurologist in a crazy project: building an intelligent machine, a machine who can read and comment on the readings in question. Here is what I wrote about the novel on my Goodreads account.

I have been pondering the ending scene again and the Starbuck mystery and here are some musing/rant/thoughts that came to me while reading stuff on battlestar_blog  and commenting on an entry over there.

( Spoilers for the finale of Battlestar Galactica )

First I wasn't sure, I even thought that I disliked certain things while watching the episode but, knowing myself, I might end finding the episode redeemable qualities and probably loving that finale! That's what I did with "Chosen" after all. It wasn't perfect of course, but it makes sense and provides a true closure to the characters' journey and to the main theme, just like Joss did at the end of BTVS. I must watch it again before I can make an articulate review. Here are a few thoughts though.

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Well, I am not a big fan of Starbuck's storylines because it's getting repetitive and boring (hasn't she ever been anything else than lost and messed-up since season 1? Her character has a pseudo-journey because of the mystery thing but zero development!) but "Someone to watch over Me" was definitely better than "Deadlock". The title of the episode could have been "The Great Bear".

Darn show!

( Someone to watch over me )

I'm caught up with my Friday's American tv shows, that are BSG , Battlestar Galactica and Terminator: The Sarah Connors Chronicles (yes that's a new addiction...I'm weak).

Let's start with BSG...

( Deadlock )

Didn't Ellen Tigh say that Saul had been frakking a doll ?

( The target )

Before signing off, here are some thoughts on Terminator: The Sarah Connors Chronicles

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When it comes to television, according to me, there's a holy trinity of god-writers: J. Whedon, R. Moore and S. Moffat. There are the tv Titans.

R. Moore may be less creative and eccentric than the two others, and Joss will always rule in the firmament, because of BTVS, if only for masterpieces like "Hush" and "Restless"–you won't find their equivalent anywhere on tv, but, even though R. Moore didn't provide brilliant episodes that reach such level, Battlestar Galactica is above any other shows these days quality-wise, and makes my day every week.

Thanks to mythical_bird  on battlestar_blog  I just read the cut-scene Ron Moore had written for "No Exit "and it thrilled me. The scene would probably have not worked on screen–too much exposition of meta-stuff there, too talkative, and as Giles would say too much of "a subtext turning into text"– but I like the fact that this was on the writer's mind, and how he uses the mythological basis of Western civilization (both Greek and Biblical) and therefore its literary foundations to make up this own show about humanity and family.

The BSG mantra "it happened and will happen again" thus not only refers to the main arc and various storylines in BSG but also to the writing of the show itself that keeps echoing ancient literary works. Meta-fiction indeed!

Also, about Dollhouse, I forgot to say yesterday that I enjoyed the "you can't fight a ghost" line. The ghost in the machine is obviously the theme of the show, both for Echo's journey and for Paul Ballard.

That frakking show never ceases to amaze me!

( Spoilerish thoughts on No Exit )

Besides still living in Marking Hell, I've come down with a sort of light flu so it took me some time to rewatch "A Disquiet Follows My Soul" and write down my review. I wasn't impressed by the episode the first time I watched it, but I liked it better the second time. Here is my take on it

( Spoilerish thoughts )

I've thought about "Sometimes a Great Notion" and I've read a few reviews, interviews and theories about it. So far here is where my mind has left me:

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 Also via battlestar_blogthis great interview with Tahmoh in which he talks about the series but especially about Helo. That's my guy!

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What a wonderful show! Television won't be the same without Battlestar Galactica. I can say that, despite the little Helo screentime, I loved 4x11!

Don't click on the lj-cut if you haven't seen it and wish not to be spoiled!

( D...like Devastated, Depressed, Dark, D'Anna, Death )

I've got to watch the episode again before I can post anything on BSG, but WOW !!!!

Found this Zap2it video via whedonesque . The interviewer doesn't do a good job, asking about either Battlestar Galactica or Dollhouse, but Tahmoh Penikett is superb (and tall!) and, as usual, a gentleman. It's funny to see that many Whedon fans who weren't into BSG are now falling in love with Mr Penikett. You just can't resist this guy.

Charm, thy name is Tahmoh!


Two days left before the return of Battlestar Galactica !!!!

BSG 4.5 starts in 8 days ! The ten last episodes of the best tv thing we've had since Buffy!

I wonder if anyone from my flist has been following the Sci-Fi "You Will Know The Truth" clues...16 so-called clues have been "revealed" so far.

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And Lost's new season begins on the 21th, so there will be more stuff to ponder soon...

Also I know I said last year that I would not watch Nip/Tuck anymore...Well, I'm weak. I gave in and watched episode 5x15...Nothing spectacular, as expected (the parallels have become sooooo not subtle), but I'm  a sucker for Sean/Christian and Christian/Liz !

I might have indulged in such bad treat because I'm having my implants surgery tomorrow morning, but in my case it's titanium in my jaw bone, not silicone in my chest. Is it the beginning of my turning into an artifical creature?

Some gentle soul uploaded the first webisode on youtube so I could watch it.

( The face of the enemy Part 1 )

All the Comic Con stuff made me want to rewatch the mid-season finale of Battlestar Galactica so I did it tonight.

( In which I stubbornly stick to my theory about the Fifth )