Monthly Archives: February 2009

- It’s old school week! Here’s an interview with the old school Starbuck (i.e., Dirk Benedict).  It’s a very manly interview.

- Here’s another blog post by Mr. Benedict. And yet another. Suffice to say, he’s not happy with the new school.

- Recall that back in the early 1990s, Richard Hatch wanted to revive the franchise.  Out of his own pocket, and with generous fan support and lots of free sfx work from friendly pros, he created a trailer called “the second coming” that he used to shop the idea around. Go watch it here.  But be nice.  Remember it was the 90s, and it was done on less than a shoe string budget.  Considering all that, it’s actually quite impressive, though clearly very dated.  And it’s always nice to see the original Baltar.

- In new school BSG news, the composer for the series is now engaged.

On to tonight’s episode (spoilers below the fold):

Read the rest of this entry →

No post tonight. Sorry. My day job has taken me on the road the last few days, and I haven’t even had a chance to watch this week’s episode yet. I’ll try to put up the usual post tomorrow night (or soon thereafter). For now, feel free to use the comments section of this post as an open discussion thread about “The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham.”

UPDATE: Here’s my usual post.

This was a strong, dark episode, but to be perfectly honest, as good as these last two hours have been, I’m anxious to get back to the island. For that reason, I’m kind of glad this part of the story is over. Lots of significant things happened here, and the episodes continued its trend of piecing together elements from all four previous seasons, so it’s fair to say that the show is rewarding close watching and the devotion of its more obsessive fans.

Spoilers from this episode, and a bunch of other stuff, after the break.
Read the rest of this entry →

I think it’s pretty good. It has potential to get a lot better. I don’t think Eliza Dushku is all that great at the role, but she’s not sinking the ship, like that woman in Fringe. (And yeah, Walter is keeping that boat afloat.)
Read the rest of this entry →

Well, last week has prompted a flurry of attempts to explain last weeks explanations.

- “Hercules” at AICN tries to make it all make sense here. He doesn’t quite succeed, but it’s a valiant effort.

- However, the BSG writers and crew actually explain most of it here. This Q&A makes more sense than last week’s episode – if you want to know, go there.  Perhaps they should just have Ron Moore read the Writer’s Bible or whatever for the last hour of the finale.

- The composer of BSG, instead of posting a score analysis on his blog as usual, interviewed the final five, with interesting results.  Check it out here.

Spoilers below the fold.

Read the rest of this entry →

This episode managed to be compelling despite having very little screen time for the island and lots of screen time for Jack. That’s quite an accomplishment.

Spoilers from tonight’s episode after the jump.

Read the rest of this entry →