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I come to bury Battlestar Galactica, not to praise it. BSG, now in its fourth and final season, once defined everything that was great in modern science fiction. If you had asked me back in 2004 whether I would have been happy with the show ending after four seasons, I would have screamed bloody murder about the network executives not realizing what a great show they had on their hands. Ending such greatness after only four seasons would be such a shame! But after watching season 3, I actually wonder how the hell the show has made it this far. It used to be the greatest science fiction show on the planet but is now almost a parody of itself. And the saddest part is that it doesn't have to end this way. Part way through season 4, I see a lot of improvement, but there is still a lot of work to be done.
I've spoken several times about my Man Crushes, but I haven't dedicated any space to talk about the women that make me swoon. It's no secret that I love Tyra Banks but she is not the only person who makes me go ga-ga. In general, I don't think I have a "type", but if I had to choose, I would go with brunette over blonde, butt over boobs, and brains over most anything else. Extra points if they have an independent streak or are mildly crazy.
I was watching Law and Order (the original) last night, and I have come to realize that I have a big crush an Alana De La Garza who plays A.D.A. Connie Rubirosa. Brunette? Check. Butt? She's part Hispanic, so check. Brains? Well, she plays a lawyer on TV, and that is good enough for me. The Assistant District Attorneys on Law and Order have provided me a lot of crush material. Jill Hennessy as Claire Kincaid. Yes. Carey Lowell as Jamie Ross? Yes (who says no to a Bond Girl?). Angie Harmon as Abbie Carmichael. Oh hell yes (you know she loves the NY Giants)! Elisabeth Rohm as Serena Southerlyn? She was blonde, but when it came to fighting back against her bosses, she was top notch. Annie Parisse as Alexandra Borgia? She was taken from us too soon, and for sure.
On last night's episode, Connie is assigned to be the legal aid attorney for a suspected double murderer. Although she signed up for her job to put people like him behind bars, she does her best as his attorney, and completely destroyed her boss in the courtroom and made Detective Anthony Anderson look like a fool. Connie has been with us for a couple of seasons now, and with the way the A.D.A.s move through this show, she might not be around very long, so enjoy her while you can.
Although I was slightly late to the game, I became a huge fan of Veronica Mars. I hated that the show was taken away from us, but I always felt like I would get to see our favorites move on to bigger and better things. Kristen Bell is hot and talented, so you know she is going to be around, but what about the little people? Well, we don't have to worry about them either. I caught Percy Daggs, who played Veronica's sidekick Wallace, in a new role...
This movie clip is from A.I. Assault and carries the tag line Programmed To Think. Wired To Destroy. If that doesn't suck you in, try the plot synopsis:
When a plane carrying a pair of top secret military robots crashes on a deserted Pacific island, a team of Navy seals must find them and turn them off as soon as possible for the longer they are activated, the smarter they become.
Still haven't sucked you in? Tony Gonzalez makes a cameo! Yes, the Kansas City Chiefs star tight end apparently decided to try a little acting on the side. He is co-piloting a plane with George Takei at the helm, and, well, let's just say he's no match for secret military robots. In the battle of professional athletes who moonlight as co-pilots, you have to give the edge to Kareem Abdul-Jabar.
Hulu gives me the ability to embed full episodes of the shows they have on their site. Here I give you Season 1, Episode 3 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I love it because it gives us a good look at Cordelia, and I do love Charisma Carpenter, although not quite as much as I love SMG. Hulu is by no means perfect, and although they have lots of high quality content, they will need to work on making sure there is as much new content as possible every single week. If they don't continue adding seasons to their back catalog, people will get bored with what they have. It has to be more than a way to sell DVDs, and if they ever want to reign supreme, they will need to find a way to make that content portable and get it to your television. But that is the problem for NBC and FOX. Until then, I'll enjoy the freebies while they last, and move on to the next thing when Hulu begins to suck. But with all those episodes of Remington Steele available, that may be a long way off.
Yes, the creators of TVgasm are very excited about the new season of Big Brother. I have always thought it would be safe to do two seasons of Big Brother. Yes, the Amazing Race kind of over did it with two seasons a year, but if Big Brother does to seasons maybe every other year, it opens up a lot of possibilities. For example, Big Brother All Stars would have been a perfect second season. The picture above is from a simpler time. Who knows, maybe Big Brother will inspire me to write again.... You know what I'm talking about - the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. Tyra Banks is no longer part of the show, but Heidi Klum will be rocking it, as will the preposterously hot Adriana Lima, and the stunning newcomer Selita Ebanks. I don't hang out on YouTube often, but after seeing that the good people at Victoria's Secret have been posting various clips of the fashion, I have been checking back for new stuff every day. After the NFL and Heroes, this is why I wanted to get HD.
When I was still writing for TVgasm, I think my favorite show to recap was Heroes. Hiro is one of my favorite characters, but he has been sucking a little bit this year since he decided to stay in 19th century Japan. I like that he gets to meet his hero, but I feel his love story is forced, and the time paradoxes the writers must deal with are starting to really weigh on the rest of show. And now with an alternate-ending paradox to go along with the time travel, things are going to start to get crazy. The writers are on strike, but I hope that they spend some of that time in the picket line thinking about how to make things a little more consistent. Still love the show though.
I know that other people's have talked about it, but what is up with the My Two Dads impersonation on Heroes? I am still loving this season, but whenever I see Parkman and Mohinder in that apartment trying to take care of a this girl who is having nightmare about this killer, I just start laughing. I'm waiting for Florence Stanley to come in and fix everything. If NBC was smart, they would at least throw in a Dick Butkus cameo or something; that would be almost as good as seeing George Takei. My Two Dads was on NBC as well, so I am sure that this is all in the works, or at least it should be.
Since I left TVgasm, I have watched a lot less television. One show I never thought I would give up is America's Next Top Model. I love Tyra, I love the show. However, I just haven't been able to get into Cycle 9. I watched the first episode, but haven't seen it since, and I am not going through withdrawal. It's blasphemy, I know. But it's also true. I still have those episodes on the Tivo, so I will get to them eventually, but at my own pace. Hopefully this won't affect Tyra when I ask her to marry me, but you know how fickle women can be.
In the meantime, I am powering through my Netflix queue at a more regular pace. Last two movies were Roll Bounce and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. I saw the former with a few friends of mine in anticipation for a roller skating party (yes, I was on skates. no, there are no pictures. yes, I had fun) and the latter because it was featured in Veronica Mars. I actually liked Bow Wow and Chi McBride more than Robert Downey Jr. and Val Kilmer.
I guess all that separates Anne Heche's almost-ex-husband from a typical college student is a Playstation and a bong.
This year, the judges have loved Natasha. I have not. Perhaps she deserved to stick around after Dion, but I really thought they would get rid of her before Renee. When Renee was eliminated, I vowed to give up ANTM (for one season) if Natasha won. Jaslene has that jaw, but I think she deserved the win.
