Chewsday...

I'm back on the coffee. Two weeks without it was quite an achievement, but seeing as I was still staying up all hours and just missing the taste I decided to cave in. Maybe I'll try the decaf stuff when I run out. The downside is that now I'm addicted to chai as well...

Was out last night watching a strange mix of swordplay, kabuki and demon slaying and forgot all about Life on Mars. Homechoice saved the day by 'recording' it for me - great application for people like me who stopped paying attention to TV schedules years ago.

I meant to mention the last episode of BSG over the weekend, but both the kitten and Jess proved too distracting. Every single episode has a couple of killer lines, but Edward James Olmos seems to get the best. Maybe it's just his delivery... ("see if he had time to eject...") great great stuff.

I'm concerned that they really will allow Mary McDonnell's character to die - as much as I relish the thought of a presidential Baltar I'd swallow any hokey 'cure' the writers can come up with to keep her on board.

Not being American I have no idea if TV Guide is still considered a big thing or if Matt Roush is a decent critic, but I do agree with him when he says:

No disrespect to Farscape or Firefly (which should be obvious if you've ever read me before), but Battlestar is hardly comparable to those more fanciful sci-fi/fantasy series.

BSG is head and shoulders better than both shows - mostly due to the gritty realism it brings to space opera. That said the contribution that Firefly's effects and feel for 'shooting in space' gave should not be overlooked. And the Baltar/6 relationship is nothing but a straight take from the Crichton/Harvey scenes from Farscape.

I just realised that I still haven't seen the Farscape finale. I must have had it for over a year or so now, but still don't really want to see the thing conclude...

[Music: Greenlight the Bombers]