I’m about one-third-ish the way through Battlestar Galactica now. I’ve finished the miniseries and season 1, and am about 6 episodes into season 2.
I will now take a moment to say to everyone who’s been on my case to watch BSG, “Thank you for your persistence.” I do like it. A lot. More than I thought I would considering I went into it grumpy and not looking for another fandom to be sucked into. I think I’ve leveled up my geek cred as well now that I know what “Frak” means and nearly said, “Thank the Gods” this weekend.
Some thoughts so far:
- Every time they mention the planet Kobol, I think of Cobol and it feels like a little mental speedbump.
- The Cylon raider ships are the wickedest (and by that I mean evil) looking ships I’ve ever seen.
- I love the sound the ships make when they fire their weapons.
- I want to live on Cloud Nine.
- Starbuck is a badass who should figure out who the hell she loves and quit jumping into bed with every guy BUT the one I think she really loves.
- I’ve had to call my grandfather twice for Navy rank advice (I didn’t know what an ‘X-O’ was.)
- I can’t look at Colonel Tigh’s manipulative, power-hungry, slutty wife without seeing snobby, slutty Benny from “Pretty in Pink.”
- Bridget Jones best friend Dr. Baltar does an amazing job keeping the crazy from leaking out.
- I’m a little put off by all the religion, but I’m willing to deal.
- It took me a while to work out the “human” looking Cylons and what their deal was, but I think I’ve got it now.
I’m watching a few more episodes tonight, and thanks to a coworker, I’ll have the season 3 DVDs to devour soon.
I really am enjoying the show and am preparing to be pissed off that the rest of season 4 won’t be airing until next year with the rest of their legion of fans.
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