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Today I saw my family off, burned a whole whack of time, enjoyed Ensemble quite thoroughly and actually managed to make really good use of my leftover spoon or two when I got in to get a bunch of reading done. I'd meant to go on until ten, but my brain stopped working about twenty minutes short of that. So what did I do after that?
I'm actually addressing three episodes in here, only one of which I watched tonight. I am afraid I mislead you. (For shame!)
"Constellation of Doubt" was pretty nifty, even if the the idea that Pilot could recieve a transmision from Earth is patently ridiculous. (There's also no good reason John should have brought a football tape with him, considering he did not find out for some time that Aeryn had bought him a TV. How did they even go about making the technologies - it has to get power from Moya - compatible anyway?) I digress. It's worth the suspension of disbelief to explore Earth's reactions to their alien visitors. (Though a niggling little voice continues to insist that why in the HELL did John's family release ALL of the footage on the tapes? Seriously, they had to know how bad some of it looks.)
"Prayer" was passable. Aeryn saying prayers felt really out of character (she doesn't give up and start praying to merciless gods of old that easily!), but I did like learning bits of Sabatian lore. John and Scorpius's side trip was an interesting expedition (can I say again how wonderful Claudia Black is in her immitation of Chianna?), but it was too... wormholes are getting to be a little deus ex-y, convenient plot point-y. See all the Borg and time travel in Star Trek: Voyager for prime examples of that. Black really had her work cut out for her in that episode, didn't she?
"We're So Screwed" was quite reasonable and I think it's hilarious that they have to go and rescue Scorpius. And you know, I thought it was odd that the Scorpy-clone should so willingly submit to being got rid of when the one in the other John put up such a fight. (Oh noes! It's the big scary "Other". And yes, I am a geeky litt student!) Now I know.
Though I must admit, the Nosferatu Scorpius icon was a lot more entertaining when I thought it was some fan's mad genius creation.
I'm done like dinner. Perhaps more tommorow or on the weekend.
As soon as I get done with this season (which is the last anyway - only the mini-series to go), I'll be playing catch-up with Heroes.
I'm actually addressing three episodes in here, only one of which I watched tonight. I am afraid I mislead you. (For shame!)
"Constellation of Doubt" was pretty nifty, even if the the idea that Pilot could recieve a transmision from Earth is patently ridiculous. (There's also no good reason John should have brought a football tape with him, considering he did not find out for some time that Aeryn had bought him a TV. How did they even go about making the technologies - it has to get power from Moya - compatible anyway?) I digress. It's worth the suspension of disbelief to explore Earth's reactions to their alien visitors. (Though a niggling little voice continues to insist that why in the HELL did John's family release ALL of the footage on the tapes? Seriously, they had to know how bad some of it looks.)
"Prayer" was passable. Aeryn saying prayers felt really out of character (she doesn't give up and start praying to merciless gods of old that easily!), but I did like learning bits of Sabatian lore. John and Scorpius's side trip was an interesting expedition (can I say again how wonderful Claudia Black is in her immitation of Chianna?), but it was too... wormholes are getting to be a little deus ex-y, convenient plot point-y. See all the Borg and time travel in Star Trek: Voyager for prime examples of that. Black really had her work cut out for her in that episode, didn't she?
"We're So Screwed" was quite reasonable and I think it's hilarious that they have to go and rescue Scorpius. And you know, I thought it was odd that the Scorpy-clone should so willingly submit to being got rid of when the one in the other John put up such a fight. (Oh noes! It's the big scary "Other". And yes, I am a geeky litt student!) Now I know.
Though I must admit, the Nosferatu Scorpius icon was a lot more entertaining when I thought it was some fan's mad genius creation.
I'm done like dinner. Perhaps more tommorow or on the weekend.
As soon as I get done with this season (which is the last anyway - only the mini-series to go), I'll be playing catch-up with Heroes.