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Two interesting news stories this morning:
Ex-Slave Wins Landmark Case
A West African court has found Niger's government guilty of failing to protect a woman from slavery in a landmark case for the region.

Intern cracks cold murder case ... after 36 years
The person responsible for cracking the case is Gabrielle Wimer, a 24-year-old criminal-

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[sadiane]

I know I've read before that Xander was always closely based on Joss and the way he talks and thinks, but occasionally Joss comes out with quotes like that, which I can't help but hear in Nick's Xander voice.

The "were so great" attitude sort of ruined BSG for me. It's one of the big reasons I generally avoid "behind the scenes" stuff - I get all invested in the concept of these shows as cohesive works of art made by people who all like each other and love what they are doing, and watching the SG-1 extras just reinforced that. Normally, I refuse to watch anything labled "special features", but M insisted, and it just seemed like too much trouble to leave the room.

And BSG is a very good show, and I do think it's doing very good things for Sci-Fi and television in general. It just didn't work for me. And I don't think it's as good as it thinks it is - it's a problem I had with the latter seasons of West Wing, ALL of Studio 60, and most of the big "important" dramas. As soon as the show starts telling me it thinks it is great, there's very little chance its going to live up to that.