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[ladyaeryn]

I've finally found the solution to making it through road-trips with Dad and his wife: fully-charged iPod and laptop, complete with DVD. :) It's much easier to cut back snarky/bitchy replies to something she says that makes me want to scoff - if I don't hear what she says. ;) Just as well, she spent the better part of the way up to Missouri

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[lazypadawan]

I saw that ad too. Hubba, hubba.

[ladyaeryn]

Even if the movie ends up being meh, my eyes will at least have had an enjoyable time. ;)

[lazypadawan]

I agree. He shot that two years ago, when he had a little meat on him still and he had the longer hair. Drooool.

[krpalmer]

Hearing about your trip makes me think I should better realise how lucky I've been with my family, especially after two pre-holiday get-togethers this weekend. Your meeting with your grandfather sounds like a good one, though.

I did once see someone commenting that "the first season of Battlestar Galactica is great, but you have to get through the miniseries first," and while I don't dislike the miniseries, I can see the truth in that statement. At the start, the show may have been trying hard to prove how different a take it had on the basic concepts, story and character, of the original. After that setup, the first episode of the first season left me with a sort of "this is the greatest thing ever!" feeling, although that's since mellowed to a less demanding appreciation.

[ladyaeryn]

I haven't seen one iota of the original BSG series - maybe that's good, as I didn't have any preconceptions and wasn't looking at certain things/people and going "no, no, they got that ALL wrong..."

I think the biggest drawback for me with the mini was the characters - I just wasn't overly invested in any of them, and wouldn't have been too bummed if any of them had died. Not the best harbinger, considering it's basically a post-apocalyptic tale. ;) (Well, Boomer was kind of cute, I guess, though I was already spoiled for the big reveal on her character.) Which sort of surprised me, since I associate Ron Moore with some of my favorite character work on ST: TNG. I may give the series itself a shot somewhere down my Netflix queue, but right now, I'm kind of iffy.

[laariii]

the only thing that really annoyed me about the new Battlestar Galactica was that the actor for the "starbuck" character was female. it really annoys me partly because i like the character in the original series & there really was no need to create another "female" character.
Also the character comes across to me as not really being a women - just a man with boobs.

[ladyaeryn]

I've never seen the original BSG, so I was going in with pretty much no knowledge of how things were in the old series and therefore wasn't attached to any preexisting concept. I knew Starbuck had originally been a guy, but that was basically it.

Like I mentioned above, my big problem with the mini was that none of the characters really drew me in - Starbuck included. I like the premise, but if I don't care about any of the characters... not generally a good sign. ;)