if the series of Zs should always stay close to Z and never trend away

[enthusiastick]

I had a thoroughly excellent weekend. My party on Friday was a smashing success (by my standards anyway -- I had a good time, and no one seemed to have a terrible time.) I ended up showing the Linguini Incident, which some people seemed to like and others vocally hated. And then following that a handful of die-hards and those who were simply too lazy to get up stuck it out through Tampopo as well. The party format was all wrong for getting my various groups of friends to actually come together, but that was never really the point. Sure, I have hopes that in the future some select subgroups will meet and enjoy one another's company (and/or game together) but just at the moment I was mostly interested in filling a room with people I could count as my friends and feeling happier and more content for it. And I did that, and for me it was good.

And having my baby sister get to see it, too, didn't hurt matters any. I was very glad she decided to come.

Saturday sleetfall took me out for a birthday dinner at Trattoria Toscana in Fenway and it was heavenly, as well as being surpassingly affordable. I can easily see why its basically his favorite restaurant in Boston. Fenway is just a little out of the way for me, but I'll have to keep it in mind in the future anyhow. I missed good food, although it spoiled me thoroughly for the rest of the weekend.

Now, let's talk briefly about the Battlestar Galactica season finale. SPOILER ALERT: Having had something approximating a night's sleep to reflect on it, I have come to an inescapable conclusion: as is typical with that show, we walked away from last night's episode not actually knowing much more than we did going in. Except that Gaius Baltar was found not guilty, and that the Old Man voted to acquit him, which was pretty much the whole point of the episode. Those four people who all wandered into the same room? May or may not be Cylons. I'm leaning towards may. But the fact that they're approaching a nebula that for some reason appears to be broadcasting a Jimi Hendrix cover of a Bob Dylan song (and that, as the last shot of the episode reveals, Earth is really Earth-as-we-know-it) opens up some interesting possibilities. And the return of Starbuck allows for all sorts of wild speculation about the Lord of Kobol, Seraph, Ships of Light and what-have-you from the original series. I will say that Katee Sackhoff had the most perfect shit-eating grin plastered on her face for that shot -- very Starbuck, she nailed it. END SPOILERS. Also the fact that they're advertising it as coming back in 2008 is just completely unreasonable. Its barely 2007, people, I'm not going to get excited about an 8-month hiatus. I'm going to get annoyed at it. I know you need a break, but seriously.

Good thing I've got Doctor Who coming back this weekend. And Entourage, Heroes, the Sopranos, Stargate: Atlantis and my newfound love for the Riches to tide me over 'till then as well. Good television has officially made its comeback.

(And speaking of Doctor Who, theferrett has posted some interesting notions regarding his thoughts on the new series and his hope for series 3. I agree with some and disagree with others, but regardless they're certainly thought-provoking.)

Comments

[playinggodagain.livejournal.com]

I own and have watched the 1st 2 seasons of Entourage. What season are they up to and when does it air?

Also, I watched the first episode of The Riches, I have the 2nd recorded and I have tonight's set to record. Without giving anything away, how was the 2nd episode?

[pooka-madness.livejournal.com]

A "season" of TV has lost all meaning, particularly to networks like HBO. Season 1 of Entourage had 8 episodes, season 2 had 14. According to HBO this is the second half of season 3 (which will have 20 episodes), so you're missing a bit -- about twelve episodes which aired last year. The new ones start airing on April 8th.

The second episode of the Riches was good, although it maintained the mix of fun and serious tone from the pilot. I'm kind of falling love with that show a little, and its only barely started.

[playinggodagain.livejournal.com]

I read an article in the Metro that said they had to reshoot a bunch of the first episode because it was too dark.

That is saying a lot for FX.

[playinggodagain.livejournal.com]

Also, are they releasing the first half of Entourage Season 3 on DVD anytime soon?

[pooka-madness.livejournal.com]

What am I, Google?

According to HBO's website those DVDs will be released on April 3rd.

[playinggodagain.livejournal.com]

Bastards!

[dystopiac.livejournal.com]

We are just assuming it will be an 8 month hiatus and not longer. It's our pathetic sense of optimism. They made no statement about *January* 2008, though that is what we all seem to have taken it to mean (as that seems like a standard release time for the SciFi channel, near as I can remember). Unless you've seen additional information posted on the interweb?

[dystopiac.livejournal.com]

"Word is Sci-Fi is planning a Direct-to-DVD movie for in-between the 9 month break between the end of Season 3 and beginning of Season 4. The film will not resolve the cliffhanger of season 3's finale, but will be part of the shows story. Logically, the film will explain what has happened to Kara in preparation for her return in season 4."

[pooka-madness.livejournal.com]

That's interesting and potentially not terrible. Any chance I could get the source on that quote?

All along

[war-pug.livejournal.com]

There was no Hendrix! It would have been better if there were Hendrix.