Year: 2006

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BSG Blogging I BSG Blogging II Political relevance aside, the new BSG is just a damn fine show. The twenty-seventh hour screened last night, and, for my money, the twenty-seven hours thus far compare favorably with just about any comparable stretch of an hour long drama outside the Sopranos. On the question of whether television […]

Simplicity

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On January 7, 2006

It is, indeed, about the ingredients. Stop at Whole Paycheck on the way home after a movie, and one can make even a Friday night pathetically spent at home watching a regular-season NHL game tolerable

Armor

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On January 6, 2006

Military procurement is a disaster. Incidentally, this is why a free press is critical in times of war. Let’s see if Fox News picks up this story. My guess is no; anything that might reflect poo

BSG Blogging II: The Cylons

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On January 6, 2006
BSG Blogging I The Cylons of the new Battlestar Galactica aren’t quite like any other science fiction race I’m familiar with. DJW once told me that he hated Star Trek: First Contact (one of my favorite Star Trek movies) because it gave up on the Borg. The Borg, according to Dave, were the only species […]
This is the first of three posts on Battlestar Galactica, which resumes its second season on Sci-Fi tomorrow night. This first post deals with the question of civilian and military authority in BSG, while tomorrow’s post discusses the Cylons, and Saturday’s contains my general appraisal of the series. Why devote an entire post to civil-military […]
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