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Stargate Universe
Last night I finally scraped together the two hours to watch the premiere of Stargate Universe. Since the last two series really ran their course and deserved to end, I was skeptical. At first blush it appears that the show is just Atlantis + Voyager, shot in the documentary style that practically every sci-fi show since Firefly uses. But I enjoyed it, and figured we should have a place to discuss it. The TV landscape needs more real, good sci-fi: there's not a lot of it left, even on the moronically renamed Syfy channel. But maybe this one will have a solid season. I just hope that future episodes don't have so many commercials. I couldn't believe how many ads appeared during this thing.
Why is it that most of the time I see somebody in a wheelchair or electric scooter, they have two arms and two legs, none of their limbs are paralyzed, they're just obscenely fat? What is the purpose of giving a device to disgusting fatasses that prevents them from walking? Don't they need to do some walking more than anyone? Maybe they give them wheelchairs and electric scooters because their thighs cannot take the abrasion caused by that fat-waddle (sort of like a duck's waddle) they have to do in lieu of properly walking. When they're REALLY FAT they have that characteristic body odor no matter how often they bathe, probably because the bacteria that cause it can always find a new roll of fat to breed in. Hey, I know, let's keep making it easier and more convenient to be a disgusting fatass and then act surprised when there are more of them. That'd make us so clever. So yeah, more electric scooters please!
"I don't know that atheists should be considered citizens, nor should they be considered patriots." George HW Bush
I knew there was a reason I never liked that guy.
- card-carrying atheist, and proud of it
I couldn't believe how many ads appeared during this thing.
Unlike Taco, I would be very happy to see ridiculous numbers of adds during every episode of SGU. The reason is quite simple. Adds pay for TV. The shows exist as a way to get people to watch adds.
This means that a show on Network TV or "Basic Cable" will survive as long as it attracts enough adds to cover the cost of production and give the station a tidy profit. So I want adds on all the shows I love. Lots and lots of adds.
PS: This is true, even if I don't actually watch those adds.
--= Isn't it surprising how badly I spell ?