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rachg82I think it's funny how I went so long without posting in my lj until just a month ago or so, when I was like "well, I don't have to contstantly talk about my life only. I can go back to just talking about tv," and then it was like BAM. Wondrous tv. And now I update constantly again. It amuses me.
It's just too bad most of my old flist have lives now (where do you pick those up, btw?) and are only on here periodically to read/comment, so I kind of feel like I'm talking into a void. But that's okay, because I know folks will read it eventually and in the meantime it lets me vent my epic flailyness without restraint. Which is probably a good thing, because no one in my real life is watching Bones or Battlestar Galactica. (well, except you, Jen. But you are way behind on your Bones watching, missy. *gives stern disapproving look of shame* Hee) So it's pretty much this: write about my tv love affairs here, or probably resort to situations like this at work:
Me: *peeks head over cubicle* Hey there fellow coworker, guess what I did this weekend?
Coworker: What?
Me: I watched season 4.0 Battlestar Galactica DVDs, that's what! And you know what else?
Coworker: Um, what? *eyes me nervously*
Me: IT IS AWESOME AND ROSLIN AND ADAMA ARE MEANT TO BE, DO YOU HEAR ME? MEANT TO BEEEEEEEE!
Coworker: That's. . .that's great, Rachael. Maybe you should take a sick day, yeah?
Not to mention how God help us when Bones starts new episodes in the fall. The world may implode from the squee. I already drive my sister nuts talking about these shows and she's all "I won't watch those shows because I'm stubborn and crazy," and so she just doesn't get it. Kind of like how she won't watch Buffy. WHATEVER, man. Although, um, so remember that time when I was the one who wouldn't watch Buffy? Or anything on the WB? And was all "What the hell is this Buffy shit? And whatever to livejournal! I'll never do either!" And then remember that time when I totally did both? And that time I bought all seven seasons of Buffy on DVD and then also almost all of Gilmore Girls, and was like "Why didn't anyone tell me how awesome these shows were?" And my flist was like "WE DID, FOR LIKE THREE YEARS." And I was like "oh yeah, right." Tee hee.
Speaking of squee-implosions, I need to talk about the Bones promo I saw last week for the new fall season (Cam, did you just say what I think you just said?), and my thoughts on the So You Think You Can Dance finale, aaaaaand commentary + recap on two of the most epic squee-worthy shipperific episodes ever of Battlestar Galactica (Roslin and Adama in Sine Qua Non and The Hub, ohhhhhhhmyyyyyyyGod. It's like Mulder and Scully everytime she got in danger, except IN SPACE. With VISIONS. P.S. spoilers this time, because the uncensored flail: she cannot be denied, cap'n).
#1, the Bones promo. I was fast-forwarding through So You Think You Can Dance on my DVR, and then screeched to a halt when I saw Booth's face come on the screen. Here's pretty much how it went down:
Me: "Wait a tic', is that Booth? Hang on, is THIS A NEW PROMO?"
*hits stop and rewinds frantically*
Me two seconds later: Cam, oh my God, CAM. Why are you so fucking fantastic? "You're in love with Dr. Brennan." PREACH IT, SISTER.
and, also:
"Booth!Stubble, hmm. You're lookin' kinda cute there, Booth."
and
"Oh but hi there, Brennan's cleavage. I missed you."
and
"But please, Booth, don't do the smile and the goofy whippin' out the badge thing. NO MORE GOOFINESS FOR YOU THIS SEASON. YOUR GOOF!PRIVILEGES HAVE HEREBY BEEN REVOKED UNTIL YOU SPAZZ THE HELL DOWN."
and finally
"Look at how Booth is looking at Bones! And look how she's smiling back! How does their love not break the glass on my tv with its all-consuming adorableness?!"
I am so, so excited for the new season. And yet also nervous. Please, my beloved show, keep up the upward trend you had toward the end of the last season (but no more bait-and-switches or Stewie cameos please, kthnx), and make me truly proud of you again. I mean, don't get me wrong, like I said in my long in-depth Let's Analyze Season 4 of Bones post a while back, I still enjoyed season 4. There was plenty of stuff in there to love and reasons to recommend the show. But it just wasn't as consistent and strong as it was in the first couple years. I want my old "non-stop full of win" Bones back, okay? And aw, I feel so bad criticizing my Bones. I love my show. But it was rocky this last season, there's just no denying it. I crit because I care, y'all.
I would like to add though, in case I end up being right, that there's a part of me that's wondered since I first saw the season finale whether the bait-and-switch really wasn't a bait-and-switch. As in, maybe that's them in the future. I know I'm not the only one who has theorized this, so I know it's not totally crazy, but I don't want to give the writers that much credit and then be wrong. Still, though. If it turns out to be right? That's pretty damn ballsy. I mean, 'cause otherwise? What the shit was up with the clocks? And the pink robe? AND THE CLOCKS? Seriously, this has been torturing me all summer.
All right, I've got to learn to let it go. I'll just put it in the same file with "Triangle" from The X-Files, when I was like "So this is Mulder time-traveling? But no, because Scully and Cancer-Man and everyone is there. So it's, what? An alternate universe? Why is there a 1939 alternate X-Files universe? And how does sending it back into the Bermuda Triangle save our future? Okay, so nevermind, it was all just a dream, right? Mulder, way to dream about kissing Scully. But no, why does your cheek hurt? It's because your face got hit in your dumbass non-prepared rickety rowboat, right? Chris Carter, STOP MESSING WITH ME. A SHIPPER CAN ONLY HANDLE SO MANY YEARS OF THESE SHENANIGANS."
But then I'd always be like "Hey, remember that time when Scully got all dressed up with finger-curls and a hot red dress and made out with Mulder and punched him in the face? Good times, good times." So, see? I learned how to let it go. Live and learn. It's what watching The X-Files does to a girl.
#2. So You Think You Can Dance. I don't know if I have too much to say about this topic, but I had to at least write something about the finale. I liked it, as I do much pretty much all their finales. Not quite as much as last year's, which was all about bringing back old dancers and seeing Nigel and Mary dance at the same time as also showcasing the best dances of that year. This time it was mostly just the showcasing and no looking back down memory lane. Which is fair though, because they did just do that a little with the 100th episode. Plus, we did get to see the judges AND the choreographers dance this time, but only a little. I would've really liked to see them do the whole routine, instead of just the ending. That would've been so effing awesome. But even so, seeing them in their tophats and their big smiles, all jazz-hands-y? LOVED IT. Please show, do this every year, will you?
I was hoping I would see Melissa & Ade's ballet again, and I also really wanted to see Ashley and Kupono's Crash Test Dummies dance again (I loved Ashley, man. I was sad when she got cut). But alas. I loved all the rest of the dances though. The addiction piece moved me even more this time. Literally brought tears to my eyes, it was so beatiful. And while I was less sucker-punched by the cancer routine this time, I still loved it and was really happy they chose to make that the final dance of the evening (even though I totally knew they would). I also enjoyed the cut to Christina Applegate crying in the audience after it ended. So random, heh. You big softie, Christina Applegate!
I was sad Kayla was the first to be cut. I wasn't too surprised though. And I've gotta say, I love how this show sends people home with the "we love you" montage and the standing ovation. And how on the finale anyone going home gets the big ole bouquet and everything. It's very anti competition-reality tv in that it's positive and celebratory and not just "let's watch the sad loser contestant pack their belongings and walk off into the distance alone."
I was relieved Evan didn't win. Once I knew he wasn't going to win, I was able to go back to enjoying him again. Heh. Yes, I'm complicated.
Brandon did a great job, but I was definitely satisifed with Jeanine winning and think she really pulled through in the latter part of the season. Plus watching her old dances made me remember how much I did like her (the contemporary piece between her and Jason was one of my favorites from the season, for sure. And note how the choreographer--Travis--was a contestant on which season? Season 2? Which is whose favorite season? Oh right, mine. Heh). So, congrats to her. I heard a rumor afterward that she donated her money to an alzheimers charity. Does anyone know if that's true? Because if it is, holy shit. A quarter of a million dollars, and you give the whole thing up? Not just 10% of it or something to be noble? The whole dang thing? Wow. That's seriously impressive and if true makes me like her even more.
I kind of wish the show would give them a dance contract or something similar again though, like how they used to. The money's great, but I liked when they used to give them a gig in Vegas or whatever. Oh well.
Also? Just in case any of you think you're safe 'til next summer because the season ended, they're going to do the next season in the fall for the first time. Whoo-boy. I'm not sure if I can handle so much Dance-Ecstacy in one year. I'm so excited ("and I just can't hide it! I'm about to lose control and I think I like it!"[/flashdance moment])
#3. Battlestar Galactica Season 4.0. Okay, so I rented season 4.0, right? Because this silly show likes to occasionally split a season in two and then sell each half individually at the price of a normal season (what's the deal with that? Seriously, if an old-time fan comes across this and knows the deets, please share). And then I proceeded to watch pretty much the whole thing over the last few days.
And yeah. I kinda need season 4.5. Kinda like now. And kinda also need to purchase both, immediately.
Like I said in my last post, I did think it started out a tad slow, but HOLY MOTHER did it pick up. And, um, yeah, there are so many OMFG moments in season 4.0 that I can't even talk about all the episodes in one post (seriously, you have no idea). I'm going to have to divide them into different entries. For today, I have to talk about "Sine Qua Non," and "The Hub," which are toward the end of 4.0 (so I know I'm a weirdo for going all out of order and what-not), but which made me so crazy & flaily that I absolutely have to talk about them. I've been pretty much bursting at the seams to talk about these episodes with anyandeveryone ALL DAY.
In a nutshell: "SINE QUA NON" + "THE HUB" = ROSLIN & ADAMA OTP FOREVER. NO MORE VAGUE SECRET DATING. WE ARE GOING FOR IT, PEOPLE.
I am for serious.
For my X-Files peeps, here's a quick summary of the two eps to catch you up to speed: remember how every time Scully would go missing, Mulder would go all WOE IS ME and stop everything to find her? Do crazy things like go to Antarctica and wave guns in people's faces threatening them? This ep is totes the Battlestar Galactica version of that. And it is soooooooooo gooooooood, oh my God.
And! That's just part of the first ep. In the second, it's also all "Laura Roslin, this is your life, and the universe is going to show you sad visions of your death making Rachael weep and sob and cry, all in order to push you into telling Adama you love him." And then? SHE TELLS HIM SHE LOVES HIM.
Seriously? I'm having shipper palpitations just thinking about it.
AND I'M NOT EVEN DONE.
In Sine Qua Non, everyone is so concerned for Adama, yo. They're all shooting him sad and worried faces, like "we know you love her, dude. And we forgive you for acting crazy." And Tigh! Oh my God, Tigh. He is such a good BFF. He's so protective of Bill, getting all up in the Six's grill, because he knows "the old man" can't handle losing Laura this way. *sniff*
And then the lawyer guy takes Adama aside to explain to him that Roslin is his "Sine Qua Non," which is to paraphrase "if you don't have this person, you are nothing." And Adama doesn't even try to deny it. Instead, he resigns as Admiral (because he's doing insane things like expecting the entire fleet to risk their lives to save his girlfriend) and GOES TO SAVE HER ALL BY HIMSELF IN HIS OLD "HUSKER" RAPTOR.
Gaaaaaaaaaaah.
And then Lee is all "Dad, what if I order you not to do this? WHY are you doing this?" And Adama's like "Because I can't live without her."
*passes out*
Oh, and did I mention that in the midst of all this Lee becomes the interim president? This show is full of crazy. I totally expected that one, though. Heh.
And lest we forget, Adama totally gets in a fistfight with Tigh about the whole thing! Adama finds out what sorts of icky stuff Tigh's been up to with the Six (seriously, creeped me out a little) and Tigh turns it around like "yeah, well you're willing to go on a suicide mission to save a chick. Pot, meet kettle." And then Adama's like "you watch what you say about that woman!" AND THEN THEY KICK EACH OTHER'S ASSES.
Even better, while this fight is going on (and I'm trying not to laugh at them fighting, because it's supposed to be a serious moment, but I can't help it), they break his model ship. And that's when I lost it. And was like "Oh my God, how many times has he had to fix that thing?" And then Adama says the same thing! Hahaha. *hugs show*
Can I also take a moment to mention how much it hurt my heart how Adama was talking to her doctor about what being without treatment would do to her cancer and was all with the making sad faces, and then how he finds the book all burned up? Gah, the book! The book which he's been reading to her at her bedside? The book that is his favorite of all time but which he's never finished because he loved it so much he didn't want it to end? The one he's going to finish now because Laura doesn't have time to wait and finish it someday? Because she doesn't have a distant someday anymore? The book that is a total metaphor for how he feels about her (listen to the words of the story, yo. And how he doesn't want it to end? *sob*)? And the book that she was clutching to her chest like a security blanket on her way to the basestar, but which got left in the raptor for him to find all burned and destroyed later? *sobs again*
You see? Even something as small as a book in this ep is magic.
By the time Sine Qua Non was ending, I was becoming a blubbery mess over everything. Even Starbuck and Lee saluting him as he walked to his raptor was killing me. And the "Nothin' but the rain" bit? Jesus. Show, cut it out!
And now: We cut to "The Hub," where the awesome changes direction but maintains its speed.
I loved this episode so, so much. First off, it was SO FUNNY. I don't know if they meant for it to be funny, or if others even found parts of it funny (because it's also got so much angst, I can see how people would forget the funny bits). But holy hell, I missed seeing Baltar and Roslin forced to interact in such close proximity. It totally brought me back to the beginning of the show, when he was just the crazy scientist and she was always shooting him the *eyebrow* and the "What the fuck ever, dude" glances. And seeing them stuck together while also trying to make sense of the hybrid? "No, open the door! Open the door!" Seriously, I COULD NOT STOP LAUGHING.
Also? Baltar and the Centurion? The whole time, I was like "Baltar shut the fuck up before you convince this newly sentient robot to kill everyone. But P.S. I love you because you are fucking hilarious right now."
It's nice to see Baltar taking a break from the Messiah gig to bring the funny again. He made me laugh for like a minute straight after Roslin decided not to *murder him* and let him bleed to death (just soak that in, hee), when he was all "Thank you," and she was like "for what? It's the least I could do," and he was like (all British and stuttery) "for, well, essentially for not killing me. I love living. Thank you, I love living." Hahaha. Not to mention how he was randomly all "you're pretty" while woozy from the blood loss. And she was like "WTF?" Hee.
Baltar! I love you.
Also something I loved in this ep? Roslin's visions. And the priest coming back! I liked her! It was so nice seeing her come back. And the whole thing I thought was so symbolic of how I think Roslin really feels or at least what she fears, with the Battlestar being empty, and the implication that her death will bring pain to everyone around her, and the addressing how Roslin has cut herself off from her people a little bit emotionally (not that she doesn't care, but that she won't let them dissuade her actions. Think Buffy in the final season and her struggle to let others in while retaining the distance and authority necessary to properly lead). I also liked when Roslin was like "are you my subconscious? I should be less full of myself," when it was discussed whether the fleet would basically die along with her. Hee. Roslin, I heart you.
(also loved how the people at her bedside were Adama, Lee, and Starbuck. They are totally her family, aw!)
But beyond that, you know I'm saving the best part of the vision for last. The vision of her death with Adama standing there holding her hand, Oh my God. Adama's crying BROKE ME. Like completely fucking broke me. And when he's like "You go. You go. Go rest now. I'm done being selfish." *cue sobbing on my part* And then! He takes his old wedding ring! AND PUTS IT ON HER HAND.
I can't. . .I just. . .can't take it.
How am I going to deal with the finale? HOW?
And while this is happening, the vision!priest is giving the best speech ever regarding why she shouldn't let Baltar die (again, hee. I just love that this was a debate for her. She just fucking hates his ass so much. She's probably got an airlock named after him and everything. Ha). All "the more difficult it is to justify a person's right to draw breath, the more crucial it is. A bad man feels his death as keenly as a good man."
Show, I fucking love you.
This is all after Baltar finally, FINALLY confesses to Roslin his role in the attacks on Caprica, which you know she's been waiting to hear forever. (hence the "maybe I should remove your bandages and let you die, you motherfrakker" move on Roslin's part) But then she totally decides to forgive him, at least enough to let him live. And she cries while she does it, all "what was I about to just do?" This episode is totally "let's have Roslin and Baltar bond but in a really frakked up way."
And all because this priest shows her Adama crying over her sad, dead body, and tells her "Just love someone, Laura. Just love someone."
So, then! (did you think this was over? You thought wrong) Laura is talking to the vision!priest again, saying vague things about how maybe there really is a home out there for her, and the priest is like "maybe closer than you think."
*cue space-shot of Adama in his raptor*
Me: Aww, even the editing in this episode is a shipper. Is it my birthday?
Aaaaaaaand, wait for it, wait for it, guess what happens next?
Adama lands in the raptor (why not in the usual gooey blood-vessely cylon room? Who knows. Just go with it), and walks out in his uniform all misty-eyed and triumphant, like "Hi, I'm your knight in shining space armor. Here to be saving you now. Even though you're Laura Roslin, the HBIC of Space, who doesn't need saving as evidenced by the fact that you choose to remain a hostage in the next episode to save the people. But I'm here because you're my Sine Qua Non and did you know we are vision!married now? How about that?"
Okay, so no he doesn't say any of that. Hee. Here's what actually happens:
Adama: *walks out of the raptor with the aforementioned misty-eyed triumphantness*
they gaze at one another; Rachael watches from home with a handkerchief clutched to her chest because she's in full-on Victorian Maiden With a Case of the Vapors mode now
Adama: "Missed you."
Roslin: "Me too."
They embrace. I sniffle
Roslin: *crying happily and smiling* "I love you." (!!!)
Adama: *smiles back* "About time."
*Cut to shot of Rachael flailing around the room like a mad woman*
END SCENE.
God, THIS SHOOOOOOOOOW, I love it so much!
It's just too bad most of my old flist have lives now (where do you pick those up, btw?) and are only on here periodically to read/comment, so I kind of feel like I'm talking into a void. But that's okay, because I know folks will read it eventually and in the meantime it lets me vent my epic flailyness without restraint. Which is probably a good thing, because no one in my real life is watching Bones or Battlestar Galactica. (well, except you, Jen. But you are way behind on your Bones watching, missy. *gives stern disapproving look of shame* Hee) So it's pretty much this: write about my tv love affairs here, or probably resort to situations like this at work:
Me: *peeks head over cubicle* Hey there fellow coworker, guess what I did this weekend?
Coworker: What?
Me: I watched season 4.0 Battlestar Galactica DVDs, that's what! And you know what else?
Coworker: Um, what? *eyes me nervously*
Me: IT IS AWESOME AND ROSLIN AND ADAMA ARE MEANT TO BE, DO YOU HEAR ME? MEANT TO BEEEEEEEE!
Coworker: That's. . .that's great, Rachael. Maybe you should take a sick day, yeah?
Not to mention how God help us when Bones starts new episodes in the fall. The world may implode from the squee. I already drive my sister nuts talking about these shows and she's all "I won't watch those shows because I'm stubborn and crazy," and so she just doesn't get it. Kind of like how she won't watch Buffy. WHATEVER, man. Although, um, so remember that time when I was the one who wouldn't watch Buffy? Or anything on the WB? And was all "What the hell is this Buffy shit? And whatever to livejournal! I'll never do either!" And then remember that time when I totally did both? And that time I bought all seven seasons of Buffy on DVD and then also almost all of Gilmore Girls, and was like "Why didn't anyone tell me how awesome these shows were?" And my flist was like "WE DID, FOR LIKE THREE YEARS." And I was like "oh yeah, right." Tee hee.
Speaking of squee-implosions, I need to talk about the Bones promo I saw last week for the new fall season (Cam, did you just say what I think you just said?), and my thoughts on the So You Think You Can Dance finale, aaaaaand commentary + recap on two of the most epic squee-worthy shipperific episodes ever of Battlestar Galactica (Roslin and Adama in Sine Qua Non and The Hub, ohhhhhhhmyyyyyyyGod. It's like Mulder and Scully everytime she got in danger, except IN SPACE. With VISIONS. P.S. spoilers this time, because the uncensored flail: she cannot be denied, cap'n).
#1, the Bones promo. I was fast-forwarding through So You Think You Can Dance on my DVR, and then screeched to a halt when I saw Booth's face come on the screen. Here's pretty much how it went down:
Me: "Wait a tic', is that Booth? Hang on, is THIS A NEW PROMO?"
*hits stop and rewinds frantically*
Me two seconds later: Cam, oh my God, CAM. Why are you so fucking fantastic? "You're in love with Dr. Brennan." PREACH IT, SISTER.
and, also:
"Booth!Stubble, hmm. You're lookin' kinda cute there, Booth."
and
"Oh but hi there, Brennan's cleavage. I missed you."
and
"But please, Booth, don't do the smile and the goofy whippin' out the badge thing. NO MORE GOOFINESS FOR YOU THIS SEASON. YOUR GOOF!PRIVILEGES HAVE HEREBY BEEN REVOKED UNTIL YOU SPAZZ THE HELL DOWN."
and finally
"Look at how Booth is looking at Bones! And look how she's smiling back! How does their love not break the glass on my tv with its all-consuming adorableness?!"
I am so, so excited for the new season. And yet also nervous. Please, my beloved show, keep up the upward trend you had toward the end of the last season (but no more bait-and-switches or Stewie cameos please, kthnx), and make me truly proud of you again. I mean, don't get me wrong, like I said in my long in-depth Let's Analyze Season 4 of Bones post a while back, I still enjoyed season 4. There was plenty of stuff in there to love and reasons to recommend the show. But it just wasn't as consistent and strong as it was in the first couple years. I want my old "non-stop full of win" Bones back, okay? And aw, I feel so bad criticizing my Bones. I love my show. But it was rocky this last season, there's just no denying it. I crit because I care, y'all.
I would like to add though, in case I end up being right, that there's a part of me that's wondered since I first saw the season finale whether the bait-and-switch really wasn't a bait-and-switch. As in, maybe that's them in the future. I know I'm not the only one who has theorized this, so I know it's not totally crazy, but I don't want to give the writers that much credit and then be wrong. Still, though. If it turns out to be right? That's pretty damn ballsy. I mean, 'cause otherwise? What the shit was up with the clocks? And the pink robe? AND THE CLOCKS? Seriously, this has been torturing me all summer.
All right, I've got to learn to let it go. I'll just put it in the same file with "Triangle" from The X-Files, when I was like "So this is Mulder time-traveling? But no, because Scully and Cancer-Man and everyone is there. So it's, what? An alternate universe? Why is there a 1939 alternate X-Files universe? And how does sending it back into the Bermuda Triangle save our future? Okay, so nevermind, it was all just a dream, right? Mulder, way to dream about kissing Scully. But no, why does your cheek hurt? It's because your face got hit in your dumbass non-prepared rickety rowboat, right? Chris Carter, STOP MESSING WITH ME. A SHIPPER CAN ONLY HANDLE SO MANY YEARS OF THESE SHENANIGANS."
But then I'd always be like "Hey, remember that time when Scully got all dressed up with finger-curls and a hot red dress and made out with Mulder and punched him in the face? Good times, good times." So, see? I learned how to let it go. Live and learn. It's what watching The X-Files does to a girl.
#2. So You Think You Can Dance. I don't know if I have too much to say about this topic, but I had to at least write something about the finale. I liked it, as I do much pretty much all their finales. Not quite as much as last year's, which was all about bringing back old dancers and seeing Nigel and Mary dance at the same time as also showcasing the best dances of that year. This time it was mostly just the showcasing and no looking back down memory lane. Which is fair though, because they did just do that a little with the 100th episode. Plus, we did get to see the judges AND the choreographers dance this time, but only a little. I would've really liked to see them do the whole routine, instead of just the ending. That would've been so effing awesome. But even so, seeing them in their tophats and their big smiles, all jazz-hands-y? LOVED IT. Please show, do this every year, will you?
I was hoping I would see Melissa & Ade's ballet again, and I also really wanted to see Ashley and Kupono's Crash Test Dummies dance again (I loved Ashley, man. I was sad when she got cut). But alas. I loved all the rest of the dances though. The addiction piece moved me even more this time. Literally brought tears to my eyes, it was so beatiful. And while I was less sucker-punched by the cancer routine this time, I still loved it and was really happy they chose to make that the final dance of the evening (even though I totally knew they would). I also enjoyed the cut to Christina Applegate crying in the audience after it ended. So random, heh. You big softie, Christina Applegate!
I was sad Kayla was the first to be cut. I wasn't too surprised though. And I've gotta say, I love how this show sends people home with the "we love you" montage and the standing ovation. And how on the finale anyone going home gets the big ole bouquet and everything. It's very anti competition-reality tv in that it's positive and celebratory and not just "let's watch the sad loser contestant pack their belongings and walk off into the distance alone."
I was relieved Evan didn't win. Once I knew he wasn't going to win, I was able to go back to enjoying him again. Heh. Yes, I'm complicated.
Brandon did a great job, but I was definitely satisifed with Jeanine winning and think she really pulled through in the latter part of the season. Plus watching her old dances made me remember how much I did like her (the contemporary piece between her and Jason was one of my favorites from the season, for sure. And note how the choreographer--Travis--was a contestant on which season? Season 2? Which is whose favorite season? Oh right, mine. Heh). So, congrats to her. I heard a rumor afterward that she donated her money to an alzheimers charity. Does anyone know if that's true? Because if it is, holy shit. A quarter of a million dollars, and you give the whole thing up? Not just 10% of it or something to be noble? The whole dang thing? Wow. That's seriously impressive and if true makes me like her even more.
I kind of wish the show would give them a dance contract or something similar again though, like how they used to. The money's great, but I liked when they used to give them a gig in Vegas or whatever. Oh well.
Also? Just in case any of you think you're safe 'til next summer because the season ended, they're going to do the next season in the fall for the first time. Whoo-boy. I'm not sure if I can handle so much Dance-Ecstacy in one year. I'm so excited ("and I just can't hide it! I'm about to lose control and I think I like it!"[/flashdance moment])
#3. Battlestar Galactica Season 4.0. Okay, so I rented season 4.0, right? Because this silly show likes to occasionally split a season in two and then sell each half individually at the price of a normal season (what's the deal with that? Seriously, if an old-time fan comes across this and knows the deets, please share). And then I proceeded to watch pretty much the whole thing over the last few days.
And yeah. I kinda need season 4.5. Kinda like now. And kinda also need to purchase both, immediately.
Like I said in my last post, I did think it started out a tad slow, but HOLY MOTHER did it pick up. And, um, yeah, there are so many OMFG moments in season 4.0 that I can't even talk about all the episodes in one post (seriously, you have no idea). I'm going to have to divide them into different entries. For today, I have to talk about "Sine Qua Non," and "The Hub," which are toward the end of 4.0 (so I know I'm a weirdo for going all out of order and what-not), but which made me so crazy & flaily that I absolutely have to talk about them. I've been pretty much bursting at the seams to talk about these episodes with anyandeveryone ALL DAY.
In a nutshell: "SINE QUA NON" + "THE HUB" = ROSLIN & ADAMA OTP FOREVER. NO MORE VAGUE SECRET DATING. WE ARE GOING FOR IT, PEOPLE.
I am for serious.
For my X-Files peeps, here's a quick summary of the two eps to catch you up to speed: remember how every time Scully would go missing, Mulder would go all WOE IS ME and stop everything to find her? Do crazy things like go to Antarctica and wave guns in people's faces threatening them? This ep is totes the Battlestar Galactica version of that. And it is soooooooooo gooooooood, oh my God.
And! That's just part of the first ep. In the second, it's also all "Laura Roslin, this is your life, and the universe is going to show you sad visions of your death making Rachael weep and sob and cry, all in order to push you into telling Adama you love him." And then? SHE TELLS HIM SHE LOVES HIM.
Seriously? I'm having shipper palpitations just thinking about it.
AND I'M NOT EVEN DONE.
In Sine Qua Non, everyone is so concerned for Adama, yo. They're all shooting him sad and worried faces, like "we know you love her, dude. And we forgive you for acting crazy." And Tigh! Oh my God, Tigh. He is such a good BFF. He's so protective of Bill, getting all up in the Six's grill, because he knows "the old man" can't handle losing Laura this way. *sniff*
And then the lawyer guy takes Adama aside to explain to him that Roslin is his "Sine Qua Non," which is to paraphrase "if you don't have this person, you are nothing." And Adama doesn't even try to deny it. Instead, he resigns as Admiral (because he's doing insane things like expecting the entire fleet to risk their lives to save his girlfriend) and GOES TO SAVE HER ALL BY HIMSELF IN HIS OLD "HUSKER" RAPTOR.
Gaaaaaaaaaaah.
And then Lee is all "Dad, what if I order you not to do this? WHY are you doing this?" And Adama's like "Because I can't live without her."
*passes out*
Oh, and did I mention that in the midst of all this Lee becomes the interim president? This show is full of crazy. I totally expected that one, though. Heh.
And lest we forget, Adama totally gets in a fistfight with Tigh about the whole thing! Adama finds out what sorts of icky stuff Tigh's been up to with the Six (seriously, creeped me out a little) and Tigh turns it around like "yeah, well you're willing to go on a suicide mission to save a chick. Pot, meet kettle." And then Adama's like "you watch what you say about that woman!" AND THEN THEY KICK EACH OTHER'S ASSES.
Even better, while this fight is going on (and I'm trying not to laugh at them fighting, because it's supposed to be a serious moment, but I can't help it), they break his model ship. And that's when I lost it. And was like "Oh my God, how many times has he had to fix that thing?" And then Adama says the same thing! Hahaha. *hugs show*
Can I also take a moment to mention how much it hurt my heart how Adama was talking to her doctor about what being without treatment would do to her cancer and was all with the making sad faces, and then how he finds the book all burned up? Gah, the book! The book which he's been reading to her at her bedside? The book that is his favorite of all time but which he's never finished because he loved it so much he didn't want it to end? The one he's going to finish now because Laura doesn't have time to wait and finish it someday? Because she doesn't have a distant someday anymore? The book that is a total metaphor for how he feels about her (listen to the words of the story, yo. And how he doesn't want it to end? *sob*)? And the book that she was clutching to her chest like a security blanket on her way to the basestar, but which got left in the raptor for him to find all burned and destroyed later? *sobs again*
You see? Even something as small as a book in this ep is magic.
By the time Sine Qua Non was ending, I was becoming a blubbery mess over everything. Even Starbuck and Lee saluting him as he walked to his raptor was killing me. And the "Nothin' but the rain" bit? Jesus. Show, cut it out!
And now: We cut to "The Hub," where the awesome changes direction but maintains its speed.
I loved this episode so, so much. First off, it was SO FUNNY. I don't know if they meant for it to be funny, or if others even found parts of it funny (because it's also got so much angst, I can see how people would forget the funny bits). But holy hell, I missed seeing Baltar and Roslin forced to interact in such close proximity. It totally brought me back to the beginning of the show, when he was just the crazy scientist and she was always shooting him the *eyebrow* and the "What the fuck ever, dude" glances. And seeing them stuck together while also trying to make sense of the hybrid? "No, open the door! Open the door!" Seriously, I COULD NOT STOP LAUGHING.
Also? Baltar and the Centurion? The whole time, I was like "Baltar shut the fuck up before you convince this newly sentient robot to kill everyone. But P.S. I love you because you are fucking hilarious right now."
It's nice to see Baltar taking a break from the Messiah gig to bring the funny again. He made me laugh for like a minute straight after Roslin decided not to *murder him* and let him bleed to death (just soak that in, hee), when he was all "Thank you," and she was like "for what? It's the least I could do," and he was like (all British and stuttery) "for, well, essentially for not killing me. I love living. Thank you, I love living." Hahaha. Not to mention how he was randomly all "you're pretty" while woozy from the blood loss. And she was like "WTF?" Hee.
Baltar! I love you.
Also something I loved in this ep? Roslin's visions. And the priest coming back! I liked her! It was so nice seeing her come back. And the whole thing I thought was so symbolic of how I think Roslin really feels or at least what she fears, with the Battlestar being empty, and the implication that her death will bring pain to everyone around her, and the addressing how Roslin has cut herself off from her people a little bit emotionally (not that she doesn't care, but that she won't let them dissuade her actions. Think Buffy in the final season and her struggle to let others in while retaining the distance and authority necessary to properly lead). I also liked when Roslin was like "are you my subconscious? I should be less full of myself," when it was discussed whether the fleet would basically die along with her. Hee. Roslin, I heart you.
(also loved how the people at her bedside were Adama, Lee, and Starbuck. They are totally her family, aw!)
But beyond that, you know I'm saving the best part of the vision for last. The vision of her death with Adama standing there holding her hand, Oh my God. Adama's crying BROKE ME. Like completely fucking broke me. And when he's like "You go. You go. Go rest now. I'm done being selfish." *cue sobbing on my part* And then! He takes his old wedding ring! AND PUTS IT ON HER HAND.
I can't. . .I just. . .can't take it.
How am I going to deal with the finale? HOW?
And while this is happening, the vision!priest is giving the best speech ever regarding why she shouldn't let Baltar die (again, hee. I just love that this was a debate for her. She just fucking hates his ass so much. She's probably got an airlock named after him and everything. Ha). All "the more difficult it is to justify a person's right to draw breath, the more crucial it is. A bad man feels his death as keenly as a good man."
Show, I fucking love you.
This is all after Baltar finally, FINALLY confesses to Roslin his role in the attacks on Caprica, which you know she's been waiting to hear forever. (hence the "maybe I should remove your bandages and let you die, you motherfrakker" move on Roslin's part) But then she totally decides to forgive him, at least enough to let him live. And she cries while she does it, all "what was I about to just do?" This episode is totally "let's have Roslin and Baltar bond but in a really frakked up way."
And all because this priest shows her Adama crying over her sad, dead body, and tells her "Just love someone, Laura. Just love someone."
So, then! (did you think this was over? You thought wrong) Laura is talking to the vision!priest again, saying vague things about how maybe there really is a home out there for her, and the priest is like "maybe closer than you think."
*cue space-shot of Adama in his raptor*
Me: Aww, even the editing in this episode is a shipper. Is it my birthday?
Aaaaaaaand, wait for it, wait for it, guess what happens next?
Adama lands in the raptor (why not in the usual gooey blood-vessely cylon room? Who knows. Just go with it), and walks out in his uniform all misty-eyed and triumphant, like "Hi, I'm your knight in shining space armor. Here to be saving you now. Even though you're Laura Roslin, the HBIC of Space, who doesn't need saving as evidenced by the fact that you choose to remain a hostage in the next episode to save the people. But I'm here because you're my Sine Qua Non and did you know we are vision!married now? How about that?"
Okay, so no he doesn't say any of that. Hee. Here's what actually happens:
Adama: *walks out of the raptor with the aforementioned misty-eyed triumphantness*
they gaze at one another; Rachael watches from home with a handkerchief clutched to her chest because she's in full-on Victorian Maiden With a Case of the Vapors mode now
Adama: "Missed you."
Roslin: "Me too."
They embrace. I sniffle
Roslin: *crying happily and smiling* "I love you." (!!!)
Adama: *smiles back* "About time."
*Cut to shot of Rachael flailing around the room like a mad woman*
END SCENE.
God, THIS SHOOOOOOOOOW, I love it so much!
