SciFi

I get existential angst alot.  Its all a mystery, and quite a dark mystery at that.  I mean, we’re surrounded by all this weird stuff like wasps that lay eggs in the bellies of spiders and dark matter and dreams – what’s that all about?  Nobody knows.  Our own brains are the most confounding things ever.  I’ve been thinking alot about who we are when we’re born.  Are we born with a personality or character or is it all nurtured in?  I was holding a baby last week, he was only two weeks old.  He was totally quiet and just looking at me.  It was a pretty weird moment.  Where did this little guy come from (besides the obvious)?  Is there a soul in there?  Is there an original identity in there?  Or were those big blue eyes just absorbing it all and pathways just forming in his little brain?  Was his brain born with a collective consciousness of millions of years?  It doesn’t really matter I guess, I just like thinking about it.  This all brings me to my new show – warning, this is super nerdy and probably not in a good way – Stargate Universe.  Now, I know, Stargate? Really? with MacGyver?  I release all my preconceived notions of Stargate lameness because my love for science fiction has taken over.  I love Battlestar Galactica for its human struggles – Cylons trying to figure out what it means to be human and humans wondering the same thing as their species dwindles.  Its great!  From what I’ve seen of Stargate it brings in much more of the science fiction theories that I love (wormholes and whatnot) although the reviews I’ve read say that this new branch of the “stargate franchise” (called Universe) will be much like Battlestar Galactica with the dark human stuff.  So I looked up Stargate on wikipedia and holy shit there is a whole lotta stuff going on!  I don’t know why I’m surprised at the depth, this thing has been going on for over 10 years.  Maybe surprised is the wrong word for what I’m feeling.  I think its – impressed.  And excited.  Because, as we all know, science fiction is just a preview of whats going to happen in the future.  So far I haven’t seen any giant wasps on Stargate so hopefully our distant future is free from that.