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  • Emilily 3:31 pm on October 30, 2009 Permalink | Reply
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    I’m back! 

    Holy cow! Where have I been, you ask? Well, for starters, incredibly busy with work and moving, and second, I infected my office PC with the virus of death, and it has taken three days to rebuild, so I have been cut off from the ENTIRE WORLD (or, at least, the internet.)

    When I got this virus, the first thing I did (well, after aiming a barrage of expletives worthy of any sailor at the computer) was look at K Dukes 411-Spyware blog, and sure enough! I found my virus. Unfortunately, her recommended fixes did not work, perhaps they were outdated or the virus had evolved – basically, her solution involves accessing the task manager or your registry via safe mode, neither of which the virus will allow you to do.  Either way, for your information, if you ever get the virus called Security Tool, the best way to fix it is to 1) throw away your infected computer and 2) buy a new computer. The other alternative is to enlist the help of the entire tech department at your office for three days to rebuild your PC, reinstall your software, reestablish your network and VPN connections, and make jokes about how you shouldn’t download porn at work. (For the record, I was looking up a recipe for rainbow cake, which I am going to make this weekend, but that sounds so harmless it was followed with jokes about how I needed to learn how to lie better.)

    stargateAnyways, as you can see, I am back online. I have so much to post about! But first, important question – should I buy this? It’s on sale at Amazon for $119. I realize that seems like a lot of money for a TV series from 1997, but it is all 10 seasons…54 discs…9,900 minutes of pure sci-fi bliss. That’s 72 cents per hour of entertainment. It doesn’t get much cheaper than that. However, it comes in this retarded-looking boxed set that basically screams “beam me up Scotty cause I plan on never getting laid again.”

     

    • Carmen 6:46 pm on October 30, 2009 Permalink

      rrr, yeah, i don’t know if you should buy that. $119 is alot to spend on something that nerdy especially when I could find a pirated copy – oh hahahhha, just kidding! I would never do that.
      That sucks about your computer, mostly because I was blogging all by myself and as we can all see that doesn’t really go so well. That sounds selfish but you know its true. Glad yer back!

  • Emilily 11:55 am on October 23, 2009 Permalink | Reply
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    chicks on spaceships 

    Ok, I was a little intimidated by the 317 hours of SG-1 and SG-Atlantis I was going to have to watch to catch up to the current season, so I skipped right to the pilot episodes of SG-U. (I did read that entire Wikipedia article you linked to in your post, so I do feel somewhat educated on the franchise.) Now, I know that because I have been watching BSG a little longer, my loyalty might cause me to be slightly biased, but I think we need to discuss the role of women in both of these shows.

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    • Carmen 4:16 pm on October 23, 2009 Permalink

      I think Battlestar Galactica is, hands down, the best show ever (except for Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia). One reason BSG has been the best is the depth of the character development. Another reason is that its not a typical show. They do things on that show that you will never see on a major network (I hope Syfy doesn’t get all butthurt that I said they weren’t a major network). They kill off major characters, they talk about abortion and racism, not to mention the entire human race is in danger of going completely extinct. And they have kickass females. Ok, I know they made a woman president in 24 but she wasn’t that impressive (and i only watched the first episode). I always found BSG president (Laura Roslin) to be surprising – in a good way. Like she made the decisions that even the men couldn’t stomach, she could detach herself from the emotion and do the right thing for the benefit of the greatest amount of people. You know, I could go on and on about each one of these ladies but the big difference between them and the SGU ladies (or most any other show with chicks on it) is the predictability. Whoever writes for the shows and decides what is acceptable has a very narrow spectrum of choices for their female characters. I think this is because people are scared to push the boundaries of these roles. If its been working this long then don’t fuck with it – thats their motto. BSG pushes those boundaries and opens it up for greater movement and creativity for their characters. I’m so tired of the same ol predictable characters. I can’t even watch romantic comedies anymore because I know exactly whats going to happen at every moment.
      Speaking of a narrow spectrum of creativity – can you tell how SGU ripped off some ideas of BSG? I don’t care, I’ll still watch it. They suckered me in with the whole stargate/wormhole idea. You had me at wormhole! *tear*
      Speaking of wormholes, have you seen Fringe yet? That is another really good show that has a fantastic leading character (a woman) who is not the typical lady. I’m always surprised when she wears her FBI uniform of traditional oxford button down and its NOT buttoned down so her boobs are hanging out (like CSI Miami – that show is a joke, a bad joke). AND it has parallel universes! Thats a winning combination.

  • Carmen 10:59 am on October 20, 2009 Permalink | Reply
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    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.

     

    • Emilily 11:23 am on October 20, 2009 Permalink

      Whoa. 10 seasons of SG-1, 5 of Stargate Atlantis, a handful of feature films, and now Stargate Universe!? We’re going to be watching this show until it is no longer science fiction. We’ll be introducing our alien friends to it.

    • Emilily 11:27 am on October 20, 2009 Permalink

      You mean MacGyver, as in Inspector Gadget+James Bond=My-next-ex-boyfriend?

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