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Taking a break from serious writing today for more mundane stuff. Yeah, I know, I haven't really done any serious writing since... well, ever, to be truthful about it. But for the last week or so, I've been reading more heavy stuff. I mentioned in a previous post how I was reading the Senate Intelligence (and there's an oxymoron for you) Committee's Phase II report. If you want to read the whole thing, here is a link that goes to a page that will take you to the whole report (warning! report is in PDF format! which means it's a huge download for slow connections) . I've promised I'm going to post the conclusions part here, I just have to find time to get it all done. You'll see why I don't think that this report is really all that devastating when I post it.
What else? Scott McClellan has been testifying in front of Congress. Savor the irony of that statement for a while. I was going to read his tell-all book, but it looks like he may just be pumping up the more sensationalistic charges in order to sell books. I know, shocking.
Instead, I've been reading Doug Feith's book, War And Decision: Inside The Pentagon At The Dawn Of The War On Terrorism. I've just cracked it open, so I'm not too deep into it yet. But it's already got some nice little gems in it. Would you like a review of it? Well, don't bother looking in the New York Times. It doesn't exist there, for some reason.
I've been watching the third season of Battlestar Galactica on DVD. I missed quite a few episodes when they were originally broadcast, so I'm savoring each and every episode. I caught the first four episodes in their entirety, then a large portion of a couple other episodes, and almost all of the last one. I don't remember why I missed so many of the ones in the middle.
When I bought the third season, I realized that I hadn't seen the first two seasons in a while, and was having trouble recalling all the particulars that had happened since the show began. So, I started at the beginning with the movie and went through all episodes of the first and second seasons.
If you love cliff-hangers, then BSG is the show for you. Last 20 seconds of the movie? Heck of a cliff-hanger. Last minute of the last episode of the first season? One HELL of a cliff-hanger! One of the best of what I call the "HOLY SHIT!!!" moments ever seen. Last minute of the episode marking the end of the second season? Very cool.
The last 5 minutes of the last episode of season two aren't your typical cliff-hanger fare. I guess you could call it (without spoiling any of the surprises) a reversal of fortune. For a long time, I thought that the creators would give us an imaginary storyline. I don't know if I'm relieved or disappointed that what happened at the end of Season Two wasn't a "dream sequence". Relieved, because dream sequences are a cheap explanation for a story (see Moore, Michael and "Fahrenheit 9/11"). Disappointed, because I think it would be interesting to see how much more delusional Baltar could get before hitting rock bottom.
I've got some random thoughts on what I've seen so far of Season Three, and the rest of series, that I should be posting here sometime soon. There will be spoilers in it, but I will try to give plenty of warning before I start talking about them.
Have a nice Sunday, and see you soon.
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Posted by Kaptain_Krude on 2008-06-22 18:39:17 | Rating: | Views: 30
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