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Cold Battlestar
I’ve got a bit of a cold right now, and after working all weekend to meet a deadline, I’m pretty tired too. So, do you think I might pass on attending an advance screening of Battlestar Galactica: Razor? No frakkin’ way!
The movie-sized episode fills in more of the background of the Pegasus, and it doesn’t disappoint. It’s been a while since the last season finale, and this was perfect to whet my appetite. I’m sure I’ll watch it again when it airs on SCI FI; I’m just not sure whether it’s worth the standalone DVD investment. I do want to have it, but I already got hit when I bought the miniseries and then found that it was also included in the season one set. I have a feeling that they’ll do the same with Razor and season four. Of course, maybe Santa will be nice and I won’t have to worry about it…
Anyway, here’s hoping that the writer’s strike is resolved soon, so I can look forward to season four without interruption…
Inconvenient world affairs
I finally watched An Inconvenient Truth this weekend, and it was definitely eye-opening. I was annoyed a little by Gore tooting his own horn — the election scandal was especially off-topic — but the message is still powerful. While I generally understood and believed already that global warming is an issue, I didn’t know the raw scale of it. So now that I’ve received the warning, I’ll start watching for ways that my own habits can be improved, and I encourage others to do the same.
On another side of humans deteriorating our own condition, we have Musharraf declaring emergency rule in Pakistan. I remember seeing him as a guest on The Daily Show, and he seemed like a genuinely nice guy. He has the charisma that makes for a powerful leader, which makes his current actions even more frightening. People will genuinely believe in him and his justifications for extreme actions, much more than the puppet show that our own administration puts on. I hope for Pakistanis that this can be resolved peacefully, but it’s hard to see how when he has already defied diplomatic efforts.
It’s funny — I’m still one of many young adults who get their primary news from Comedy Central, but I’m developing an interest in politics and world affairs that used to bore me. Maybe this is just part of getting older…
Josh Stone 