Thursday, 15 February 2007

Good News for Battlestar Galactica! + LOST!

I saw the latest episode of BSG last night and it was really good.

In a similar fashion to one of my other favourite sci-fi shows, Babylon 5, BSG never takes the easy route to conclude a story and will often use other plot devices besides a big fight. This is one such occasion as the consequences of finding a disease which is deadly to the cylons are shown to be extremely tempting to the human survivors.

Meanwhile, Baltar is not having such good luck but may have finished the episode with an epiphany. Time will tell - but his captivity on the cylon basestar is proving to be a very interesting storyline.

The great news is that the series is going to be picked up for a forth season. Although only 13 episodes - this gives the writers the opportunity to work towards an overall conclusion. We viewers must be thankful that we will not be left with the (likely) cliffhanger at the end of season 3. I can now relax a bit and enjoy the next 14 episodes of season 3.

Tonight Kath and I watched episode 7 of LOST season 3.

Same old, same old.....

....but is it. Are we finally starting to get some answers - or will the answers just lead to more questions as is normally the case on this show.

Lost must have some special magic to make me stick with it. (I only like 3 or 4 characters (out of quite a large cast) , Sawyer, Kate, Sayid spring to mind. Mr Echo was cool but he snuffed it and Locke is just to plain stange. Jin and Sun are alright too.) But stick with it I do and I still enjoy it. The mystery unravels at just the right pace to keep you interested and wanting more.

It's been a month since episode 6 was on but it didn't take too long to recap events. Jack, Sawyer and Kate are on the small island with the Others and things have reached a bit of a crisis point. If only Jack wasn't so predictable! Still I enjoyed it and the story regarding the Others is now beginning to get clearer.

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