In Which Carmen Battles Insomnia with Silliness & Natterings on BSG

[xaara]

It's midnight--do you know where your pillow is?

Yes, you guessed it--I'm up again in the middle of the night without any inclination to sleep. I'd be more worried about this lack of sleep thing, but it doesn't affect me, really, so I tend to brush it off. It's not so much that I can't sleep; rather, it's that I don't really want to sleep. Strange, huh?

So this BSG thing. Seriously, that show is the Best Thing Ever. I've never been that challenged by a TV program. Every episode forces me to sit down and analyze and calculate and reassess. And I've only seen three! I've taken to jotting down notes as I watch, because the fic ideas are just pouring out of the woodwork, and while I don't have time to evaluate all the different angles of every action, I have sketched out episode analyses for "33" and "Water." They're forthcoming once I get them typed up and more or less presentable. Also, once I stop overanalyzing Helo because I derive guilty pleasure from watching him all scruffified over and over.

For now: I love this show. I love that we know Sharon's a Cylon, even though no one else does. I love that we get those bemused looks that Roslin sends Commander Adama's way. I love that Billy doesn't know anything about women. I love the relationship between Tyrol and Sharon, because he's so fundamentally good and she's so fundamentally evil, but they bring out the respective evil and good in one another. Regression to the mean. I love that Starbuck can yell at Apollo about taking her stims but how they suddenly revert to Kara and Lee in the moment after her outburst. I love how everyone, regardless of gender, is a "sir." As I believe I've already mentioned, I love the word "frak," though I realize it came from the original show.

It's a little scary how much I've fallen for BSG. But the scariness is almost always overshadowed by the stomach-dropping thrill of having to know what happens next.

Comments

[orci505.livejournal.com]

It's three am and im up. You're better than me. :p

Duuuuude, i love that im not the only one falling for BSG at this time. It makes it fun that i have people to go OMGSQUEE with. I hate not knowing what's next. I hate having to wait a week for each ep. Gaaaaah.

ALl of the characters are flawed and desperate; i think thats what i love most about the show. Everyone has some struggle within themselves, with each other, with the war itself. There's just so much going on that you dont even get a chance to catch your breath, per se.

[xaara.livejournal.com]

Oh definitely for the OMGSQUEE. The episodes literally leave me breathless, and it's just wow all the time, without a break. Sometimes it's almost too much, like if they cram another conflict in I might just chicken out and watch something easy to follow, but at the same time the complexity of it is just awesome and so much fun.

That's exactly it: all the characters are flawed and desperate. But I mean, their whole universe was just destroyed--that's enough to make anyone desperate. ;) Still, the premise is unique and engaging and natural and smart.

And I can't even tell you how much I like that they toned down the techspeak, or how much I appreciate that FTL drive stands for a perfectly logical faster-than-light drive rather than a long nonsensical fractal-tyrobographimonitor-lobe drive or something equally Trekish. :P

[dancinggoldfish.livejournal.com]

I REALLY want to start watching the show, but I have this issue of starting in the middle of something. I HAVE to see the beginning. And I keep on trying to kick myself into checking listings and such to see if I can see the old episodes. But I'm too lazy. So nothing's happening yet ;p

[xaara.livejournal.com]

Well, if you start now, you'll only have missed the first two eps, which, in the whole scheme of things, is okay. The first you can stream from scifi.com, and the second isn't really that important to the season. At least, I don't think it is. :P

[dancinggoldfish.livejournal.com]

If I only had the time...As in I didn't "waste" it on fanfiction... ;p And of course, life would pick NOW to get hectic. Darnit. Maybe this summer?

[marqueirose.livejournal.com]

BSG is a lot about hurt, yeah. Many BSG fan fics will make you hurt. I think when I want to feel safe, I retreat into Star Trek but, like you, I find BSG brilliant and challenging.

Carm, you *must* let me know how you feel about Helo and Caprica!Boomer ;).

Gosh, finding out that Sharon is a Cylon at the end of the miniseries was a *huge* surprise. I hadn't even spoiled myself.

[xaara.livejournal.com]

Definitely a lot about hurt. And while I haven't exactly read a lot of fic yet in a half-cocked effort to remain mostly unspoiled for the season, the little bit I've peeked at and bookmarked for later has been, to put it mildly, mostly chaff.

Once I get a solid feel for them, I'll definitely be telling you about my thoughts on Helo/Boomer. I have a feeling you'll be demanding them. ;)

I haven't seen the miniseries yet, but I'm planning on DLing it and watching it as soon as possible. That's another thing I'm going to have to give you feedback on. :P