Geek TV
I don’t watch much tv – I much prefer to read or surf online. My three guilty, geeky television pleasures are below – but I have questions about them.
Battlestar Galactica
This show is wonderful – it has it all, sex, violence, politics, religion, morality, technology and hunky men. However, the one burning question I have is… why is Sharon Cylon #8? There are seven known Cylons, plus four incognito, unnumbered Cylons. Why isn’t Sharon #7, and what happened to the Cylon who is supposed to fill that slot?
Lost
This show is also wonderful for most of the same reasons. What it lacks in politics and technology, it makes up for in the supernatural and mystery realm. Can I have a Sawyer for my very own? I would pet him and take care of him and call him George. I would like to know who all the Lost extras are… you only see them in the periphery of the camera, but they always seem happy, well fed, and cleanly dressed. In 105 days, wouldn’t some one of them have done something worthy of camera attention? Broke a leg, gotten a crush on a main cast member, set a tent on fire, discovered a Dharma station? How can they remain set decoration for that long?
Heroes
We just started watching Heroes last year, after Bryan’s SF club colleague Doug raved about it. We really enjoy the twisty plot, the characters, the whole concept of flawed, superpowered humans, and the shifting sands of good and bad. Alpha-hero Peter, who assimilates every power he comes in contact with, has hung around the Haitian, who can cancel all powers in his vicinity as well as induce forgetting. Why don’t Peter’s assumed Haitian powers 1) let him win all fights, and 2) cancel his own powers as well?
What are your favorite geeky television pleasures? (If you watch adult channels, I’d rather not know…) And what pressing plot questions do you have?
May 17th, 2008
I don’t have cable, so Battlestar isn’t on my view list. I liked Lost for the first season or so, but it completely LOST me, so I gave it up.
I like Heroes and I’ll try to figure out what the hell is going on again when it comes back.
As I mentioned on my blog, New Amsterdam (on hiatus) and Medium are two of my favorites. They both seem to keep coming up with surprising premises and neither has jumped the shark yet.
May 17th, 2008
We have Battlestar on DVD to watch, and we all watched the first season of Heroes on DVD and *loved* it.
However, as we only watch these shows on DVD, we’re way behind the curve.
And maybe it’s not a power, maybe the Hatian just has some inherent property–like anti-matter. If it’s not a power, Peter couldn’t duplicate it, and Sylar couldn’t steal it.
May 18th, 2008
I watch a lot of TV, primarily science and history stuff, but for fiction top of the list is Dr. Who (SciFi Channel and BBC America). They’ve done a great job bringing it back with wonderful story lines. I also like Torchwood, Battlestar Galactica, NCIS, Law and Order, Numb3rs, and Weeds (on Showtime - a widowed housewife from an affluent California suburb who becomes an upper-middle-class marijuana dealer to make ends meet).
May 27th, 2008
Battlestar Galactica is the only one I’m following at the moment - and it’s available for free without commercials or ads on Scifi.com. Now that I no longer have cable, that’s how I keep up.
I used to be big into Stargate, but the just-passed season of Atlantis was really, really bad…
June 8th, 2008
I watch BSG and Heroes, but am behind on my viewing of both.
However, I did have a thought about Sharon. Maybe the mystical and unknown (at least to the point that I’ve watched so far) fifth unique Cylon is #1, displacing everyone from that point down one.