FRIDAY Big Viewing: Watchmen and a BSG Finale

A Comedian dies in New York
by Pat and Pat2 Darnell

We surprised ourselves, and went to the opening day of Watchmen. Number six bairn and I went early to the Premium Cine 24, expecting long lines... but that proved to be a non-event. We figured with Spring Break this week, and all, there would be plenty of lines -- there weren't -- so we went to lunch, and came back. The movie started at 2:45, it was over at 5:30... two hours forty-five minutes?

Also, later, Friday night Sci-fi Channel has produced our Finale to Battlestar Galactica.

Sci-Fi TV had been building up this episode for at least two weeks, as in showing actors talking about their roles. I do not think I can replay it for you, as the plot is thick in the waste, also betrayal and vengeance are pivotal to BSG and its crew, who tend to screw each other unmercifully. Refugee humans are making their way to a mythical final destination: Earth.. You will have to fill in your own blanks, but they are running to earth 100 million light years away from their imploded planet... come on, this is so important it has Xena, the Warrior Princess aboard to help.

After mass hysteria and mass destruction, Starbuck and friends land on Earth, where early humanoid nomads are roaming ancient grasslands, chunkin' spears, and generally acting like we post modern writers fantasize.

For some reason the suddenly delivered elite staff of BSG is lying about in the grass spying on the indigenous humanoids, making this promise -- "to not destroy themselves again." But maybe a quick look into "future developments" could help many of us who at BSG Finale's fade to black left us all saying: "HUNHjh??

Could it be summarized in this promise from today's WENDY's Old Fashioned Hamburgers Restaurants: "Fresh beef tastes better than frozen. For proof, eat one of our hot 'n juicy hamburgers. Quality is our Recipe?" Obviously WENDY's corporation developed, from fascination or error, franchising brought to earth by the Battlestar Galactians... no?

Shoot me in the temple if I'm on a tangent, but it occurred to me to ask myself: "Self: all those futuristic humans who are landing on Earth after their long space journey in the regalia of spaceships following Battlestar Galactica, wouldn't they be extremely hungry and horny?"

"Tough call, Self."

Anyway, if you, reader, have no idea what this is going on about, you can click on some of the friendly links in the text to find out what's been happening since 1978. Remember, sponsoring this SciFi episode is The General Auto Insurance AIG ... one-stop insurance; And BSG DVD's, T-shirts collectibles at the SciFi Store.

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WATCHMEN -- the title refers to one character's father who had been a Watch Repair Man back when watches could be repaired. The movie does not have anything to do with a Clockwork Orange, except for the concept of predator becomes victim.. sort of.

Anyway, to not ruin it for others who might go see WATCHMEN [and --WOMEN] -- Not since Matrix has there been this many kidney punches in mixed martial arts fights, that must have left actors pissing blood for weeks... and the Blue Man settles on Mars.

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