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I've two days to do two essays, and I'm still half-crashing off the exam-high. This weekend is going to SUCK.
In other news, I found myself watching an episode of Stargate: Universe yesterday. And ... I kinda liked it, kinda a lot. *grins* For all that it's supposed to be the worst Stargate going. But I liked it.
I think this may be largely due to the fact that it seems to be pretty much an Oughties, American version of Blake's 7. As in, a mismatched bunch of people who really, really don't like each other, stuck on a highly advanced alien ship that they mostly don't know what to do with, unable to go home. I mean, yes, the reasons are different (being lost somewhere out in the universe is not quite the same thing as being unable to re-enter society owing to being mostly criminals and murderers and rebels), and the aims of groups are very different (get home vs overthrow the galactic government), but the character dynamics and a lot of the situations are surprisingly similar. There's even a Blake-vs-Avon analogue in Young-vs-Rush, the (relatively) idealistic leader vs the conniving, seemingly amoral scientist with his own agenda. And there's kinda a Cally echo in TJ, and maybe Jenna in Wray, and even Vila with Eli (at least as far as Only Sane Man goes) ... Haven't seen Servalan yet, unless you count the vicious blue aliens, but still. *grins* Rather similar. With some Trek: Voyager and DS9 thrown in for spice.
That said, if Rush starts running around the place in spike-studded black leather and having Foe Yay with the blue aliens, I'm probably gonna have to leave. *grins*
In other news, I found myself watching an episode of Stargate: Universe yesterday. And ... I kinda liked it, kinda a lot. *grins* For all that it's supposed to be the worst Stargate going. But I liked it.
I think this may be largely due to the fact that it seems to be pretty much an Oughties, American version of Blake's 7. As in, a mismatched bunch of people who really, really don't like each other, stuck on a highly advanced alien ship that they mostly don't know what to do with, unable to go home. I mean, yes, the reasons are different (being lost somewhere out in the universe is not quite the same thing as being unable to re-enter society owing to being mostly criminals and murderers and rebels), and the aims of groups are very different (get home vs overthrow the galactic government), but the character dynamics and a lot of the situations are surprisingly similar. There's even a Blake-vs-Avon analogue in Young-vs-Rush, the (relatively) idealistic leader vs the conniving, seemingly amoral scientist with his own agenda. And there's kinda a Cally echo in TJ, and maybe Jenna in Wray, and even Vila with Eli (at least as far as Only Sane Man goes) ... Haven't seen Servalan yet, unless you count the vicious blue aliens, but still. *grins* Rather similar. With some Trek: Voyager and DS9 thrown in for spice.
That said, if Rush starts running around the place in spike-studded black leather and having Foe Yay with the blue aliens, I'm probably gonna have to leave. *grins*
