Boobies & Christian Terrorists...

...these are a few of my favorite things.



Caprica, the highly anticipated prequel set 58 years before the events in Battlestar Galactica and firmly planted on the future capitol planet of Caprica, was released on DVD this past Tuesday. Well, the pilot episode was released. The actual show won't start airing until January of 2010.

Because Galactica was, is, and might be my favorite show of all time, and given the fact that since I work in the entertainment industry and I tend to be uber-picky about what i watch, I was filled with both boyish excitement and grandpappy skepticism. Well, needless to say they had in me in the first 20 minutes. Right off the bat at the 1 minute mark there was a room full of naked chicks having sex and boobies abound. Then, not 20 minutes later, a terrorist believing in a one true, all powerful god, suicide bombs himself and and train full of others to oblivion.

Now not everything about this premiere episode was perfect. Aside from my two favorite scenes int he beginning, as it moved towards the middle of the story it did feel as one reviewer put it, "Like a CW show." And I have to agree, but I'm not that scared about it. When the miniseries for BSG came out, it had it's share of issues that seemed to be weeded out when the show went to series. And since it's going to be almost the exact same crew and producers helming this show, I'm not too worried. Where Galactica hit a little to the right of the mark, this show hits a little to the left.

However, there's a happy ending for all you geeks out there. The final third of the story really picked up and brought me back to the core of what made Galactica so great. It's about the struggles of the characters. About each of them dealing with their flaws and struggling towards the light of personal salvation, and never quite making it there. I won't spoil the ending for you, but if you're a BSG transplant and are looking for a new show to fill that empty spot in your TV soul. This one has great potential. And as it should. It's from Ron Moore and David Eick, with a dash of Remi Aubuchon (24).

It was smart for Universal and SciFi (soon to be "SyFy") to drop the Pilot straight to DVD now instead of waiting for two reasons; 1) With Galactica officially ended and so much hype about Caprica, the fans needed a little something to tie them over. With Caprica on DVD and "The Plan" another BSG TV movie coming this fall, we should have plenty of space crack to hold us over. and 2) With it being on DVD and not rated, I get my boobies and Christian terrorists.

Mac vs. PC vs. Me

I'm a PC and my girlfriend is a Mac. I've been PC since I was 4 years old and my dad bought a Commodore c64 from Service Merchandise and I started programming the bouncing yellow ball. So imagine my dismay when my PC crash (not the PC's fault, my foots fault) and I was reduced to using my girlfriend's Mac Book until the PC was repaired. The first thing I did was install Windows XP using Boot Camp. And Away I went.

At first I was frustrated with the lack of a right mouse button on the touch pad, the fact that you can't click something by simply tapping the touch pad, you have to use the button. Because I didn't have any other options I drudged through it.

After a few weeks of working and editing on the Mac Book using Win XP, I started to realize that Windows was running faster on this angelic white Mac Book. Not only that, but running Adobe Premiere CS4 went off with out a hitch and I was surprised at how smooth the HD video I was editing played back with live rendering. Something my bulky PC desktop wasn't not keen on doing. Then something extraordinary happened that sent me over the edge. I discovered that with Premiere CS4 you can export Final Cut Pro projects in xml into CS4, only on a Mac. I was floored because I am a Premiere guy and hate Final Cut. But I work with a lot of editors and studios that use Final Cut. Now I have the ability to move back and fourth in both.

So what does this mean? I'm buying a Macbook Pro and running Windows 7 on it. I know, I know. But I'll never buy an iPhone... at least not yet.

Oh Danny Boy

I know I'll get emails for this, but what the hell. Fuck 'em.

First off, yes, I watch American Idol. Deal with it. I also watch NASCAR. And no, I don't live in a trailer or pump kin. However, I do enjoy watching and critiquing young talent and seeing if I'm still on the ball with pop culture. Thus, I watch American Idol and playing at home.

This season has been a rare one, with talents ranging from Norman Gentle to Adam Lambert, who is nothing short of Freddy Mercury reincarnated. One such talent wedged in between and still on the show as of this week, is Danny Gokey. The lovable widower who has the looks, talent, and personality to be a pop star. Having lost someone close to me I can relate to the guy. I'm very happy for his current and hopefully ongoing success. But for the love of Simon Cowell's hairless chest stop singing spiritual songs! Every week it's like he's trying to remind us that he lost his wife. Which is devastating, I know. But can't you just sing a fast beat fun tune at least once?

I hope I haven't offended everyone. But it's a contest about talent, which he's got. Now let's see some more of it.

Cool Slang Word of the Week

So as I journey through this life I find it necessary to pickup and use cool slang terms from other enlightened peeps I cross paths with. So, in honor of Wil Wheaton, Wesley Crusher from Star Trek The Next Generation, who can be found blogging away on his blog here, I present to you one of Wil's favorite expressions his uses in his tweets:

CHRISTABLES!

Enjoy. Please use frequently, don't be trendy, start a trend.

Also, maybe this feature needs a new name?