I did have some very rich and complex vivid dreams last night, but no nightmares. I woke up this morning wishing to understand more about myself. What was last night all about? It came to me while I was lying there in my bed visiting my body and mind piece by piece.  I questioned myself about where the sensations have been coming from.  I've realized that when I am having a panic attack, my throat gets all tight and my whole digestive system goes crazy.  I explored further and tried to slightly revive the sensation within me but this time I wanted to observe it instead of getting overwhelmed by it.  Something hit me about The Stand: a lot of the characters were total outcasts that could almost be rudely misjudge as "defective".  They were that way either because of who they were even before the shit hit the fan or because they became insane as a result of the dramatic events.  I think It stroke a nerve with me.  Even if I did not hear the words, a lot of things were on my mind: How insane do I look to people? How much of an outcast am I? Am I all alone in my reality? How do people judge me? I realized that those were questions that did arise in my mind last night. I felt my throat and my stomach react to those questions, so I knew I was on the right track.  I decided to direct my thoughts to a more positive alley and asked myself consciously instead what is it to be me?  I remember several times where I felt joy in being myself, even pride.  I loved my difference, I've celebrate it, I've flaunt it even.  I eventually came out of my relaxation state and decided to read on wikipedia. The word that came to me and that I wanted to research was eccentricity.  The reason was simply because I know that several real and fictional people I admire are qualified as being such and for me it is a very positive thing to be. Edith Sitwell said this:

"Eccentricity is not, as some would believe, a form of madness. It is often a kind of innocent pride, and the man of genius and the aristocrat are frequently regarded as eccentrics because genius and aristocrat are entirely unafraid of and uninfluenced by the opinions and vagaries of the crowd."

I am not claiming that I am a genius; but I believe I am a very curious creative being.  Edith Sitwell statement did ring true to my ear; that eccentric people  are simply unconcerned by society's disapproval of their habits or beliefs.  I am thinking that my deficient physical and mental well being are tighly attached to my too vast concern about what others think of me.  Psychologist Dr. David Weeks mentions people with a mental illness "suffer" from their behavior while healthy eccentrics are quite happy.  So this might be a key to myself... Switching my perceptions about my behaviors to actually what I personnaly believe  (that I am actually an artist and that my oddity is just part of who I am) instead of have everything tainted by what I perceive others or society might think of it (that I should be silenced and put away).  This is very difficult, but at least I am getting more in touch with myself I believe. 

My thoughts went back to Battlestar Galactica because I find a lot of insights in it.   I reflected  on the character of Gaius Baltar for a while.  There is a strengh in him that I admire; he surrendered to what was within. It did take some time and a few acts of serependity for him to finally grasp the fact that there was only one way he would survive; he needed a leap of faith.  He did not stop to wonder about what others would think of him.  His "internal Caprica 6" guiding him through painful and difficult situations as he walked forward.  He just let go and had faith in his perceptions and in something way bigger then him.

I am idealistic and I have known very early in my childhood that I am different from others.  I think I have had a non-conforming attitude for the most, but I believe that when I fell ill, my ways had sustained a drastic change.  I was very concerned about what others were thinking of me, how they were perceiving me...  Even what they would say about me when I was not there.  It eventually turned into thoughts about how would people/society stigmatize me for being myself.  I think I became afraid to be completely alone, outcast if I was to speak my thruth.

Just like Baltar, I need to find that source within myself that will allow me to go forward no matter what.  An angel? A demon? It does not matter what it is inside that keeps the fire going. It is that need to live, that need to be in the world while knowing fully how I relate to it because I know myself.

The Onyxx

at Lullaby on Daydream Road

http://lullabyondaydreamroad.wordpress.com/

It's better not to stew, and dwell and listen to old songs
It's better not to look at old photos

It's better to cry myself to sleep
AND
It's better to wake up alone

I'm not bitter
I am better

O Comité de saúde pública do GdeB

Xose Manuel Baltar Blanco, máis coñecido como "Baltarín" ven de saltar os terreos da columna periodística da man de "A nosa terra",  ( que non !... que xa non só escriben vellos comunistas e "upegallos"), unha nova faceta para o fillo do home do renacemento, todo un home feito a sí mesmo, que comparte agora con todos nos as súas ideas e propostas máis alá do seu famoso "blog"...aiii ! Que redondiño, que moreniño ea vez que cores, frito ou asado ten que estar boísimo !

A cuestión polémica está no seu derradeiro artigo, no que non sabemos si Baltar "junior" comparte ideas co Galpón de Breogán, ou si trataríase de un de tantos fans que imita os seus ídolos; co que o seu Comité de saúde pública se ve obligado a intervir, debido os correos que recibimos nos que dan por feito que Baltar Blanco, é o famoso sexto compoñente do Galpón, vexamos agora as coincidencias (que son só eso !) cos derradeiros "post" do Galpón:

Next Week in Atlanta!

There's going to be this thing in Atlanta next weekend. Big thing. Kind of a combination learning experience and party. They're calling it the Catholic New Media Celebration. Maybe you've heard of it? (If not, it means that Greg Willits doesn't have your email address.) There's still time to make your plans, and there's certainly a place for you. You'll meet people you've only heard, and some you've only heard about. And if you are going and want to help, you'll want to contact nancykwood@bellsouth.net. Either way, you should come. You'll love it.

vox populi

I...will be at the CNMC. - Jan, proving that she knows what's what!

New Material this Week from SQPN

Techno Church #65
11th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Vigil Celebration of the Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time. Recorded at Saint Anselm Church, Saint Francis of Assisi Parish, Kampsville, IL. Click to Watch!

I have sought nothing else but you, O God. - Saint Edmund Rich

Catholic Moments #54
Mom in Santa Fe, NM

Join Lisa this week for a visit to Santa Fe, New Mexico! Hear the sites and sounds of the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi and the Loretto Chapel. Deacon Tom Fox shares a reflection on Saint Therese of Lisieux, and we learn about the game review website Jorim’s List. Enter to win a lovely amethyst Blessed Mother Necklace from On This Day Designs - email lisa@catholicmom.com by June 18, 2008 with the subject line “On This Day Giveaway”. Deacon Tom Fox shares a reflection on the Fourth Commandment. Share your feedback at 206-339-9272, comment on the blog or email lisa@catholicmom.com. Click to Listen!

This is the Day
Father Jay Finelli

Father Reed, Jay Fadden and Kevin Nelson welcome Father Jay Finelli, the iPadre himself, for a live chat in the CatholicTV living room. And they did it on the 16th anniversary of Father Jay's ordination to the priesthood. Click to Watch!

God loves each of us as if there were only one of us. - Saint Augustine of Hippo

Saints.SQPN.com
Patrons of World Youth Day

There are ten patron saints chosen for the upcoming World Youth Day in Australia. The list, with links to their profiles, are available on this page. Also the blog that tracks Saints in the News is active again. See what God's closest friends are up to these days.

Catholic Hack #61
Jeff Cavins

Welcome Back! Today, we Break Bread with Dr. Hahn, have a great discussion with Jeff Cavins, share feedback, and talk about the Saint Ignatius Audio Series. Please send me your feedback and leave me a review on iTunes. Check out the blog at www.catholichack.com. God Bless, Joe M, The Catholic Hack! Click to Listen!

Catholic Underground #78
A Little Off the Top

lowercase gods, a bit of iPhone frenzy, obedience redux in a special backChat cameo, and our continuing summer RCIA question series all make for a long yet enjoyable zesty summer tonic. Click to Listen!

Happy the man whose words come from the Holy Spirit and not from himself. - Saint Anthony of Padua

Secrets of Battlestar Galactica #6
Ghost of Galactica Yet to Come

What is Elosha? Is Roslin Ebenezer Scrooge? Is Baltar an instrument of God? Is there a reference to the old BSG in the story of Searider Falcon? Jeff and Zina discuss these questions and more. We will also inject our usual dose of speculation and theories. The most recently aired episode as of this recording is "The Hub". Click to Listen!

Grace Before Meals #5
Purple Sauce

Welcome to the fifth installment of Grace Before Meals video webisodes featuring Father Leo Patalinghug. In this episode Father Leo shows you how to make an incredible PURPLE sauce. Yep, you heard me, purple. Click to Watch!

The Cross is the way to paradise, but only when it is borne willingly. - Saint Paul of the Cross

This Week in Church
Tuesday 10 June 2008

A selection of Catholic news headlines.
Click to Listen!

This is the Day
Ann and Dan Johnedis

Father Reed, Jay Fadden and Kevin Nelson welcome Ann and Dan Johnedis to the CatholicTV living room for a live chat about 50 years of marriage. Click to Watch!

Saint Cast #97
Soundseeing at Papal Audience in Rome

Enjoy the singing, cheering, jostling, and electric atmosphere of a papal audience in the Paul VIth hall, Vatican City. Paul’s wife can’t believe he let his youngest daughter wander through the papal audience hall alone in search of a bathroom. Follow Paul and daughter Laura to more ’saintly sights’ from Assisi to Lucca in weeks to come. Click to Listen!

Catholic Magazine #6

Episode six of Catholic Magazine, your view of a different, but 100% faithful look into Catholic life by Father Jay Finelli, Mickey Addison and Maria Johnson. Articles include Personal Lord and Savior, Good Counsel Through Example, and Be Not Afraid. Let’s see what’s inside…Catholic Magazine. Click to Listen!

On the U #85
Facing the Future

Steve and Pat talk about Pat’s first month as a college graduate. They discuss moving home, finding work and finding a new place in the Church community. In a “Good Student” segment, Pat has been researching ways to conserve gasoline when driving your car. For more gas saving tips, see Dr. Roadmap at MonkeySee Thanks for listening! Leave a comment, or call our feedback line a 918-919-0456. See you at the CNMC in Atlanta! Click to Listen!

Catholic Family Podcast #91
Eucharistic Police

Allyson and David talk about the dedication of the Grotto at Christ Our Light, Nibbling Catholics, and a lengthy discussion of morals vs. religious beliefs. Jessica Smith-Wright: Overcomer. Comment line at 206-339-8993, email us [at] catholicfamilypodcast.com Click to Listen!

Man is a beggar who needs to ask God for everything. - Saint John Mary Vianney

The Heart of Things Podcast
Techno-Catholics - Evangelizing with New Media

Not a member of SQPN, but Bill Donaghy of The Heart of Things Podcast had the class to interview Greg Willits about the Catholic New Media Celebration. Click to Listen!

Secrets of Harry Potter #28
Godric’s Hollow

The Secrets of Harry Potter series is back with a number of new episodes! In episode #28, we will follow Harry and Hermione to Godric’s Hollow and explore the hidden secrets in chapter 16 of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Click to Listen or Click to Watch!

Rosary Army #232
Live Like Calvin and Hobbes

Ginormous, Creekwalking, T-Shirts, Warning Lists, Consecration, and Catholic Consumer Responsibility. 206-984-1899 for Feedback! Click to Listen!

Thanks to you and all the SQPN team for all your amazing work. - Paul, commenting on Secrets of Harry Potter #28

it is red!!!!!!!!! - Anne, commenting on Grace Before Meals #5

trust me, when you’re eating it, it looks purple...I had to look away as I ate it - Greg Willits, correcting Anne's assumption, and leaving a disturbing image in its wake

Daily Breakfast Buffet

Daily Breakfast #498
Empty Inbox

Texas, Holland and Melbourne - the world at your breakfast table! Soulmen the movie; my iMac; Nokia vs. Apple; email tips: how to get your inbox to zero. Click to Listen or Click to Watch!

Daily Breakfast #497

Catholic new media and anti-Catholic secular media; becoming Catholic; Bill Maher’s “Religulous”; the Wii Fit; Sparkpeople.com; counting calories; the dreaded Plateau; the Secrets of Harry Potter; Daily Breakfast Episode #500 and the Catholic New Media Celebration. Click to Listen or Click to Watch!

Daily Breakfast #496
Global Solidarity

The World Youth Days: Texas meets Australia; the iPhone 3G; soaring gas and food prices - how does it affect your family? Iron Man, Marvel vs. DC. Click to Listen or Click to Watch!

vox populi

With this podcast you have just found a new listener! - Angelique, commenting on Catholic in a Small Town #89

Sympathies on the big hair issue. - Naomi, commenting on Rosary Army #231 and proving that SQPN tackles the important issues of the day

Pray Station Portable

Wednesday 18 June 2008
  Morning Prayers  Evening Prayers
Tuesday 17 June 2008
  Morning Prayers  Evening Prayers
Monday 16 June 2008
  Morning Prayers  Evening Prayers
Sunday 15 June 2008
  Morning Prayers  Evening Prayers
Saturday 14 June 2008
  Morning Prayers  Evening Prayers
Friday 13 June 2008
  Morning Prayers  Evening Prayers
Thursday 12 June 2008
  Morning Prayers  Evening Prayers
Wednesday 11 June 2008
  Morning Prayers  Evening Prayers
Tuesday 10 June 2008
  Morning Prayers  Evening Prayers
Monday 9 June 2008
  Morning Prayers  Evening Prayers

Verbum Domini
Daily Scripture Readings of the Roman Catholic Liturgical Calendar

• Saturday 21 June 2008
• Friday 20 June 2008
• Thursday 19 June 2008
• Wednesday 18 June 2008
• Tuesday 17 June 2008
• Monday 16 June 2008
• Sunday 15 June 2008
• Saturday 14 June 2008
• Friday 13 June 2008
• Thursday 12 June 2008
• Wednesday 11 June 2008
• Tuesday 10 June 2008
• Monday 9 June 2008

Daily Mass

• 13 June, celebrated by Father
• 12 June, celebrated by Father
• 11 June, celebrated by Father
• 10 June, celebrated by Father
• 9 June, celebrated by Father

This Week on the Calendar of Saints

• Monday 23 June
• Sunday 22 June
• Saturday 21 June
• Friday 20 June
• Thursday 19 June
• Wednesday 18 June
• Tuesday 17 June
• Monday 16 June

Featured Products

• Jesus of Nazareth, by Pope Benedict XVI
• Coincidentally, by Father George Rutler
• Saint Francis of Assisi, by G K Chesterton
• Time for God, by Jacques Philippe
• The Diary of a Country Priest, by Georges Bernanos
• The Way of the Pilgrim, by Walter J Ciszek and Helen Bacovcin
• Brideshead Revisited, by Evelyn Waugh
• The Hobbit, by J R R Tolkien
• Home at Last, by Rosalind Moss
• Love in the Little Things, by Mike Aquilina
• The Last Gentleman, by Walker Percy
• Mass Confusion, by Jimmy Akin
• Mass Appeal, by Jimmy Akin
• We Look for a Kingdom, by Carl Sommer

vox populi

Thanks for your sound seeing tours. Your recordings take me back (to Italy). - Jan, commenting on SaintCast #97

that was awesome! - sanaz, commenting on Techno Church #65

...and in closing...

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Downey Jr for Sherlock Holmes?

Here's an interview with Baltar, aka James Callis.

The Happening is getting killed.

The Hold Steady are adding extra cuts to the special editions of Stay Positive.

Cameron Crowe has signed up Reese Witherspoon and Ben Stiller for his next project.

Here's an interview with Alan Moore.

JJ Abrams is to prequel Fringe with a comic.

U2 is selling a Basquiat.

Blender has an oral history of Sub Pop.

David Denby discusses You Don't Mess With the Zohan and The Incredible Hulk.

An adolescent gives an account of his experiences with the work of Greg Araki.

It seems to be Audrey Tautou week on The Guardian.

Here's a clip from Guy Maddin's My Winnipeg.

Leo as Captain America?

Coldplay on Guitar Hero... My Chemical Romance is bad enough.

Aziz Ansari is to be in the Office-spinoff.

This dude's photos of Russia are amazing. (Thanks to Boing Boing for pointing this out).

Paper Magazine has a nice list of the twenty-five most stylish ladies of song.

Did cable news assassinate the Clinton campaign?

Lots of new Dark Knight shizzle has turned up ahead of next month's release.

"Love you"

yep - Laura said the L-word.  About time.  Almos looked pretty hot in his flight suit tonight...wait...did I just say that?

3 - "psych!"  Haha - I almost fell for it!

Is Baltar the final cylon?  Because it sure seemed like it was important for humanity that Laura saved him...

Baltar preaching to the Centurion was adorable.

The 8 downloading Athena's memories...creeporama!

I cannot wait to get this season on DVD so I can watch it with subtitles - I miss so much!

BSG S.Q. CHARACTER GUIDE

-Admiral William Adama

Played by Edward James Olmos, Adama is the Admiral of the fleet and commanding officer of the Battlestar Galactica. A soft-spoken hard-hitter, the senior Adama would likely appeal to Daddy's girls, female literature professors, and closeted Semper Fi's with unresolved yearnings.

- President Laura Roslin

You may recognize Mary McDonnell from Dances with Wolves and Independence Day. Roslin in a tough, savvy politician with a few moral gray areas. She has cancer in the program, but this is a woman who could still competently handle a whip/football team/chicken. By the look in her eye, you know she views any male ranking less than admiral as merely breakfast.

- Starbuck

Yes, she's a girl! From Oregon! True story: Portland born Katee Sackhoff brings an edge to Viper Pilot Kara Thrace that the original, congenial male Starbuck probably never envisioned. Though a very tough and physical character, there is a certain transparency, a lack of manipulation to Starbuck that would probably appeal to anyone who has recently survived a divorce.

- Lee 'Apollo' Adama

Former viper pilot, and only remaining son of the Admiral, Lee Adama is the idealist of the group. He has a great body, and a moral compass that would make 82% of all potential mates develop a severe inferiority complex. Lee would be the wet-dream of far-lefties, pro-bono attorneys and John Mayer fans. Oh, btw, Dibs.

-Dr. Gaius Baltar

I don't want my own impression of Baltar to color your perceptions (he's a sleazeball). I will say that Baltar is probably the best dresser on the show. I won't say that this is because his vanity is of mammoth, unwieldy proportions. (oops) I will say, he isn't real hard to get. Just be reasonably attractive and look at him for a second, he's yours. Baltar's a good person to be with if you've recently been dumped by someone like Lee Adama. You can feel morally superior to Baltar right up until he sleeps with your mom at your graduation dinner. After that you should focus more energy on hoping they used protection.

-Six

Oh, she's a man-eater. She's also a cylon, but if a little artificial intelligence doesn't bother you, this bionic 'skin-job' can offer both physical and mental challenges to satisfy the masochist in you. Yeah, she's a little unpredictable: One moment she's pledging her eternal love to a human and coming across all vulnerable, the next she's beating up old eyepatch and slamming Baltar around by the hair. But men love that shit, don't they? Oh, btw- she has sisters. Lots and lots of sisters.

-Samuel T. Anders

In case you can't tell from the name alone, Anders is an all-purpose hottie. Pilot, resistance fighter, conveniently qualified husband to Kara Thrace (or at least to her impulsive libido) Anders is your standard go-to guy. The name says it all: Samuel T., c'mon. They don't give a character a middle initial unless it means something. 'T.' means trustworthy character, and 'Z.' means reliably evil. Anders would be ideal for uncomplicated carnal stress relief in a car or a warehouse. He's just that kind of guy. Er... cylon, rather.

- Galen Tyrol

Tyrol is the every man's man. He gets his hands dirty, damn it. He shows up every day and does his job. But... like so many of us, he has quirks. 1. He's a cylon. To his credit, this realization has brought him intense anguish, but still. 2. After his wife, Cally, died (got offed by a Cylon) he screamed about the 'boiled cabbage stench of her'. I personally find this intimidating. It would suck to be in a relationship with someone and discover that this is the epitaph they've been storing up.

-Tory Foster

The cylon who killed Galen's wife, y'know? Yeah, it was her. Tory: Advisor to the president, closet Cylon, Baltar's part-time bimbo (she also nailed Anders), manipulator extraordinaire. If snakes fascinate you, or you find yourself envious of Michael Douglas in Basic Instinct, Tory might just be your ticket to ride.

- Saul Tigh

For anyone trying to wean themselves off a pirate fetish, I present Saul Tigh. The gravelly voice, the eyepatch, the alcoholic tendencies, all these should make your transition from swashbucklers to bitter old men very smooth and easy going. You probably expect it by this point, but yeah, he's a Cylon, too.

-Cylon Hybrid

I don't fully understand what exactly she does. She's plugged into the ship somehow, and she lives in one of those pools where the Cylons are 'born' again after being downloaded. Both scary and wise, the Hybrid *knows* things. Given, she doesn't get out much, still this character might appeal to that shady demographic who patronize Hentai tentacle porn.

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So now you have a cornucopia of interesting choices. Which one of these characters would YOU repopulate the planet Earth with?

Cylon's despair, originally uploaded by earthpages.

Sci-fi fans are all hip to the idea of human beings wondering if they're cylons... but what about the other side..?

Original Creative Commons photo "Liverpool Street station crowd blur" by David Sim » www.flickr.com/photos/victoriapeckham/164175205/

A única parte que eu achei interessante na briga toda foi o discurso do Baltar no final. "Vocês são perfeitos", "Deus te ama como você é". Deus deixa de ser o cara do mau (Velho Testamento?) e vira um cara que te ama apesar dos seus defeitos. Um paralelo interessante. Pena que eu tive que aturar meia hora de inutilidades e destruição de imagens de deuses de mentirinha para chegar nisso.

De resto, um episódio para encher lingüiça. O único ponto alto foi a discussão do Tyrol com o Adama. Sensacional o desabafo dele. E que abre duas perguntas importantes, que eu não tinha pensado antes. Se ele ainda é apaixonado pela Boomer (o que o discurso deixa claro) e ele é um cylon, tecnicamente nada impede que eles fiquem juntos. E isso pode desequilibrar a balança. O Chief é fiel aos humanos, por sua família e seu trabalho. Agora, a Cally se foi, o Nicky virou uma possibilidade assustadora e ele foi banido do deck. Pergunta número 1: se ela estiver em jogo, o que ele vai fazer? Número 2: o que ELA vai fazer quando descobrir que ele é um cylon? Vai se entregar ao cara que ela realmente gostava ou vai ficar amarga e jogar na cara: "quando eu descobri e disse que não sabia, você não ficou do meu lado"? É, amigo, o mundo dá voltas, mesmo quando ele foi explodido em milhões de pedacinhos.

Não entendo as críticas ao Lee. Tá, ele foi bundão na terceira temporada, fato. Mas não está sendo nessa. Ele teve um papel essencial no estabelecimento das liberdades democráticas e eu juro que não entendo porque tem gente caindo matando nele. Achavam que a Roslin tava certa, é isso?

Enfim, um episódio mediano, sem "velocidade" nenhuma. Vamos esperar a semana que vem.

Por MJ

O Rexente e familia.

O presidente da Deputación de Ourense fala de facer unha guerra de bases ( nesta nova ), no caso de que a dirección do PPdeG intente renovalo a el ou a súa directiva, como consecuencia do mal resultado nas pasadas xerais ( non pola súa política filantrópico-familiar, a ver que pensades ! ).

Para os descoñecedores, estos xeitos políticos tan maoístas, son o froito dun traballo reeducativo cultural, analizado brilantemente antes no Galpón de Breogán en: "Bandas de gaitas e dominación global" ," Informe CEFOU" e "Mamá eu de maior quero ser funcionario". Ademáis son a introducción pra entender as bases do derradeiro réxime boinil, e de como este mestre de aldea, ex-repartidor de gasesoa a domicilio chegou a acadar ese poder místico e absoluto.

O GdeB estos días, non sin perigo para as persoas, interceptou un dos panfletos que se están a repartir arestora polas vilas de Ourense, polas animadas bases:

 ( Traducción do barallete ao galego ) MENSAXE DO COMITÉ CENTRAL:

Canta xente desagradecida hai en Ourense ! Esta guerra da Boina-gaita contra o Birrete-CEFOU, repítese cada certo tempo ( Primeiro con Cuiña, logo Cacharro )...Pero unha vez máis serán derrotados polo noso líder, desta vez debemos de facer un novo Ourense, hai que reeducar os desleais o réxime e madálos de funcionarios lonxe.

Os nosos leais do rural baixarán dos montes o ritmo das súas bandas de gaitas, e esnaquizarán museos, salas de exposicións, facultade por facultade, centro comercial por centro comercial, bufete por bufete... Como traicionan o amor do noso pai !...Debemos gañar a derradeira batalla ! Viva Ourense eo noso líder !

Supoñemos que trala previsible demostración de forza das bases, como ten acontecido noutros capitulos das guerras tribais ourensáns, Baltar voltará a por orde porque...El sempre acada o que quere do PP, porque o PP foi a el, e non el foi o PP, ou é que agora será diferente ?

Anything you want  you got it ,  anything you need you got it,
 
anything at all you got it ,    baby... 

Sinceramente, muito pouca coisa. Primeiro, óbvio, porque eu estava MUITO a fim de ver e quando você entrar no nível em que eu estou de obsessão é muito difícil encontrar defeitos (tenta me convencer que há alguma coisa errada com a trilogia Matrix? Pra mim não tem e eu vou dar nó em pingo d'água para explicar as coisas). Segundo, porque o episódio foi muito acelerado e parece que passou muito rápido.

Não cheguei a desgostar completamente de muita coisa. Sinceramente, na hora dos cultos ao Baltar eu fiquei meio entendiada. Reconheço que a idéia é legal, mas cada vez que parávamos o mistério da Starbuck para ver nego rezando, eu tinha vontade de pular a cena. Sem contar que eu não aguento mais ver o Baltar transando. Sério. Sério. Séééééério. "Ah, tá, agora é a hora que uma gostosa dá para o Baltar, blá, blá, blá". Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. That is SOOOOO first season.

Achei que o problema "Starbuck é uma cylon" foi resolvido rápido demais. Ah, tá, fizemos um testezinho aqui, que a  gente sabe que não funciona desde a primeira temporada, e você pode andar pelos corredores livre, lépida e faceira. Tudo bem, colocaram a escolta. Mas, como o final comprovou, a Starbuck é mais do que capaz de botar qualquer escolta pra dormir em cinco segundos. A única cena boa (aliás, excelente) que isso rendeu foi o Tigh lembrando que o teste não funciona. Ele tem CERTEZA que não funciona, porque não funcionou com ele, mas ele não pode se entregar. Com um só olhar, ele mostrar tudo isso e mais o quanto tem medo e pena da Kara numa só. O Michael Hogan é foda.

Achei a presidente meio "mandona" demais, mas acho que isso é o rumo da personagem mesmo. Senti falta da Dee, que voltou a ser personagem secundária, e de saber o que diabos foi feito do casamento do Apollo. Mas isso deve se resolver em breve.

Por fim, achei o episódio ótimo, mas acho que eu teria gostado MUITO mais se eu não tivesse visto tantos promos e spoilers. O impacto da cena do Tigh atirando foi completamente perdido em mim, porque eu já tinha visto tantas cenas com ele que sabia que era um sonho. Vou tentar ver menos spoilers agora.

Acho que é isso. E você, Bruno? O que não gostou? E vocês que passaram por aqui? Alguma coisa que não gostaram?

Por MJ

Para quem reclamou que a terceira temporada era muito parada, a quarta chega chutando a porta, no meio da maior batalha que o seriado já viu desde o primeiro episódio, que só ganha porque o mundo acabou. Vemos naves da frota sendo destruídas e efeitos especiais de tirar o fôlego. Aliás, essa pausa de um ano fez muito bem para a equipe de efeitos, os combates estavam mais reais, os ângulos mais ousados. A batalha foi linda, linda.

Em meio a um episódio cheio de ação, minha cena favorita foi uma das mais paradas. A que o almirante e o Lee conversam revendo a imagem do viper da Kara explodindo em mil pedaços. Primeiro porque é ótimo ver que os dois voltam às boas depois do final da temporada passada. Lee e Adamão são a única "família" que existia antes do fim das colônias e é muito triste que eles se distanciem. O "put them back on" do Adamão foi de partir o coração. Dá pra ver como ele se orgulha de ter um filho piloto. Mas a parte que mais me arrepiou foi quando Apollo manda: "e se fosse meu irmão a sair daquele cockpit? Faria alguma diferença se ele fosse um cylon?".

É o cerne da questão em BSG: o que define um ser humano. E ver isso no Lee, um personagem que passou as três primeiras temporadas com o sangue quente quando o assunto eram os cylons é comovente. Ele foi um dos únicos que não engoliu 100% a nova Sharon. E ele confessar isso, de que amaria seu irmão mesmo que ele fosse um cylon (e, na entrelinha, de que amaria a Starbuck mesmo se ela fosse) é um avanço e tanto para o personagem, que pelo visto vai ter um papel de liderança importante nesta temporada.

A frase do Lee ecoa mais tarde, quando o Anders quase sai do armário e diz que se Kara fosse uma cylon desde o começo, isso não mudaria quem ela era e o amor que ele sente. Também ecoa o que Tigh anda rosnando para cima e para baixo: que ele decide de que lado ele está, independente do que seja. E toda a questão no centro de Galactica: afinal, o que é que nos faz humanos?

Em todas as guerras da humanidade, os soldados costumam desumanizar o inimigo. Os judeus não eram gente para os nazistas e o nazistas não eram gente para os Aliados. Os vietcongs não eram gente para os americanos, eram os charlies. No caso dos cylons, eles começaram como robôs, mas o que são agora? Se eles parecem humanos por dentro e por fora, sangram como humanos, pensam como humanos, sentem como humanos, sofrem, erram, se apaixonam, por que não seriam humanos? Porque mataram? Matar não é humano? Porque foram produzidos pela humanidade? Mas os bebês de proveta, os filhos da reprodução assistida, também não foram?

O que define humanidade? Se o seu irmão não fosse "humano", isso mudaria as experiências que você teve com ele durante toda a sua vida? Mudaria o amor que você sente? Assim, do nada? É isso que Apollo parece estar entendendo, e, pelo olhar, até o almirante pára um pouquinho para pensar. Starbuck é obrigada a pensar nessas coisas na marra, porque até ela começa a duvidar do que é. Baltar já tem essas dúvidas há tempos e agora os quatro se juntam a ele. A única pessoa que parece determinada a continuar do jeito que as coisas estavam é Roslin, à beira da morte, e fica claro que até mesmo Adama está confuso, apenas seguindo suas ordens.

No mais, eu tenho medo do deus dos cylons. De arrepiar as cenas envolvendo o Baltar Jesus Cristo Superstar e o molequinho.

De resto, ficam as perguntas não respondidas e as novas perguntas:

- Ainda: o que diabos aconteceu com a Kara? Ela não parece estar mentindo, mas o que pode ter acontecido para ela pensar em seis horas e terem passado dois meses? E o seu viper? O que aconteceu?

- Qual é a das seguidoras do Baltar? Da onde surgiu isso? E por que diabos ele tem essa "linha direta" com deus?

- Por que os cylons se retiraram da batalha? Eles já enfrentaram o Anders antes, só não num viper. Por que só agora, depois do All Along the Watchtower, eles o reconheceram?

- Se a Six sente os final five "perto" porque a Athena parece que não? Por que ela nunca falou nisso?

Momentos favoritos, além da cena acima mencionada:

- A batalha inicial: Linda

- O Chief gritando com todo mundo no deck

- A cara desesperada da Tory se voltando para o Tigh: “alguma coisa pode ter mudado”

- O abraço do Lee na Kara

Por MJ

P.S. 1: É impressão minha ou o Baltar mudou o sotaque para o de Aerilon, que ele mostra num dos últimos episódios da terceira?

P.S.2: Engraçado como a gente nunca acerta nada com esse previews. Todo mundo pirando com a cena de uma battlestar sendo destruída e era uma nave da frota. Ha.

What a day, we spent all morning on location. I almost didn't make it to lunch on time before class. I can't say much about work until next Monday, but it's going to be awesome.

Everybody is gearing up for the premiere of Battlestar Galactica's final season premiere tomorrow. I've caught a little of the ongoing marathons this past week.

Here are a few of my unanswered questions leading the season off:

Starbuck. Back. Enough said.

Anders, Tyrol, the Chief, and Tori. What's going to happen with that?

Lee living la vida civvy. Where's it going?

Baltar. I'm just excited to see James Callus do his thing. Let's see where he takes us.

Those are my short list of things to ponder before this Friday's episode.

Lot's going on this weekend, Mom's coming to town. Her sister and family are my cousins in Jersey. She'll be staying with them for the weekend, then coming into the city to visit my brother and I and have some fun. I guess I'd better clean my new apartment.

Pics: Teaser pic from today.

You scored as Dr Gaius Baltar

"You have betrayed humanity, for a blonde. However you'd rather people learnt to just get past that. After all, you never meant to wipe out the human race. Luckily you are cleverer than everyone else, so no one will ever know. Even though they look at you with suspicion behind their eyes."

Meus comentários?

- o Letterman é o cara mais sem graça do planeta;

- a lista de Top Ten é a segunda coisa mais sem graça do planeta;

- só vi dois momentos realmente engraçados: Tigh e Adamão. A Roslin e a Starbuck foi engraçadinho. O resto me fez sentir vergonha alheia, coisas bem no estilo "Sci Fi é coisa para gente boba";

- O Jamie Bamber (o Lee) é o único que parece não estar morrendo de vergonha de estar ali.

- Ainda sobre o Jamie, é engraçado como ele fica com o sotaque americano durante toda a parte que tem a ver com o universo BSG e daí em um segundo volta pro britânico. Como se ele só conseguisse falar "FTL drive" em "americanês". Dá pra ver como é automático para ele;

- Starbuck, Roslin, Tigh e Adamão são os únicos que estão "no personagem";

- Desperdício do talento do cara que faz o Baltar e eu esqueci o nome;

- A peruca da Tricia fica ridícula na iluminação do Letterman. Podiam ter deixado ela com o cabelo normal;

- Number Six, number six foi legalzinho;

- Só o sorrisinho sacana da Starbuck me fez MORRER de saudade de BSG.

Por MJ