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18 Jul 2005 - 00:32
Obviously my PHD IN FILM STUDIES was good for something. And may I just add that if I had to sit down and figure out exactly what kind of show I would pay money not to watch, West Wing meets 24 meets Little House on the Prairie would be it.
And from today's NYTIMES MAGAZINE: Ron Moore's Deep Space Journey Just in case you want to read the last article that will ever be written about BATTLESTAR GALACTICA when it was still BATTLESTAR GALACTICA and not WEST WING. There was a line towards the end that I liked:
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I greatly dislike West Wing. -- BarryGarelick - 18 Jul 2005
I've never seen West Wing... or 24... and I barely remember little house on the prairie, but I didn't like it. -- CarolynJohnston - 18 Jul 2005
I feel loved. -- CatherineJohnson - 18 Jul 2005
Barry--why do you dislike West Wing? I dislike it, but then again I dislike all Quality TV on principle. (Also in practice.) -- CatherineJohnson - 18 Jul 2005
Don't get me started. -- BarryGarelick - 18 Jul 2005
Barry, now you MUST tell us why you greatly dislike WEST WING. There's just no alternative. -- CatherineJohnson - 18 Jul 2005
I shouldn'ta opened my big mouth. Elitisim abounds in Washington DC, but even elitists don't understand every question asked of them and sometimes say "What?" or "Huh?" or "I don't know". But the characters in West Wing are all so highly intelligent that they never falter with a response. They never speak directly about anything; everything they say to one another is ironic metaphor and sarcasm and everyone intuits everything everybody is saying. Although I probably agree with a lot of the points whose metaphors my feeble mind is able to translate, I just want to tell them to shut up. They're so concerned with their own gravitas that nothing else matters. I worked on the Hill for a while with highly arrogant people and even they weren't as bad as these guys. -- BarryGarelick - 18 Jul 2005
That is priceless! I'm sending it to the folks at BATTLESTAR GALACTICA. DAMN THEM! (OK, this is a family web site. I probably should not be saying 'damn them' even in jest.....) Temple told me last night that if I'm ranting on Kitchen Table Math she will 'de-link' the site. She's tough. -- CatherineJohnson - 18 Jul 2005
Battlestar Galactica RIP
So how bad was the LONG AWAITED season premiere of Battlestar Galactica? Three words. THE MATRIX RELOADED. Ed and I were so disappointed we got in a fight about it. Not a big fight. More of a since I can't jump through the screen and throttle Ron Moore I guess I will have to argue with you about WHY the second season is so wretched kind of fight. My position was: They've decided to turn it into WEST WING. Ed's position was: That's ridiculous. So I just now clicked on my Battlestar Galactica Countdown widget, which took me to the Galactica Panel at Comic-Con (Comic-Con?) where I read that:Jamie Bamber (Apollo) describes BSG as “West Wing meets 24 meets Little House on the Prarie.”
Obviously my PHD IN FILM STUDIES was good for something. And may I just add that if I had to sit down and figure out exactly what kind of show I would pay money not to watch, West Wing meets 24 meets Little House on the Prairie would be it.
And from today's NYTIMES MAGAZINE: Ron Moore's Deep Space Journey Just in case you want to read the last article that will ever be written about BATTLESTAR GALACTICA when it was still BATTLESTAR GALACTICA and not WEST WING. There was a line towards the end that I liked:
He said he had gained some perspective on the cause that had taken up so much of his time. ''Looking back,'' he said, ''it's hard for me to believe I did what I did.'' He never intended to become so emotionally involved, he said. ''I just felt there's something powerful here. And I just found myself taking a series of small steps that turned into big steps.''
For some reason, this made me think of KITCHEN TABLE MATH. I don't know why. Back to main page.
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I greatly dislike West Wing. -- BarryGarelick - 18 Jul 2005
I've never seen West Wing... or 24... and I barely remember little house on the prairie, but I didn't like it. -- CarolynJohnston - 18 Jul 2005
I feel loved. -- CatherineJohnson - 18 Jul 2005
Barry--why do you dislike West Wing? I dislike it, but then again I dislike all Quality TV on principle. (Also in practice.) -- CatherineJohnson - 18 Jul 2005
Don't get me started. -- BarryGarelick - 18 Jul 2005
Barry, now you MUST tell us why you greatly dislike WEST WING. There's just no alternative. -- CatherineJohnson - 18 Jul 2005
I shouldn'ta opened my big mouth. Elitisim abounds in Washington DC, but even elitists don't understand every question asked of them and sometimes say "What?" or "Huh?" or "I don't know". But the characters in West Wing are all so highly intelligent that they never falter with a response. They never speak directly about anything; everything they say to one another is ironic metaphor and sarcasm and everyone intuits everything everybody is saying. Although I probably agree with a lot of the points whose metaphors my feeble mind is able to translate, I just want to tell them to shut up. They're so concerned with their own gravitas that nothing else matters. I worked on the Hill for a while with highly arrogant people and even they weren't as bad as these guys. -- BarryGarelick - 18 Jul 2005
That is priceless! I'm sending it to the folks at BATTLESTAR GALACTICA. DAMN THEM! (OK, this is a family web site. I probably should not be saying 'damn them' even in jest.....) Temple told me last night that if I'm ranting on Kitchen Table Math she will 'de-link' the site. She's tough. -- CatherineJohnson - 18 Jul 2005
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