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[odditycollector]

I watched the pilot and second episode of Caprica, and they seemed amazingly long for the running time and stuck on a single, depressing emotional note. And not even *good* depressing. And I do not care about any of the characters.

Thus, I am going to take it off the list of shows I am following, which is just *wrong* because it leaves me with no spaceships at all! I am thinking of catching either Farscape or Babylon 5 to fill this lack. Or if anyone has better suggestions....?

Other shows I am following: Grey's Anatomy - It is really starting to bother me, what they are/have forever been doing to Cristina. Or maybe just that it's so realistic? She is fighting, but I know women who've been kicked into the same trap.

Leverage - I am increasingly convinced the *show* ships the OT3. Although I always immediately forget any important emotional beats. Made it awkward trying to talk to people about The Future Job, I will say.

White Collar - A new one! After there were 3 consecutive posts on my flist promising me Awesomeness, I gave in and checked it out. I am not decided where it lives on the Awesome scale, but it is a good 9.2 on Hot. That Neal Caffrey is ridiculously pretty, I will take him in a package of a half dozen.

(Though I will not share what I would *do* with them, lest you think less of me.)

The last ep even guest starred Sarah Carter, who I've been known to have impure thoughts about, so full points this show in getting my attention! (Although she did not ping me very hard this time around, maybe it was the hair?)

Comments

[brownbetty]

I think you would really like Farscape, and should give it a whirl.

[holyschist]

I haven't been following Grey's recently (I am too angry at most of the characters!). What have they been doing to my beloved Cristina?

[thegameiam.livejournal.com]

B5 is a fantastic show - the first season is wobbly, as the characters find their footing, but has a few definite high notes. Seasons 2-4 are masterful, and they demonstrate the potential of long-term storytelling on network TV. Season 5 is a disappointment, because there was such uncertainty about whether they would *get* a fifth season that the most important storylines were wrapped up at the end of 4, and there were also some cast changes which did not help the show overall.

I highly recommend it.

[the-wanlorn.livejournal.com]

I am honestly kind of weirded out by how much I honestly believe we're meant to see the OT3 on Leverage. I mean, I never thought I would turn into one of those crazy people AND YET.

[ndgmtlcd.livejournal.com]

Farscape has a better sense of humor and Babylon 5 has better spaceships.

[milkshake-b.livejournal.com]

You mean you haven't seen either of those?!?!?!?!!?!? I am shocked into gratuitous interobanging!

I highly recommend them both, but for different reasons. They both get A++ marks on female characters (Farscape is better with women having sex lives, but B5 has its two most ass-kick speeches in the whole series--and this is a speechifying series--delivered by female characters; I still get chills watching either of them), and they both have excellent arcage. B5 has a more coherent overall plot, but Farscape does more with inverting SF tropes. B5 does better epic drama and politics, but Farscape does better interpersonal drama and psychology. B5 has better music (the music makes a lot of scenes) but Farscape has better visuals (this latter is, admittedly, mostly because B5 pretty much invented CGI. Also, the lens flare. They apologize most sincerely for that). They both take a while to find their feet (I nearly gave up on Farscape at one point in the first season and only got interested again when Scorpius shows up). Fascape probably has better dialog than B5--Babylon 5 gets a lot of "Nobody talks like that!" complaints, although it never bothered me--but B5 is definitely an "Everyone lives to the twenty-third century" show, in religion as well as race. Every area you can go "Yes, but one has better thingie than the other!" you can come up with a retort for.

All and all, I'd say this one depends a lot on what you're in the mood for, although by all means do watch them both, just not at the same time. But to start, do you want epic space opera or the adventures of an American trapped in the Australian BDSM scene?