To Be GNU/Hurd

• Battlestar Gallactica - Frack
• Farscape - Frill,Hezmanna
• Red Dwarf - Smeg

... more to come!

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Remember seeing those horrible looking Sci-Fi commercials for Farscape a few years ago? I used to sit there and think "What kind of loser would every watch that god-awful show?" I recently downloaded the first few episodes off of usenet and it is actually pretty good.

I found the initial setup on this show to be really interesting. It is about a scientist/pilot named John Crichton who is testing a theory for space travel. In the middle of his test flight Crichton is sucked into a worm hole, and spit out on the other side of the universe. I found myself much more drawn to this setup for a show much more than just being dropped in with a bunch of characters from 2000 years in the future. Having a character from the 20th century on the show allows you to believe more because he is just as stunned by what is happening as you are.

Despite the great setup, I have to say, the episodes and characters seem to be very formulaic. It is almost as if they took characters from classic RPG games and stuck them in a show. There is a priest, warrior, and theif, all who fit the stereotypes perfectly. Despite this I still have hope that the show will pick up, and more of a continuing plot will appear.

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So I am slowly discovering that Babylon 5 isn't the heaping pile of shit that it first appeared to be. For the first few episodes all I could see what the horribly tacky set, and rehashed sci-fi characters. Now that I am a good 13 episodes in I am starting to see a show with an excellent continuing plot, and some great costume design. I'm not sure that I'll be able to handle five seasons of the show, but it is definitly worth a watch.

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Holy crap what a shitty movie. I officially hate Michael Bay

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I finished watching The Trial last night. I was really fucking tired, but it was good enough to keep me awake. It reminded me a lot of Brazil. In fact, it seems like a few scenes from Brazil are taken directly from The Trial. I'm really starting to dig Orson Welles' films.

I've updated Planet NMP3s so that it properly handles Atom feeds from blogger.com now. The site is no longer indexed by google as well.

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