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Comment on harry potter and the half-blood prince by Sarah

Sarah — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 20:34:14 +0000

We finally saw this last night. Jim and I both agreed that Jim Broadbent was AWESOME.

I have a brain like a sieve and so didn’t remember much about the book (other than the climactic almost-final scene, of course) so, story-wise, it all was essentially brand new to me, though it did come back to me in dribs and drabs as the movie progressed. I thought it was a good balance of humor and drama — funny enough to break up the tension, but not so light as to take away from what is really a very dark storyline.

Also, I totally want the dress that Luna wore to Slughorn’s Christmas soiree. And one of the sweaters that Hermione was wearing at one point. These movies all have great clothes.

Comment on battlestar galactica: daybreak by pointedview

pointedview — Tue, 26 May 2009 23:31:03 +0000

Andrew: Ellen might have had an idea about the whereabouts of the destroyed first Earth. She wouldn’t necessarily have had a clue about the whereabouts of the habitable planet they decided to _call_ Earth.

Comment on battlestar galactica: daybreak by encyclops

encyclops — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:17:13 +0000

@Andrew:

Ellen – it depends on whether she was navigating the ship on the trip out. I’m gonna guess she wasn’t. Being a passenger on a plane flight to Antarctica doesn’t mean you could fly it.

Starbuck – yeah, it’s not really that clear. I’m assuming we’re supposed to understand that she brought humanity to Earth, where “pure” humanity died out and all surviving bloodlines were descended from Hera, a half-Cylon.

Hera – remember that the mother was one of the “evil robots,” so it wasn’t “evil robots got you pregnant.” There was in fact a lot of controversy about what to do about Hera, so I’m not complaining about the realism there.

And obviously, I don’t think the show is just awful. I just think that the first two seasons were amazing and the last two were just pretty good. And I loved Twin Peaks, but it’s a very different kind of show; it’s very intuitive and you either like and get it or you don’t.

Comment on battlestar galactica: daybreak by Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 01:02:34 +0000

Shouldn’t Ellen have known the way back to earth since she has all her memories of leaving earth?

What was up with starbuck, how is she the harbinger of death?

hela, as mentioned, was a waste of time. it would have been far more realistic to have an abortion the minute they found out she was part cylon. Come on people, evil robots trying to kill humanity somehow got you pregnant, and you say “i want to keep the baby – that’s a good idea – for me, my sanity, my mental health, and the rest of humanity, it a good idea”

Just awful, this show just awful…… I never watched twin peaks, i never watched lost, and i never should have watch this crap.

Comment on battlestar galactica: daybreak by Josh

Josh — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 00:30:55 +0000

Im really glad this show is over mainly because it sucked! The old battlestar was alot better! The story lines where alot better cyclones where robots not people.. I think they should have stuck with the old more than they did in making this series… I was very disapointed in the remake of this show. My expectations where a whole lot higher I was let down!

Comment on battlestar galactica: predictions by LaTiNo

LaTiNo — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:09:31 +0000

Well, you came close with your predictions! Well done!

Comment on battlestar galactica: daybreak by encyclops

encyclops — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 02:03:46 +0000

@Hailerstar: wow, I like both of those explanations/speculations a whole lot. Interesting!

Comment on battlestar galactica: daybreak by Hailerstar

Hailerstar — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 04:41:39 +0000

Two things my husband pointed out:
1. “It doesn’t like being called that” may have referred to the fact that God was in fact a machine, having no sexual characteristics to classify ‘it’ as a ‘he’ or ’she’.
2. Cavil shot himself because he didn’t want to die at anyone else’s hands or die slowly. He stated earlier in the season that on occupied New Caprica he’d gotten gunned down at one point and laid there bleeding to death slowly until he found a shard of glass to slit his wrists with and how he never wanted to be in that situation again.

Comment on battlestar galactica: predictions by encyclops

encyclops — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 08:28:01 +0000

@Tim: Nice! That would be pretty satisfying.

Comment on battlestar galactica: predictions by TimW

TimW — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 05:11:26 +0000

I love this Theory, Maybe the reason for showing the flashbacks in the last episode of the characters lives before the fall of Caprica is to show the family they lost, Baltar’s father, Zak, Roslin’s Father and Sisters, is because they reunite with them in the end.