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Archive for February, 2007

Adama in “Dirty Hands”

Tuesday, February 27th, 2007

Yesterday and today I’ve exchanged some really informative email with some listeners, and it seems to me that I didn’t do a very good job of explaining why I was disappointed with Adama this week.  I hope you’ll forgive me — I’ve had some other things on my mind, and you can probably hear that [...]

GWC Podcast #31

Monday, February 26th, 2007

This week’s show title, “Dirty Hands” applied to both the workers on the tillium refinery ship and to Adama and Roslin.  Highlights: We wonder why Adama’s legendary leadership skills (and Roslin’s insight) take a vacation this episode, speculate about life through the eyes of the civilian fleet, question whether Tyrol will ever trust Adama again, [...]

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Podcast Delayed

Sunday, February 25th, 2007

We won’t be able to get the podcast out tonight because we weren’t able to watch the episode.
About 10 minutes before the episode was to begin, our cat Zach had a heart attack. He was laying on the bed with us, then suddenly jumped up and fell on the floor. He stopped breathing [...]

GWC Frak Party: “Dirty Hands”

Sunday, February 25th, 2007

If you’re not already attending a Frak Party — or hosting one! – join us here for the GWC online ‘party.  Or hell, even if you are watching with friends, post their comments, too!  There’s room for everyone, though you’ll have to bring your own snacks…
And, since we record the podcast right after the episode, we’ll [...]

GWC Podcast #30

Monday, February 19th, 2007

“A Day in the Life” reminded us of why we love the show — and its great characters — so much.  Highlights: We address Adama’s “projections,” respect BSG’s honest and realistic approach to divorce, wonder what Mrs. Adama must have been like if whining Lee thinks she’s “unstable,” speculate again on what kind of trial [...]

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GWC Frak Party: “A Day in the Life”

Sunday, February 18th, 2007

If you’re not already attending a Frak Party — or hosting one! – join us here for the GWC online ‘party.  Or hell, even if you are watching with friends, post their comments, too!  There’s room for everyone, though you’ll have to bring your own snacks…
And, since we record the podcast right after the episode, we’ll [...]

BSG Government: Options Beyond Democracy and Monarchy

Wednesday, February 14th, 2007

In the last podcast we lamented the sorry state of the civilian fleet in BSG — the fact that every time we hear about them they’re involved in some kind of mob-like behavior like rioting, selling each other’s children, or electing Baltar president. 
Like Kay said in MIB, “A person is smart.  People are dumb, panicky, [...]

GWC Podcast #29

Monday, February 12th, 2007

Surprise, surprise: it was “The Woman, King” and not “The Woman King” – and the first Helo-centric episode in some time.  Highlights: We discuss Helo’s moral compass vs. his inexperience as an officer, delight in the re-appearance of Head Baltar, question Caprica Six’s desire to be human, and wonder just exactly what it really takes to shake Tigh’s [...]

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GWC Frak Party: “The Woman King”

Sunday, February 11th, 2007

If you’re not already attending a Frak Party — or hosting one! – join us here for the GWC online ‘party.  Or hell, even if you are watching with friends, post their comments, too!  There’s room for everyone, though you’ll have to bring your own snacks…
And, since we record the podcast right after the episode, we’ll [...]

Downloaded Mash-Up

Sunday, February 11th, 2007

I found another cool BSG fan video on the ‘net and thought I’d share.  This one is a video montage/remix of the episode Downloaded set to the Jay-Z/Linkin Park mashup Numb/Encore.  Sweeet.
(Warning: It’s got some language in it — the song’s uncensored.)

Roslin’s Legitimacy: What do you think?

Sunday, February 11th, 2007

We’ve talked about this numerous times in past podcasts, and a few listeners and readers have commented about it again recently: Laura Roslin has never actually been elected president.
She entered the presidency via the mass death of those ahead of her in the chain, and her second stint came about via a “back room deal” [...]

Digging Isn’t Just for Daggits

Sunday, February 11th, 2007

Some of you have already noticed this little “Digg It” buttons scattered around the site.  These are links to allow easy submission of GWC posts — and probably more importantly, the podcast itself — to Digg.
If you’re not familiar with Digg, it’s a link-recommendation site where users submit links and “vote” on them by “digging” [...]