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samvara ([personal profile] samvara) wrote2005-07-25 11:50 pm

Battlestar Galactica 2003

OK am converted.

Saw the pilot with [livejournal.com profile] cricketk and am in deep, deep lust.

[identity profile] vegetariansushi.livejournal.com 2005-07-26 12:08 am (UTC)(link)
DEEP GLEE that you are in total lust with it, because omg, me too. Poor K has got several squee-filled emails over the last few days, mostly me going 'omg and then with the thing? and with -- and on -- and -- and -- and -- AND THEN I CRIED!!' Because that's about the level that I'm reduced to after watching an episode or two.

Yay, conversion! So do you have plans to watch the rest of the series as soon as possible?
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[identity profile] black-samvara.livejournal.com 2005-07-26 12:15 am (UTC)(link)
Yups, my current problem is whether it will be faster to download 'em or pry them out of people who already have them.

[identity profile] vegetariansushi.livejournal.com 2005-07-26 12:16 am (UTC)(link)
If you decide to download them, let me know and I'll get you a login to Demonoid, if you don't already have one - they have most of S1 up in HRHD, which is a much nicer way to watch than in the smaller size. (The files are about 700MB instead of 350.)
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[identity profile] black-samvara.livejournal.com 2005-07-26 12:20 am (UTC)(link)
Oooh thanks!

I am going to cry to [livejournal.com profile] juffles as he has a much faster link and has been known to pose about it

[identity profile] vegetariansushi.livejournal.com 2005-07-26 12:21 am (UTC)(link)
He's quite the popular fellow when it comes to computer issues, no?

Keep us (by which I mean 'me') updated on your viewing -- feel free to drop me a line any time that you need to squee uncontrollably.
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[identity profile] black-samvara.livejournal.com 2005-07-26 12:26 am (UTC)(link)
I love him more for his nutty sporting habits and our mutual woofer appreciation but he is also a shockingly sad geek.

[grin] I'm not quite as inclined to squee as [livejournal.com profile] cricketk - I'm more the collect-the-set-quiet-obsessive-collecter type.

[identity profile] vegetariansushi.livejournal.com 2005-07-26 12:29 am (UTC)(link)
I was never terribly inclined to squee either, and then I saw the last two eps of S1 and the first two eps of S2, and now my love for the show is so complete and overwhelming that it cannot be contained and I must talk about it to every single person that I see so that they will think that the show is great and start to watch it.

Seriously, it's an illness. I was doing real good until 1x12 and 1x13.

That said... You're aware that the mini and S1 are out on DVD already, yes? I'm just checking.
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[identity profile] black-samvara.livejournal.com 2005-07-26 12:35 am (UTC)(link)
Oooh, [livejournal.com profile] cricketk bought the pilot yesterday and we sat up last night to watch.. was under the impression S1 is not available in WA yet... assuming it ever will be. I suspect this will end up being something I want to own.

[identity profile] vegetariansushi.livejournal.com 2005-07-26 12:40 am (UTC)(link)
S1 is only just available here, and only in certain stores for another three months, though it's been out in the UK for -- four or five months? Something like that. However, I've found that through the magic of Amazon.co.uk, you can own the series right this very second! And it won't have the irritating edited-out scenes that you have with the American version. Not that I am about thisclose to ordering it because I neeeeeeed it.

Also, if you're interested, I uploaded the (haunting and utterly gorgeous) soundtrack for [livejournal.com profile] maharetr the other day -- it's here (http://www.rainynighthouse.com/specialpeople/bsg s1 soundtrack.zip), if you're interested.

[identity profile] cricketk.livejournal.com 2005-07-28 03:29 am (UTC)(link)
How she managed to stay unconverted when every Thursday and Friday lunch for 13 weeks I babbled non-stop BSG at her - I'll just never figure it out.

It'll be interested to see if we can get Juffie to start squealing about it as well.
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[identity profile] black-samvara.livejournal.com 2005-07-28 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
Think of the reading time I'm sacrificing...

[identity profile] cricketk.livejournal.com 2005-07-28 06:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Take it out of sleep - it's worth it!
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[identity profile] black-samvara.livejournal.com 2005-07-28 06:25 pm (UTC)(link)
I watched 33 and Water last night.

Yea Gods.

[identity profile] cricketk.livejournal.com 2005-07-28 06:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Yea Sweet Gods indeed.

This is the BEST and TOUGHEST television show.

I'm going to get all over-excited about it again, I can tell.
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[identity profile] black-samvara.livejournal.com 2005-07-28 06:32 pm (UTC)(link)
There are many reasons that I love you.

[identity profile] vegetariansushi.livejournal.com 2005-07-28 06:55 am (UTC)(link)
This is the part where we murmur things about resistance being fuitile, and assimilation being inevitable, yes?

[identity profile] cricketk.livejournal.com 2005-07-28 06:27 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm actually telepathically beaming that message into the heads of those around me as we speak.
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[identity profile] black-samvara.livejournal.com 2005-07-28 06:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah but are you beaming it spherically or on a horizontal plane?

[identity profile] cricketk.livejournal.com 2005-07-28 06:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Spherically, obviously.

I'm on the 7th floor.
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[identity profile] black-samvara.livejournal.com 2005-07-28 06:45 pm (UTC)(link)
What with being on the 13th myself I wondered...

[grin] So since it took me an entire season to tune in is your range limited? Do glass windows effectively block it? Do you only radiate from work? Do I have a shiny tinfoil hat?

[identity profile] cricketk.livejournal.com 2005-07-28 06:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Your mind was already full of other things - no effective chinks in your armour.
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[identity profile] black-samvara.livejournal.com 2005-07-28 07:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah the old wait till they're vulnerable then brainwash them technique!

I'm lucky you didn't shave my head and make me sell flowers on the streets.

[identity profile] cricketk.livejournal.com 2005-07-28 07:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Now you're reading my mind, not just receiving the BSG squee.
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[identity profile] black-samvara.livejournal.com 2005-07-28 07:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Was I going to get funky robes as well?

[identity profile] cricketk.livejournal.com 2005-07-28 07:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Nope. Pirate hat.