This will be a short post.
The script for “V” was written during the Bush administration.
So those who think it is about the Obama administration are mistaken. That includes those who think “yeah! sock it to them!” and those who think “what is this paranoid right-wing extremist nonsense?” And there have been many of both.
That does [...]
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“V” is (not really) about Obama administration
Do we engage or avoid and/or create an alternative culture? (or) Die Kulturfrage
(I have been wanting to write this for the last few months but have not sat down and taken the time.)
There is a polite debate among those of a more conservative political and/or religious persuasion.
Let me first establish the context for this debate. The premise? assumption? conviction? that popular culture is dominated by voices hostile [...]
SNL reruns and Bush – do they not see the irony?
I get home around 10:30 p.m. on Friday nights because of English Conversation. Watch “Clone Wars” then “Battlestar Galactica” which I had recorded. Then I flip channels for a few minutes to see if anything interesting is on as midnight approaches.
Hmm. “Saturday Night Live” rerun. Steve Carrell hosting. Not bad. Give that a whirl.
One of [...]
REVIEW – “Battlestar Galactica” first episode of season 4.5
My goodness!
My head is still spinning. Hm – how many bombshells did they drop in the episode “Sometimes a Great Notion” of “Battlestar Galactica” last Friday evening?
*SPOILER ALERT!
READ NO FURTHER IF YOU WANT TO BE SURPRISED!
SPOILER ALERT!*
We now realize what did not happen to Kara Thrace aka Starbuck when she supposedly died disappeared for two [...]
