Quotations Marks – Keith and Veronica Mars banter like rock stars
I do have to admit. I’m a bit jealous Bob. I’ve been a Veronica Mars fan for day one, so its definitely one of those shows that I wish I could go back and watch fresh. One of the best parts of putting together this post is getting to cull through quotes from the Virgin Diary reviews, and Veronica Mars is always one of the best reads.
Better Off Ted
“A machine that causes vomiting… that could have all kinds of applications for the military… and fashion modeling.” – Ted
The Colbert Report
“I also express anger through cheering and applause. It’s like my left hand is Al Franken and my right hand keeps slapping him.” – Stephen Colbert
Diary of a Battlestar Galactica Virgin – Starting with season four
Technically, this is more along the lines of a born-again virgin diary. I had a grand plan to watch and review Battlestar Galactica from the start, but I blew it by voraciously attacking the first two seasons worse than Kirstie Alley attacks a buffet. Wocka, Wocka, Wocka! By the time I awoke from my week long DVD viewing marathon, I was on the first disc of season three. Hey, blame Ronald D. Moore for creating such a damn compelling series. At any rate, I’m beginning this diary with what BSG fans tell me is the “all is revealed” season. We shall see.
Quotation Marks: Radishes, tuxes, hamsters and crap
We searched the wide television landscape to bring you some of the best quotes of the week. In addition to some BSG goodness, we have quotes from Simon Cowell an the Devil, proving once and for all that they aren’t the same person. Or are they? Dun dun DUN! Actually, I’m pretty sure they aren’t; the Devil would have a better haircut.Reaper
“The Devil is attracted to radishes. What does that mean? Like sexually? Oh, that’s disgusting. Where do they get that?” – The Devil, reading Sam’s book on The Devil.
Starbuck goes akimbo, and two frakkers I won’t miss
While I’ve loved the battle upon the Galactica these past few episodes, I’m glad it’s over. Who doesn’t love Starbuck when she’s in her element? And standing by Lee while she’s all akimbo with the pistols? Frakking awesome. And Lampkin! But it needed to be over, and I’m happy with the outcome. Like Gaeta said, regarding his leg (great line and scene): “It stopped.”
Fortunately for me, I didn’t make some sort of crazy bet last week, when I said Saul Tigh would jump on the grenade. As this week went on — and the more I thought about it — I wanted to take that back. But, hey, Saul’s alive! We can all go back to being happy now. What grenade? Right?
Who will be a messiah first: Starbuck or Locke?
Two of my favorite shows on television right now are Lost and Battlestar Galactica. I won’t go into all the reasons I love them, but suffice it to say: they’re the awesomest!
One thing that I have noticed lately is that both of the shows appear to be setting things up to make one of their long time characters into a messiah of sorts. Both Starbuck and John Locke appear more and more like a messiah in the making. By all appearances, they both have complicated and important “destinies,” and both have seemingly died.
Let’s take a closer look.
Don’t Lie to Me, Starbuck; SNL is too long – The Week in Clack
Week of January 18 to January 24
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Ah, the new programming gradually trickles in and we have more premieres and previews to love:
- Burn Notice is back, and Mike is one pissed off spy, Scott notices.
- Lost is back, Sun is vengeful, and apparently we find the island, or something like that, according to Bob.
- Lie to Me debuts to decent numbers and a general warm fuzzy feeling — Jen loves it.
- Rich has high hopes for TNT’s Trust Me.
Starbuck goes insane!
Some things you might not know:
1. Dirk Benedict — the original Starbuck and Face from the A-Team — is still alive!
2. He’s a right-winger who is blogging for conservative entertainment blog BigHollywood.com, which is kind of like The Huffington Post except without the Greek accent or the cultural cache.
3. He believes that the latest incarnation of Battlestar Galatica is terrible because of its obvious liberal agenda.
Excerpts after the jump. I’m telling you now as a friend, check them out. It’s like having a conversation about Sarah Palin with your grandmother, except your grandmother is Face from the A-Team!
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