More evidence that BSG is the shit and you should watch it.

If I were to let you borrow the Season 1 DVDs and you gave them an honest watch, turned around and gave them back and said, “Nah, I don’t really want to keep watching,” I will give you $100.Okay, not really. But the fact remains: if you are missing this show, you are missing a quality story. It was the name that originally held me back until I found out what it meant.

Steven King’s Top 5 TV shows of 2007 as told to Entertainment Weekly:

5.) Friday Night Lights. I’ll admit I am curious about this show, because one time on Friday night I was flipping through the channels and was caught by a show that looked awesome (visually), had solid characters and seemed to have believable dialog (something a lot of potentially good shows are ruined by). Only later I noticed I was watching a sports show. I might give this another shot soon.

4.) Dexter. Also another one I feel I should try. Considering re-starting my Netflix to get the DVDs.

3.) Battlestar Galactica. Steven says: “It sagged in the middle, but picked up at the end. The best of Battlestar are the tough-as-nails women. Call them Space Grrls.”

2.) Damages. Never heard of this one.

1.) Lost. Steven says: “Still the best. I re-watched the entire third season to make sure, and–yes–still the best. Heroes just doesn’t have it’s mythic grandeur. People are reaching for the stars here. And maybe beyond. Really, there’s never been anything like it.”

Speaking of Lost, I can’t believe I haven’t mentioned this yet. Verizon has released a few of the “missing pieces” of episodes. I think they’re just deleted scenes from certain episodes but they are still pretty cool. They could have been released during the summer when I was really missing Lost, but what can I do? The latest one, “Operation Sleeper,” is the best one and explains what exactly Juliet was talking about when she asked Jack “should we tell her?” after Kate confronted them about her mistrust toward Juliet. As an audience, we went, “Jack knows?” Yes, Jack knows.

Speaking of good, believable dialog: “Thank you, please let me finish.”

(Side note: the writers are still not being paid for such dialog.)

*****

The comic of the day is the first time Superman found he was not only invulnerable on the oustide, but on the inside as well.

Second-side-side note: does anybody besides Crystal enjoy the comics? If not, that’s okay, I’ll post them for her benefit. Just asking. I feel like maybe people don’t know how to read comics so that’s why nobody other than her has really said anything. I, too, had trouble following comics (when I was a wee-lad) and it was, ironically, my dad who gave the best, most obvious advice: “Read it like a book–left to right, top to bottom. Go with the flow of art and text.”

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