Published Apr 2, 2007
I think I’ve said before that, if you aren’t watching Battlestar Galactica, you’re wasting your television. I would like to revise that statement at this time; if you’re not watching Battlestar Galactica, you’re wasting the entire concept of visual entertainment. Buy it off iTunes. Find a torrent of it. Buy the British version on DVD, probably already out by now. Just see it. I mean, not only is it well-plotted, -written, -directed, and -shot, but now they’ve moved up to showing off — despite having telegraphed everything that was going to be in the season finale, every moment of it left you saying “oh shit!” That, folks, is skill. Don’t be a hata, watch BSG.
I have the first two DVD collections, haven’t started on them yet… Probably will, uh… soon. Yeah, that’s the ticket.
I did watch The Departed last night, though. I get why it won that Oscar. I think it’s actually better than the movie it was based on (Infernal Affairs, which suffered from the fact that the two leads were practically identical twins). As far as just plot twists, I liked both Inside Man and Lucky Number Slevin better, but The Departed is emotionally richer — more realistic, less stylized.