tasty battlestar

[merchimerch]

Found on the I Blame the Patriarchy blog:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tE2gEJwrVgc

Quite appropriate, since I caught up with the latest two episodes of this season yesterday night. Seriously dark episodes. It's always been a dark series, but all this eliding of sex, love, and violence is a bit much even for my Bret Easton Ellis-, Solzhenitsyn-appreciating tastes.

And while I'm talking sci fi shows, I've now watched the first season of Babylon 5 and am TOTALLY hooked. However, as much love as Ivanova seems to get on my friends page, I hate the odd caricature statements she makes about her Russianness. Her character as a whole is great--strong and funny--a rare find for women portrayed on TV. But seriously, if I hear her say another line that ends with "...I'm Russian" or begins with "We Russians..." with stereotypical matrionichka doll blather in between, well I think I'm gonna hurl. Please tell me that this kind of writing improves in later seasons.

Comments

[serestriel.livejournal.com]

Actually it gets a little worse, and goes from being 'I'm Russian' to 'I'm a Russian Jew'. Her using being a russkie as a reason for her being the way she is happens about once every 4 or 5 episodes though.