Thursday, January 19, 2006

[from BEAN] Battlestar Galactica Get Together
TV, Friends and Family


UPDATE: Well that was fun, thanks for organizing all of this Amy! And thanks to BEAN-ers Niphon, Svet,Sonja, Emek, for the food and conversation, I am sure we will do this again.

Hey whaddya know a few other people like this show! Amy Chang has suggested some kind of BEAN-ish get together for some Battlestar watching and snacking. We don't have too many details sorted out, but hey please indicate your interest by commenting to this post or Amy's.

Did I mention this show kicks ass? OK first full nerd-dom disclosure: I like Lord of the Rings. I liked star trek. I played Dungeons and Dragons in middle school. I get The Onion joke about "Bill Gates gives self 18 in Charisma." But I have my limits. I have never, ever worn a cape. This show is not really limited to that kind of appeal.

It's smart and full of dialogue, its not reliant on the characters being really good looking, not full of sci fi science mumbo jumbo. There is lots of political and religious conflict, without any ham-fisted messaging. Got suspense, complex characters, and reveals sh*t in a timely manner unlike LOST!

Anyway that's it. Again, post a comment if interested. Take it away, Amy...

8 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Comment by: Amy Chang on 1/20/2006 12:21:30 AM
Tod, I notified another friend about this. I think it would be fun just to meet some new folks through BEAN. How does next Friday look? More details later...check back later!

2:40 PM  
Blogger Toddypoo said...

Comment by: Todd Burklin on 1/20/2006 12:21:02 PM
That sounds good to me...

This comment was in no way generated to increase the number of comments for marketing purposes.

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Blogger Toddypoo said...

Comment by: Todd Burklin on 1/20/2006 2:39:13 PM
Howard Wu is in...

2:41 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Comment by: Amy Chang on 1/20/2006 11:00:16 PM
I have two or three more friends that are interested and one said he could host a BSG gathering at his place in the future. Todd, did you record tonight's episode? If not, I think my friend Lee can bring a copy. We need more women to attend, I'm getting outnumbered by the boys.

2:41 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Comment by: Niphon Kichanan on 1/23/2006 9:04:38 AM
Count me for BSG.

2:41 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Comment by: Amy Chang on 1/23/2006 5:36:36 PM
Okay Todd, we have:
me
you
Niphon
Howard
Lee (who you need to coordinate w/to get the DVDs)
Sonja

I'll need people's e-mails to send them the address and all...Todd, do you have enough plates and stuff for food?

2:42 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Comment by: Niphon Kichanan on 1/23/2006 10:06:54 PM
I know mine (duh) and Howard's:

Niphon: niphon.k@gmailcom
Howard: howardcwu@yahoo.com

2:42 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Comment by: Amy Chang on 1/30/2006 7:13:17 PM
Thanks for hosting the first BSG gathering! See you all tomorrrow night at the social!

2:43 PM  

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