NBC Fall Season Rocks!

While I'm not a big fan of Comcast, when there's something on their On Demand service, I'm certainly grateful I have it. Sadly, the only network shows Comcast has had in HD for a while has been reruns of CSI.

I wanted to kill a little time today while something else was recording, and decided to check to see if the next CSI episode was ready yet, and there was a new listing for NBC. Imagine my surprise when the pilots of NBC's big fall season were there waiting for me. And from the looks of it, it's going to be a GREAT season.

Bionic Woman is a fresh take on the old series, and if it feels familiar, it should. It has the same tone as the remake of Battlestar Galactica, and even features a couple of those familiar faces as well. The last few minutes felt a little cheesy, and I don't want to spoil it for you, but when you see it, you'll know exactly the scene I'm talking about. That brief Velveeta moment aside, the show was really entertaining, and I can't wait to see where they go with it.

When I first saw the previews for Chuck, I thought that the show would either be really good, or really, atrociously bad. Lucky for us, it's great. To crib the phrase from his Steveness of Jobs, it's insanely great. Again, don't want to ruin the plot, but this show is going to pluck the strings of every geek out there as hard as Heroes did. So it's no surprise that it'll be airing right before Heroes in the lineup. That's going to be a hard one-two punch.

I still have to watch Journeyman and Life, so look for those impressions soon!

Oh, one small complaint ... Comcast didn't make the 5.1 soundtrack available on the HD feed, only the ProLogic sound. That's ok, it's just be even more reason to watch the shows again!

Battlestar Galactica Season Finale Mindfrak ...

The following post is going to discuss the season finale of Battlestar Galactica. If you haven't watched it yet, stop reading this and go watch it! There are some massive spoilers ahead ...

So the mystery of the music in the ship was solved, and what an amazing mystery it was! It turns out that Chief, Saul, Sam and Tori are all Cylons! That's four of the final five, and with the return of Starbuck, it seems that she could be the fifth. The final season (not to be seen until January 2008!) is going to be a barn-burner, that's for sure.

There was also something interesting happening with Roslin, Sharon, and Caprica, as it turns out that they're all sharing the concert hall visions. Perhaps even Hera as well, Sharon's half-Cylon, half-Human hybrid baby. The visions center on Hera, and we've been told that she's very important, but this latest revelation just confused the hell out of me. I could understand Hera's importance if she were the only hybrid, but if the Chief is a Cylon ... that means his baby is a hybrid too! Plot hole, or important development? I'm not entirely sure.

Where does the show go from here? The "Caprica" spin-off has been shelved, and the word is that Season Four will be the last. Given that they appear to be very close to Earth now, it sounds like that's the case. But there's one more adventure in store for us before next winter ... there's a BSG movie coming in the fall that will focus on the Pegasus, but also adding one more piece to the puzzle for the new season. I can hardly wait!