All Things Sci-Fi and Fantasy

[delalluvia]

Which ?

Which what?

[Lynne]

I saw my first two Torchwood episodes tonight.  They were good - Captain Jack Harkness is hot, etc.  I will definitely watch more.

Of perhaps more interest was the trailer for the The Justice League:  The New Frontier.  I haven't seen anything about it before, but I really want to check it out - features David Boreanaz (Buffy/Angel/Bones), Neil Patrick Harris (Dr. Horrible), and Lucy Lawless (Xena).

[Artiste]

I got some old comic books: The Justice League !

They are always interesting !  Does anyone have some too ?

[delalluvia]

Just saw the preview for the new Star Trek movie!!

Pretty pumped to see it!!!

[oilgun]

Last night I watched disc 2 of Battlestar Galactica: Season 2.0 and really enjoyed it!  I know I'm a late comer to this amazing show but better late than never. 

The only problem, and it's a big one, is that I seem to be watching a "family friendly" version where everyone is saying "frack" instead of "fuck".  It's like watching some awful U.S. Superstation where they edit out all obscenities.  Or, is it some bizarre feature that can be turned on or off and I'm not aware of it?  Any info would be appreciated because I'd like to buy the frackin' series but not if the swear words have been edited out.

Also, where does Battlestar Galactica: Razor fit into?  Between seasons 3 & 4?
 

[Artiste]

        Captain Jack Harkness is hot              ... ? Any pic of this hot man?

[jstephens9]

Has anyone here ever seen the old Sci Fi movie "Planet of Blood" ?

[jstephens9]

Does anyone remember the short lived TV show "Hard Time on Planet Earth"? That is one show that I think could have been a huge success if they would have just given it more of a chance. I was watching some clips of it last night on youtube.

[delalluvia]

Last night I watched disc 2 of Battlestar Galactica: Season 2.0 and really enjoyed it!  I know I'm a late comer to this amazing show but better late than never. 

The only problem, and it's a big one, is that I seem to be watching a "family friendly" version where everyone is saying "frack" instead of "fuck".  It's like watching some awful U.S. Superstation where they edit out all obscenities.  Or, is it some bizarre feature that can be turned on or off and I'm not aware of it?  Any info would be appreciated because I'd like to buy the frackin' series but not if the swear words have been edited out.

Also, where does Battlestar Galactica: Razor fit into?  Between seasons 3 & 4?
 

"Frack" is a word that the Battlestar Galactica universe uses in lieu of "fuck".  They're from a different world, so they have different words than we Earth people do.   No different than Star Wars characters saying "Blast" or "wizard".  The BSG also have a word for 'shit' too I believe.  They are words inherited from the original TV series - they had 'frack' and 'felgercarb'.

Yes, Razor comes between 3 and 4 

[delalluvia]

"Frack" is a word that the Battlestar Galactica universe uses in lieu of "fuck".  They're from a different world, so they have different words than we Earth people do.   No different than Star Wars characters saying "Blast" or "wizard".  The BSG also have a word for 'shit' too I believe.  They are words inherited from the original TV series - they had 'frack' and 'felgercarb'.

Yes, Razor comes between 3 and 4 

Here it is from Wikipedia:

# felgercarb - profanity. Same meaning as "shit", only used in the original Battlestar Galactica series.
# frack - profanity. Same meaning as "fuck", used in the original Battlestar Galactica (1978) series. See frak.
# frak - new spelling for "frack" used in the new Battlestar Galactica. (Same meaning as "fuck"). Same usage as the original series, but greatly expanded, and it also seems to carry the same "social weight" as fuck, as characters sometimes apologise for their language after using it.

    * frak-head - from the new Battlestar Galactica miniseries, derived from "frak", substitution for "asshole" or "fuck-head": when the miniseries originally aired on SciFi channel the phrase "superior asshole" was used by Starbuck (Kara Thrace) - when later aired on NBC the phrase became "superior frak-head".
    * frakwit/frakwad - Used once by Chief Tyrol when explaining to the Pegasus deck chief why the Galactica deck crew was so angry. He said that Admiral Cain had assigned "some frakwad from the Pegasus" to be Galactica's new deck chief. As it turns out, the person who he was explaining it to was that frakwad, but he did not seem in any way offended.
    * motherfrakker - derived from "frak" in parallel to "motherfucker". Used first by Specialist Cally in Season 2 and later by Lieutenant Kat and Starbuck, but apparently not standard usage, as Chief Tyrol finds Cally's usage quite amusing, though this may also be because Cally rarely (if ever) curses.
    * toasterfrakker - by extension, someone, like Helo, who's had sexual congress with a human-model Cylon.

# galmonging - derogative term only used in the original series. Roughly the same meaning as "bastard" or "asshole". First used in Part 1 of "Living Legend".