Watch the Big Bang Theory

I was in a hole for a few years. I had this rock on top of me that was hiding me from the greatness that is "Big Bang Theory." Where the heck was I and why was this rock blocking me from watching this show? Oh, I remember, it is because I don't watch a lot of actual TV. Yes, I watch a lot of shows, but it is online. So, if I don't hear about it and know about it being out there via the internet, I don't watch it. But, thankfully some good friends of ours kept telling me, "Sarah, you guys need to watch this." So, I took them up on it since they didn't steer me wrong with the British show, "The IT Crowd."

Jim Parsons does an amazing job portraying, Dr. Sheldon Cooper.  Who happens to be one of the best characters ever to grace the small screen, in my opinion. His idiosyncrasies and obsessiveness is endearing. I find myself having a crush on him. Which could be caused by the fact that he wears some pretty cool tee shirts. In fact in case you didn't know it, there is a website out there that has all of his tee shirts, where you can get them, and it even has Sheldon Cooper inspired shirts. It is called, Sheldon Shirts, and it is pretty funny.

The whole premise of the series is based around two theoretical physicists, Leonard and Sheldon, who are also roommates.  They have two other friends, another physicist and an engineer.  The four of them are the epitome of nerd and cute as Hades for it.  Sci-fi and all around geeks will enjoy the many cameos by some well known people.  For instance, the many done by Wil Wheaton and Katie Sackhoff.  There is also, Penny, a girl who lives across the hall from Sheldon and Leonard. She brings to the show a little bit of what most of the world considers normal.  But, the only part that bothers me about the series is how they always portray girls as not liking action figures or that they would rather see a guy who does like geeky stuff.  Not all girls are like that!  Sure, most of the female population is, but not all of them.  So, if anyone had been under a rock like I had been, have no fear, the past three seasons are available on DVD. :)

I miss Battlestar...So Say We All

Do you ever wake up on a Sunday morning and the first thoughts on your mind are, "I miss Battlestar Galactica"?  Yeah, not many people do.  But I did this morning.  I was thinking about what an awesome story it was.  I was fracking excited to see that the entire series is up on Netflix Instant Queue though.  Maybe I will have to watch it all again from the beginning.

For those of you who have been under a rock and not watched any of this series, you need to.  You need to start from the beginning and continue until you finish it.  If you watch this series all the way to the end you will not be disappointed.  Unlike the Lost fiasco.  Although for some odd reason there were a lot of people who actually liked the ending of that series.  But, I digress, Battlestar Galactica was a series that everything any sci-fi geek would love.  There was incredible depth to all the characters, many twists and turns in the storyline, and the special effects were amazing.  I know for myself, I love special effects, but if there is not a storyline to go along with them, I get annoyed.  You have to have an excellent story or all the effects are just eye candy.  People don't sit back several years after seeing it and think, wow, I loved those effects.  No, they think of the story and Battlestar Galactica had that.  It has been almost two years since the series ended and I still get goosebumps when I think about it.  The effects are an afterthought.  The story is what grabs you.  So, in so many words...WATCH IT!

I can't imagine many people have not watched it.  But, I know there are still some.  For instance, my husband's uncle.  He puts on the sci-fi guy front, but he still to this day has not watched it.  I try to lure him in with the hot chicks that are throughout it.  Which by the way geek girls, if by some crazy chance you are with a guy who is not a geek, tell him about the hot chicks, that will get him to watch it with you.  But, not only are they pretty, they kick major ass too.  See, I told you it is an all around awesome show.  It has everything!

SyFy's Stargate Universe

One of the best television shows out now in my opinion is Stargate Universe.  The premise of this series is that a group of individuals who were on a distant planet studying a new Stargate were attacked.  While they were being attacked the only means of escape for several military personal and civilians was the Stargate they were studying.  They had no idea where they were going when they went through the gate, but it was either that or death.  When they arrived to the other side of the gate they found themselves on a spaceship created by the ancients.  They also found themselves in a part of the space no one had ever visited yet.  They also had no way to get back to Earth.  So starts the story of Stargate Universe.  A group of unlikely people who are strangers to each other, trapped on a ship millions of light years from home.

Actor David Blue, who portrays Eli

My favorite unlikely character is Eli.  Eli is the video game nerd who cracked the hidden code in a game that the government had planted.  This code was the code that unlocked the new kind of gate I was speaking of.  So here is this guy who was a college drop out who loved to game and he is now on a distant planet unlocking a stargate.  They get attacked he, along with everyone else, goes through the gate and arrives  on Destiny.

SPOILER ALERT!  Stargate Universe is in its second season and it has just dropped a huge bomb on viewers as to what the ship Destiny was created to do.  It was created to travel to the ends of the universe because the ancients had found a signal that they believe to be THE signal.  The FIRST signal that was created at the moment of creation.  They are on their way to find where everything began.  Instead of now being stuck on this ship and trying to get home, those who are living aboard Destiny will be accepting their own fate and not seeing it as a demise, but their own destiny.  I am eager to see where this goes.  The writers and creators of this series have truly stepped it up.  I think I understand now why Stargate Atlantis ended so suddenly and with such a crappy ending at that.  The writers had Stargate Universe in their back pocket and wanted to get it out for our viewing pleasure as soon as possible.