Deeeeeeeeeep Spaaaaaaaace NIIIIIIIINE!!!!

khristle and I watched the 2-hour pilot movie/episode of Deep Space Nine last night. I remember when it debuted on TV years ago. I was stoked to see it back then, and I fell asleep some time before the first hour was done airing. Since then I've had an aversion to DS9. The only other episode I ever watched was that Trouble with Tribbles episode they did near the end of the series, and I've been meaning to get back in to it ever since.

Thank goodness for DVD!

So we waded through that two hour snoozefest last night, but I managed to stay awake and stay interested this time! The first hour is the major hurdle, but the whole "linear time" thing kept me very interested and even made me tear-up a bit at the end. "I exist here" *sniffle*

I wish I was blessed with the ability to skip over the lame parts like dotgirl does. She owns seasons 4-7, and not at all interested in the episodes that came before that. And from everything I've heard, she's right - it didn't really get good till Season 4, just like Next Gen and Voyager. But I really feel that it's important to have that background, ya know? You have to use seasons 1-3 as the control subject; this is what you should expect from this show. Then the later episodes just TOTALY blow you away!

But maybe that's just me. just can't jump in in the middle of something with no back story and start enjoying it.

What have I done?

Oppenheimer, Nobel, Einstein, Gates... they all had one of those moments where they knew that what they had done was the first well-intentioned step on the path to Hell. And now I join their ranks.

I just activated my free two-week trial version of City of Heroes. May God have mercy on my soul.

If I'm not back in two weks, don't come looking for me.

City of Heroes Update

Meh.

I'm gonna go make some meatloaf.

My marriage, job and bank account can rest easy now.