TV shows - still crap at second sight

As I mentioned a couple of weeks ago, I finally broke down and gave "Enterprise" a second chance and the so-called "reimagined" BSG a first one. Just because there was nothing else to watch.

Well... I must say that "Enterprise" is the same crap at the second time as it was at the first one. The only episode worth watching was the one with the Andorians, and even that only because Jeff Combs is so good an actor, no matter what role he gets to play. The main cast is still boring and one-dimensional and the stories are flat like Eastern Hungary - and that is saying a lot.

Now, as for the so-called BSG, I can't say much else than it is abysmally bad. The only episode I could sit through was the one where Michelle Forbes played Admiral Cain - and I was firing on Cain because the main cast couldn't wake the slightest sympathies in me. They truly and thoroughly deserved to be annihilated by the Cylons - a shame that the stupid robots failed to do so. The ships are boring and ugly and everything is just grey and disgusting. "The Dirty Dozen" in space. Bleh.

The original "Battlestar Galactica" - the one and only deserving that name - might have been naive and preaching at times. But the ships were beautiful, the costumes were amazing, the good guys were likeable, and here and there you could even enjoy some plot twists. Not many, granted, but some. And they had fantastic actors like Lorne Greene and John Colicos playing the two main antagonists.

My greatest regret is that the PTB never gave Richard Hatch's "Second Coming" a chance. It would have been a continuation of the series, not twisting it beyond recognition, and he'd have brought back the original, liozard-like Cylons we never got to see for budget reasons. I'd have paid good money to see that one.

So, it's back to the reruns of DS9 and Voyager for me. A shame. I'd love to see something new once a time. Some truly classic sci-fi, with aliens and alien planets, and cool tech and stuff.

Stories I'm currently working on

Well, picowrimo is dawning on the horizon, so it's time to list up all the WIPs that might get a chance due to the inspiring atmosphere of the November session.

The Adventures of a Consulting Time Lord - the story in which Sherlock is the 13th Doctor and Anthea is an android - has reached its 60th part and the end of its current plotline. 10 parts of the next installment are already written, but it will need at least five more (carefully estimated) to finish it. Still, it is a possibility.

Sherlock & the Illustrious Client is finished. This is a completely canon-compliant story, consisting of 21 parts, 14 of which are already posted and the rest going up on a weekly basis. No need to work on that one, thank God!

Emissary of the Mark, also known as "How Elfhelm Went to Rhun, Saved the Day and Got the Girl", a seven-year-old sucker, has just spawned another chapter, but I still hope it will be done with the 16th one. Currently posted: 13 chapters.

The Neutral Zone, a canon-compliant Star Trek - TNG story, has taken a turn that would make it a multichapter monstrosity, I'm afraid. Chapter 05 is nearly finished, but I don't keep my hopes high that the story itself would wind down any time soon. Not in the originally planned 6 or 7 chapters in any case.

Precious Like Rubies, my Sherlock BBC/Miss Marple crossover, is taking shape very slowly. 5 chapters are posted, parts of Chapter 6 and Chapter 8 are written, but I must somehow work in some very important stuff in Chapter 7, which I haven't got a clue how, so... it will take time.

Brothers-in-Arms, my only Cadfaelfic currently under work, has come to a halt at Chapter 9 again. Which is a shame, because I should be able to finish it in another 4 or 5 chapters, but my Cadfael muse seems to be on strike. Or on vacation. *sigh*

If You Wish Upon A Dwobbit, my 99% canon-compliant "Hobbit" fic has currently 8 posted chapters, the 9th one half-written. This is another one of those ungodly long stories, but I'd like to finish Chapter 9, soon, at the very least.

These are the stories that can come under consideration for picowrimo. I have dozens of other unfinished WIPs, of course, and unnumbered story ideas that only exist in roughly sketched notes, but those will have to wait.