Virtual Birthday Party, Day 01

[wiseheart]

Hi folks! *waves" I know I'm late kicking off my virtual birthday party of 2013, but considering that I worked almost 11 hours today, I think I can be forgiven, right?

It's that time of a year again - I'm getting older. In this case, I'm turning 57 on October 9, so let's party!

Last years virtual birthday party yielded 1328 comments on 6 pages, before LJ crashed the whole thing, and 617 additional ones on 3 pages at the second coming. Which won't be easy to top, but we're good, aren't we? WE CAN DO IT! WE CAN BREAK THE 2000-COMMENT-BARRIER! Let's give it a try! In the recent years, it has always been great fun, so let's have fun again!

You're all cordially invited to help yourself to a slice of virtual cake of your choice. If you want to post your favourite recipe in a comment, be my guest. If not, just drop by and say hello.

Cheers!

Note: The party will be closed on October 9, at midnight, sharp. However, to avoid the same mishap that occurred last year, there will be a separate post for each day until the 9th. We will count all pages and comments together when the party is closed.

Join us and have fun! Feel free to start any thread, any topic you want; we can discuss it, mock the general stupidity of life and laugh at it. I tentatively started two topics, just to begin the fun somehow, but you may add anything you want.

Comments

[rcfinch.livejournal.com]

Oh, and I forgot to add B5, which I'd never watched before. I'm halfway season 5 now and fairly happy with it so far.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I love B5, despite the fact that some of the actors and fans were so very mean to Star Trek. Yes, the show has its low points, but what I like in it is the fact that the story arc goes along (almost) the entire series - and where it doesn't it isn't the creator's fault but b/c they almost cancelled it after Season 4 and he had to finish the important parts.

Which made Season 5 something of an afterthought. Not a bad one, but clearly a bit different from the rest. And I really, really hated those telepaths. The whole arc was abysmally written, IMO.

[rcfinch.livejournal.com]

I just left the telepaths behind me, and I was quite disappointed. It could have been so much better. But they managed to make even the one they gave a name uninteresting.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Yeah, know. I loved Lyta Alexander, she deserved a better fate than that.

[rcfinch.livejournal.com]

Last night, I watched "The Corps is Mother, the Corps is Father", and I have to say that Walter Koenig does a hell of a job playing Bester, almost literally so. He's completely credible as the bad guy who believes in what he does.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I think Bester was Koenig's best performance, ever. Of course, I only saw him in very small roles aside from Star Trek, but he was scarily convincing in B5.