{"id":259,"date":"2007-04-14T00:24:21","date_gmt":"2007-04-14T08:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toybox\/2007\/04\/14\/blog-052-holy-frak\/"},"modified":"2009-01-16T11:08:57","modified_gmt":"2009-01-16T19:08:57","slug":"blog-052-holy-frak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toyboxx\/2007\/04\/14\/blog-052-holy-frak\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog 052 > Holy Frak!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"center\"><a target=new href=\"http:\/\/www.scifi.com\/battlestar\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image280\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toybox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/xjaymanx_battlestar_02sm.jpg?w=545\" alt=\"Battlestar Galactica\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Battlestar Galactica | Image from Google Search<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n<p>My speed review: &#8220;DOUBLE-WOW! Unparalleled sci-fi drama, depth and power!&#8221; 5 of 5 stars!<\/p>\n<p>Holy frak! Last night, after finishing the 20th and final episode of <a target=new href=\"http:\/\/www.scifi.com\/battlestar\/\">Battlestar Galactica<\/a> Season 3 in three weeks (almost once per day), I was totally blown away! At the end of Season 2, the series radically fast-forwarded the story one full year later, and Season 3 continued from there, a wild and turbulent roller-coaster ride colliding with intense flashbacks to fill in bits and pieces of the past year. Ground wars, clashing loyalties, boxing matches, ancient temples, surviving babies, radioactive tragedies, supernatural visions, crumbling marriages, legal spectacles, and scattered destinies! Then in the season finale, not one but TWO mind-fraking twists involving a missing comrade and revealed identities!!! But damn, Season 4 won&#8217;t arrive till 2008! Frak!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Battlestar Galactica | Image from Google Search My speed review: &#8220;DOUBLE-WOW! Unparalleled sci-fi drama, depth and power!&#8221; 5 of 5 stars! Holy frak! Last night, after finishing the 20th and final episode of Battlestar Galactica Season 3 in three weeks (almost once per day), I was totally blown away! At the end of Season 2, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toyboxx\/2007\/04\/14\/blog-052-holy-frak\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7rIwb-4b","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":77,"url":"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toyboxx\/2005\/12\/16\/post-313-the-elite\/","url_meta":{"origin":259,"position":0},"title":"post 313 ~ the elite","author":"xjaymanx","date":"December 16, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"Battlestar Galactica | Image from Google Search battlestar galactica!... just watched episode 2 of season 1!... awesome! damn, this is good!... FIVE STARS so far ;)))... reminds me of the other great sci-fi i miss: \"firefly\" and \"dark angel\" even \"voyager\" and \"DS9\"...","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Battlestar Galactica&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Battlestar Galactica","link":"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toyboxx\/category\/sci-fi-titles\/battlestar-galactica\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":89,"url":"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toyboxx\/2006\/02\/18\/post-331-four-actors\/","url_meta":{"origin":259,"position":1},"title":"post 331 ~ four actors\u2026","author":"xjaymanx","date":"February 18, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"\"Dark Angel: Season 2 (2001) \"battlestar galactica: season 1\" (2004) post 331 ~ okay, so i'm watching another episode of \"dark angel\" season 2... this episode is \"exposure\"... and i immediately recognize TWO actors from \"battlestar galactica\" season 1!!! Callum Keith Rennie, who plays Leoben Conoy (cylon), played a \"dark\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Battlestar Galactica&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Battlestar Galactica","link":"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toyboxx\/category\/sci-fi-titles\/battlestar-galactica\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":421,"url":"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toyboxx\/2008\/08\/13\/blog-149-britannia-versus-galactica\/","url_meta":{"origin":259,"position":2},"title":"Blog 149 > Britannia Versus Galactica","author":"xjaymanx","date":"August 13, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Code Geass R2 | Click to enlarge wallpaper Ah, finally caught up! Yup, over the last 5 days, caught up with the last 18 weeks of \"Code Geass R2\" (scheduled for about 26 episodes). Still such an ambitious and wide-sweeping storytelling scope! And just like the supernatural chess-match strategies in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Battlestar Galactica&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Battlestar Galactica","link":"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toyboxx\/category\/sci-fi-titles\/battlestar-galactica\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":100,"url":"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toyboxx\/2006\/05\/18\/post-350-home-bitter-sweet-home\/","url_meta":{"origin":259,"position":3},"title":"post 350 ~ home (bitter-)sweet home\u2026","author":"xjaymanx","date":"May 18, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"\"battlestar galactica: season 2\" (2005) post 350 ~ home (bitter-)sweet home... yesterday, may 17 ~ exchanged emails with loan officers as we put together the new mortgage loan... the house appraiser called; we arranged the appointment for the next day... therefore, i did a bit of house cleaning... vacuuming, dishes,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Battlestar Galactica&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Battlestar Galactica","link":"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toyboxx\/category\/sci-fi-titles\/battlestar-galactica\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":79,"url":"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toyboxx\/2005\/12\/19\/post-314\/","url_meta":{"origin":259,"position":4},"title":"post 314 ~ end of the world","author":"xjaymanx","date":"December 19, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"Saikano | Image from Google Search damn, finished both \"battlestar galactica\" s1 dvd1 and \"saikano\" final dvd... wow, amazing end-of-the-world-type dramas!... both FIVE STARS! :)))","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Anime Reviews&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Anime Reviews","link":"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toyboxx\/category\/anime-reviews\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":88,"url":"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toyboxx\/2006\/02\/15\/post-330-dvd-post\/","url_meta":{"origin":259,"position":5},"title":"post 330 ~ DVD post\u2026","author":"xjaymanx","date":"February 15, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"\"battlestar galactica: season 1\" (2004) \"Friend\" (2001; Korean) \"Ghost in the Shell: 2nd Gig\" (2005) post 330 ~ hey, it's been a while since my last DVD post, so here it is... battlestar galactica: season 1 ~ no question, FIVE STARS!... best sci-fi series i've seen since \"dark angel\" or\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Asian Titles&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Asian Titles","link":"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toyboxx\/category\/asian-titles\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toyboxx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toyboxx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toyboxx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toyboxx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toyboxx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toyboxx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1242,"href":"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toyboxx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259\/revisions\/1242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toyboxx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toyboxx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toyboxx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}