Event Horizon: Strike of The Assimilator!
May 12, 2008I’m not a Comic Book reader. In fact, I’d go so far as to say that I’ve never read a Comic Book in my entire life. My knowledge of Superheroes and their respective Arch Nemesis’ is directly proportionate to the amount of time they get on the Big Screen at the local movie theatre (like Superman, Batman, The Incredible Hulk, Fantastic Four, etc). And from what I understand, film versions of popular Comic Book heroes are generally sub-par and in no way live up to the awesomeness of their literary counterparts (like Superman, Batman, The Incredible Hulk, Fantastic Four, etc). But if I were to attempt to identify with the Comic Book culture and “join the Collective” by inventing my own villainess alter-ego, the funny and charmingly ‘down to earth’ gal you know as Essaytch by day (well, between the hours of 8am and 5pm), would become The Assimilator by night. My evil aim: to grow the ranks of Sci-Fi Geeks everywhere by assimilating those closest to me into the fold. Being the over-achiever that I am, I’ve already claimed my first victim…
You may recall my last Event Horizon update in which I prophesied that Roomie would soon get sucked in by the inescapable pull of popular Sci-Fi television (namely, Stargate Atlantis). Her resistance has proven futile. With the help of her new boyfriend—we’ll call him The Enabler—Roomie is now a certified Battlestar Galactica fan. With The Enabler’s help supplying the DVDs from his collection, we’ve been watching the series from the beginning. Now I get texts from Roomie at 5pm “Pizza and Battlestar tonight?”. I’ve heard reports that she is perusing BSG Wiki’s, reading spoilers, and re-watching episodes to maximize understanding of plot details and character development.
It’s working….IT’S WORKING!!! MWA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!
BUT IT’S SUCH GOOD WRITING
Oh shut up. Don’t give me that crap.
First it’s “Frack!”. Next it will be “Lords of Kobol, Essaytch!”
You Commie!!
Michael, don’t make me come down to San Diego for a…ahem…”meeting”, and swing by and kick your a** on the way.
In other news….I’m bored today at work. Go figure. Solitare?
Solitare??? Why on earth would you play solitare when you can watch old episodes of Doctor Who and The Outer Limits on youtube???
I’m seriously considering trying BSG sometime soon. It’s a leap of faith, I must say.
DC…too afraid of getting caught. No YouTube watching at work for me. That is, unless my boss asks me too (which, strangely enough, HAS happened).
Billy…MWA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!!!! Too bad you don’t live in these parts: we could have marathon watch parties! What is funny is Roomie and I will watch one episode, then we will both look at each other in silence until one person says: *sheepishly* “So…..do you maybe wanna watch another one?”
Like we’re too afraid to just admit we’re hooked and want to watch them all back to back.
Oh, what are you gonna do…assimilate me to death?
On second thought…it did work on your roommate…
Hooray! I knew you’d be hooked, I KNEW IT! It is complete and utter awesomeness. And don’t worry, there are many a night that I have stayed up WAY past my bedtime to watch back to back (to back to back) episodes of BSG. It’s one of the early stages of addiction, just go with it. It gets so much better from here…
afield says : I absolutely agree with this !