I are askeered.

[kickaha]

So we're watching BSG tonight, when ginkgo busts out with what has to be one of the freakiest bits of pattern recognition I've seen in a long time.



We're about 1/4 of the way through the show, when she says "They're quoting U2." "WHAT?" "They're quoting U2! Well, actually, they're using quotes from a U2 cover of a Bob Dylan song." "Uh-huh." "Seriously! Google it!" "Which lines?" "'No reason to get excited', and 'There's too much confusion'." "Hon, those are pretty common sentences." "No, really!"

So I google it.

Bob Dylan _All Along the Watchtower_

At this point, I'm kind of thinking "Okay, this is funny, but..." so I leave the page with the lyrics up.

Not 30 seconds later, I hear... "There must be some way out of here..."



I'm keeping the page up for the rest of the episode.

(TWO LINES and she nailed it. TWO!)

Comments

[kimokeane.livejournal.com]

I also nailed it after the second line - the first was ambiguous, but after the second I said "Oh, come on, they're not really doing this..."

I definitely heard the shark gasp as the show jumped over it...

[ginkgo.livejournal.com]

That's exactly why I didn't say anything initially. They don't do the postmodern thing with our timeline that often (and seem actively to avoid it) and I really like that. Postmodern is overdone and rarely done well. I didn't want it to be a reference we could get. :( I like how the writing has set up the next season, but I'm also terrified because of the song and the song alone. It's pointing directly at Galactica 1980 for me. :(