 | Recently, my parents put a block on the Scifi channel and I might just die from boredom. It was all because of a rerun of Battlestar Galactia, my favorite show of all time (except for Buffy, Angel and Star Trek Voyager). Apparently, I’m not mature enough to watch an attempted rape scene—hello, ATTEMPTED. Nothing happened, because Tyrol and Helo killed the guy before he could do anything to the Cylon (which is really a machine anyway, but we won’t go there). I think I’m old enough to see the harsh reality of fantasy. |
| Now, keep in mind they let me—NO, THEY MAKE ME—watch Little House on the Prairie. And on that show an underage girl was raped by guy in clown mask, became pregnant and almost had to marry Albert, before she DIED while being chased by the rapist. That was “A Very Special Episode” and not an occasion to use the evil blocking chip. The one thing I love about Science Fiction and Fantasy TV, is that there are no “very special episodes.” The Charmed witches don’t get bulimia (at least the characters don’t), Dr. Crusher doesn’t catch Wesley smoking, Dr. Smith doesn’t try to touch Will Robinson in his private places (and if he did the robot would kill him with a lightning bolt). As of now I have to hide my scifi DVDs in my Barbie Dreamhouse, because I’m afraid my mother might want to preview them. If she saw Buffy season 6, I’m sure they would end up in the trash compactor with my brother’s naked anime movies. Especially if she saw the episode where Spike doesn’t think “no” means “no” and Buffy had to knee him between the legs. It doesn’t matter that this episode taught me a valuable self defense move, that came in handy when Justin Van Hoyt tried to put a frog down the front of my shirt – she would freak out! |  Not all hope is lost. My dad’s new girlfriend will sometimes unblock the channel for me if I tell her she is looking pretty that day. And I am slowly working my through the 999 possible codes, who knows I just might get lucky. Until next time, SciFi Fans!
YFF,
Cindy
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