Number 6: Battle of P3Y-229(Stargate SG1)

“Those who are prideful… shall be laid low, and made unto dust”

EVERYBODY DIES. Well almost. The Ori ships(bad guys) are unscathed and of course the main cast miraculously makes it out but still! This isn’t so much a space battle as a massacre. The combined fleet of Earth, Jaffa, Lucian Alliance and Asgard vessels just gets taken apart by only four Ori ships. Its freaking epic and served to show just how screwed the galaxy was now that the supergate was active. Also I love how this continues the trend in Stargate of the Russians just getting screwed all the time. Their first battleship, the Korolev, is blown to smithereens while the US Air Force ship is damaged but still mostly intact. This battle made for an awesome cliffhanger at the end of season nine. Still, its only my sixth favorite, so keep reading this week to find out which battles I think are even MORE awesome.

and sorry that the video isn’t awesome quality but its the best I could find that didn’t have some dumb song over it. And it totally doesn’t have the quote I wrote in it, which is said right after the Ori ships exit the supergate. But you should get the idea haha.

Top 7 Space Battles

So in an attempt to begin using my blog again, I’ve decided to make a list of my top seven favorite space battles in sci-fi. In theory, I will post about a new battle every day this week starting today with my seventh favorite. I’m mostly picking large scale battles that have a good number of ships involved, so battles like the Kirk vs Khan fight won’t be here. I didn’t really have any criteria for how I decided the placement of these battles other than just how much I liked them and there were several that I didn’t include that I’m sure some of you feel should be here, so feel free to express any opinions you may have! Now i’ll begin…

Number 7: Battle of Cardassia(ST:DS9)                                                                “Thank God for the Cardassians”

I haven’t actually watched through ALL of Deep Space Nine, but I have caught most of the battles important to the Dominion War, which encompasses much of the story throughout the show. I looked at those battles and decided on the last operation of the War, the Battle of Cardassia(which is in the last episode of the series). If for nothing else,  I love it for the sheer scale of the battle! The huge fleet of Starfleet, Klingon and Romulan ships engaging the equally large fleet of Jem’Hadar, Breen and Cardassian ships is just freaking epic. And then in the middle of it all, the Cardassians switch sides! They reused some shots from previous battles, but overall it has a very final and all out feel which I think was an excellent way to end the War so I just had to put it on the list. Even if it is only in the last slot.

“Today I am here to continue my quest to destroy your faith in all things academic and intellectual.”

This is how my professor began our English class one day.

My English class this semester is probably my favorite and most enjoyable class. In the class we look at how to do research, analyze sources and information, and how to develop claims by supporting them with good reasons and evidence. So for my IB comrades, its very much like TOK. The professor is probably one of the most interesting and awesome people I know. I swear he has an anecdote for every subject or situation we bring up in class. It seems like he’s lived almost everywhere too. The above quote is very much shows what he is drilling into our heads. He is getting us to take every fact and bit of information we take in with a grain of salt, to understand that there is very little that we can actually “know” and that coming to a completely accurate and correct conclusion is almost impossible and we have to just do the best with the information we can get. I like this a lot because I already don’t trust everything I learn and hear.

Another awesome thing about my professor is that he is a huge sci-fi literature fan. We’re watching Blade Runner right now as an example of visual media. We’ve also been encouraged to read the book it’s based off of, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick, which is apparently an incredibly dense book in its content. I plan on reading it as soon as possible haha. Grade wise, our midterm and final grades are mostly based on a series of papers we’re writing. They all deal with the same subject, which has to be something debatable and supportable from both sides of the issue, and each paper brings us into a deeper level of analysis. I’m dealing with the censorship of music, specifically things like the Judas Priest subliminal message trial and Tipper Gore’s attacks on metal and other genres of music in the 80s. I’m having a lot of fun with it. I’m hoping I do well on it.

So to sum everything up my English class is completely awesome and you should all be super jealous. Now I’m off to a not so awesome class, Chemistry. Sigh…

 

The Texas Rangers…

For almost as long as I can remember (which admittedly is not very long) I have followed the Rangers in one way or another. From just sitting at home with my dad or actually going to the games, which is always awesome, they have been a part of my life. The fond memories, however,  have always been lessened by that, most of the time, I remember them losing. But lately it has been different. The last few years they have actually been winning.

The Rangers started having a record over .500 and beating some of the really good teams like the Angels and Yankees. And finally this year they clinched a playoff spot by winning their division. I have to say it was rather exciting for me, the prospect of the eternally win-less Rangers making it somewhere in the playoffs. They did not disappoint, winning the series against Tampa Bay (which was a little too close for comfort) and then defeating the team that had killed their playoff hopes every other time they had made it, the New York Yankees, and making to the World Series. I think my dad was much more excited than me but it was still thrilling for me too. The loser home team that I remembered from my childhood was now the AL champion and had a chance to win their first World Series ever. This, as we know, did not pan out. They lost their first two games to San Francisco but pulled off a win at home. However they could not keep their momentum and lost the next two games, losing the Series.

Despite losing the World Series, this season has made me about as excited about baseball and the Texas Rangers as I was when I was little and didn’t know or care about whether they won or lost. Of course I still enjoy watching and support the Rangers even when they lose but there’s and extra sweetness to it when they win. And its also nice because the other big home team, the Cowboys, are performing like they’ve never seen a football before. So with any luck the Rangers can manage to keep their awesome team they have together so that we can get into the habit of watching them in the playoffs and maybe, just maybe in a few more World Series.

Okay now time to focus on football! Lets go Houston!

Ok well…

I have decided to start a blog. I can already feel the excitement. I will attempt to post somewhat regularly and keep everyone informed and entertained about the random things that I feel compelled to write about. I may also be playing with the format and such a lot until I get it to my liking so try not to be freaked out if it keeps changing on you. Thank you for taking an interest in my thoughts. My first real post should be coming soon so try not to pass out from the anticipation.