The time of Titans

When it comes to television, according to me, there's a holy trinity of god-writers: J. Whedon, R. Moore and S. Moffat. There are the tv Titans.

R. Moore may be less creative and eccentric than the two others, and Joss will always rule in the firmament, because of BTVS, if only for masterpieces like "Hush" and "Restless"–you won't find their equivalent anywhere on tv, but, even though R. Moore didn't provide brilliant episodes that reach such level, Battlestar Galactica is above any other shows these days quality-wise, and makes my day every week.

Thanks to mythical_bird  on battlestar_blog  I just read the cut-scene Ron Moore had written for "No Exit "and it thrilled me. The scene would probably have not worked on screen–too much exposition of meta-stuff there, too talkative, and as Giles would say too much of "a subtext turning into text"– but I like the fact that this was on the writer's mind, and how he uses the mythological basis of Western civilization (both Greek and Biblical) and therefore its literary foundations to make up this own show about humanity and family.

The BSG mantra "it happened and will happen again" thus not only refers to the main arc and various storylines in BSG but also to the writing of the show itself that keeps echoing ancient literary works. Meta-fiction indeed!

Also, about Dollhouse, I forgot to say yesterday that I enjoyed the "you can't fight a ghost" line. The ghost in the machine is obviously the theme of the show, both for Echo's journey and for Paul Ballard.