tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post116337912029492584..comments2024-03-25T19:18:14.047-04:00Comments on What's Alan Watching?: Battlestar Galactica: I, boredAlan Sepinwallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03388147774725646742noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1163778262065891412006-11-17T10:44:00.000-05:002006-11-17T10:44:00.000-05:00I thought this ep sucked. And it's not because it...I thought this ep sucked. And it's not because it dealt with genocide. It's because the script and acting felt dumbed down, and the pacing was too slow. When Lee had his Big Idea to use the disease to wipe out the Cylons my reaction was, "Duh!" And the acting for Helo just fell flat, IMO. The biggest gripe I had is that I felt like I was being lectured to by the writers.<BR/><BR/>The parts I did like were little bits. I liked Sharon's line about keeping her word even if she's the last Cylon in the universe, and asking if a human could do the same. And I liked the scene in which Admiral Adama told Roslin he needed an order from her to use biological warfare.<BR/><BR/>I thought it would have been intersting to watch and entire fleet of Cylons get sick and die from the resurrection of diseased Cylons. I also would have enjoyed it if the Cylons' theory that resurrecting a diseased Cylon would cause mass destruction turned out to be a paranoid guess and the disease didn't spread. But, thanks to Helo, we wmay never know.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1163465527419458712006-11-13T19:52:00.000-05:002006-11-13T19:52:00.000-05:00My wacky theory is that Baltar's Six is actually a...My wacky theory is that Baltar's Six is actually a religious vision of the Cylon God.<BR/><BR/>What's the Cylon God? Something else. A machine intelligence, maybe -- the introduction of the Hybrids makes me think that maybe just as we spawned the Cylons, the Cylons have spawned... something else.Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08038629195561926390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1163439883756763952006-11-13T12:44:00.000-05:002006-11-13T12:44:00.000-05:00You know alot of people were bitching about this e...You know alot of people were bitching about this episode because of the whole "is genocide wrong?" storyline but I liked the episode as a whole. I wish they had stretched it out and not cut some of the interrogation or medical exploration because I think that is more facinating that the Helo/Athena relationship angst.<BR/><BR/>Head Six (and Head Baltar let's not forget him) are hyper manifestations of Caprica Six and Baltar's unconcious minds. I would not rule out baltar being the pinnacle of Cylon Technology. They are attempting to make themselves human.<BR/><BR/>They went to human looking and have attempted to crossbreed with humans. They want human worlds - including Earth. They want to replace humans in the entire universe, because they think they are humans 2.0.<BR/><BR/>We know that sleeper cylons have been in place for years and years. What if Baltar is the last project of Cylon engineering - their first attempt at human/cylon cross, bred (not built) in a lab and placed as a sleeper.<BR/><BR/>Head Baltar and Head Six are the product of Baltar's weird link to the cylons. He can not download, there are no copies. He both worked in the sense that he is alive but a failure because he is barking insane. So Cylons moved on to a direct breeding program in an attempt to correct the 'bug'.<BR/><BR/>Remember Head Six saying that Hera was supposed to be her and Baltar's child - not Helo and Athena's child? If my theory is correct Baltar has a deep seated imperitive to breed with a Cylon and Caprica Six was his handler.<BR/><BR/>And yes, I have expended way too much thought on this show.Taleenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13465468178554091355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1163404656149959162006-11-13T02:57:00.000-05:002006-11-13T02:57:00.000-05:00Baltar couldn't be a Cylon since he wasn't infecte...Baltar couldn't be a Cylon since he wasn't infected by the virus, right?<BR/><BR/>Well, I loved the episode. I mean, I don't know if there is a chance of another TV show, ever, to make a case both for and against genocide, and have them both be ligitimate. I usually walk away from my TV screen wondering stuff like "Are they right for each other?" (LOL) or at the most, about what's wrong with the system, etc. But genocide? And with an emotional stake, too? Oh, how I love my BSG...dark tylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13461345493748899275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1163393964382827962006-11-12T23:59:00.000-05:002006-11-12T23:59:00.000-05:00Interesting how Roslin has gone from dove to hawk ...Interesting how Roslin has gone from dove to hawk over the course of the series. Or maybe not so much a hawk as a pragmatist. There was a time when she would have said much the same thing as Helo, but now she can barely stand to be in the same room with him.<BR/><BR/>Wonder how they're going to solve the Earth problem? Anybody else remember Galactica 1980? No? Good.<BR/><BR/>Hey, how did everybody like Dr. Who? This week he was more like Dr. Who-Wants-Some!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com