BSG 3.01 (briefly)
Oct. 7th, 2006 09:30 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
solarbirdCopied and very slightly expanded from a comment left elsewhere...
It was good. It was, even, very good. But I have some issues.
First, what's with the Cylons getting all uppity about suicide bombings? Aside from the whole genocide thing, one of theirs ran a suicide bombing on Galactica first season! So what the hell? This one bothers me, particularly because of the whole "crossed a line" discussion. The Colonials having that discussion is good. The Cylons having it - or rather, just jumping straight to the conclusion... not so much.
So I'm left wondering whether it's bad - at least, inattentive - writing, or massive, massive in-character hypocrisy? Before shooting the cancer out of President Roslyn, I'd have been willing to assume hypocrisy. But right now, they don't have my trust like they once did, so I'm left wondering. It bothered me.
Secondly, while that kid can be Kara's, it had damned well better not be Creepy Obsessive Cylon's, or I will be pissed the fuck off, if for no other reason than that breaks everything we've been told as viewers about how this whole Cylon reproductive obsession works.
Thirdly, I'm quite irritated at Kara-falling-for-the-baby thing. There had better be a better reason for that which we haven't yet seen. Maybe she's drugged - but that's cheap. I want a much better explanation than we've been given.
On the other hand, Tigh as the one-eyed terroristcleric bombing leader? That's nicely fucked up. And I am so happy that Caprica Boomer is now uniformed Colonial forces. I ♥ that so much - I've even been waiting for the story to get there, and now it has.
It was good. It was, even, very good. But I have some issues.
First, what's with the Cylons getting all uppity about suicide bombings? Aside from the whole genocide thing, one of theirs ran a suicide bombing on Galactica first season! So what the hell? This one bothers me, particularly because of the whole "crossed a line" discussion. The Colonials having that discussion is good. The Cylons having it - or rather, just jumping straight to the conclusion... not so much.
So I'm left wondering whether it's bad - at least, inattentive - writing, or massive, massive in-character hypocrisy? Before shooting the cancer out of President Roslyn, I'd have been willing to assume hypocrisy. But right now, they don't have my trust like they once did, so I'm left wondering. It bothered me.
Secondly, while that kid can be Kara's, it had damned well better not be Creepy Obsessive Cylon's, or I will be pissed the fuck off, if for no other reason than that breaks everything we've been told as viewers about how this whole Cylon reproductive obsession works.
Thirdly, I'm quite irritated at Kara-falling-for-the-baby thing. There had better be a better reason for that which we haven't yet seen. Maybe she's drugged - but that's cheap. I want a much better explanation than we've been given.
On the other hand, Tigh as the one-eyed terrorist
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Date: 2006-10-07 11:10 pm (UTC)I acknowledge the difference with the download thing, but given that the idea was "how many humans can we will," I don't see how the +/- one makes it philosophically different.