Season 2.5 of Battlestar Galactica FINALLY resumed last Friday night for US viewers. The series ended last year with the two battlestars (Galactica and Pegasus) preparing to smack down each other. The season opened with a dramatic scene with viper squadrons from each battlestar in a face off, weaving meanacingly around each other waiting for clearance to fire. This scene set the tone for the rest of the episode. Admiral Cain and Commander Adam spent the episode dancing around one another like prizefighters, each plotting the demise of the other. The suspense was almost tangible!
In typical Ron Moore fashion, there was a not-so-subtle political undertone to the story line.. In one scene, Commander Adama personally apologizes to the cylon prisoner (Sharon) for the brutal treatment she suffered while in the custody of the Pegasus crewmembers. Adama states to the Cylon Sharon "It occured on my watch, therefore I am ultimately responsible". No mention is made regarding the punishment of those directly involved in this attack on the cylon. Hmmm, shades of Abu-Gharib?
Half the fun of this show is watching for these commentaries on real life political situations worked into the BSG storyline. I have to say; the storyline itself is fantastically well written and acted. Putting politics aside, this show frakking rocks; I can't help my addiction to this show!
How can you not like a show that allows you to say 'Frak' with impunity :)
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| JM January 22, 2006 11:52 AM PST  Yeah, I get thinly-disguised ads in my comments all the time, but I must confess that's the first time I've seen an ad start out as a comment from a theremin player. | ||
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| Wordsmith January 22, 2006 01:07 AM PST Anyone think "Konni" saw last night's episode? No? Then Konni...shut the frak up! | ||
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| Wordsmith January 14, 2006 03:51 AM PST <i>Now every time I look at Lee, I will definitely be reminded of you, Wordsmith :))))</i> Hah! If I could only be so lucky! I passed up watching BSG at 10pm so I could catch the John Stossel special, Stupid in America. So now I'm staying up and catching the repeat 1am broadcast. You'd think I'd just use the vcr or something. | ||
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| The Troll January 12, 2006 01:40 AM PST The cylons are a twisted race of Data's a wole race that has data's desire to be human but with the personality of Lore. You can indulge with Lee I would take Kira but I would prefer if she looked like Kane.... (Monica's my blond) there gonna have to change this to an Adult rated blog _________________________ To me, this story is more about the nature of humanity than then nature of cylons. | ||
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| Skye January 12, 2006 12:21 AM PST Well... I tilt to the "Lee fraks Kara" camp. If that doesn't happen, I will gladly volunteer to frak BamBam..ooops..I mean Lee. It really is after midnight on this blog! ------------------------------------ but personally I just hope Starbuck blows her Fraking head off!!!! | ||
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| Skye January 12, 2006 12:17 AM PST You will find this classic theme in all the good Sci-fi movies, and TV series. ------------------------------------- The whole story line comes to the original fear of robots stories from Asimov which extrapulated from the tail of Frankenstien. | ||
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| Skye January 12, 2006 12:13 AM PST Now every time I look at Lee, I will definitely be reminded of you, Wordsmith :)))) --------------------------- No harm (just jealous!)...It's actually a good picture of him. My arms used to look like that 15 years ago when I was a competitive gymnast. | ||
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| Skye January 12, 2006 12:11 AM PST It's not ONLY the political slant of BSG that has caught my attention, Wordsmith :) ------------------------------------- I see you just had to include that gratuitous shot of Lee Adama! (^_~) | ||
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| Skye January 12, 2006 12:06 AM PST Ron Moore has previously stated that his political views are on display in this series. It is becoming more blatant with each season. I'm right with you, wordsmith, in rejecting BSG's comparison to real world ideology. Yet it does look as though that is one of the subtexts being pushed on the viewers this season. This season, 2.5, looks like it will focus on fleshing out the Cylon mythology. I believe there will be an episode called "Downloaded" that reveals the cylon point of view. Why Cylons? What about the stories of the 57,000 humans struggling to survive in this rag-tag fleet? I would have loved to see an episode that explores a "day in the life" in the fleet outside of Galactica. How does one continue after surviving a near extinction? When all the social, economic, and cultural structures that are the underpinnings of your life have been permanently removed, how do you deal? To me, this story is more about the nature of humanity than then nature of cylons. I only wish Ron Moore would focus more on this than his pet political POV. It's after midnight and I'm rambling... ---------------------------------- In the BSG universe they've created, if this is the way they are headed, we may be manipulated into having sympathy for Sharon; and IN THE UNIVERSE THEY'VE CREATED, it may be a justified feeling. She may be a "good" Cylon with the capacity for compassion and humanity for others. So as far as BSG goes, I can accept it. But if it's to be a paradigm for real life, then I absolutely reject their ideological comparison- 'cause I think they get it wrong! | ||
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| The Troll January 10, 2006 11:23 PM PST The whole story line comes to the original fear of robots stories from Asimov which extrapulated from the tail of Frankenstien. If man does survive his interspecies battles and the Iranians don't start a nuclear exchange that kills us all the rise of the machines is our long term threat... but personally I just hope Starbuck blows her Fraking head off!!!! | ||
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| Wordsmith January 10, 2006 02:27 PM PST What's frustrating...is that it may work both ways, the importance of divorcing real life from art, in this instance. What I mean is this: In the BSG universe they've created, if this is the way they are headed, we may be manipulated into having sympathy for Sharon; and IN THE UNIVERSE THEY'VE CREATED, it may be a justified feeling. She may be a "good" Cylon with the capacity for compassion and humanity for others. So as far as BSG goes, I can accept it. But if it's to be a paradigm for real life, then I absolutely reject their ideological comparison- 'cause I think they get it wrong! Certainly, in the real world, the Islamic terrorists are fellow human beings. They love, hate, etc. and we share certain human traits in common with them. But what they need is an ass-whooping. Not therapy. Not understanding. Like career criminals, they need to be stopped in the most expedient way possible. I don't mind trying to understand them better in order to stop them. But I do mind trying to understand them in such a way as to put their ideology on a moral equivalent with mine; to be a moral relativist and say, it's ok that they believe in beheading people and slaughtering school teachers in front of children, and who am I to judge their beliefs? Us good. Terrorists bad. It really is that simple. Liberals like to call conservatives too simple and that they have the intellectual superiority. Because they see the complexity. This elitist notion does nothing but clutter their brains and cloud their hearts into inaction and an inability to perceive clarity of truth. They'd have to go through a Rube Goldberg process first in order to finally arrive at the same conclusions we have, (if ever). I hope I made some sense, as this is a rushed, brainstormed post. Gotta go back to work! | ||
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| JM January 10, 2006 06:41 AM PST >"see...they may be >machines, but they have >feelings too; they just need >to be understood; they're >just like us..." Unfortunately, that's precisely where they seem to be going with it. | ||
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| Wordsmith January 10, 2006 01:52 AM PST I suppose I don't see the political bias as blatantly as you guys do, although I know Ron Moore tilts left in his views (if I remember correctly from reading his commentary); and I do see where they are drawing upon real life current events for inspiration and social commentary. But, with some exceptions, I don't see overt tendencies toward liberalism (other than the early episodes where skin and sex seemed to be important ingredients of the show for Moore). I just try and enjoy the show for escapist entertainment, and ignore political bias. Otherwise, there would probably be even fewer shows for me to watch and appreciate if I always watched with a conscious eye for Hollywood liberalism to manifest itself. I bet if I were a 6 year old again, (but only with my political outlook of today), I'd never be able to appreciate Sesame Street and other children's programming quite the same way I did when I was actually a little blissfully ignorant tyke. If they arrive at a point where the Cylons are a 100% comparable paradigm for today's terrorists (remember the Cylon homicide bomber?) and the series ends up "humanizing" the Cylons to say, "see...they may be machines, but they have feelings too; they just need to be understood; they're just like us..." I don't want to even think about that. I see you just had to include that gratuitous shot of Lee Adama! (^_~) No harm (just jealous!)...It's actually a good picture of him. My arms used to look like that 15 years ago when I was a competitive gymnast. | ||
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| JM January 9, 2006 10:40 PM PST The constant current political commentary makes the show difficult to watch at times. It's too bad; it could be truly great if they would just knock it off and concentrate on writing a show with good stories. | ||
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