[bsg 2x13]
Jan. 22nd, 2006 12:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tellitslantOK, here's my real update. :) And now I'm off to pick my grandmother up from the hospital YAY, so I still haven't read anyone else's thoughts. *facepalm* Tomorrow!
So, Adar. (Look, this is me starting a post not talking about Laura!) I am hugely amused that the revelation that Adar was a bit too fond of his use of troops came through an actor who's possibly best known for his portrayal of Pierre Trudeau. I mean, I'm sorry, even a teachers' strike doesn't quite parallel to the FLQ, but that's some interesting casting there. *grin* (Yay Colm Feore! Even a very little bit of Colm Feore.)
I am becoming more and more convinced not only that the command structure is going to be changed radically in the upcoming episodes but of how it is going to be changed, because in the past two arcs we've been given leaders who are dark(er) reflections of the two we currently have. I still think that Cain was a reflection of Roslin more than of Adama, but this episode gave us Adar and Adama dealing with the same problem in very different ways. So while I suspect that there's going to be a shake-up in - three weeks, ship time? - when elections are held, I also think that we're heading for a change in the military structure.
Hello, Gaius? Don't kiss the rape survivor, please and thank you. Dumbass. *facepalm* On the other hand, good job standing up to Six, at least somewhat. I'm almost starting to like this guy. She says, reservedly.
I don't think I understand how Baltar can think that the only thing that changed about Laura after he injected her with Cylon blood was that the cancer cells were destroyed. Um, how did the blood differentiate between the malignant cells and the rest of her system? Shouldn't they assume that she's got Cylon blood and nothing but running through her veins now? Actually, I don't understand that at all. I don't have a great science background, but how would an injection like that even begin to enact healing in any way? Anyways, really, I'm just glad that I don't have to watch the cancer thing any more. It was getting me a bit twitchy.
Also, Laura's flashbacks-slash-visions? Cylon, Cylon, redheaded woman with great legs who has her back to us, Cylon. Um, what?
I am really enjoying the "peace movement" plot. I mean, I think that the movement itself is pretty damn stupid, but I am getting more and more intrigued by what we know about Colonial society, and between Adar's willingness to use military force and the inability of protest groups to protest peacefully, that society is looking. Well.
OK, back to Adar, who is an asshat. I have some stuff that I want to say about him and about how the idea of the government of the Twelve Colonies is starting to seem like less of a democracy and more of an oligarchy, but I haven't worked it all out entirely. But I think it is very much a society of privilege, and while we don't know enough about the class divide/s, there's obviously some sort of disparity between the governing body and the governed. They have a crumbling infrastructure and, apparently, a booming military. Granted, we have to remember that it's only twenty or so years since the first Cylon War, but that's still not the sign of a properly functioning government. And the fact that Adar was more than willing to use force to take down a group of teachers says a lot. It also says a lot that Adar sees even the concession to negotiation - hell, not even negotiation, just an open airing of grievances - to show a failure of his government. Maybe I shouldn't say oligarchy - maybe I should say autocracy. How much can the Senate control the Emperor, if the Emperor created the Senate? If the president doesn't have to explain him or herself to anyone, then are there actually any checks and balances in place?
Speaking of scary freaking autocratic presidents, brrrrrrrr, Roslin was cold and fabulous at the end of the episode. Hi, I sure as hell wouldn't lie to her.
I am not sure what I think about the little we saw of the Roslin-Adar relationship. I need to think about it a bit more, but I am intrigued by the hint that Roslin was thinking about ending it. Go Laura.
Once again, this show needs a continuity editor. *volunteers*
So, Adar. (Look, this is me starting a post not talking about Laura!) I am hugely amused that the revelation that Adar was a bit too fond of his use of troops came through an actor who's possibly best known for his portrayal of Pierre Trudeau. I mean, I'm sorry, even a teachers' strike doesn't quite parallel to the FLQ, but that's some interesting casting there. *grin* (Yay Colm Feore! Even a very little bit of Colm Feore.)
I am becoming more and more convinced not only that the command structure is going to be changed radically in the upcoming episodes but of how it is going to be changed, because in the past two arcs we've been given leaders who are dark(er) reflections of the two we currently have. I still think that Cain was a reflection of Roslin more than of Adama, but this episode gave us Adar and Adama dealing with the same problem in very different ways. So while I suspect that there's going to be a shake-up in - three weeks, ship time? - when elections are held, I also think that we're heading for a change in the military structure.
Hello, Gaius? Don't kiss the rape survivor, please and thank you. Dumbass. *facepalm* On the other hand, good job standing up to Six, at least somewhat. I'm almost starting to like this guy. She says, reservedly.
I don't think I understand how Baltar can think that the only thing that changed about Laura after he injected her with Cylon blood was that the cancer cells were destroyed. Um, how did the blood differentiate between the malignant cells and the rest of her system? Shouldn't they assume that she's got Cylon blood and nothing but running through her veins now? Actually, I don't understand that at all. I don't have a great science background, but how would an injection like that even begin to enact healing in any way? Anyways, really, I'm just glad that I don't have to watch the cancer thing any more. It was getting me a bit twitchy.
Also, Laura's flashbacks-slash-visions? Cylon, Cylon, redheaded woman with great legs who has her back to us, Cylon. Um, what?
I am really enjoying the "peace movement" plot. I mean, I think that the movement itself is pretty damn stupid, but I am getting more and more intrigued by what we know about Colonial society, and between Adar's willingness to use military force and the inability of protest groups to protest peacefully, that society is looking. Well.
OK, back to Adar, who is an asshat. I have some stuff that I want to say about him and about how the idea of the government of the Twelve Colonies is starting to seem like less of a democracy and more of an oligarchy, but I haven't worked it all out entirely. But I think it is very much a society of privilege, and while we don't know enough about the class divide/s, there's obviously some sort of disparity between the governing body and the governed. They have a crumbling infrastructure and, apparently, a booming military. Granted, we have to remember that it's only twenty or so years since the first Cylon War, but that's still not the sign of a properly functioning government. And the fact that Adar was more than willing to use force to take down a group of teachers says a lot. It also says a lot that Adar sees even the concession to negotiation - hell, not even negotiation, just an open airing of grievances - to show a failure of his government. Maybe I shouldn't say oligarchy - maybe I should say autocracy. How much can the Senate control the Emperor, if the Emperor created the Senate? If the president doesn't have to explain him or herself to anyone, then are there actually any checks and balances in place?
Speaking of scary freaking autocratic presidents, brrrrrrrr, Roslin was cold and fabulous at the end of the episode. Hi, I sure as hell wouldn't lie to her.
I am not sure what I think about the little we saw of the Roslin-Adar relationship. I need to think about it a bit more, but I am intrigued by the hint that Roslin was thinking about ending it. Go Laura.
Once again, this show needs a continuity editor. *volunteers*
