[bsg 2x17]
Feb. 19th, 2006 07:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tellitslantSo, okay, some more coherent thoughts.
First, now that we know the Fleet has Shakespeare, I feel entirely justified in my desire to title a Roslin story "Bloody, Bold, and Resolute." I mean, come on - "none born of woman" indeed. *cough*
I'm becoming more and more intrigued by the political divisions between the city-states - I mean, Colonies. No, seriously though, we all know the Classics geekery is what gets me about this show (well, partly), and I am always a little bit thrilled when some of that comes through in a different way in the series. So having a society where women are still under the guardianship of their parents - read father - while abortion is still legal gives me a little geeky squee. And I really want to see more of the dichotomies between the Colonies explored, so hopefully we'll get that during the election, maybe.
Speaking of the election, my problem with Roslin's decision is less that she made it and more about the time when she made it. I mean, given that she still believes in the scriptures and all, they are on the path to Earth. Me, I would wait until they've found a source of sustainable and/or renewable resources - not to mention space - before she gave the popping-kids-out ultimatum. I don't agree, though, that there was an in-between option she could have chosen. I mean, what - tax breaks, better living quarters, for people who have kids? Great ideas if the resources of the Fleet supported them. *shrug*
My viewing pal and I were tossing around all sorts of ideas for Roslin's running mate. I mean, before last week, yeah, I was rooting for Billy. But this week - who's left? Not too many civvie options, she and Lee still haven't shared a non-antagonistic discussion, and I really hope they're not going to be adding a new character. I might have stretched to Zarek, but now he's firmly in Gaius's camp. *grins*
Gaius is such a bastard, I just have to love him. I mean, hello, he and Six are just the perfect evil genius.
Oh, speaking of evil, Adama was creepy this episode. Or is it just me and my "Wow, the powerful male military leader is really getting a little too involved in this issue for my liking" response? Because his discussion with Roslin... well, actually, it was a level of manipulation that I would have expected from Roslin herself, not Adama. Huh.
I really am all about the politics of this show. I mean, the military action is nice enough, and the actors are excellent, but. It's really, really easy to call (the second I heard that the commander was an engineer, I said, "And he's going to die walking into the radiioactive chamber! And then tell them he'll always be their friend!" Which, yes, bad metaphor, but you know.). The politics, on the other hand, have the benefit of both excellent actors (hello, Mary McDonnell) and really good plots. So, yeah, it's by far my favourite part of the show. Even though I have to admit that I enjoyed this episode's Lee-Kara subplot more than I've ever enjoyed them before, really - possibly because neither of them had angst or flashbacks. *grin*
Speaking of the politics, I suspect those of you who read my journal for the BSG are already reading hers, but if not,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
jennyo does an excellent riff on why Roslin should be queer over here, with spoilers for this week.
Also, in case you missed it, she and I wrote a smokin' Laura/Kara over here, with no real spoilers for anything. /pimp.
And now my mother made banana cream pie, so yeah. *grin*
First, now that we know the Fleet has Shakespeare, I feel entirely justified in my desire to title a Roslin story "Bloody, Bold, and Resolute." I mean, come on - "none born of woman" indeed. *cough*
I'm becoming more and more intrigued by the political divisions between the city-states - I mean, Colonies. No, seriously though, we all know the Classics geekery is what gets me about this show (well, partly), and I am always a little bit thrilled when some of that comes through in a different way in the series. So having a society where women are still under the guardianship of their parents - read father - while abortion is still legal gives me a little geeky squee. And I really want to see more of the dichotomies between the Colonies explored, so hopefully we'll get that during the election, maybe.
Speaking of the election, my problem with Roslin's decision is less that she made it and more about the time when she made it. I mean, given that she still believes in the scriptures and all, they are on the path to Earth. Me, I would wait until they've found a source of sustainable and/or renewable resources - not to mention space - before she gave the popping-kids-out ultimatum. I don't agree, though, that there was an in-between option she could have chosen. I mean, what - tax breaks, better living quarters, for people who have kids? Great ideas if the resources of the Fleet supported them. *shrug*
My viewing pal and I were tossing around all sorts of ideas for Roslin's running mate. I mean, before last week, yeah, I was rooting for Billy. But this week - who's left? Not too many civvie options, she and Lee still haven't shared a non-antagonistic discussion, and I really hope they're not going to be adding a new character. I might have stretched to Zarek, but now he's firmly in Gaius's camp. *grins*
Gaius is such a bastard, I just have to love him. I mean, hello, he and Six are just the perfect evil genius.
Oh, speaking of evil, Adama was creepy this episode. Or is it just me and my "Wow, the powerful male military leader is really getting a little too involved in this issue for my liking" response? Because his discussion with Roslin... well, actually, it was a level of manipulation that I would have expected from Roslin herself, not Adama. Huh.
I really am all about the politics of this show. I mean, the military action is nice enough, and the actors are excellent, but. It's really, really easy to call (the second I heard that the commander was an engineer, I said, "And he's going to die walking into the radiioactive chamber! And then tell them he'll always be their friend!" Which, yes, bad metaphor, but you know.). The politics, on the other hand, have the benefit of both excellent actors (hello, Mary McDonnell) and really good plots. So, yeah, it's by far my favourite part of the show. Even though I have to admit that I enjoyed this episode's Lee-Kara subplot more than I've ever enjoyed them before, really - possibly because neither of them had angst or flashbacks. *grin*
Speaking of the politics, I suspect those of you who read my journal for the BSG are already reading hers, but if not,
jennyo does an excellent riff on why Roslin should be queer over here, with spoilers for this week. Also, in case you missed it, she and I wrote a smokin' Laura/Kara over here, with no real spoilers for anything. /pimp.
And now my mother made banana cream pie, so yeah. *grin*
