Sunday, January 22, 2006
Epiphanies
Chief Tyrol and Helo are back on duty. Hey, did everyone else forget that they murdered an officer? Shouldn’t they at least be sentenced to a few months in the brig?
Roslin and Adama wanted to abort Sharon’s half human fetus because they thought it represented a danger to the fleet. It’s still not clear to me how a baby would be any greater threat to the fleet than Sharon the adult Cylon.
Roslin’s cancer was miraculously cured. I suspected all along that they would find a miraculous cure, but was not expecting it to come from the fetus’ blood. Why should I expect something that doesn’t make any sense?
Am I the only person wondering if that Cylon blood in Roslin is going to somehow change her into a tool of the enemy?
The corporeal Number Six has already started a peace movement which has already peacefully blown up a Tylium refinery. Here is a theme that harkens back to the original series and represented an analogy to the Cold War when Soviet spies encouraged the U.S. peace movement. It’s also a politically conservative theme, which is refreshing to see on a show that has mostly been politically liberal (like most stuff that comes out of Hollywood).
Baltar looks like he’s aiming to become a real willful traitor and not just an accidental traitor. I was sort of confused by the ending, but I think that Baltar gave the corporeal Number Six a nuclear bomb for her to use against the fleet, in hopes that this gift will win her heart and get him some sex.
Roslin seems to remember him consorting with the enemy back on Caprica, so I guess that Baltar’s days as Vice President are numbered anyway. Why did he save her life?
We didn’t see anything of the Pegasus this week or its drunk commander, but I’m sure this will figure into the plot pretty soon.
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The pro-cylon supporters fits in with the modern day ideas being portrayed in the show. We have wackos that want to save the lives of terrorist in spite of them beheading and blowing up people.
Conservatives would identify with its serious treatment of religion, with its theme of humanity (and really, "Western" culture)fighting for its life, and the depiction of the evils of vice (alcoholism, out of wedlock pregancy, etc).
Liberals would love the treatment of the enemy, Cylons, (ie fundamentalists) as empathic entities who do feel pain, and whose torture should not be sanctioned out of hand. The president, a woman, shows she can be as tough as a man, and as a former schoolteacher, relates to unionized entities (such as demonstrated in flashbacks in the latest episode.) The show is "edgier" than most family hour conservatives would like, apparently inclusive of nudity in the DVD versions of episodes.
In short, I find NO liberal or conservative bent--much like MOST of AMERICANS, who are solidly in the middle. This show would appeal to all, and I have seen it mentioned proudly on both liberal and conservative blogs.
: 1/23/2006 2:28 PMSee http://www.burnham-down-the-house.net/archives/Individual/002536.php
: 1/23/2006 7:35 PMWhen Roslin is standing next to the pool talking to the blond teacher protester, they both look away briefly in mid conversation.
The camera follows what they're looking at. Standing some distance away is a woman with her back turned to the camera, talking to a Colonial Fleet officer and (IIRC) another woman. The first woman, with her back turned has build, hair colour, and hairstyle identical to Roslin.
I'm not sure the conclusion makes sense, though. Roslin as a Cylon? She would have to be a sleeper agent, since otherwise the private conversations with the Cylon in the first season would be pretty pointless. And if Cylons have such different physiology, though, you would think the doctor would have noticed by now.
Roslin being a Cylon from day one has other implications, namely either (1) she is _not_ the leader spoken of in the prophecies, or (2) the prophecies are not directed at humans, but at Cylons. (After all, both are children of Kobol, as Number Six pointed out.)