BSG 3.19: Crossroads, Part 1
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icepixiePraise the Lord and pass the ammunition, BSG has left the valley of suckitude! Yee-haw!
Ohhhh, this was so much better than most of the rest of this season. This was BSG back when it was breathtakingly amazing in seasons one and two. We had the search for Earth and visions and Cylons and shocking revelations and Baltar being weasely and ethical debates and YES, this show is BACK ON TRACK. The bonus scene was even cool. We even had some good CGI. And Gaeta was involved! I love Gaeta!
Notes:
- Shiiiiiny theatre. (I think it's a theatre. Whatever Laura and Sharon are chasing Hera through.) Pretty. And then it segues to a setup very similar to that bit in the first season where Six was showing Gaius their "baby." All it was missing was that piece of music, "The Shape of Things To Come."
- One salient point Lampkin's defense seems to miss is that Laura Roslin, if she'd been elected? Wouldn't have settled on New Caprica, thus avoiding the occupation. Doofus.
- I had a feeling Six was going to get slapped by Tigh. Mostly I'm just glad we saw her again.
- The Whiteboard of Death! Only bigger!
- I liked the atmosphere that having the trial broadcast over radio, rather than the Fleet equivalent of CNN, brought to things. It kind of puts me in mind of something like Inherit the Wind (about the 1925 Scopes trial), rather than, say, O.J. Simpson, which can only be a good thing.
- I stopped trying to remember little individual things here. The plot started kicking along so quickly that I could just sit there and take it in.
- But...but...NOOOOOO! *squishes Laura* *beats cancer with a stick* I had no idea they were going to bring the cancer back. Although possibly I should've twigged from the opening vision. But even though I'm now once more going to live in terror of the writers killing Roslin's character off, YAY for shocking and unpredictable revelations. That was one of the reasons I loved this show.
- I'm curious if Bill knew the cancer was back or not before Roslin announced it. Hrm. Maybe that was what they were talking about in the CIC while Lee was sniffing her tea.
- The seemingly-random Anders/Seelix interaction is going to be significant at some point, isn't it?
- MM was fantastic when Roslin was on the stand. The "Please don't do this"... Wow, she's good. And then she got all authoritative with the press and Tori, and that was also awesome.
- Hmmm. Tigh's hearing strange music. Tigh...is a Cylon? Is hearing Kara come back as a demi-goddess? (That's my theory about her "death" and I'm sticking to it.)
- While I love me some Gaeta, that scene between him and Helo was a little over the top. Not by much; had they not had Helo add "A storm's coming," I would've been okay with it.
- Ohhhhh, Lee and Pappadama. You were doing so well. And now you're further apart than you were when the series started. Wow. (Question: Where did Lee get a suit on such short notice?)
- And now Dee's leaving Lee. I can't exactly blame her, I must say...
- I have a horrible feeling that Baltar's going to walk. Eeek.
- You know, for all the talk about how hard it would be to figure out a legal system under which to try Baltar (which I still find hard to believe; even if the colonies had only been united for forty-odd years before the Cylons attacked, surely they would've had some kind of federal court system?), there was surprisingly little--ahem, no--time spent on that aspect. Maybe it'll be relevant in part two, perhaps in conjuction with the point above. (Gives a certain added edge to Dee's assertion that the system is broken and needs to be fixed. Maybe it does have massive problems.)
- Narration from the preview: "The episode you've been waiting all season for!" No shit, Sherlock. *rolls eyes* A 13-episode season sounds so great, yes, it does.
Ohhhh, this was so much better than most of the rest of this season. This was BSG back when it was breathtakingly amazing in seasons one and two. We had the search for Earth and visions and Cylons and shocking revelations and Baltar being weasely and ethical debates and YES, this show is BACK ON TRACK. The bonus scene was even cool. We even had some good CGI. And Gaeta was involved! I love Gaeta!
Notes:
- Shiiiiiny theatre. (I think it's a theatre. Whatever Laura and Sharon are chasing Hera through.) Pretty. And then it segues to a setup very similar to that bit in the first season where Six was showing Gaius their "baby." All it was missing was that piece of music, "The Shape of Things To Come."
- One salient point Lampkin's defense seems to miss is that Laura Roslin, if she'd been elected? Wouldn't have settled on New Caprica, thus avoiding the occupation. Doofus.
- I had a feeling Six was going to get slapped by Tigh. Mostly I'm just glad we saw her again.
- The Whiteboard of Death! Only bigger!
- I liked the atmosphere that having the trial broadcast over radio, rather than the Fleet equivalent of CNN, brought to things. It kind of puts me in mind of something like Inherit the Wind (about the 1925 Scopes trial), rather than, say, O.J. Simpson, which can only be a good thing.
- I stopped trying to remember little individual things here. The plot started kicking along so quickly that I could just sit there and take it in.
- But...but...NOOOOOO! *squishes Laura* *beats cancer with a stick* I had no idea they were going to bring the cancer back. Although possibly I should've twigged from the opening vision. But even though I'm now once more going to live in terror of the writers killing Roslin's character off, YAY for shocking and unpredictable revelations. That was one of the reasons I loved this show.
- I'm curious if Bill knew the cancer was back or not before Roslin announced it. Hrm. Maybe that was what they were talking about in the CIC while Lee was sniffing her tea.
- The seemingly-random Anders/Seelix interaction is going to be significant at some point, isn't it?
- MM was fantastic when Roslin was on the stand. The "Please don't do this"... Wow, she's good. And then she got all authoritative with the press and Tori, and that was also awesome.
- Hmmm. Tigh's hearing strange music. Tigh...is a Cylon? Is hearing Kara come back as a demi-goddess? (That's my theory about her "death" and I'm sticking to it.)
- While I love me some Gaeta, that scene between him and Helo was a little over the top. Not by much; had they not had Helo add "A storm's coming," I would've been okay with it.
- Ohhhhh, Lee and Pappadama. You were doing so well. And now you're further apart than you were when the series started. Wow. (Question: Where did Lee get a suit on such short notice?)
- And now Dee's leaving Lee. I can't exactly blame her, I must say...
- I have a horrible feeling that Baltar's going to walk. Eeek.
- You know, for all the talk about how hard it would be to figure out a legal system under which to try Baltar (which I still find hard to believe; even if the colonies had only been united for forty-odd years before the Cylons attacked, surely they would've had some kind of federal court system?), there was surprisingly little--ahem, no--time spent on that aspect. Maybe it'll be relevant in part two, perhaps in conjuction with the point above. (Gives a certain added edge to Dee's assertion that the system is broken and needs to be fixed. Maybe it does have massive problems.)
- Narration from the preview: "The episode you've been waiting all season for!" No shit, Sherlock. *rolls eyes* A 13-episode season sounds so great, yes, it does.
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Date: 2007-03-19 03:39 am (UTC)Missing? Or just avoiding in a weasily lawyer-like way? One never can tell.
Me neither; I was completely blown away. Frustrating but exciting at the same time.
Ooooh, yeah.
Oh military people can get anything on short notice.
HOORAY!!
Yeah . . . . le sigh . . .
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Date: 2007-03-19 07:22 pm (UTC)But the writer shouldn't have avoided it. Maybe the prosecution will bring it up sometime later.
Me neither; I was completely blown away. Frustrating but exciting at the same time.
Yep. And I think they may actually kill her off this time, which would be terrible. Maybe they'll wait until the series finale.
Oh military people can get anything on short notice.
I suppose.
HOORAY!!
WHEEEEE!
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Date: 2007-03-24 03:28 am (UTC)I was surprised she was still there in the first place. The way Lee is wallowing in his grief over Kara's "death". I don't know what wife would stick around for that.
Probally, or it could just be making a point of how Lee and Sam are dealing with Kara's "death" in different ways. It's not that Sam didn't love her because he did. But when he went to the wall where Lee put her picture, he said goodbye to her. And he was able to do that because there was nothing left unsaid (at least on his part) between them. The same can't said to be true for Lee. It's why he can't move on, there was some much left unsaid.