I think that Bob Dylan is the fifth Cylon. I mean, right??
(Please tell me they used the Hendrix version of the song.)
I, for one, wasn't looking forward to starting my day with a slaughter. Which, really, just goes to show how much I've grown
Anya ,'Sleeper'
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Nutty - Mar 13, 2007 11:02:13 am PDT #1871 of 3486
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Laura - Mar 13, 2007 11:44:19 am PDT #1872 of 3486
Our wings are not tired.
Please tell me they used the Hendrix version of the song
Yes, please.
Wow! Thank you, Jessica! I don't have enough !!! available.
Indeed it didn't seem likely we had seen the last of Kara. I'm looking forward to seeing Lee and Baltar break out of their ruts.
Eeeep, I have to read again because I read so quickly...
le nubian - Mar 13, 2007 12:05:47 pm PDT #1873 of 3486
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Jessica,
what a STRAIGHT UP AWESOME narrative. I have had the most tiring week and you rock hard! Thanks so much. That is totally awesome. I can't wait to watch these eps.
Jessica - Mar 13, 2007 12:09:57 pm PDT #1874 of 3486
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
(Please tell me they used the Hendrix version of the song.)
On the temp track at least, it's a cover version I didn't recognize. I don't know what they'll end up using for the broadcast. (They may also replace it entirely, but then the lines that Tyrol, Sam and Tori recite won't really make sense.)
(PS, spoiler feedback is TEH BEST CRACK EVAR. I'd almost forgotten how much fun spoiling is! Silly me!)
Topic!Cindy - Mar 13, 2007 12:16:43 pm PDT #1875 of 3486
What is even happening?
Spoilers are also teh best crack evar. I don't know why I gave up spoiling.
Jess, you did an awesome job with that. I feel like I have to read it all through again too, like Laura. Each time one of your posts ended, I felt the same way I do after an awesome cliff hanger.
What did you like best about it? Also? Do the four (Tigh, Anders, Tori, and Chief) seem like they really didn't know they were Cylons? I mean -- is their shock real.
Jessica - Mar 13, 2007 12:26:07 pm PDT #1876 of 3486
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Do the four (Tigh, Anders, Tori, and Chief) seem like they really didn't know they were Cylons? I mean -- is their shock real.
Oh, it's very real. At the end of the ep, they're all still in shock, and not a small amount of denial. Unlike Boomer, who was activated to do something (she didn't know for sure she was a Cylon until she shot Adama), these four seem to have simply been switched on. They know they're Cylons, but they don't know why. They don't know what they've been programmed for, why they were placed in the fleet, or why they've been activated now. So they're all not only freaked out that they're Cylons, they're freaked out that they might be programmed to sabotage the fleet in ways they're not aware of yet.
I think the Final Five might be a Cylon splinter group with a completely separate agenda from the other 7. It's just a hunch, but I can't shake the feeling that 4/5 (at least) of them being the leaders of the human resistance on New Caprica is significant. That they have a different plan, and that it's somehow connected to Earth.
What did you like best about it?
The editing. The construction of the narrative, especially of the second half, is pure brilliance, the way it builds.
Sean K - Mar 13, 2007 3:18:03 pm PDT #1877 of 3486
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I have basically not been able to watch this entire season (I caught the first two or three eps, and that was it).
I really need to catch up on BSG.
Cass - Mar 13, 2007 3:35:09 pm PDT #1878 of 3486
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
(PS, spoiler feedback is TEH BEST CRACK EVAR. I'd almost forgotten how much fun spoiling is! Silly me!)Oh it is fantastic fun to be spoiled as well. I enjoy reading your spoils more than the actual shows sometimes. Which? Craxy.
But now I am looking forward to the next eps much more than I was at the end of the last show. Go figure.
starlight - Mar 13, 2007 4:02:59 pm PDT #1879 of 3486
In your review you wrote, Roslin approaches Adama on the bridge to console him about the verdict. Only...it turns out he was the swing vote. Roslin is not happy. If they were having a secret affair before, they aren't anymore.
What do they say to each other? Does Roslin say she never wants to see Adama again? Is there any indication that Adama already knew about the cancer?
Jessica - Mar 13, 2007 5:15:44 pm PDT #1880 of 3486
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I can't remember her exact words, but she makes it clear that in her mind, he let her down by letting Baltar walk free. I think she'll forgive him eventually, but it will be a while before they're back to calling each other up in the middle of the night to chat. Their jobs have finally gotten in the way of their relationship in a way neither of them is ready or willing to back down on.
Adama definitely knows about the cancer before the trial begins -- he tries to stop Lee from questioning her about the camala root and is overruled by the other judges. (So it's clear that he knew she was taking it, and why.)
DH just reminded me of a point I'd forgotten about (and that everyone seems to) -- Hera is no longer the only Cylon hybrid baby in the fleet, because Tryol's son is half-Cylon too.