Now that you mention it, that would make sense. Him being a civilian and all.
And he was very hand-wavey about how he ended up on Pegasus.
Buckle up, kids! Daddy's puttin' the hammer down.
Spike ,'Touched'
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JenP - Sep 23, 2005 6:10:53 pm PDT #4508 of 10001
tommyrot - Sep 23, 2005 6:11:41 pm PDT #4509 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
The giant Cylon ship is going to turn out to be a widget factory.
Yeah. Or a Cylon verion of Disney Land.
Commentaries for both last and this week's eps have been posted. Slow as fuck frak download, though.
Do I rewatch with commentary? Or do I rewatch, then rewatch with commentary? I think the latter.
JenP - Sep 23, 2005 6:14:08 pm PDT #4510 of 10001
Do I rewatch with commentary? Or do I rewatch, then rewatch with commentary?
For the first time, I just don't think I can rewatch this one right away. Just so intense and disturbing (there's that word again). I think the ep did its job, but, damn. Draining is right, Laura.
Ginger - Sep 23, 2005 6:15:02 pm PDT #4511 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
And he was very hand-wavey about how he ended up on Pegasus.
My impression was that he had been "enlisted" at gunpoint and it was another indication of how things were on the Pegasus. For example, the Pegasus may have stripped a civilian vessel of what it needed, then abandoned it.
tommyrot - Sep 23, 2005 6:19:34 pm PDT #4512 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
My impression was that he had been "enlisted" at gunpoint and it was another indication of how things were on the Pegasus.
That was my first thought. It could go either way. Maybe they're just setting up the option for now.
Damn, I really wanna hear what Ron Moore has to say in this week's commentary....
Emily - Sep 23, 2005 6:23:56 pm PDT #4513 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Wow. I didn't watch, but I really enjoyed y'all's watch-and-post.
tommyrot - Sep 23, 2005 6:24:46 pm PDT #4514 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Oh, and I really liked Baltar in this ep. Of course, for his treatment of Abused!Six, but also the way he figured out exactly what to say to the admiral so she'd let him be nice to Abused!Six - he wasn't judgemental to the admiral (because I'm sure he knew that wouldn't get him what he wanted).
Jessica - Sep 23, 2005 6:31:31 pm PDT #4515 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I love this episode, I do.
BUT, in spite of the near-perfect execution, and the total workability on every level as a plot device, rape as a shortcut to EVIL still annoys me on principle, and I expect more of this show.
But that's on rewatch. My initial reaction was more along the lines of "OH HOLY FRACK THAT'S NOT GOOD." The "Oh wait, I hate it when television does that" came later.
tommyrot - Sep 23, 2005 6:36:52 pm PDT #4516 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
rape as a shortcut to EVIL still annoys me on principle, and I expect more of this show.
That would bug me too, but I still think this is commentary on Abu Ghraib, in which rape was used ostensibly as a military tool. With that in mind, it doesn't bug me. Not in that way, anyway.
quester - Sep 23, 2005 6:40:04 pm PDT #4517 of 10001
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
I was most disturbed by how unbalanced the characterization was. No nuance or layering. The Pegasus crew members were either evil or intimidated.
This seemed like a very uncharacteristic episode. Not the kind of tension that this series usually brings. this just seemed like either bad writing or bad direction or both.