Mal ,'Ariel'
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See, I'd be doing it to flip the big bird at Leoben. Not at all about despair.Right, but... I think you and Starbuck are somewhat different.
It never occurred to me that Jammer was a Cylon. That'd undermine the point pretty badly, since he's basically there as a sympathetic collaborator.
I immediately thought that Jammer was a Cylon when he showed up unscathed after the explosion, but I'm glad they didn't undermine that collaborator angle.
OK, for Strega's issues with my problems.
I don't follow. I have tens of thousands of refugees from a technological society. I need them to build a frontier town, which they have absolutely no training for. Are people going to set up homesteads on uneven terrain where they will first have to clear brush, or on a comparatively flat plain with enough space to land the ships, where they can take advantage of whatever tech they can cannibalize, but are still close to the timber and water?
Oh, I disagree heartily. Yes, you want flat land for your ships, but you also want forest for cover and water for, well, drinking, bathing, and flushing. First, the views of New Caprica City showed the tent village in the middle of the plain, nowhere near the wood and water, which is a placement without any natural defenses. I didn't see any timber in use; the tent village looked to be mostly a construct of metal and canvas. And I have no idea where and how they were getting water. However, if they'd set the residential tents along the forest, with the market, landing strips, and ships further into the plain, they would have had natural cover and wood and water nearby. But all of this is a wank, anyway; we'd never seen the forest in any long views, so I'm assuming no one on the show gave it a second thought.
I don't get why the Cylons should be suspicious of Gaeta, either. The only one who has any knowledge of him is Boomer, and she's not exactly down with the takeover.
Yeah, except that they would have rounded up anyone who's been in Adama's bridge crew. Gaeta, being a Baltar aide and senior member of Adama's staff, would & should have been under suspicion from the beginning.
And as long as I'm disagreeing... No, it wasn't surprising that Baltar signed the execution order. I thought it was surprising that he hesitated, and that he actually considered dying rather than sign. I thought that was kinda the point.
I dunno. I think they've well established his intense guilt over his role in the genocide of his people. It wasn't surprising to me that he would balk at agreeing to execute 200 people, especially with Roslin among them. They've also well established that his craven, short-sighted cowardice wins over any ethical concerns every time, and that's basically what happened there.
a placement without any natural defenses.Defenses... from what? With Baltar in charge, it's not difficult for me to believe that the settlement was pretty haphazard. But I guess to me these seem like part of it being a TV show. Yes, we don't see the forest in establishing FX shots, but as your first post noted, it's obviously meant to be nearby. The wide shots need to match wherever they're actually shooting. And I assume that they're living in tents instead of making wooden buildings because they don't want to spend their entire budget on log cabins.
If it was a plot point that they set up in a ridiculous location, it'd bug me, but I don't see how it would have made a difference in the story.
They've also well established that his craven, short-sighted cowardice wins over any ethical concerns every time, and that's basically what happened there.Balk, sure. But resisting even when there's a gun to his head? I think he's more complicated than that, anyway, but even in situations like in "Fragged," self-preservation has been his top priority.
I think you and Starbuck are somewhat different.
Yes, because I'd have shagged Lee by now. It's just that she is so full of despair now.
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FYI - Scifi is repeating the BSG premiere tonight. (10 pm Central.)
I just met (well, I met him a couple weeks ago, but just found out on seeing him again today) an ex of Tricia Helfer's.
I turned to him and said "Damn. Well played."
He nodded. I followed up with "That's a lot of woman."
He nodded again.
"Like seven foot worth," I continued. Then I remembered I had the option of being quiet and stopped saying stupid things.
I'm laughing with you, ita, not at you.
Possibly both.
From Waaaaaaaaaay back:'
The part I am confused by is that in the other timeline, Kim's death did not happen , so there could be no invesitgation for him to get fired over (at least not for that reason)
I seem to remember Henry saying some thing about how he had to take the job so that he could get access to the Artifact to build the time machine, so I got the distinct impression that he'd gotten Stark fired (and it JUST occured to me that Stark was running Stark Industries, like maybe with his UNCLE TONY)
Heroes thing: I thought that pattern looked like a bit of DNA--one side of the twisty ladder, and a few rungs.
Another Heroes thing: One of the guys at krav went to school with SuperHiro, and says he's a really great guy who's crazy good at a bunch of stuff. Which chuffs me greatly. Love him.