I've always assumed that "And they have a plan" was more of a catchy tagline than anything else. I mean, it might still turn out to be true, just as long we allow for many many asterisks and footnotes to the definitions of both "they" and "plan."
Can we maybe vote on the whole murdering people issue?
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Jessica - Mar 27, 2007 9:58:01 am PDT #8872 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Jessica - Mar 27, 2007 10:01:07 am PDT #8873 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I wanted it to be the Hendrix version of the song.
I think using any pre-existing version would have made it near-impossible to incorporate into the episode they way they did and have the timing work. (That said, I wish they'd at least commissioned a cover that sounded more like the Hendrix version. I didn't mind the crack-addled sitar, but the vocals were just wrong.)
smonster - Mar 27, 2007 10:14:31 am PDT #8874 of 10001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
I've always assumed that "And they have a plan" was more of a catchy tagline than anything else. I mean, it might still turn out to be true, just as long we allow for many many asterisks and footnotes to the definitions of both "they" and "plan."
Well, sure. But I still feel like we lost something, or I did, when the Cylons started having internal discord and changing things. Kind of like when the unseen monster is revealed, and not so scary after all (Gaknar! But that was just funny).
In my mind, we traded that tantalizingly mysterious menace for some very interesting plot stuff about Cylon free will and the like. The reveal of the four gives me a little of that mystery back. (eta that I don't think it was necessarily a bad trade.)
Of course, it's likely that my desire for an actual plan will only end in disappointed tears.
Daisy Jane - Mar 27, 2007 10:21:27 am PDT #8875 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Kind of like when the unseen monster is revealed, and not so scary after all
Which reminds me, that I don't find monster movies scary at all. An irrational or homocidal human though? Scares the fuck out of me. Which is why I think the cylons freak me out even more when they start changing stuff, and Three goes all suicidal and Six is all FRACK EVERYTHING! and Eight's all I WILL KILL THIS KID! Because they're freaking out and that scares me.
Strega - Mar 27, 2007 10:58:48 am PDT #8876 of 10001
it might still turn out to be true, just as long we allow for many many asterisks and footnotes to the definitions of both "they" and "plan."Yeah. I actually think that the Cylons have a plan, but the individual Cylons don't know what it is. So maybe "There is a Cylon plan" would be more accurate, but it's not as catchy. They are guessing and second-guessing what they are supposed to do -- they don't know who/what designed them or what their purpose is. Which is the human condition, and honestly... I think that is the plan.
Though I did kinda want the title card to change to "They have a NEW plan," after the S2 finale, because that would have been funny.
And just to throw it in: I believe Tory said "Can't get no relief" while puking.
Polter-Cow - Mar 27, 2007 11:07:22 am PDT #8877 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
She did. But that was when they were basically telling us they were doing song lyrics. I don't know if that line appeared in another context previously.
Strega - Mar 27, 2007 11:14:06 am PDT #8878 of 10001
Oh, I know what I meant to say the other night! I do understand how it could feel jarring/ridiculous, but I can't really complain about someone gratuitously dropping bits of song lyrics into dialogue. 'Cause, yeah.
Though I would have gone with "I Am the Walrus," personally.
Topic!Cindy - Mar 27, 2007 11:28:12 am PDT #8879 of 10001
What is even happening?
And just to throw it in: I believe Tory said "Can't get no relief" while puking.
Yes, right after, when she looked in the mirror. She didn't sell it, though.
I'm starting to wonder if those of us who were spoiled are, on average, more satisfied than those of us who remained unspoiled. I know that's hard to determine, but it's an impression I'm getting.
Which is the human condition, and honestly... I think that is the plan.
Very nice, Strega.
They are guessing and second-guessing what they are supposed to do -- they don't know who/what designed them or what their purpose is.
Also, they're always having to second guess humans, and they're machines, so the humans are confusing the hell out of them. I don't know if it is better or worse for the Cylons who have felt love.
Daisy Jane - Mar 27, 2007 11:40:15 am PDT #8880 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Though I would have gone with "I Am the Walrus," personally.
Somewhere else I saw someone wishing "Hard Rain's Gonna Fall" was the song.
Hayden - Mar 27, 2007 12:07:02 pm PDT #8881 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Would have gone with the anvilly "storm's a-coming" thing they had Helo say in the previous episode.