OK, so I'm about 1/3 of the way through watching the original BSG, and episode 9 had me wondering. Apollo crash lands on a planet that seems perfectly good, but the fleet keeps going on to "Earth", a planet they don't even know exists. If the council was ready to stay put on the mining planet with the Vegas thing where the locals ate the humans, why wouldn't they want to settle down on this other planet? I guess I'm looking for logic in a TV show. Silly me, I should know better.
I'm a big girl. Just tell me.
Inara ,'Objects In Space'
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omnis_audis - Sep 20, 2009 9:47:51 pm PDT #23885 of 30000
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
StuntHusband - Sep 20, 2009 9:53:51 pm PDT #23886 of 30000
Electromagnetic candy! - Stark
omnis, it's because the original was pseudo-Mormon pseudo-scripture, and all other waypoints on the way to the Promised Land were temptations from the Dark One.
No, I'm not 100% kidding. (I'm being very meanly snarky, though.)
The point is to follow the scripture of the Lords of Kobol, not just to settle for 2nd best. It's not supported in the *show*, of course.
omnis_audis - Sep 20, 2009 10:52:33 pm PDT #23887 of 30000
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
ah. Right. That's why logic is out the window.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Sep 20, 2009 11:04:35 pm PDT #23888 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
Logic? In Battlestar Galactica? Hahaha...
I love it anyway, though.
Laura - Sep 21, 2009 1:37:23 am PDT #23889 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Logic deteriorates as time goes on in BSG, but there was much to love.
Shir - Sep 21, 2009 1:49:25 am PDT #23890 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Phew. Yours Truly and her family won't be living in a settlement, after all.
They'll probably live in a neighborhood beyond the green line, but then again, about 70% of Jerusalem post-1967 was built beyond said line.
You cannot imagine my relief. It's not final yet or anything, but damn, it's starting to look like it.
Laura - Sep 21, 2009 1:51:39 am PDT #23891 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
That is good to hear, Shir.
Anne W. - Sep 21, 2009 1:56:23 am PDT #23892 of 30000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
That's excellent news, Shir.
hippocampus - Sep 21, 2009 3:58:24 am PDT #23893 of 30000
not your mom's socks.
That's a relief Shir.
Took a few hours off from my current chained-to-desk status to take the most awesome bike ride (and a new post to TWC yay) with d ( [link] ) and DH and HelloKittyFan#1 ( [link] ).
The NPH vid at the emmys is too funny.
a hard drive named Yamamoto anything has to be pretty well encrypted i'd guess, ND.
now back to my desk. mwah.
Jessica - Sep 21, 2009 4:24:48 am PDT #23894 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Ian M Banks does wonderful spaceship names - the ships in his Culture universe are sentient and give themselves what they think are hilarious nicknames, but, being spaceships, their idea of humor differs somewhat from that of their human occupants.
No, I'm not 100% kidding. (I'm being very meanly snarky, though.)
You're not even 50% kidding. BSG TOS was Book of Mormon fanfic, straight up.
(Which I guess would make Galactica 1980 Book of Mormon crackfic.)]
Shir, that's great news!