bits and bobs, mainly BSG

[lesbiassparrow]

1. I have finally managed to get truly rubbish Terence article into a good enough shape to email to someone to read before I shame myself to sending it off to the editor. So, go me, she says bleary eyed and grumpily.

2. It is slightly disturbing that almost every entry on this journal has to do with Battlestar Galactica. But for tonight's episode things I really noticed and couldn't quite decide on were:

A. Adama's reflex reaction is to say that everything is a military matter. It reminds me of Father Ted and his comment that you could answer every question about the Catholic Church by insisting that 'that would be an ecumenical matter.' Now I have a strange vision of Father Ted and Adama rooming together in a seminary. (And if you haven't seen Father Ted you should).

B. I find Roslin's religious experiences very problematic. She strikes me as someone who believes strongly in logic; thus this whole religious bender she is on is driving her further over the edge than it might another person. Is she overcommitting because of that? Or despite that?

C. Why did Starbuck trust Adama on Earth? Why is that lie so terrible to her?

D. I'd hate to have Adama for a father. I'd bet he was the sort of person to take his children out into the woods, abandon them and then point out if they didn't make their way home it was their fault for being weak. It's all about the winning for him. Must have made for a fun home life.

E. Kara and Lee. That's a whole can of worms I hadn't expected to see opened so soon. Is it her sleeping with someone else or Baltar in particular that pissed him off so much? And what did Kara see in Baltar that made him an acceptable Lee substitute?

F. Grace Park can really act. I know that there are many who don't like her acting but I thought she was really excellent this episode.

Comments

[aikakone.livejournal.com]

Just posted my daily BSG fic into my own journal, so I was looking at yours. [By the way, I've been posting in the morning. If you haven't already read the stories, take a read. Yes, I'm begging, but that one little bit in the form of a PM didn't kill you. You could get nutty.]

A. I haven't seen Father Ted. My guess is that to Adama everything is a military matter because that is what his life is. In a twisted way, it's the same as me being able to take things eventually back to music somehow. It's what is important to me, and it's what I know. Ditto that to Adama.

B. She's not a very faithful person. It was an interesting talk between her and Starbuck. We've seen Starbuck be very religious privately. (Hrm... story fodder, but I already had conjecture that this would happen.) Then again, Baltar isn't very faithful, either, and he's being used by the Cylons or their god. It's an odd thing that Moore's doing. Perhaps he's trying to avoid religious zealotry.

C. She just trusts Adama. There's some kind of love (and I don't mean pervy) there and perhaps a bit of worship that places him in her mind above other humans. She finally saw the crack of reality. This was parental in my mind (even if the fictionally twisted person I am could be curious for any Kara/Will stories by a *good* writer).

D. He doesn't know how to be a father. Not all men do. He was doing the best he could, I suspect, but he was gone most of the time away from his wife and children. He just never learned the skills.

E. Yup, Lee was pretty angry, and to me that just didn't seem to jive. It was perhaps too much of a reaction to everything, and perhaps that's why it surprised me. He usually keeps a tight reign on his emotions. Unfortunately, even if I finally "saw" Lee/Kara last week, that part made me do a head scratch.

I'll say good on Katee for making her sexual cries sound so... weak? soft? I knew from Emma's spoilers that this would happen, but it went down different than I imagined, and I liked the difference. It showed that she's not always the tough one.

F. I shuddered every time I saw her playing with her gun. I actually liked the scene with her and Baltar, though I thought he was less of a man for walking away after he heard the gunshot. He is Baltar, though.


Now if only these thoughts could go over to ST. I'd have some things to say then!

[lesbiassparrow.livejournal.com]

I'll pop right over and read away. I really liked the one you sent me; you've got to post it even as just a fragment.

You've got to watch Father Ted if you ever get a chance. It's a very funny take on religion in Ireland (though if you are religious it will offend). The 'that would be an ecumenical matter' line comes up because Ted has no idea about what most of the beliefs of Catholicism mean and he uses this line to get out of talking about them.

I too felt the Kara and Lee in Colonial Day, though not as much as most. But then this just exploded out there. I mean we know he's good with the repressing and all that and that's got to come back and bite you in the end, but it did also seem to be the Baltar thing that worked his last nerve. Plus his father's rather rough advice that controlling his emotions will be the key to his downfall. Way to go dad.

[ehab-it.livejournal.com]

I find Roslin's religious experiences very problematic. She strikes me as someone who believes strongly in logic; thus this whole religious bender she is on is driving her further over the edge than it might another person. Is she overcommitting because of that? Or despite that?

I've been waiting for this episode to air for your reaction to it ever since the discussion we had about the political vs. military and the choices they make.

I knew the civil vs military rule would play prominently in this epsiode as well as the next, but I didn't want to spoil the bit about Laura's visions. I was dissappointed in this direction myself because although a 'visionary'' story is epic and grand, I feel like it negates her power and influence as a civic leader. She is as you say a logical and rational and the visions are affecting her logic.

Don't get me wrong, I'm intrigued by where this story will take us. I'm just not sure in the context of military vs civil rule that the visions haven't stripped away the legitimacy of the government.

[lesbiassparrow.livejournal.com]

Don't get me wrong, I'm intrigued by where this story will take us. I'm just not sure in the context of military vs civil rule that the visions haven't stripped away the legitimacy of the government.

I worry about that too. Plus going down the irrational/mysticism route with a female character worries me also. Though I guess they are balancing that out with Baltar also being touched by god (or just Six). But one of the things I really liked about Roslin was that she was practical and highly rational, in contrast to the sometimes surprisingly irrational Adama. It was a nice twist on gender politics and I didn't want to see them abandon that.

[k-julia.livejournal.com]

I'm still chewing on the Roslin-and-religion thing myself; I think her cancer also plays a role here. I suspect she's taken to the prophecy idea partly because it would give her death meaning. If she can't be cured, at least she can be this leader who takes her people to safety.

Grace Park can really act. I know that there are many who don't like her acting but I thought she was really excellent this episode.

Totally agree here. I thought she had some weak moments, as Galactica!Boomer in particular, but I thought she was very good here.