Liveblog: Battlestar Galactica 1.1 (33)
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primeidealOkay so. I've heard lots of good things about BSG, and it's apparently available on SYFY now, which I have (with commercials). I've kind of been spoiled for some things via fandom osmosis. I know the conflict is between humans and cylons (robot impostors) and that it gave rise to an early social-deduction board game. Also that there is some weirdness around religion, and that it's supposed to be a Bush-era take on the "war on terror."
Cast list says Edward James Olmos is in it (from Blade Runner!) apparently he is Commander Adama.
I've also seen (cuter) pictures of Gaius Baltar, his accent is cute in this one. He is hallucinating his robot girlfriend because they are all under terrible sleep deprivation. She represents the part of him that wants to believe in God's plan? (Or is this something about humans who think they're logical are atheists, robots who were purposefully created believe in a higher power?)
The cylons are following them through hyperspace every 33 minutes. "Why is it 33 minutes? Why not 34 or 35?" "Shut up, Cally." It's a funny line but the worldbuilding of "it just...works like this. because" is reminding me unpleasantly of the flimsy "fuel chase" premise in "The Last Jedi."
There are some memorial walls/the pilots touch the pictures of the "never forget" thing before going on mission which I think is probably a commentary on post-9/11 culture?
"We can't use the computer because what if they send us a virus, send them a signal light" are they using Morse Code to just blink out messages? how does that work.
the President has a "I have a bad feeling about this" moment right afterwards.
I get the feeling Starbuck is supposed to be an audience surrogate in the "we can't just shoot them" moment, but what's the deal with her arguing about stimulants earlier? I feel like the "ehhhh you can't take drugs even if your boss recommends it, you should be your natural self, unless your boss is hardcore and gives an ORDER like a real boss" attitude could go to some uneasy places.
So Gaius' hallucination is actually borne out and potentially killing all those people who might have been dead/robots anyway was the right thing to do to magically break up the 33-minute cycle? Do we ever get any closure on this or is the moral of the story "if you're thinking about war crimes, make sure your hallucination girlfriend approves first"? Because if it's just Ambiguity Is For 3rd-Millennium politicians then nah.
Meanwhile in the other planet: Helo (the partner/friend that Boomer is supposed to be getting over) is actually alive. But he's captured by Cylons, including Six (Gaius' ex?) Who is then shot by another Boomer, which means either Planet-Boomer or potentially Spaceship-Boomer is a Cylon impostor. But then another copy of Six shows up, who is built from the same model as the dead Six? Does that imply potential-Cylon-planetary-bound Boomer is on a different side than the cylon-Six who she killed?
I'll probably stick with it for a couple more episodes and then see if I want to keep going, if you know my style well enough to have recommendations either way let me know. :p Potentially there could be many more frequent liveblogs if I do keep it up, I know this is an internet-popular fandom.
Cast list says Edward James Olmos is in it (from Blade Runner!) apparently he is Commander Adama.
I've also seen (cuter) pictures of Gaius Baltar, his accent is cute in this one. He is hallucinating his robot girlfriend because they are all under terrible sleep deprivation. She represents the part of him that wants to believe in God's plan? (Or is this something about humans who think they're logical are atheists, robots who were purposefully created believe in a higher power?)
The cylons are following them through hyperspace every 33 minutes. "Why is it 33 minutes? Why not 34 or 35?" "Shut up, Cally." It's a funny line but the worldbuilding of "it just...works like this. because" is reminding me unpleasantly of the flimsy "fuel chase" premise in "The Last Jedi."
There are some memorial walls/the pilots touch the pictures of the "never forget" thing before going on mission which I think is probably a commentary on post-9/11 culture?
"We can't use the computer because what if they send us a virus, send them a signal light" are they using Morse Code to just blink out messages? how does that work.
the President has a "I have a bad feeling about this" moment right afterwards.
I get the feeling Starbuck is supposed to be an audience surrogate in the "we can't just shoot them" moment, but what's the deal with her arguing about stimulants earlier? I feel like the "ehhhh you can't take drugs even if your boss recommends it, you should be your natural self, unless your boss is hardcore and gives an ORDER like a real boss" attitude could go to some uneasy places.
So Gaius' hallucination is actually borne out and potentially killing all those people who might have been dead/robots anyway was the right thing to do to magically break up the 33-minute cycle? Do we ever get any closure on this or is the moral of the story "if you're thinking about war crimes, make sure your hallucination girlfriend approves first"? Because if it's just Ambiguity Is For 3rd-Millennium politicians then nah.
Meanwhile in the other planet: Helo (the partner/friend that Boomer is supposed to be getting over) is actually alive. But he's captured by Cylons, including Six (Gaius' ex?) Who is then shot by another Boomer, which means either Planet-Boomer or potentially Spaceship-Boomer is a Cylon impostor. But then another copy of Six shows up, who is built from the same model as the dead Six? Does that imply potential-Cylon-planetary-bound Boomer is on a different side than the cylon-Six who she killed?
I'll probably stick with it for a couple more episodes and then see if I want to keep going, if you know my style well enough to have recommendations either way let me know. :p Potentially there could be many more frequent liveblogs if I do keep it up, I know this is an internet-popular fandom.
