Season 3 forecast: dark.
Just watched last night's BSG.Holy crap. They are really taking this story to a dark place. That scene of Baltar signing the death warrant was horrific. So was the execution scene. Obviously we see Roslin survives, but I guess it wasn't because Zarek saved her. I saw him stepping behind her (rather than shielding her) when the Cylon centurions arrived. I had this very sickening feeling the whole time. Apollo sure developed into a real pig. The idea of Adama going back to the planet (with the lesser ship) while the Pegasus continues the "search for Earth" is really tough to swallow too. Gahh. The whole situation just sucks.
I don't like the overt implication that this story is drawing deliberate parallels with the situation in Iraq. Obviously they are not equivalent at all, especially in regard to the rationale of suicide bombing. I know Moore is a liberal but all though seasons 1 and 2, the BSG stories were always very carefully written across that razor's edge between two sides of a given issue, presenting neither as "right". Here they are justifying an insurgency against an occupying force, including suicide bombing, based on a completely fantastical situation, expecting it to generate and influence conversation about what's going on in Iraq. I don't read any BSG discussion boards but I bet that's what's being talked about there in earnest.
posted by Craig J. at
9:19 PM
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I'm a newbie to this show, so please be kind. I think there is hope for BSG, despite the apparent political parallels. That's just part of TV. In TV sci-fi from previous decades (not particularly the prior BSG), the good guys were typically battling evil totalitarians who were thinly disguised Russians. They can't use that any longer, viewers wouldn't relate, so voila, they use the current war paradigm, including "insurgents & suicide bombers."
I certainly don't want to watch a rehash of the war, but I'm giving this show the benefit of the doubt for now.
Hello again, Mr. Anonymous comment-leaver. I was rather young when the original BSG was airing, and was certainly inspired to many childhood interstellar adventures in my imagination .. but I wasn't old enough to be perceptive to any Cylon/Communist buried commentary. If anything Star Wars was more .. well anyway. I see your point. I'm still on board with the show, but I'm very aware of the parallel they're quite blatantly drawing now, and how the series moves forward with it .. well, we'll just see what happens. I'm willing to wait and see.
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