And this volatile, important situation is being manipulated all over the place by Zarek, who I still can't really get a handle on except to say that while I'm sure he genuinely believes the cylons are dangerous, I also believe that this is a power play to him; a way to punch the Man in the nose and put in place his own vision of What Should Be. That's the only consistant thing Zarek's ever done - ignored the practical issues of the cylon threat to turn them and the destruction of the Colonies into an idealistic issue about reshaping Colonial society.
In year four, I’m still working to get a handle on Zarek as well. I’m wondering if he ever was the idealist he claimed to be. Or was it a means to an end? Has it always been about Tom Zarek and the desire for power, damn the consequences and the people?
When the Tillium ship jumped away, my first thought is who the hell is going to protect them if they run into Cavil’s fleet? And if the Tillium ship was destroyed, they’re all dead in space. Does not Zarek realize that if he leads everyone to their deaths he’ll have no one to gloat to?
I mean, Adama handles things poorly. It's totally in character for him to make things worse by just refusing to even contemplate relieving Tigh of duty because now that he's sorted out his issues with his BFF everyone else should fall in line.
The smart thing to do would be to relieve Tigh of duty and, honestly, I don’t think Tigh would have a problem with that. But, it did occur to me that Lee, while still president, gave the four Cylons full pardons and allowed them to remain members of the fleet. So, Bill actually has the law on his side on this one.
Remember Dee? And how, once she knew she was going to die, she became superhappy and started having this perfect day and helping people and being flirty and delightful?
Laura just has longer before the inevitable death occurs.
I said last week - somewhere, to someone - that Laura was opting for a slow suicide. She believed she needed to suffer for what she had failed to accomplish and, to her mind, for leading them all to a slow death. I’d add now that the temporary euphoria she is experiencing, thanks to the drugs no longer wreaking havoc on her body, is giving her a false impression of happiness. When people start dying – and I think that’s bound to happen with a mutiny on the horizon – she’s going to have to look at herself and realize she could have prevented it and with that harsh reality she’ll resume her role as president.
I assume he was constantly brushing his teeth to get rid of the alcohol on his breath.
That’s the only serious reason I could come up with. At least Tigh never tried to hide the truth of what he was from people.
I'm not saying she doesn't want to sleep with Adama (although I really would rather not have seen it).
Heh. I didn’t comment on seeing them in bed together because I didn’t want to be accused of ageism. I didn’t have a problem with seeing her (though the bald cap, again, looked ridiculous) and I have no problem seeing older people, assuming they are in shape, without clothing. However, I could have lived without ever seeing EJO without a shirt on again.
She's doing it because she's so broken and so destructive she's actually trying to do the one thing that was antithetical to her before: put herself first. And not only that, because everyone must do that sometimes, but put herself first at the expense of her people.
That’s what felt off to me. Not that she wanted to grab some personal happiness before she died, but that she didn’t seem to care that the fleet was falling apart around her. And, worse yet, she was allowing Tom Zarek to wrestle control of the fleet away from her and Adama and obtain the power he always wanted.
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Part the First
Date: 2009-01-25 12:31 am (UTC)In year four, I’m still working to get a handle on Zarek as well. I’m wondering if he ever was the idealist he claimed to be. Or was it a means to an end? Has it always been about Tom Zarek and the desire for power, damn the consequences and the people?
When the Tillium ship jumped away, my first thought is who the hell is going to protect them if they run into Cavil’s fleet? And if the Tillium ship was destroyed, they’re all dead in space. Does not Zarek realize that if he leads everyone to their deaths he’ll have no one to gloat to?
I mean, Adama handles things poorly. It's totally in character for him to make things worse by just refusing to even contemplate relieving Tigh of duty because now that he's sorted out his issues with his BFF everyone else should fall in line.
The smart thing to do would be to relieve Tigh of duty and, honestly, I don’t think Tigh would have a problem with that. But, it did occur to me that Lee, while still president, gave the four Cylons full pardons and allowed them to remain members of the fleet. So, Bill actually has the law on his side on this one.
Remember Dee? And how, once she knew she was going to die, she became superhappy and started having this perfect day and helping people and being flirty and delightful?
Laura just has longer before the inevitable death occurs.
I said last week - somewhere, to someone - that Laura was opting for a slow suicide. She believed she needed to suffer for what she had failed to accomplish and, to her mind, for leading them all to a slow death. I’d add now that the temporary euphoria she is experiencing, thanks to the drugs no longer wreaking havoc on her body, is giving her a false impression of happiness. When people start dying – and I think that’s bound to happen with a mutiny on the horizon – she’s going to have to look at herself and realize she could have prevented it and with that harsh reality she’ll resume her role as president.
I assume he was constantly brushing his teeth to get rid of the alcohol on his breath.
That’s the only serious reason I could come up with. At least Tigh never tried to hide the truth of what he was from people.
I'm not saying she doesn't want to sleep with Adama (although I really would rather not have seen it).
Heh. I didn’t comment on seeing them in bed together because I didn’t want to be accused of ageism. I didn’t have a problem with seeing her (though the bald cap, again, looked ridiculous) and I have no problem seeing older people, assuming they are in shape, without clothing. However, I could have lived without ever seeing EJO without a shirt on again.
She's doing it because she's so broken and so destructive she's actually trying to do the one thing that was antithetical to her before: put herself first. And not only that, because everyone must do that sometimes, but put herself first at the expense of her people.
That’s what felt off to me. Not that she wanted to grab some personal happiness before she died, but that she didn’t seem to care that the fleet was falling apart around her. And, worse yet, she was allowing Tom Zarek to wrestle control of the fleet away from her and Adama and obtain the power he always wanted.