One of my fondest hopes for next episode (although I'm sure it will be dashed) is that Caprica will break out of the brig using only hear DEADLY STILETTO HEELS
This!!! *wishes hard*
Ok, rambly thoughts time. You've summed up so many things about the episode that I passed over entirely last night in my show excitement.
My review was a lot more glee-filled, because there are so many things I'd been missing that the show gave to me wrapped in a scary, awesome package. I mean, Laura, Kara, Lee, and Chief(!) all being ridiculously amazing and kicking ass! Roslin and Baltar having a conversation about truth and manipulation. If there had been more Cylons, it would have kind of given me everything I didn't even know I wanted to see. And I'll continue to be excited I think, but I'm a lot more thinky in the morning than I was last night.
Here is the point where they just quietly go mad and decide the body count is immaterial, what matters is somehow exerting control.
Yeah, I think you've really hit on all of the scarier implications, the mutiny has fully crossed the line and it's not really even about the alliance anymore (if it ever really was more than the excuse), it's about causing pain and hurting people so they'll share your loss. It's just rage now. Connor, especially, has always been about this. I'm so sad for the Galactica mirroring Pegasus here, but it was awfully appropriate that we saw Gage again for the first time since that arc too.
I want a bodycount. I want Gaeta, Zarek and at least the other major ringleaders like Connor to stand trial and die. And for it to be an empty, hollow experience for everyone involved.
And I think we're likely to get something like this. There won't be an easy patch for this time, and whitewashing it away isn't going to do anything. *sad for my show* I don't really want more pain and suffering for these people, but I'm not sure I'd buy it if we get anything else after the show's taken us here.
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Date: 2009-01-31 03:59 pm (UTC)This!!! *wishes hard*
Ok, rambly thoughts time. You've summed up so many things about the episode that I passed over entirely last night in my show excitement.
My review was a lot more glee-filled, because there are so many things I'd been missing that the show gave to me wrapped in a scary, awesome package. I mean, Laura, Kara, Lee, and Chief(!) all being ridiculously amazing and kicking ass! Roslin and Baltar having a conversation about truth and manipulation. If there had been more Cylons, it would have kind of given me everything I didn't even know I wanted to see. And I'll continue to be excited I think, but I'm a lot more thinky in the morning than I was last night.
Here is the point where they just quietly go mad and decide the body count is immaterial, what matters is somehow exerting control.
Yeah, I think you've really hit on all of the scarier implications, the mutiny has fully crossed the line and it's not really even about the alliance anymore (if it ever really was more than the excuse), it's about causing pain and hurting people so they'll share your loss. It's just rage now. Connor, especially, has always been about this. I'm so sad for the Galactica mirroring Pegasus here, but it was awfully appropriate that we saw Gage again for the first time since that arc too.
I want a bodycount. I want Gaeta, Zarek and at least the other major ringleaders like Connor to stand trial and die. And for it to be an empty, hollow experience for everyone involved.
And I think we're likely to get something like this. There won't be an easy patch for this time, and whitewashing it away isn't going to do anything. *sad for my show* I don't really want more pain and suffering for these people, but I'm not sure I'd buy it if we get anything else after the show's taken us here.
Also, best analysis of Racetrack's motivations.