- SHOW. IT IS VERY CRUEL TO TEASE ME WITH SCENES OF WILLIAM ADAMA GETTING SHOT TO DEATH BEFORE REVEALING IT WAS ALL A BIG DREAM.
*comfort* Oh my darling, the scene had dreamy lighting all over it. Plus Adama is badass enough not to require no damn blindfold. And I should hope the marines are badass enough not to require a damn target.
Gaeta: Itchy stump = conscious? I really wanted him to start singing at the end. Not out of defiance. Just out of.. Gaeta. I'm glad he got a sort of humanizing at the end with Baltar, but glad they didn't cheapen his entire efforts. His insistence on a trial proved that that's what he really wanted. He wanted get in Daddy's face and let him know just how much he failed his children.
Was he counting on there being a reckoning? Was that his out? "I want them to remember who I am." Not what he did. Who he was. All interesting thought-provoking thoughtiness there.
But ultimately, I can't forgive him because as right as he was in many places, he ordered the president's transport to be shot down. I don't see that as much different from Zarek killing the Quorum. ("Ding Dong The Quorum's Dead!" *grin*)
Laura: I don't think your anger over R/A here is unjustified. You know I ship them, but not romantically. This was "I'm reigning hell because you killed my honey!" That's not the Laura Roslin I want.
Zarek: There was no indication that he wanted anything other than power in this coup, nor in anything he's ever done prior. He knows the right words to play on people's rage, fear and hatred, but he's never ever given them any alternatives to what the opposition offers. In that, he has remained consistent.
Kelly: Thank you for him and his issues with the whole thing. Wonderful.
Narcho: Thank you for his honesty. I don't think though that Adama has done as you said regarding the marines etc. There will be a reckoning for those who actively took part in the coup. He gave Narcho a chance. Narcho responded honestly. Adama locked him up. But now's not the time and place for a major justice seeking. There's going to have to be a lot of allowance for repentence.
Narcho's view: Yes, people like him can't (easily) be changed. Hate gets into the blood. It can't get out with kind words. 25/35 ships were with Gaeta and Zarek. That's a lot of PR that A/R are going to need to work on. VP Lee has a lot of work ahead of him. But yes, as you said, no one has merely been cuddling with the enemy. People have to look at the bigger picture.
We had a similar RL situation when the Gulf War II started, with Americans (and even some Canadians) believing Canada refused to help. THe poorly conveyed truth is that we disagreed with the war on Iraq, but promised to help the fight on terrorism. Consequently, we've had supply ships in the Gulf, have taken the front in Afghanistan to free up US troops to go to Iraq, and it was later revealed that specific Canadians were actually in Iraq doing highly specialized work.
And finally: My previews are more awesome than your previews. I can offer you Sam comfortiness. "All will be revealed!"
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Date: 2009-02-07 06:49 pm (UTC)*comfort* Oh my darling, the scene had dreamy lighting all over it. Plus Adama is badass enough not to require no damn blindfold. And I should hope the marines are badass enough not to require a damn target.
Gaeta: Itchy stump = conscious? I really wanted him to start singing at the end. Not out of defiance. Just out of.. Gaeta. I'm glad he got a sort of humanizing at the end with Baltar, but glad they didn't cheapen his entire efforts. His insistence on a trial proved that that's what he really wanted. He wanted get in Daddy's face and let him know just how much he failed his children.
Was he counting on there being a reckoning? Was that his out? "I want them to remember who I am." Not what he did. Who he was. All interesting thought-provoking thoughtiness there.
But ultimately, I can't forgive him because as right as he was in many places, he ordered the president's transport to be shot down. I don't see that as much different from Zarek killing the Quorum. ("Ding Dong The Quorum's Dead!" *grin*)
Laura: I don't think your anger over R/A here is unjustified. You know I ship them, but not romantically. This was "I'm reigning hell because you killed my honey!" That's not the Laura Roslin I want.
Zarek: There was no indication that he wanted anything other than power in this coup, nor in anything he's ever done prior. He knows the right words to play on people's rage, fear and hatred, but he's never ever given them any alternatives to what the opposition offers. In that, he has remained consistent.
Kelly: Thank you for him and his issues with the whole thing. Wonderful.
Narcho: Thank you for his honesty. I don't think though that Adama has done as you said regarding the marines etc. There will be a reckoning for those who actively took part in the coup. He gave Narcho a chance. Narcho responded honestly. Adama locked him up. But now's not the time and place for a major justice seeking. There's going to have to be a lot of allowance for repentence.
Narcho's view: Yes, people like him can't (easily) be changed. Hate gets into the blood. It can't get out with kind words. 25/35 ships were with Gaeta and Zarek. That's a lot of PR that A/R are going to need to work on. VP Lee has a lot of work ahead of him. But yes, as you said, no one has merely been cuddling with the enemy. People have to look at the bigger picture.
We had a similar RL situation when the Gulf War II started, with Americans (and even some Canadians) believing Canada refused to help. THe poorly conveyed truth is that we disagreed with the war on Iraq, but promised to help the fight on terrorism. Consequently, we've had supply ships in the Gulf, have taken the front in Afghanistan to free up US troops to go to Iraq, and it was later revealed that specific Canadians were actually in Iraq doing highly specialized work.
And finally: My previews are more awesome than your previews. I can offer you Sam comfortiness. "All will be revealed!"