And also also! (I should be sleeping right now, but this came to me) the whole thing about the mission is really really bugging me. First of all, the mutineers have been given a pass if they go. Um. So we have a bunch of people disenchanted with the Old Man and hating Cylons so we give them this choice:
1. Stay in the brig while Roslin, Adama and Lee* go on an apparent suicide mission, which means the people you mutinied against are away and probably will die which means very likely that you could get out of jail free very soon.
or.
2. Go on a suicide mission to save a halfbreed toaster from a bunch of toasters with toasters fighting alongside us**, lead by the guy whom we don't believe in anymore and who has shown very poor judgment and leadership ability.
*Adama stopped Cottle from joining the fight because the fleet needs a doctor. The fleet also needs a strong leader in the absense of the two who believe they are so but don't want the job. Lee should not have been permitted to join the mission. Because guess what? That now means that Baltar gets his seat in the politics after all.
**The Final Five are going, and wither goest they, goest the rebel Cylons. Are the Cylons going to leave the Basestar and go aboard the dying Galactica? Or, since this is a pending battle, are they going to take the Basestar for that needed firepower, thereby leaving the Fleet defenseless and hoping Cavil doesn't figure that out?
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Tyrol: Sorry that didn't come out right. I did get that he blamed himself and he had that " I shoulda known better " but I felt that his bitterness leaned too heavily on accusing the Eights of being treacherous and tricksy, which means, as much as he might blame himself, there's also a lot of "well come on! she even imagined our daughter! how could I not have fallen for it??" He did refer to himself as a 2000 year old machine, but towards the end, there was a greater separation I thought. I haven't rewatched, but I thought there was a distinct "they" in his words that provided some separation for himself.
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Date: 2009-03-15 03:47 am (UTC)1. Stay in the brig while Roslin, Adama and Lee* go on an apparent suicide mission, which means the people you mutinied against are away and probably will die which means very likely that you could get out of jail free very soon.
or.
2. Go on a suicide mission to save a halfbreed toaster from a bunch of toasters with toasters fighting alongside us**, lead by the guy whom we don't believe in anymore and who has shown very poor judgment and leadership ability.
*Adama stopped Cottle from joining the fight because the fleet needs a doctor. The fleet also needs a strong leader in the absense of the two who believe they are so but don't want the job. Lee should not have been permitted to join the mission. Because guess what? That now means that Baltar gets his seat in the politics after all.
**The Final Five are going, and wither goest they, goest the rebel Cylons. Are the Cylons going to leave the Basestar and go aboard the dying Galactica? Or, since this is a pending battle, are they going to take the Basestar for that needed firepower, thereby leaving the Fleet defenseless and hoping Cavil doesn't figure that out?
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Tyrol: Sorry that didn't come out right. I did get that he blamed himself and he had that " I shoulda known better " but I felt that his bitterness leaned too heavily on accusing the Eights of being treacherous and tricksy, which means, as much as he might blame himself, there's also a lot of "well come on! she even imagined our daughter! how could I not have fallen for it??" He did refer to himself as a 2000 year old machine, but towards the end, there was a greater separation I thought. I haven't rewatched, but I thought there was a distinct "they" in his words that provided some separation for himself.