BSG: Daybreak Motivational Posters

[beccatoria]

Okay so this week I've been totally without work which is irritating since I went through such angst to clarify my damn hours (I'm supposed to have three days a week), but they're shifting me between projects and the new one was supposed to be kicking off Wednesday except apparently not so I'm stuck with no work 'til Monday. Which isn't exactly horrific except I'm broke and could have done with the cash and am now in a weird interim am-I-on-the-dole-or-aren't-I? situation. But whatever...y'all aren't exactly interested in that.

What y'all are probably interested in is the fact that, driven by boredom, and the inability of my mind to quite comprehend the hilarious fail of the post-Earthfall Daybreak stuff, I have responded in the only sane way I can think of.














Yay!

Honestly I feel a little mean about the Leetopia one and the Agriculture one because everyone seems to agree that Farmer!Gaius was the most moving thing in the episode, and I'm one of three people on the internet who really didn't see Lee's ending as a total tragedy. I mean, the part where he got far more idealistic than smart and threw everything INTO THE SUN was a tragedy, sure. But look at him in that field! He's so happy! And kind of...free. Looking forward. Sure it would have been nice if that had happened with a metaphorical moving away from Kara and his Dad rather than them turning into invisible pigeons and necrophiliac hermits, but whatever, I WANTED TO HUGGLE HIM.

Ahem.

Redacted.

Comments

[beccatoria.livejournal.com]

Hee, thanks! :)

I think that what bugs me is the fact that the entire discussion on technology was OH NOES which is why I didn't hate the dancing robots entirely because they're really not that threatening and to me are an expression of our curiosity and innovation, but I concede this was entirely likely not the point of the montage.

What I actually want to do is like...a montage of us and technology. Good and bad. Cus that's what I think I hated most about the finale - the luddite "technology is not the answer," message, echoed even by Cylon about themselves. The simplistic nonsense of it. And the fact that so many people in the wilds of the internet buy this nonsense. Like some common sense stupid aphorism like, "computer games cause gun crime." And then it gets raised up and lauded as deep and daring when actually, no. It's become the cliche that (back when it had Starbuck torturing Leoben and Gina on Pegasus and Tigh ordering suicide bombings) it used to eschew.

And...sorry, now I'm ranting again.

But anyway, yes, I do still end it on the Head People. Kinda. Although I'm making efforts to lessen the smug factor (THANKS, RDM!CAMEO!) and make it a little more oblique. They're there though, and it's NYC.

[(Anonymous)]

How about a compromise: ending on technology being used for war?

Honestly, I really like the idea of ending on war, or riots, or poverty, or something that hits home the notion of dehumanizing the Other. That's just how I've interpreted the whole Cylon vs. humans thing.

I'm really excited about your Redactica project, BTW. I will find a way to download no matter how huge the file size is. :)

Back to lurkdom.

-Vanita

[beccatoria.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the suggestions. I've actually cobbled something together now that I'm reasonably happy with, so I hope other people enjoy it too. I'm trying to show us and technology in various ways, war and the bad stuff but also medical technology, the tech of our civilisation, space travel, that kind of thing. Mainly because if I just focus on the dehumanizing of the Other, I think that's a...while I agree that's what a lot of the Humans/Cylons thing is about, ending on that note alone might come across as anti-technological as the actual finale? Like, technology and integration with it leads inevitably to war and dehumanisation? I don't know!

Anyway, thanks again for your comment and I hope that you enjoy the final release. I'm hoping that I'll be able to sort out a streaming option as well as a download one so that people can see it without having to commit to a huge download.