battlestar galactica
Mar. 12th, 2009 03:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
verbicideOne nice thing about not having watched BSG for the past month+ is that I had the chance to do a marathon viewing. Which, I think is best with this show.
I can't believe there are only two episodes left. This is definitely a show I wish I'd waited to see when it was all over. It was so crazy-making to wait between all the weird hiatuses. And with such a complicated plot, I used to get so confused. Watching it back-to-back's made that a lot less painful.
I wasn't surprised to see Ellen resurrected, but it was a pleasant surprise to see her so poised and calm. And since I hate Cavil (or rather, "John"), it was great to watch her torment him so calmly. But the minute she met up with Tigh again, she unleashed the crazy. Blah. Talk about two people who shouldn't be near each other. That was disappointing. Particularly the way he totally forgot about Caprica 6 and their baby and bonked Ellen like 20 seconds into seeing her again.
I can't believe Chief switched Boomer with another 8. I thought it was a little hard to believe that he could pull it off. How'd he switch bodies? Even in the dark, how'd he carry inert-8 in there and have Boomer walk out?
Also, I kept waiting for them to deal with Chief over it. How else could Boomer have escaped without his help--and with an alternate Boomer still locked in the brig?
Finally, I know it's the military and they can't be all warm and fuzzy about orders, but sometimes I wish there was more compassion in dealing with people. I can't help but think that if they'd been a bit more compassionate to Chief about Boomer and kept an eye on him--he wouldn't have been able to carry out his desperate act. And I would have really appreciated it if Adama could have been more compassionate to poor Helo. But again, that's one of 12,000 reasons why I could never be part of the military.
Poor Athena. This recap I was reading said about her: Athena's completely undone anyway. (To review: prostituted, raped, imprisoned for years, forced near-abortion, kid died, whoops kid kidnapped, shot in gut by husband, kid kidnapped, nearly raped, kid kidnapped, husband raped, kid kidnapped.)
When was she prostituted? And I've blocked all the rape stuff apparently--when was she raped? And when did Helo shoot her in the gut? (This is why, when this is all over, I need to do a massive re-watch.)
An amazing run of episodes. Wow. For an entirely depressing show, it is addictive. I'm grateful to only have a day to wait for part I of the finale.
I can't believe there are only two episodes left. This is definitely a show I wish I'd waited to see when it was all over. It was so crazy-making to wait between all the weird hiatuses. And with such a complicated plot, I used to get so confused. Watching it back-to-back's made that a lot less painful.
I wasn't surprised to see Ellen resurrected, but it was a pleasant surprise to see her so poised and calm. And since I hate Cavil (or rather, "John"), it was great to watch her torment him so calmly. But the minute she met up with Tigh again, she unleashed the crazy. Blah. Talk about two people who shouldn't be near each other. That was disappointing. Particularly the way he totally forgot about Caprica 6 and their baby and bonked Ellen like 20 seconds into seeing her again.
I can't believe Chief switched Boomer with another 8. I thought it was a little hard to believe that he could pull it off. How'd he switch bodies? Even in the dark, how'd he carry inert-8 in there and have Boomer walk out?
Also, I kept waiting for them to deal with Chief over it. How else could Boomer have escaped without his help--and with an alternate Boomer still locked in the brig?
Finally, I know it's the military and they can't be all warm and fuzzy about orders, but sometimes I wish there was more compassion in dealing with people. I can't help but think that if they'd been a bit more compassionate to Chief about Boomer and kept an eye on him--he wouldn't have been able to carry out his desperate act. And I would have really appreciated it if Adama could have been more compassionate to poor Helo. But again, that's one of 12,000 reasons why I could never be part of the military.
Poor Athena. This recap I was reading said about her: Athena's completely undone anyway. (To review: prostituted, raped, imprisoned for years, forced near-abortion, kid died, whoops kid kidnapped, shot in gut by husband, kid kidnapped, nearly raped, kid kidnapped, husband raped, kid kidnapped.)
When was she prostituted? And I've blocked all the rape stuff apparently--when was she raped? And when did Helo shoot her in the gut? (This is why, when this is all over, I need to do a massive re-watch.)
An amazing run of episodes. Wow. For an entirely depressing show, it is addictive. I'm grateful to only have a day to wait for part I of the finale.
