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[trinityvixen]

I am so glad that Battlestar Galactica's mid-season premiere didn't feature my preferred plot line of having everyone killed. Because I want to save that plot line to be played out in the next episode.

Seriously? This new episode was decent, kept the melodrama to a minimum as best it was able, and then ruined that utterly by having a preview for the next episode that looks even worse than the one I saw in December that made me scream "NUKE THE PLANET!" for a month. La la la, following the plot, baited breath, oooh stuff! Aaaaaaand preview? OH NOES! UNPLANNED MELODRAMA! ABORT! ABORT! ABORT! (I sound like Kat!)

No, really? Kill my favorite character. Kill Lee. Kill Dee. Kill Anders--actually, wait, don't kill him. Well, okay, kill him if you have to, but fix this. You know why Battlestar Galactica is awesome? I'll give you a hint: it's not because of who what person sleeps with or doesn't sleep with and whether that makes them feel bad. If you want soap opera and sex, buy into premium channels and watch Rome (which I also caught at home--still sinfully wonderful). If you want fine acting, damnably hard-to-solve puzzles of morality, questions about the nature of God, life, the universe, and everything, you should be able to get that from Battlestar Galactica.

Hey...hey, remember when sex on this show was kinda funny? Like Cally rolling her eyes at the Chief and Boomer's oh-so-obvious "Let's go into the closet together to argue! It will be more fun that way!" playing around. Like Kara catching Gaius' hand filling in for the vagina of his dreams? Hell, even Athena and Helo griping at each other about baby names and such. Ellen Tigh! That's what it is! They got rid of Ellen Tigh, and suddenly there was no such thing as happy, silly sexual people. Only broken, broken sexual people. Baltar in a Cylon threesome. 'Nuff said.

Comments

[arcane-the-sage.livejournal.com]

I expect at least one response from you when I get off my lazy butt and post my "Place your bets" entry on which member of the fleet is a Cylon. I know you are going to take issue with at least one name on the list (and possibly one name that won't be on it).

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

It's Kara! She's a Cylon! Also, Lee is still totally a Cylon. That's my favorite cracked-out theory.

But go ahead, post your theories. We'll see.

[viridian.livejournal.com]

AHAHAHA.

I was totally saying this earlier, that someone TOTALLY unexpected is going to be one. Sharon I knew from the start because I'd seen enough BSG stuff around the internets that I just knew.

I sort of want Laura Roslin to turn out to be one, because the whole "I've got cancer!!!111" thing is a good red herring. But I'll reserve actual predictions til I'm caught up.

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

The thing is, with the way they've set up the final Cylons yet to be revealed? It could be anyone. There are some exceptions, seeing as there are some people targeted for Cylon interest specifically because they are human and need to be human to realize Cylon goals, but it's not a guarantee. People with kids or people with living, biological relatives (unlike, say, orphan Boomer) were supposed to be safe. This might not be true. Given how early Cylons started to get interested in infiltrating humanity, it's almost impossible to tell.

And age, with certain exceptions, isn't a measure either. Adama is pretty safe (all of them are) as he's been around since before the Cylons looked like humans and his humanity validated by his aging, production of normal children, and established history in the fleet. He's been born and raised human since before the first Cylon war. However, if Cylons are replacing humans, specific ones, with the final models, then none of that means anything.

Not to shoot down your Roslin theory or anything, but I think she is still safe. Mostly because of the established difference between her specific blood type and a Cylon's in an episode you haven't seen yet. It's distinctly different. I dunno that the final models would have to be that much different from the others, though it is, of course, also possible. The "Guess Who" Cylon Edition game is infuriating at this point.

[bigscary.livejournal.com]

We only know one thing for sure: It must be someone who Three specifically harmed in some way (or whom Three BELIEVES she did).

[negativeq.livejournal.com]

My bet -

Sam Anders.

Three specifically tried to kill him because he was human - and got her head caved in as a result.

He's also a fairly important character now, so him being a Cylon would have a severe impact on the major characters.

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

ShhH!! Okay, some spoilers because she asked, but otherwise, shhh!!!

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

I dunno that it has to be someone she wronged specifically, only someone that she was surprised to have be a Cylon and would have met.

Also: SPOILER! Shush! Let her get through season two at least! She hasn't even properly met Three!!