BSG: "Home, pt. 2"

[stoutfellow]

A few random thoughts on BSG in general and last night's episode in particular:

1. A large fraction of the human population believes in (what seems to be) the Greek pantheon. Under the circumstances, isn't it a bit audacious for a pilot to take "Apollo" as his callsign? Does this offend no-one?


2. Boomer's comment concerning Athena ("whoever - or whatever - she was") make me wonder if there isn't a third player in the game, besides the humans and the Cylons. What is the reality behind the myths of the gods? (There's been some speculation on the boards that the "gods" were actually ordinary humans, and that the "humans" of BSG are themselves artificial constructs - which accounts, perhaps, for their trouble in distinguishing humaniform Cylons from humans. I'm inclined to doubt it, but it's an interesting thought.)


3. When Baltar started mocking Six (just before she turned the tables on him), did he remind anyone else of Basil Fawlty? (Six as Sibyl. Brrr.)


4. Boomer #2 still worries me. So far, she's behaving, but I'm not sure I believe her insistence that - since she knows she's a Cylon, unlike Boomer #1 - she can't have any secret programming. A lot depends on whether the other Cylons foresaw her defection. The bit with Tyrol was disturbing, too. (And in front of Helo?)


5. Katee Sackhoff - Starbuck - sure knows how to act with her eyes. Her part of the reunion scene with Adama, though completely wordless, was remarkably expressive.


6. The scene on "Earth" (VR, perhaps?) irritated me. Sorry, folks, there's no place on Earth where you can see all twelve Zodiac constellations at once.

It's been a wild ride so far; I have no idea where they're going next.

Comments

[jeriendhal.livejournal.com]

The third player in the original BSG were the folks in the Ship of Lights that showed up occasionally to give enigmatic messages. But they always seemed to help with threats that had nothing to do with the Cylons (Count Iblis forex).