BSG: If I Go There Will Be Trouble, If I Stay There Will Be Double
Caution: spoilers for “Deadlock” (4.16)
Whew. After being BSG-less all weekend, Comcast finally posted it. So here we go.
Boomer
I don’t know how Boomer knew where the fleet is, but it worries me. I wonder if Grace Park, the actress who plays the Eights, ever gets confused in her scenes given just how many of them are in that holding cell.
God and Liam
I can’t help but think that those in our society screaming about the biblical sanctity of marriage would blanch and run from a true enforcement of such a belief—especially if that enforcement came from God himself.
Extrapolating that thought into the BSG world—
If there ever was a god who limited conception to those who truly loved, who would follow that god? Ok, so that doesn’t sound so bad. But now add…
That god will take back those children should the love of the parents’ falter. Now who would worship him?
A bunch of dumb metal head robots who don’t really understand something that they never had is who.
Love or Die
I don’t think this idea has been proven as fact yet within the series, but it’s an interesting idea to consider. I’ve always thought that the show presented procreation as a step forward from downloading, but…if a species ever had such a huge procreation challenge to overcome, I would think that species would immediately task its scientists to find a way around this natural barrier.
What if the Cylons couldn’t birth enough of the next generation to be viable as a species and therefore had to keep resurrecting the previous one? Procreation was first but a problem. Resurrection came next as a solution.
Or, if the humans built the Cylons, this would be an awesome fail-safe to write into the programming. Perhaps this is what Ellen meant when she thought that the Cylon God of Love would result in a different future.
Just a thought.
Baltar
Way to make me feel sorry for Baltar, Episode. He is truly now Fortune’s fool. I wonder what Head Six’s end game is.
Paulla might as well have twirled a mustache. We all know that she’s up to no good.
Most religions start as cults on the Left. Somewhere along the way, they become recognized by the State and turn into the authoritarian Right. Then, it’s as much about political power and control as it is about god.
I wonder if this is Baltar’s and the One True God’s moment.
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Bloody hell, you make me think :) I mean it in a nice way. I completely forgot about the whole cult/religions what-happened-over-centuries thing.
Although I dont think I could ever feel sorry for Baltar…
My sympathy for Baltar caught me off guard too, bertas. He seemed to have settled down somewhat, and then chaos is thrown at him again. He’s not one that does well with chaos. :)
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