Comments on: BSG: Baltar Beyond Forgiveness?

By: M

Wed, 07 May 2008 16:56:55 +0000

magnusbarfod: If the writers are having Baltar be insincere in all this, they sure didn’t tell the actor. James Callis is doing an incredible job, and there is truth in his presentation.

griot: Conventionally, Baltar is one of those characters whose redemption will only come at his final sacrifice. We’ll have to see whether the BSG writers follow this conventionality or not. I love that this series has me guessing at things like this rather than just taking it for granted that I already know the forgone conclusion.

By: griot aka michele

griot aka michele — Wed, 07 May 2008 11:26:01 +0000

Oddly, my scripture reading for the day I watched this episode was the parable of the lost sheep. It was an eerie correlation to Balter’s need to connect with Tyrol. And I was again struck by the messianic nature Baltar has assumed. Will it play out as such? Will the enabler of the destruction of the colonies also be the instrument by which humanity is saved? Or will some new twist in the human journey alter his course?

By: magnusbarfod

magnusbarfod — Wed, 07 May 2008 00:46:35 +0000

just wanted to say how good i thought this post was.

your points on societies ability to differentiate between rehabilitation and punishment, or even if there’s a desire to, are prescient in the extreme.

The need to see crimes atoned for, be it physically or mentally, is deep rooted in the human psyche. Our inability to truly forgive often holds us back, and i say that as someone who’s made the very mistake.

as for Gaius…we’ll see. but i for one would like to see him come through all this in one piece. whether or not the fleet en masse can see his true repentance is another matter.

and i do think he has repented…