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More rambling on BSG: Colonial Day
Which was missing its title, btw. I suspect someone hit play too fast, and didn't flip from the commercial reel quickly enough. Eh. Spoilers.
The bar fight. I'm still of two minds on this. First, I think the original confrontation in the courtyard was timed to keep suspicion away from the, like, ONE MAN carrying a briefcase. It was an altercation that drew attention to the big burly guy.
And I think Lee has a lot of pent-up anger. I think he's angry that these people can work against everything he holds sacred. Honor, duty, etc. And I think Zarek was hoping to play on that.
It's interesting to note that the bar brawl starts because of Zarek. I think his supporter took it as a good moment to make the Fleet look bad (c'mon, a Fleet officer beating up on an innocent civvie who just wanted to hear his leader speak? Oh, god, I'm sure they loved that and the spins were out before it had been five minutes over with).
The discovery of the shooter was accidental.
Valance, the shooter, knew he was dead. Seriously, there's this bit where Kara says something and he looks right at her, and you can see his eyes basically go blank. He knows he's dead, but he's not going to spill the beans on his conspirators.
I think Valance was supposed to kill Zarek as a last resort.
Ellen Tigh. I'm definitely of the opinion that she was involved, if not the killer herself then she distracted the marines, in the death of Valance.
I flipflop on her being human. I like the idea that she's a Cylon, it makes it easier. But it's also believable that she's simply a psycho-bitch who wants to social climb, and has always wanted to be more than 'the XO's Wife'.
The Towel scene. Can I be completely shallow and note that my attention was so focused on Starbuck dressing, and not the fact that Apollo was half-nekkid?
Because, for the second time through, I was.
The hygiene comment totally reminded me of my brother, too. Seriously, other people with brothers back me up here. Aren't they irritating, and prone to mocking your hygiene at times?
It also rang true as an officer to officer kind of thing.
Plus, boys will be boys, and mock each other incessantly, and all that.
And, yeah, the moment he saw The Dress, Lee was like, "...omg. Kara's a GIRL." And she SO humored him. (also, I love that Starbuck so can NOT dance. It was funny as fuck) I think I'm going to maintain (having noted that ALL of the women were in formal gowns of some sort) that the President requested that the women of the Fleet wear gowns rather than dress greys. And Adama had to order Starbuck.
It amuses me that Roslin was totally unprepared for Adama the flirt. She was like, "He asked me to dance... uh... Oh! I should dance! Yes!" And he was kind of amused.
They were quite cute.
Oh! And the last shot of Kara dancing with Baltar. He's looking at her tits, and she gives him the "My face is up here, dipshit." look.
Speaking of Baltar, it's interesting how much he loves the limelight. I think that's fabulous, really. He seems to be almost a new man until he continues to have a conversation with Six. So, really, she hasn't changed him, she's just made him a little crazier.
Heh.
Also. I still maintain that Lee confirming to Zarek that they had Valance was a Bad Idea.
The bar fight. I'm still of two minds on this. First, I think the original confrontation in the courtyard was timed to keep suspicion away from the, like, ONE MAN carrying a briefcase. It was an altercation that drew attention to the big burly guy.
And I think Lee has a lot of pent-up anger. I think he's angry that these people can work against everything he holds sacred. Honor, duty, etc. And I think Zarek was hoping to play on that.
It's interesting to note that the bar brawl starts because of Zarek. I think his supporter took it as a good moment to make the Fleet look bad (c'mon, a Fleet officer beating up on an innocent civvie who just wanted to hear his leader speak? Oh, god, I'm sure they loved that and the spins were out before it had been five minutes over with).
The discovery of the shooter was accidental.
Valance, the shooter, knew he was dead. Seriously, there's this bit where Kara says something and he looks right at her, and you can see his eyes basically go blank. He knows he's dead, but he's not going to spill the beans on his conspirators.
I think Valance was supposed to kill Zarek as a last resort.
Ellen Tigh. I'm definitely of the opinion that she was involved, if not the killer herself then she distracted the marines, in the death of Valance.
I flipflop on her being human. I like the idea that she's a Cylon, it makes it easier. But it's also believable that she's simply a psycho-bitch who wants to social climb, and has always wanted to be more than 'the XO's Wife'.
The Towel scene. Can I be completely shallow and note that my attention was so focused on Starbuck dressing, and not the fact that Apollo was half-nekkid?
Because, for the second time through, I was.
The hygiene comment totally reminded me of my brother, too. Seriously, other people with brothers back me up here. Aren't they irritating, and prone to mocking your hygiene at times?
It also rang true as an officer to officer kind of thing.
Plus, boys will be boys, and mock each other incessantly, and all that.
And, yeah, the moment he saw The Dress, Lee was like, "...omg. Kara's a GIRL." And she SO humored him. (also, I love that Starbuck so can NOT dance. It was funny as fuck) I think I'm going to maintain (having noted that ALL of the women were in formal gowns of some sort) that the President requested that the women of the Fleet wear gowns rather than dress greys. And Adama had to order Starbuck.
It amuses me that Roslin was totally unprepared for Adama the flirt. She was like, "He asked me to dance... uh... Oh! I should dance! Yes!" And he was kind of amused.
They were quite cute.
Oh! And the last shot of Kara dancing with Baltar. He's looking at her tits, and she gives him the "My face is up here, dipshit." look.
Speaking of Baltar, it's interesting how much he loves the limelight. I think that's fabulous, really. He seems to be almost a new man until he continues to have a conversation with Six. So, really, she hasn't changed him, she's just made him a little crazier.
Heh.
Also. I still maintain that Lee confirming to Zarek that they had Valance was a Bad Idea.