Watch as I do my imitation of a sloth
Jan. 16th, 2006 12:38 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
itsallovernowAside from a flurry of usefullness on Saturday after rehearsal where I went grocery shopping, cleaned the house and made dinner, I've mostly been a lazy slug all weekend. I'm not terribly worried about this state as it's a fairly normal reaction to being ultra busy the week before.
So busy that I missed Stargate completely (well there were also technology issues involved in that), and slept through part of BSG. I have seen some of the screencaps for SG-1, and I have to say that pretty as BB is, the image of him dressed as any other flyboy out of uniform just doesn't do it for me. It screams - MILITARY - even more loudly than the uniforms (which are growing on me, by the way). Every dumbass flyboy I knew growing up dressed just like that, and while nothing can take away the pretty, I just have far too much of a long standing distaste for the military and military lifestyle. Sigh. Who knew those buttons could still be triggered that easily. Still, I may need to watch in real time. Just, you know, to make sure. (And just an aside, I have tremendous respect for those who choose to serve, but I have some issues with the military itself from the perspective of one who grew up on it's periphery. Those tend to come out with vehemence:)
I had to guilt M. into letting me watch it (and sadly it came down to using that guilt to get me a viewing of BSG or a viewing of SG-1 as I would have been interrupting his precious 19,000 viewing of Diamonds Are Forever. And dude, if someone can explain what makes those of the Y-chromosomed obsessively watch Bond movies I'd be forever grateful. And since it had been a two parter, I chose to use my influence for BSG).
I will say this once more, this is a damned good show - writing, acting, pacing, storytelling - but I really can't take much more of the dour. I just... I don't have it in me. I need something to buoy these people and not having to assasinate a leader of the fleet, well, that's just not screaming happy place to me. I think it's why I liked Baltar so much in Season 1 - he was self-involved, he was criminally negligent, he was reprehensible, but he was smart and fucked up and his relationship with Six was that sort of twisted, funny, absurdist example of dark comedy and real horror that balanced the weight of everything else that was happening to these people.
And there was laughter, moments of people interacting with some joy, trying to take the moments they could get in the face of this apocalypse.
So far this season, I'm having a hard time figuring out why they'd want to keep going. And yeah, I get that this is sort of the point, but still, I need a reason too.
I think my favorite part of this episode, oddly enough, was Starbuck's epitaph for Cain. And the realization that she's right. I don't condone her actions, I'm not sorry that she's dead, but it is likely that they would have been safer from the Cylons with Cain in charge. But safety would also mean a loss of what makes them human, and while Adama makes ridiculously rash decisions, he's also tapping into the elements of humanity that are worth saving. I think Cain is heroic in Kara's eyes because she told her the truth. Adama lied to her, lied to the fleet, manipulated them all - seemingly for their own good. Now they are stuck in the fallout. Cain was honest about the hopelessness and was utterly ruthless in the face of survival. I think that appeals to Starbuck - the ability to be ruthless. I think having the respect of a superior also appeals to her in incomparable ways. She wants approval, is desperate for it, yet can't show it. She's trapped by that constant need to take risks coupled with the need to win the respect and approval of those she respects. These are the elements of her character that I find so compelling, and I'm much happier when the show touches on them instead of turning her into a one woman saviour.
I am, totally against my will, becoming very fond of Cain's second in command and am more relieved that he didn't have to assasinate anyone than I was on Starbuck's behalf. I kind of hate Adama for asking Starbuck and Apollo to do that. Although I don't at all hate Roslin for asking, but then more and more Laura Roslin is the character I show up to watch. Hmmm. Also, I'm tired of the Helo/Chief/Boomer triangle. Well, I'm tired of Helo and Boomer. I liked her evolution, still like it, but I care less on the ship than I did when she was figuring out how to survive. Mostly, my interest in Helo has disappeared.
I finished THUD! and my Pratchett love knows no bounds. Okay, Monstrous Regiment was really dull, but other than that. I'm currently reading Elizabeth Bear's Hammered on![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
cofax7's reccomendation and enjoying it so far. I like the roughness of this universe.
Also, for those of you who are helping to choose NC-17 nominations for The Sparky's, I'm going to make a post over at![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
the_sporkys and cross post here, so please start compiling!!
So busy that I missed Stargate completely (well there were also technology issues involved in that), and slept through part of BSG. I have seen some of the screencaps for SG-1, and I have to say that pretty as BB is, the image of him dressed as any other flyboy out of uniform just doesn't do it for me. It screams - MILITARY - even more loudly than the uniforms (which are growing on me, by the way). Every dumbass flyboy I knew growing up dressed just like that, and while nothing can take away the pretty, I just have far too much of a long standing distaste for the military and military lifestyle. Sigh. Who knew those buttons could still be triggered that easily. Still, I may need to watch in real time. Just, you know, to make sure. (And just an aside, I have tremendous respect for those who choose to serve, but I have some issues with the military itself from the perspective of one who grew up on it's periphery. Those tend to come out with vehemence:)
I had to guilt M. into letting me watch it (and sadly it came down to using that guilt to get me a viewing of BSG or a viewing of SG-1 as I would have been interrupting his precious 19,000 viewing of Diamonds Are Forever. And dude, if someone can explain what makes those of the Y-chromosomed obsessively watch Bond movies I'd be forever grateful. And since it had been a two parter, I chose to use my influence for BSG).
I will say this once more, this is a damned good show - writing, acting, pacing, storytelling - but I really can't take much more of the dour. I just... I don't have it in me. I need something to buoy these people and not having to assasinate a leader of the fleet, well, that's just not screaming happy place to me. I think it's why I liked Baltar so much in Season 1 - he was self-involved, he was criminally negligent, he was reprehensible, but he was smart and fucked up and his relationship with Six was that sort of twisted, funny, absurdist example of dark comedy and real horror that balanced the weight of everything else that was happening to these people.
And there was laughter, moments of people interacting with some joy, trying to take the moments they could get in the face of this apocalypse.
So far this season, I'm having a hard time figuring out why they'd want to keep going. And yeah, I get that this is sort of the point, but still, I need a reason too.
I think my favorite part of this episode, oddly enough, was Starbuck's epitaph for Cain. And the realization that she's right. I don't condone her actions, I'm not sorry that she's dead, but it is likely that they would have been safer from the Cylons with Cain in charge. But safety would also mean a loss of what makes them human, and while Adama makes ridiculously rash decisions, he's also tapping into the elements of humanity that are worth saving. I think Cain is heroic in Kara's eyes because she told her the truth. Adama lied to her, lied to the fleet, manipulated them all - seemingly for their own good. Now they are stuck in the fallout. Cain was honest about the hopelessness and was utterly ruthless in the face of survival. I think that appeals to Starbuck - the ability to be ruthless. I think having the respect of a superior also appeals to her in incomparable ways. She wants approval, is desperate for it, yet can't show it. She's trapped by that constant need to take risks coupled with the need to win the respect and approval of those she respects. These are the elements of her character that I find so compelling, and I'm much happier when the show touches on them instead of turning her into a one woman saviour.
I am, totally against my will, becoming very fond of Cain's second in command and am more relieved that he didn't have to assasinate anyone than I was on Starbuck's behalf. I kind of hate Adama for asking Starbuck and Apollo to do that. Although I don't at all hate Roslin for asking, but then more and more Laura Roslin is the character I show up to watch. Hmmm. Also, I'm tired of the Helo/Chief/Boomer triangle. Well, I'm tired of Helo and Boomer. I liked her evolution, still like it, but I care less on the ship than I did when she was figuring out how to survive. Mostly, my interest in Helo has disappeared.
I finished THUD! and my Pratchett love knows no bounds. Okay, Monstrous Regiment was really dull, but other than that. I'm currently reading Elizabeth Bear's Hammered on
cofax7's reccomendation and enjoying it so far. I like the roughness of this universe.Also, for those of you who are helping to choose NC-17 nominations for The Sparky's, I'm going to make a post over at
the_sporkys and cross post here, so please start compiling!!
