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in the middle of Battlestar Galactica 2x05
I think it's funny that the psuedo-Marxist terrorist leader's ship is the one acting as a ferry for Roslin's quest, considering Marx called religion "the opium of the masses."
I'm not sure how I feel about this show yet. I'll undoutebdly watch more and the new episodes when they eventually air, but I'm not in love with it as a show. It's like House was for me in all of the second season: something I watch, not something I fangirl. It's certainly interesting, but... I dunno. It's hard-core science fiction when I'm really more into fantasy sci-fi like Farscape, fantasy-horror like Buffy or XF, and epic sci-fi like Babylon 5. Actually, this show is very similar to B5, though with robots instead of aliens and a lot more militaristic, it still aims for that "epic" label. I can't quite pin down the difference, but I'm not sure I'll enjoy this show as much as I remember enjoying B5.
I like some of the stuff they aim for, but some of it falls a little short with me. A lot of the stuff with the humanoid cylons makes me roll my eyes-- they don't seem to be used very efficiently (by the cylon war effort, I mean), though that may change as more is revealed. On the other hand, I really love the fact that there's as many women in this show as men, in all the roles. In previous shows like this when you have "4 random characters on the shuttlebus with 1 main character doing a technical job", there will be a token female character, or no female character at all. In this there's multiple women not just in lead roles but in backdrop roles too. I like that. I don't particularly like the sexualized she-devil characterization of the cylon women, though. Where's the sexualized male cylon?
Oh well. I like it for now. Some day I may come to love it.
I think it's funny that the psuedo-Marxist terrorist leader's ship is the one acting as a ferry for Roslin's quest, considering Marx called religion "the opium of the masses."
I'm not sure how I feel about this show yet. I'll undoutebdly watch more and the new episodes when they eventually air, but I'm not in love with it as a show. It's like House was for me in all of the second season: something I watch, not something I fangirl. It's certainly interesting, but... I dunno. It's hard-core science fiction when I'm really more into fantasy sci-fi like Farscape, fantasy-horror like Buffy or XF, and epic sci-fi like Babylon 5. Actually, this show is very similar to B5, though with robots instead of aliens and a lot more militaristic, it still aims for that "epic" label. I can't quite pin down the difference, but I'm not sure I'll enjoy this show as much as I remember enjoying B5.
I like some of the stuff they aim for, but some of it falls a little short with me. A lot of the stuff with the humanoid cylons makes me roll my eyes-- they don't seem to be used very efficiently (by the cylon war effort, I mean), though that may change as more is revealed. On the other hand, I really love the fact that there's as many women in this show as men, in all the roles. In previous shows like this when you have "4 random characters on the shuttlebus with 1 main character doing a technical job", there will be a token female character, or no female character at all. In this there's multiple women not just in lead roles but in backdrop roles too. I like that. I don't particularly like the sexualized she-devil characterization of the cylon women, though. Where's the sexualized male cylon?
Oh well. I like it for now. Some day I may come to love it.
