Ten Points about BSG: The Hub
By Rhea Dee
1. Humor. Humor’s good. And I don’t mean unintentional “We’re going the wrong waaaaay!!!” humor, but some nice Roslin and Baltar bickering. Was BSG poking fun at itself? Did they see that they were becoming emo? How does the jump to humor between these two tense characters make you feel? Glad that everything is not so damn serious or frustrated that BSG isn’t taking the rivalry seriously?
2. I, for one, am glad it happened. Frustrating or not, BSG was teetering on the brink of major emo, especially with the one true God thing. It was rather refreshing to see BSG poking fun at their own storyline with the whole Baltar-Cylon God talk. At least, that’s how I read it.
3. But then the humor was gone. It turned all serious-like. Roslin, leaving Baltar to die? What? Would she do it, when they were only bickering moments before? Would the jump from bickering to callousness be awkward for the average viewer?
4. It would be if Roslin would have gone through with it. But she didn’t. And Baltar lives on, to continue his path of self-discovery and possible bickering with the Roslin. Although I wonder if the bickering will cease completely because of this little episode?
5. So…the point of the whole Roslin thing was that she had to learn to love again? It’s like…‘How Roslin Got Her Groove Back Before Dying From Cancer That Just Will Not Go Away Ever.’ Is that acceptance I spot? Does that mean that Roslin is really going to die die?
6. What a cheap shot that Roslin is the cylon!! scene was. It even had that crescendo music cue. BSG, I am disappointed. That had nothing to do with plot whatsoever; it was just there to entice (and frustrate) your viewers. I guess in that case it was very effective.
7. It’s good to see D’Anna back, killing fellow cylons and being generally evil. Remember when the cylons were evil? Sigh. Those were simpler times.
8. Boomer might be the cleverest of all cylons. I saw you get away, you sneaky thing.
9. One of my BSG buddies refuses to watch the promos because they’re so damn spoilery. And they ARE. The one for this week…I can practically save myself the trouble of watching the frickin’ episode!
10. Where the hell is Anders? I thought he was on the baseship…but apparently not. For all we know he could have forged a path to Earth already.
Rhea Dee loves being a geek. She also loves female revenge flicks, campy horror, trashy novels and rock ‘n’ roll records. Rhea’s love for rock ‘n’ roll led her to be a regular contributor for the now defunct Now Wave webzine. She’s all about Edgar Wright. Important to know.
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I kind of liked the “Roslin is a Cylon” fakeout, simply because the whole “You don’t love people” thing seemed to be kind of implying that she was, but, no, it was all just a setup for the gag. (I for one am glad that she’s not a Cylon, BTW).
I thought the “You’re a Cylon” fake out was a cheap trick (and not the kind of cheap trick that now plays at county fairs). Although, the “you don’t love people” visions seemed to imply that she may as well be a cylon.
Firstly, I’ve seen Cheap Trick live more times than any other band, so don’t be dissin’ Robin & Co (Although am I the only guy who kind of prefers the Jon Brandt years?)
Secondly, while it was undoubtedly a cheap trick to play on the audience, at least they set it up a little bit in advance, and given the meandering lack of direction and (Seemingly) lack of thought put into the show this year, even that little scrap just kind of felt good to me.
It didn’t piss me off nearly as much as it did when they pulled the same stunt on B5 when Gar….hey! There’s one for he other thread! See ya’ there!
No dissin’, just facts.
Cheap Trick showed up at the county fair here a few years ago and headlined with a 4H competition (or a demolition derby, maybe a puppet show – I don’t really remember).
. Check ‘em out next time they roll through your town. Wether it’s a stadium show, a county fair, a bar set, or a grand opening for a new daycare, they’re surprisingly not-awful.
So why do you think it was that the Cylons can’t simply build another resurrection hub?
Could be a case of sheer arrogance, like the aliens from Signs. They were allergic to water, and yet, showed up NAKED to a planet where 70% of the surface was covered in water.
In both cases, Signs and BG, I think it’s more likely a case of bad writing and a need to wrap up the plot quick.
Or it could be that these mysterious “Programmers” wanted to have a way to shut the Cylons down in a hurry if they got out of control.