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Thanks for the post Mei_tenshi. Very informative thoughts.
I finally got around to seeing episodes 3 and 4 yesterday, and both were great, as usual, but I was completely blown away by 4. No other explanation is necessary.
One thing I'd like to bring up and discuss with you guys (you know, the 2 or 3 of you XD ) is Gaeta's doodle when the resistance first starting blowing things up. I felt that this scene was symbolically significant--I mean, everyone else was just hanging around, but here was Gaeta doodling what I took to be a sword stuck in a tree. If BSG hasn't had a history of not letting any scene go to waste, I'd think that was incredibly random, but we all know that that's not so. So I looked around the SciFi Channel's BSG forum and found several theories, but my favorite one is this one:
Or maybe it's just me hoping that Gaeta would continue to play an important role in the story.
I'd love to hear other theories on what the picture symbolizes, if anything. (One person from that forum suggested that he was just drawing what he was seeing outside the window, where the "sword" was actually a Centurion tower. I dunno. That feels a little too superficial to me.)
One thing I'd like to bring up and discuss with you guys (you know, the 2 or 3 of you XD ) is Gaeta's doodle when the resistance first starting blowing things up. I felt that this scene was symbolically significant--I mean, everyone else was just hanging around, but here was Gaeta doodling what I took to be a sword stuck in a tree. If BSG hasn't had a history of not letting any scene go to waste, I'd think that was incredibly random, but we all know that that's not so. So I looked around the SciFi Channel's BSG forum and found several theories, but my favorite one is this one:
QUOTE(Petty_Officer_Rigel)
When I first saw his drawing, the image that immediately jumped to my mind was the Sword in the Stone, as in the young King Arthur. Foreshadowing, maybe? I've compared Gaeta's character to François Mitterrand previously, who supposedly collaborated with the Nazis as a member of the Vichy France regime while he was a young man, but in fact was a resistance spy inside the Vichy government. Mitterrand was eventually elected President of France in 1981 and served for 14 years (giving him the record as the longest-serving President of France). Gaeta has already demonstrated his loyalty to the democratic process by reporting the election fraud; perhaps he holds a future as a leader of the Colonies? It would certainly make sense if he ends up taking Billy's old post, since they were setting up that character to be a future President.
[Source]Or maybe it's just me hoping that Gaeta would continue to play an important role in the story.
I'd love to hear other theories on what the picture symbolizes, if anything. (One person from that forum suggested that he was just drawing what he was seeing outside the window, where the "sword" was actually a Centurion tower. I dunno. That feels a little too superficial to me.)
@Mei Mei - Wow, that is an awsome theory!! Yes, I'm totally with you on this one!!
And, I'll be very happy to see Gaeta keep having the significant role in the BSG!!
And, I'll be very happy to see Gaeta keep having the significant role in the BSG!!
I'm still a little upset over Billy, but in retrospect, I guess he had to go, else there'd be this complicated love triangle between him, Dee, and Lee, which would totally detract from the more important points to the story, not to mention that there really wasn't much they could do with his character beyond making him a stronger Roslin lackey (but a lacky nonetheless)...but still. I think Gaeta would fill the role that Billy was about to turn into quite nicely; he's already demonstrated that he can take independent action and I really hate to say it, but he has a spine whereas Billy only started to develop me before he...well, you know.
^^ Yeah, Gaeta definitely has more spine!!
He's developing into an solid character!! Yay!!
And, about Billy...
I agree from the plot standpoint... but I liked Billy!!
He was a nice guy!!!
He's developing into an solid character!! Yay!!
And, about Billy...
I agree from the plot standpoint... but I liked Billy!!
He was a nice guy!!!
He was! I felt really bad for Billy when Dee picked Lee over him. He had his heart in the right place, that's for sure.
Back to Gaeta (
) : I see a lot of potential for Gaeta. There's a lot that can be done with his character, and the people of Galactica could treat him as a traitor or as a friend. It'd be interesting to see how they reveal that he's been the one helping "on the inside" all along.
Back to Gaeta (
) : I see a lot of potential for Gaeta. There's a lot that can be done with his character, and the people of Galactica could treat him as a traitor or as a friend. It'd be interesting to see how they reveal that he's been the one helping "on the inside" all along.
I've really been enjoying the past few episodes. I missed last weeks though.
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I've really been enjoying the past few episodes. I missed last weeks though.
@Vash - I checked the repeats, but it was on Monday, I think... I hope you can find it on YouTube??
It is on YouTube. Look up "Battlestar Galactica (Episode Title)" [without the parentheses].
Oh, it's there.
Oh, it's there.
^^^^^
Thanks!
Thanks!
new season delay till april 08
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracke...estar-gala.html
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracke...estar-gala.html
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