Catching up
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First off, a very happy yet belated birthday tofishsanwitt. I hope it was great!
Secondly, two quick "reviews" of Lost and BSG. Spoilers under the cut.
First off, a very happy yet belated birthday to
fishsanwitt. I hope it was great!Secondly, two quick "reviews" of Lost and BSG. Spoilers under the cut.
Lost rocked. So did Sawyer who was Super Swayer in that eppy.
I love that he was playing Risk with Hurley and Locke, then I loved how all the anonymous ones got killed but he avoided all the bullets, how he wanted to save Claire, how he did save her and called her sweetheart later...and finally how he was ready to fight for his beloved Hugo and his curly hair! Super Swayer!
Ben in the desert was pretty cool too...
Lost is obviously turning into Ben show. I can't help liking the character despite the smirk they insist on putting on his face every time he played and outmanoeuvred someone (this time it was Sayid). Those smirks aren't necessary, the audience isn't stupid !
So we're witnessing a game party between Ben and Charles. Like gods playing chess, the humans being their pawns. It reminds me of one of Dan Simmons' novels, Clarion Comfort.
Ben says he can't kill Charles but obviously he believes he can kill Penelope...This must be a clue.
So is Ben's awakening in the desert while wearing a Dharma parka ( which called to my mind the two guys who worked for Penny at the end of season 2) or Ben's question about which year it was, and the title of the episode–"The Shape of Things to Come"– which happen to be the title of a H G Wells' book.
So basically we have Charles looking for the island, Ben looking for Penny who used to be looking for Desmond...Where's Desmond now and then?
Is Ben Charles' creation rebelling against its creator? Is the island a metaphor of Charles' elusive muse?
It would explain the "I know what you are boy" (I know this could be just echoing Ben telling the mercenary guy he knew what kind of man he was) . Ok I may have read too many Jasper Fforde's novels about Thursday Next...
I can't help thinking that Ben isn't real, that real characters got mixed with fantasy characters (including the Smoke Demon) in the Lost world.
I love that he was playing Risk with Hurley and Locke, then I loved how all the anonymous ones got killed but he avoided all the bullets, how he wanted to save Claire, how he did save her and called her sweetheart later...and finally how he was ready to fight for his beloved Hugo and his curly hair! Super Swayer!
Ben in the desert was pretty cool too...
Lost is obviously turning into Ben show. I can't help liking the character despite the smirk they insist on putting on his face every time he played and outmanoeuvred someone (this time it was Sayid). Those smirks aren't necessary, the audience isn't stupid !
So we're witnessing a game party between Ben and Charles. Like gods playing chess, the humans being their pawns. It reminds me of one of Dan Simmons' novels, Clarion Comfort.
Ben says he can't kill Charles but obviously he believes he can kill Penelope...This must be a clue.
So is Ben's awakening in the desert while wearing a Dharma parka ( which called to my mind the two guys who worked for Penny at the end of season 2) or Ben's question about which year it was, and the title of the episode–"The Shape of Things to Come"– which happen to be the title of a H G Wells' book.
So basically we have Charles looking for the island, Ben looking for Penny who used to be looking for Desmond...Where's Desmond now and then?
Is Ben Charles' creation rebelling against its creator? Is the island a metaphor of Charles' elusive muse?
It would explain the "I know what you are boy" (I know this could be just echoing Ben telling the mercenary guy he knew what kind of man he was) . Ok I may have read too many Jasper Fforde's novels about Thursday Next...
I can't help thinking that Ben isn't real, that real characters got mixed with fantasy characters (including the Smoke Demon) in the Lost world.
I have mixed feelings about Battlestar Galactica again. There's stuff I loved but also a general impression of being underwhelmed.
I think the Jesus analogy, with Baltar going into the temple, dealing with the Money changers, was too obvious, too heavy. And his final speech about love, the montage with the Kara/Sam on the Demetrius and Tyrol, didn't convince me. I'm pretty sure that all the Gaius/Jesus buisness is a way to mislead us and that Caprica will turn out to be the Christ eventually, but it wasn't very subtle.
Actually Gaius' hippy sect, his new faith and his messianic bevahiour, make me want to worship the Lord of Kobols (nice wee statues btw), make me want the old gods not only to fight back but also to win because it would be more refreshing !
On the other hand I liked Gaius being still so himself and ill at ease with dominatrix Tory and especially when he told her "I prefered it when you cried"! And I liked him hiding and later saying that he's tired of being afraid.
I loved the Saul/Caprica scenes, because they're both Cylons but she couldn't feel he was one and she so wanted to be like him, that is human, and he so wanted to be sure he wasn't like her, that is a Cylon ! So sadly ironical.
I think that Michael Hogan's face was wonderfully expressive when he thought that Ellen!Six was talking about him as she mentioned the man she loved, until she said the name "Baltar" and ruined his little fantasy/hallucination...It sooo made sense. Six had been made to be men's fantasy. She's the archetypal blonde, and Ellen was such a fatal blonde too.
But I didn't like Ellen-with-a-Six-wig. It looked cheap and kinda lame.
That top the two actresses wore wasn't very flattering btw. They both looked so skinny, especially Tricia!
On the other hand I enjoyed the echo (but was it intentional?) concerning the wigs, given that Laura was wearing one too. Those wigs were a symbol of death. I liked Laura thinking of her own funeral and telling Adama "I want you to know what I like" but the final Laura/Bill scene was too much again. With that pairing it's a matter of finding the right balance.
I also liked the parallel between Baltar being beaten up(not sure about Head!Six holding him like an invisible spirit though) and Caprica punching Saul.
I also loved many little details, like Saul changing Nicky's diaper in the background (so unexpected and so great, my favourite bit) or Saul mentioning Caprica's request about seeing Hera Agathon (I just loved the fact he called her using her last name!); Tyrol grabbing the other Cylons' arm as if something inside of him was suddenly switched on; Gaius leaning onto Lee and holding his tie and Lee pulling his tie back (slashy metaphor?); Tyrol at the bar, hallucinating about Adama's speech, which echoed Tigh's hallucination about shooting him.
Also I missed Helo and Sharon, but that's a given.
I think the Jesus analogy, with Baltar going into the temple, dealing with the Money changers, was too obvious, too heavy. And his final speech about love, the montage with the Kara/Sam on the Demetrius and Tyrol, didn't convince me. I'm pretty sure that all the Gaius/Jesus buisness is a way to mislead us and that Caprica will turn out to be the Christ eventually, but it wasn't very subtle.
Actually Gaius' hippy sect, his new faith and his messianic bevahiour, make me want to worship the Lord of Kobols (nice wee statues btw), make me want the old gods not only to fight back but also to win because it would be more refreshing !
On the other hand I liked Gaius being still so himself and ill at ease with dominatrix Tory and especially when he told her "I prefered it when you cried"! And I liked him hiding and later saying that he's tired of being afraid.
I loved the Saul/Caprica scenes, because they're both Cylons but she couldn't feel he was one and she so wanted to be like him, that is human, and he so wanted to be sure he wasn't like her, that is a Cylon ! So sadly ironical.
I think that Michael Hogan's face was wonderfully expressive when he thought that Ellen!Six was talking about him as she mentioned the man she loved, until she said the name "Baltar" and ruined his little fantasy/hallucination...It sooo made sense. Six had been made to be men's fantasy. She's the archetypal blonde, and Ellen was such a fatal blonde too.
But I didn't like Ellen-with-a-Six-wig. It looked cheap and kinda lame.
That top the two actresses wore wasn't very flattering btw. They both looked so skinny, especially Tricia!
On the other hand I enjoyed the echo (but was it intentional?) concerning the wigs, given that Laura was wearing one too. Those wigs were a symbol of death. I liked Laura thinking of her own funeral and telling Adama "I want you to know what I like" but the final Laura/Bill scene was too much again. With that pairing it's a matter of finding the right balance.
I also liked the parallel between Baltar being beaten up(not sure about Head!Six holding him like an invisible spirit though) and Caprica punching Saul.
I also loved many little details, like Saul changing Nicky's diaper in the background (so unexpected and so great, my favourite bit) or Saul mentioning Caprica's request about seeing Hera Agathon (I just loved the fact he called her using her last name!); Tyrol grabbing the other Cylons' arm as if something inside of him was suddenly switched on; Gaius leaning onto Lee and holding his tie and Lee pulling his tie back (slashy metaphor?); Tyrol at the bar, hallucinating about Adama's speech, which echoed Tigh's hallucination about shooting him.
Also I missed Helo and Sharon, but that's a given.
