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BSG, 2.17
So, firstly, I should say that I have been ridiculously sick the last couple of days, and I believe that I still am. So if there are a lot of logic gaps (or, at least, more than usual??), we can all attribute it to that.
So, episode 2.17, "The Captain's Hand." I liked this episode a lot. I really do want to see Lee and Kara pursue a romantic relationship, but for now, I'm really happy that their friendship can still be so strong. Despite each of them harboring feelings for other people that they never really discuss together, going through craploads of psychological trauma, and even getting "hot and heavy" with each other - they still have a friendship that looks a lot like the one they had in the mini-series. It's nice that in this series, there is at least one relationship (at least in one aspect) that we never have to question - at least, not for very long. I <3 the hand-sex! Watch how Bamber holds EJO's hand....and then look at how he holds Kara's. THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.
I also love Jamie Bamber's ability to emote with his face, particularly in the scene where he brings up Kara's shooting him in the chest.
A lot of people have made the point that it seems like while Dualla really cares about Lee, he doesn't seem to feel nearly as intensely about her. It's like he needs to be in a relationship right now, and Kara is obviously off-limits, at least for a while.
Anyway, what I really wanted to write about was the issue of abortion. I seem to be in the severe minority in the Battlestar Galactica community in that I happen to be pro-life. I should mention that one of my majors happens to be Political Science. I would never vote based solely on one issue, and, indeed, I often identify more with candidates who happen to be pro-choice. (So do not jump down my throat unless you want to throw down, ;D) I do not see any provision for a "right to privacy" in the Bill of Rights, and even if there was, I don't think that this would make murder okay. I believe life begins at conception. Once you start splitting hairs on when an unborn child "becomes a person" (When the baby can open its eyes? When its heart starts beating? When it reaches a certain month/week), how do you know where to stop?
I should also note that I am less adamant when it comes to stem-cell research - I mean, I am all for curing disease and I know that there are ways to use stem-cells without having to kill unborn children.
Anyway....I found it really odd that it was so cut-and-dry that pre-Cylons, the Colonies just accepted abortion as okay (with the exception of the colony of....whatever starts with P - the Pisces one? Why would this have not been an issue before now?). I love Doctor Cottle, so I was really sad to find out that he was so flippant about giving abortions to all of the women who came to the Galactica.
Speaking of Doc Cottle, did anyone else find it really strange that when Sharon was (almost?) raped, he said that there was no excuse for what they did to her. Yet, when Adama was about to forcibly abort her child, we can only assume that Doc Cottle would have done it. If abortion is a "choice" (and here, we must assume that Cottle is most definitely pro-choice), then how could he do this in good conscious?
As for banning abortion in the fleet, my response is....: DUH! They have less than 50,000 people left and Baltar's estimate gives them 18 years.
Why the hell didn't Roslin say this when he announced his candidacy? It would make him look like a moron. That said, I did think Gaius's back-stabbing was pretty brilliant. I've miss him lately; I hope he gets more screen time.
Anyway, I feel like I should have more to say about the ep instead of abortion, but....yeah. And also, I'm not sure how many comments this will generate (considering I seem to be the only opposer?) but please direct your anger at the issue, and not at me. I have been civil, but when I get inflamed....well, yeah.
So, episode 2.17, "The Captain's Hand." I liked this episode a lot. I really do want to see Lee and Kara pursue a romantic relationship, but for now, I'm really happy that their friendship can still be so strong. Despite each of them harboring feelings for other people that they never really discuss together, going through craploads of psychological trauma, and even getting "hot and heavy" with each other - they still have a friendship that looks a lot like the one they had in the mini-series. It's nice that in this series, there is at least one relationship (at least in one aspect) that we never have to question - at least, not for very long. I <3 the hand-sex! Watch how Bamber holds EJO's hand....and then look at how he holds Kara's. THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.
I also love Jamie Bamber's ability to emote with his face, particularly in the scene where he brings up Kara's shooting him in the chest.
A lot of people have made the point that it seems like while Dualla really cares about Lee, he doesn't seem to feel nearly as intensely about her. It's like he needs to be in a relationship right now, and Kara is obviously off-limits, at least for a while.
Anyway, what I really wanted to write about was the issue of abortion. I seem to be in the severe minority in the Battlestar Galactica community in that I happen to be pro-life. I should mention that one of my majors happens to be Political Science. I would never vote based solely on one issue, and, indeed, I often identify more with candidates who happen to be pro-choice. (So do not jump down my throat unless you want to throw down, ;D) I do not see any provision for a "right to privacy" in the Bill of Rights, and even if there was, I don't think that this would make murder okay. I believe life begins at conception. Once you start splitting hairs on when an unborn child "becomes a person" (When the baby can open its eyes? When its heart starts beating? When it reaches a certain month/week), how do you know where to stop?
I should also note that I am less adamant when it comes to stem-cell research - I mean, I am all for curing disease and I know that there are ways to use stem-cells without having to kill unborn children.
Anyway....I found it really odd that it was so cut-and-dry that pre-Cylons, the Colonies just accepted abortion as okay (with the exception of the colony of....whatever starts with P - the Pisces one? Why would this have not been an issue before now?). I love Doctor Cottle, so I was really sad to find out that he was so flippant about giving abortions to all of the women who came to the Galactica.
Speaking of Doc Cottle, did anyone else find it really strange that when Sharon was (almost?) raped, he said that there was no excuse for what they did to her. Yet, when Adama was about to forcibly abort her child, we can only assume that Doc Cottle would have done it. If abortion is a "choice" (and here, we must assume that Cottle is most definitely pro-choice), then how could he do this in good conscious?
As for banning abortion in the fleet, my response is....: DUH! They have less than 50,000 people left and Baltar's estimate gives them 18 years.
Why the hell didn't Roslin say this when he announced his candidacy? It would make him look like a moron. That said, I did think Gaius's back-stabbing was pretty brilliant. I've miss him lately; I hope he gets more screen time.
Anyway, I feel like I should have more to say about the ep instead of abortion, but....yeah. And also, I'm not sure how many comments this will generate (considering I seem to be the only opposer?) but please direct your anger at the issue, and not at me. I have been civil, but when I get inflamed....well, yeah.