Six of One, 9/10
Review of Battlestar Galactica 4.2, Six of One:
Spoilerladen!
Acting: 4/4
Style/Direction: 3/4
Dialogue: 4/4
Storyline: 4/4
My score: 9/10
The acting score was difficult to pinpoint for this episode, because while I love and adore Katee Sackhoff and her portrayal of Starbuck, there was one scene between her and Adama that was so ridiculous to me that I cringed. BUT, this was made up for by stellar performances by MMD as Roslin, and the ever amazing Tricia Helfer as the new Six, Natalie. While I would have loved to see Invisible!Six in this episode too to contrast them, I'm always so impressed by the way that Helfer differentiates the various Six models. It's so completely obvious that we're dealing with a new one each time, as opposed to Grace Park's 8/Boomer/Athena portrayals, which leave me sadly confused half the time as to who is who. James Callis got to surprise and delight us by being two Baltars in the same scene! Fantastic! And the implications for the Six/Baltar/Virtual Six/Virtual Baltar storyline have just now gotten much more interesting, and all the more shocking.
The writing was spot on, the dialogue was superb, but the feel of this episode was a little too "inbetweener" for me. I kept expecting something else huge to happen before it ended, and I don't know why. There was a Cylon insurrection, Lee got the big sendoff, and Starbuck got sent off to find Earth. I don't know what else I wanted. Hmm.
During the Baltar/Baltar scene, his original reaction was so casual that it seemed like it wasn't unexpected to him, so it felt like it had happened before, or made sense to him. And yet, when Tory left, he expressed that he really had no damn clue what was going on. Anyone else impressed by just how good Baltar has gotten at hiding the fact that there is an invisible carnival in his head, despite his inability to lie, ever? Or, maybe just the fact that he is so entirely jaded to it now. Like "Oh. This is new. Whatever."
Either way. BALTAR BALTAR FTW.
Lee's sendoff did seem extravagant, but in truth, this is the first person we know of since the original attack that has quit the military. Going back to the notions of "Final Cut" and the inability of the military to be compromised due to their situation, I think that makes this moment VERY important for the fleet. It shows that they are willing to embrace hope that things can and will return to a place where people have free will to choose what they're going to do with their lives, versus a survivalist approach.
Or maybe it's just to get more shots of Lee lookin' fine in that suit. DAY-AMN.
I miss 3. Who'da thunkit.
I was trying to figure out if the numbering system tells us anything about the cylons : for example, 6 and 8, being some of the "later produced" models (if that's how we take it, which is totally up in the air), both seem to be much more compassionate than any of the early number models (even Leoben). Cavill, at number one, seems to represent the LEAST compassionate character of the Cylon models, while Doral and Simon continue to show very little personality. While this is annoying on the little developed Simon's behalf, it's one of the things I've always loved about Doral. He represents the ultimate little android to me, and I like the fact that there is a model who is so eerily... a robot.
Hybrid speech - anyone got it transcribed?
Oh Adama/Roslin. I just want you both to be happy. Or united. Or something. Angst angst angst.
I missed the teaser which is fine by me. I feel like the Cylon insurrection was foreshadowed too heavily by last week's. I look forward to seeing what comes about as a result of all this shenaniganerying.
Final score: 9/10
Spoilerladen!
Acting: 4/4
Style/Direction: 3/4
Dialogue: 4/4
Storyline: 4/4
My score: 9/10
The acting score was difficult to pinpoint for this episode, because while I love and adore Katee Sackhoff and her portrayal of Starbuck, there was one scene between her and Adama that was so ridiculous to me that I cringed. BUT, this was made up for by stellar performances by MMD as Roslin, and the ever amazing Tricia Helfer as the new Six, Natalie. While I would have loved to see Invisible!Six in this episode too to contrast them, I'm always so impressed by the way that Helfer differentiates the various Six models. It's so completely obvious that we're dealing with a new one each time, as opposed to Grace Park's 8/Boomer/Athena portrayals, which leave me sadly confused half the time as to who is who. James Callis got to surprise and delight us by being two Baltars in the same scene! Fantastic! And the implications for the Six/Baltar/Virtual Six/Virtual Baltar storyline have just now gotten much more interesting, and all the more shocking.
The writing was spot on, the dialogue was superb, but the feel of this episode was a little too "inbetweener" for me. I kept expecting something else huge to happen before it ended, and I don't know why. There was a Cylon insurrection, Lee got the big sendoff, and Starbuck got sent off to find Earth. I don't know what else I wanted. Hmm.
During the Baltar/Baltar scene, his original reaction was so casual that it seemed like it wasn't unexpected to him, so it felt like it had happened before, or made sense to him. And yet, when Tory left, he expressed that he really had no damn clue what was going on. Anyone else impressed by just how good Baltar has gotten at hiding the fact that there is an invisible carnival in his head, despite his inability to lie, ever? Or, maybe just the fact that he is so entirely jaded to it now. Like "Oh. This is new. Whatever."
Either way. BALTAR BALTAR FTW.
Lee's sendoff did seem extravagant, but in truth, this is the first person we know of since the original attack that has quit the military. Going back to the notions of "Final Cut" and the inability of the military to be compromised due to their situation, I think that makes this moment VERY important for the fleet. It shows that they are willing to embrace hope that things can and will return to a place where people have free will to choose what they're going to do with their lives, versus a survivalist approach.
Or maybe it's just to get more shots of Lee lookin' fine in that suit. DAY-AMN.
I miss 3. Who'da thunkit.
I was trying to figure out if the numbering system tells us anything about the cylons : for example, 6 and 8, being some of the "later produced" models (if that's how we take it, which is totally up in the air), both seem to be much more compassionate than any of the early number models (even Leoben). Cavill, at number one, seems to represent the LEAST compassionate character of the Cylon models, while Doral and Simon continue to show very little personality. While this is annoying on the little developed Simon's behalf, it's one of the things I've always loved about Doral. He represents the ultimate little android to me, and I like the fact that there is a model who is so eerily... a robot.
Hybrid speech - anyone got it transcribed?
Oh Adama/Roslin. I just want you both to be happy. Or united. Or something. Angst angst angst.
I missed the teaser which is fine by me. I feel like the Cylon insurrection was foreshadowed too heavily by last week's. I look forward to seeing what comes about as a result of all this shenaniganerying.
Final score: 9/10