awwww, everyone. If I were going to make a list of underappreciated BSG episodes, this would definitely be toward the top. I think it was so honest, the toll all the general misery was taking on these personal relationships they were all trying to build. That said, UGH, that scene in the bar with Tyrol is a million times worse after seeing the finale.
I think it was so honest, the toll all the general misery was taking on these personal relationships they were all trying to build.
I was thinking this same thing when this popped up this morning. There's something oddly fascinating and kind of courageous about showing relationships not working but having the relationships continue. As much as it drives me crazy that so many characters present and continue to live unhappy, dishonest relationship, it's an interesting and believable approach.
I mean, it's super frustrating when Lee chooses not to end their marriages when we know that they're only married to Sam and Dee because they were running away from each other, but I have to appreciate how well-acted it is, and that the final straw for Dee to ultimately leave him wasn't Kara, it was rooted in Lee's own personality and principles (the trial, and putting Laura on the stand)
it's super frustrating when Lee chooses not to end their marriages when we know that they're only married to Sam and Dee because they were running away from each other
I have to say, this "we" definitely doesn't include me; I think Kara/Sam and Lee/Dee are really interesting and compelling partnerships in their own right. My point was more along the lines that even people who are in a no-doubts, you-are-the-other-half-of-my-soul kind of marriage would still be struggling under these extraordinary circumstances; would even be difficult under the bizarre social structure of Galactica. And I feel like they're maybe even intensifying the interpersonal drama in order to distract themselves from the high-pressure grind. There's a lot going on there, and it manifested in some ways that struck me as really realistic - unflattering, maybe, but I am very sympathetic to all four of them throughout.
oh I don't doubt that K/S and L/D were interesting in their own right, especially since those relationships, and the way they begin/play out say quite a bit about Lee and Kara as individuals in the process.
And they certainly didn't begin/stay in those relationships only as a rejection of each other, but UB made it pretty clear that the marriages were in fact the direct fallout of that night on NC - the actual moving in together, settling on the planet decisions weren't, but the 'let's get married' decisions certainly were.
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I was thinking this same thing when this popped up this morning. There's something oddly fascinating and kind of courageous about showing relationships not working but having the relationships continue. As much as it drives me crazy that so many characters present and continue to live unhappy, dishonest relationship, it's an interesting and believable approach.
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I mean, it's super frustrating when Lee chooses not to end their marriages when we know that they're only married to Sam and Dee because they were running away from each other, but I have to appreciate how well-acted it is, and that the final straw for Dee to ultimately leave him wasn't Kara, it was rooted in Lee's own personality and principles (the trial, and putting Laura on the stand)
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I have to say, this "we" definitely doesn't include me; I think Kara/Sam and Lee/Dee are really interesting and compelling partnerships in their own right. My point was more along the lines that even people who are in a no-doubts, you-are-the-other-half-of-my-soul kind of marriage would still be struggling under these extraordinary circumstances; would even be difficult under the bizarre social structure of Galactica. And I feel like they're maybe even intensifying the interpersonal drama in order to distract themselves from the high-pressure grind. There's a lot going on there, and it manifested in some ways that struck me as really realistic - unflattering, maybe, but I am very sympathetic to all four of them throughout.
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And they certainly didn't begin/stay in those relationships only as a rejection of each other, but UB made it pretty clear that the marriages were in fact the direct fallout of that night on NC - the actual moving in together, settling on the planet decisions weren't, but the 'let's get married' decisions certainly were.
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