a funny thing happened on the way to New Caprica
So.
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You know what that was? That was the end of Alias s2, except with an extra half hour of what happened next. And also, robots.
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Basically the whole... end... part (which, really, is the only part i can think about. at all.) i was saying "WHAT THE FUCK" every minute or so. Because... seriously. WHAT THE FUCK. This is what has always SHITTED me about Alias, they spring this HUGE, SHOW-CHANGING mindfuckery on you and it is impossible to process.
I had seen that promo picture of Kara with long hair (so! pretty!) and just figured it was a flashback of some sort. HAHAHAHAHAHA. Well, now i know. Roslin back to being a teacher made me so HAPPY! And Tyrol as the union leader! And jeeeeeeez, pregnant Cally... you know, i've thought about the two of them having a thing since the show started, but never really dwelled on it since he and Sharon were the THING. Aw, Chief. Bearded, glasses-wearing CHIEF. STILL THE CHIEF. Of course Kara and Anders got married. PSH. WHATEVER. She had to get around to marrying one of her dead guys. (for some reason it was kind of... neat? to see her as a long-haired, average wife type. She just seemed slightly well-adjusted for once.) Baltar weirded me the hell out, that whole scenario was such the typical drunk-with-power-and-now-everything-has-gone-to-shit dealie. A little too It's a Wonderful Life for me, honestly. (LOOK, HE HAS WHORES! OH THAT INCORRIGIBLE BALTAR.) Tigh down on New Caprica in his little hat was kind of adorable, particularly when he met up with Kara again. Heeeeeeeelo on Galactica! (whaaaaat happened to Sharon? Nooooobody knooooooooows.) (...any discussion surrounding Helo requires elongated vowels, didn't you know?) GAH, Gaeta working for Baltar! Oh, Gaeta. You and your little mancrush, look where it's gotten you. And, finally, most importantly, WHAT IN THE HELL HAPPENED TO LEE? AND HIS FACE AND HAIR AND GENERAL APPEARANCE? LEEEEEEEE? Obviously, this new rift with Kara (Rift v2.0?) has driven him to the bottle. And the ugly stick. And away from any sort of grooming. Or exercise. Oh, Lee. YOU FATTY. Dualla there with him on Pegasus seemed like some cheesy married couple running a business together. Eugh.
ONE YEAR??!??!
I have to say, when the Raiders were flying over New Caprica, i kind of... waved my hands in front of the tv at Baltar's face and said "HA HA, THIS IS WHAT YOU GET, MOTHERFUCKER." ......Literally. But it was so awesome and dramatic to see all the old crew (the old crew! from five minutes ago when it was a year previously!) looking up at the sky and generally being apocalyptic all over again. AWESOME. (the shots of Roslin in particular struck a chord with me. She used to be PRESIDENT! Sob.) Kara answering Tyrol with "the same thing we always do" reminded me solely of Pinky and the Brain, so i feel the actual last line of the episode should have been "TRY TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD."
That whole Kara/Anders/Lee scene was incredibly uncomfortable and awful and generally had me out of sorts for a long while. Kara was so drunk and flippant, it was very hurtful and i DID NOT LIKE IT. (although Kara's laugh is one of the awesomest things ever. Almost as awesome as the little scrunched up face she made when she and Adama greeted each other when she got back from Caprica.) BUT, Anders doesn't bother me quuuuuite as much as he did, simply because now the Kara/Anders relationship is built on slightly more than just two episodes. Now it's like... four! WATCH OUT KARA/LEE, IT'S GUNNING FOR YOUR EMOTIONAL RESONANCE.
I really enjoyed Al flat out admitting he was a cylon and then the "take me to your leader" line. HEE. (aww, and Laura's out-the-airlock routine. So cute.) And man, it was so cool to see Leoben again, even if it was only for 0.2 seconds! (i was excited when i saw Callum Keith Rennie's name in the guest credits, and then promptly got caught up in the episode and forgot. Ha.)
The nuclear explosion was fucked up. And... well, it's kind of pathetic how sad i am that Cloud Nine got destroyed. Because, guys! It's the only pretty place they had LEFT! Now all they have is shitty New Caprica, which is NOT the suburban paradise they signed up for, LET ME TELL YOU.
I was disappointed in Laura for cheating in the election, but glad that she gave it up... even though it led to a total shitstorm. But anyway, that scene between her and Bill was very nice. MOM AND DAD! PUT THE FAMILY BACK TOGETHER! And, while you're at it, give Gaius a fucking time-out.
It was fairly obvious that the Six at the end was Gaius's Six, wasn't it? Because that's what i was figuring. Jeeeeeez, Tricia Helfer sure can act with her FACE. :D
My thoughts on this episode are so disjointed, my brain just keeps going back to "ONE YEEEEEEEAR?!??!" That... was messed up. I'm glad i was unspoiled though- as much as it hurts my brain, it just wouldn't be the same without the immediate WTFery.
ONE. YEAR.
I'm so sad for Kara and Lee. SO SAD. I hope they get to go back to being pilots again. (man, weren't those GOOD TIMES?) Seeing Galactica nearly abandoned and out of commission was verrrry depressing.
Jesus, this show is so bleak. It just gets worse and worse as it goes on, and you really think things can't get any worse than they already are, but then... they do. It kind of sucks.
And now... now we get to wait until October. Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Let me tell you what will happen: i will finally adjust to the idea of MISSING ONE YEAR AND EVERYTHING BEING DIFFERENT, all that will sink in, and i'll be really used to not having any new BSG forever and i'll probably even forget just how much i love the show, and then, after an interminable hiatus, it will come back and... i'll be saying "WTF ONE YEAR?!?!?!??! THIS IS SO WEIRD. I CANNOT ADJUST TO THIS." GUARANTEED. I've been through scenarios just like this, i know how it works.
GODDAMN YOU, TELEVISION. You can never just have NORMAL mindfucks, can you? No no no, you have to cut out huge chunks of time and give Kara really long hair.
Also... robots.
.........................................................................
You know what that was? That was the end of Alias s2, except with an extra half hour of what happened next. And also, robots.
JSFGLHGLJFHSLKJFHLSKJGHLSJFHGLSJFG
Basically the whole... end... part (which, really, is the only part i can think about. at all.) i was saying "WHAT THE FUCK" every minute or so. Because... seriously. WHAT THE FUCK. This is what has always SHITTED me about Alias, they spring this HUGE, SHOW-CHANGING mindfuckery on you and it is impossible to process.
I had seen that promo picture of Kara with long hair (so! pretty!) and just figured it was a flashback of some sort. HAHAHAHAHAHA. Well, now i know. Roslin back to being a teacher made me so HAPPY! And Tyrol as the union leader! And jeeeeeeez, pregnant Cally... you know, i've thought about the two of them having a thing since the show started, but never really dwelled on it since he and Sharon were the THING. Aw, Chief. Bearded, glasses-wearing CHIEF. STILL THE CHIEF. Of course Kara and Anders got married. PSH. WHATEVER. She had to get around to marrying one of her dead guys. (for some reason it was kind of... neat? to see her as a long-haired, average wife type. She just seemed slightly well-adjusted for once.) Baltar weirded me the hell out, that whole scenario was such the typical drunk-with-power-and-now-everything-has-gone-to-shit dealie. A little too It's a Wonderful Life for me, honestly. (LOOK, HE HAS WHORES! OH THAT INCORRIGIBLE BALTAR.) Tigh down on New Caprica in his little hat was kind of adorable, particularly when he met up with Kara again. Heeeeeeeelo on Galactica! (whaaaaat happened to Sharon? Nooooobody knooooooooows.) (...any discussion surrounding Helo requires elongated vowels, didn't you know?) GAH, Gaeta working for Baltar! Oh, Gaeta. You and your little mancrush, look where it's gotten you. And, finally, most importantly, WHAT IN THE HELL HAPPENED TO LEE? AND HIS FACE AND HAIR AND GENERAL APPEARANCE? LEEEEEEEE? Obviously, this new rift with Kara (Rift v2.0?) has driven him to the bottle. And the ugly stick. And away from any sort of grooming. Or exercise. Oh, Lee. YOU FATTY. Dualla there with him on Pegasus seemed like some cheesy married couple running a business together. Eugh.
ONE YEAR??!??!
I have to say, when the Raiders were flying over New Caprica, i kind of... waved my hands in front of the tv at Baltar's face and said "HA HA, THIS IS WHAT YOU GET, MOTHERFUCKER." ......Literally. But it was so awesome and dramatic to see all the old crew (the old crew! from five minutes ago when it was a year previously!) looking up at the sky and generally being apocalyptic all over again. AWESOME. (the shots of Roslin in particular struck a chord with me. She used to be PRESIDENT! Sob.) Kara answering Tyrol with "the same thing we always do" reminded me solely of Pinky and the Brain, so i feel the actual last line of the episode should have been "TRY TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD."
That whole Kara/Anders/Lee scene was incredibly uncomfortable and awful and generally had me out of sorts for a long while. Kara was so drunk and flippant, it was very hurtful and i DID NOT LIKE IT. (although Kara's laugh is one of the awesomest things ever. Almost as awesome as the little scrunched up face she made when she and Adama greeted each other when she got back from Caprica.) BUT, Anders doesn't bother me quuuuuite as much as he did, simply because now the Kara/Anders relationship is built on slightly more than just two episodes. Now it's like... four! WATCH OUT KARA/LEE, IT'S GUNNING FOR YOUR EMOTIONAL RESONANCE.
I really enjoyed Al flat out admitting he was a cylon and then the "take me to your leader" line. HEE. (aww, and Laura's out-the-airlock routine. So cute.) And man, it was so cool to see Leoben again, even if it was only for 0.2 seconds! (i was excited when i saw Callum Keith Rennie's name in the guest credits, and then promptly got caught up in the episode and forgot. Ha.)
The nuclear explosion was fucked up. And... well, it's kind of pathetic how sad i am that Cloud Nine got destroyed. Because, guys! It's the only pretty place they had LEFT! Now all they have is shitty New Caprica, which is NOT the suburban paradise they signed up for, LET ME TELL YOU.
I was disappointed in Laura for cheating in the election, but glad that she gave it up... even though it led to a total shitstorm. But anyway, that scene between her and Bill was very nice. MOM AND DAD! PUT THE FAMILY BACK TOGETHER! And, while you're at it, give Gaius a fucking time-out.
It was fairly obvious that the Six at the end was Gaius's Six, wasn't it? Because that's what i was figuring. Jeeeeeez, Tricia Helfer sure can act with her FACE. :D
My thoughts on this episode are so disjointed, my brain just keeps going back to "ONE YEEEEEEEAR?!??!" That... was messed up. I'm glad i was unspoiled though- as much as it hurts my brain, it just wouldn't be the same without the immediate WTFery.
ONE. YEAR.
I'm so sad for Kara and Lee. SO SAD. I hope they get to go back to being pilots again. (man, weren't those GOOD TIMES?) Seeing Galactica nearly abandoned and out of commission was verrrry depressing.
Jesus, this show is so bleak. It just gets worse and worse as it goes on, and you really think things can't get any worse than they already are, but then... they do. It kind of sucks.
And now... now we get to wait until October. Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Let me tell you what will happen: i will finally adjust to the idea of MISSING ONE YEAR AND EVERYTHING BEING DIFFERENT, all that will sink in, and i'll be really used to not having any new BSG forever and i'll probably even forget just how much i love the show, and then, after an interminable hiatus, it will come back and... i'll be saying "WTF ONE YEAR?!?!?!??! THIS IS SO WEIRD. I CANNOT ADJUST TO THIS." GUARANTEED. I've been through scenarios just like this, i know how it works.
GODDAMN YOU, TELEVISION. You can never just have NORMAL mindfucks, can you? No no no, you have to cut out huge chunks of time and give Kara really long hair.
Also... robots.