Brief reactions to Friday TV: BSG, Sarah Connor, Dollhouse

[butterfly]

Battlestar Galactica

So.

*glances around flist*

Am I the only person not hating Boomer right now?

Sarah Connor

Hmm. I need to watch that one again. Also, Sarah really adores her kid, doesn't she? It's even more obvious in her dreams than in real life. I love their relationship so much. The only fic that I really want to read in SCC is gen Sarah & John fic that deals with their relationship.

Dollhouse

Okay, I was really enjoying the show before tonight, but with the look between Echo and Sierra at the end there, I'm seriously fangirling in a major way (not only does Echo remember that she and Sierra are friends, she's aware that it might be dangerous to be too open about it!). I loved the episode as a whole -- the issues that Rayna was dealing with are just the sort of thing I was hoping for when I heard about this show. Identity and what the world expects of women and how we can deal.

So, you know. Awesome.

Also, I loved the Victor reveal.

Comments

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

I don't hate Boomer. I'm thinking that she did intend to join the good guys, and then the good guys wanted to kill her, so she needed a new plan.

They didn't even give her a chance. All of those cylons helped kill millions/billions and they're allowed to redeem themselves, but the humans will sign away Boomer's life (because, yeah, I'm with the Chief in thinking that the only verdict that would have ever come out of that trial would be 'guilty').

I mean, the choices that Boomer made were horrible, but she didn't have any good options.

[aryas_zehral]

She's like Faith in Buffyverse. Faith pays for her sins, voluntarily goes off to prison, clearly feels remose, tries to stay good and still, she's just not as good or worthy or whatever as Buffy. And is repeatedly reminded of it, even in the comics. *tired BTVS Faithy grumble* I wonder what it is about certain characters that writers just decide, "yeah. everything bad can just happen to them. noone will ever give them a chance, not really. basically, no matter what they do, they're fucked"?