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

[silent-bunny.livejournal.com]

I love this discussion, and I'm glad there are people who sympathize with Boomer. The girl never got a chance. I'm with everyone who's annoyed that the cylons complicit in the genocide get forgiveness and are allowed to roam around the ship, but Boomer who had nothing to do with it or any choice in shooting Adama is denied even a chance to defend herself.

Admittedly, I'm not a big fan of Athena, so I wasn't too upset with what Boomer did to her. Athena must have known that Boomer had no choice when she was programmed to shoot Adama, but she never said anything in Boomer's defense. She just outed Boomer to Tigh so he wouldn't let her on the ship and once again, Boomer gets rejected by Galactica.

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Admittedly, I'm not a big fan of Athena, so I wasn't too upset with what Boomer did to her. Athena must have known that Boomer had no choice when she was programmed to shoot Adama, but she never said anything in Boomer's defense. She just outed Boomer to Tigh so he wouldn't let her on the ship and once again, Boomer gets rejected by Galactica.

I think that Athena is all-too-aware that her happiness was always built on Boomer's bones -- Helo couldn't tell the difference between them when he slept with Boomer this episode and, in the deepest way, that makes sense because Boomer was the woman that he originally fell in love with -- he loved the Boomer that worked on Galactica and adored Tyrol. And Athena knows that, she knows that she was originally a copy of the woman that he loved, though I don't doubt that his love for Athena as she is now is true.