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

[nicole-anell.livejournal.com]

Am I the only person not hating Boomer right now?
Um, probably? *g*

I want to like Boomer, I really do, but they're writing her pretty black-hat evil at the moment. :( I think she was sincere at the end saying goodbye/subtly apologizing to Chief. And I think she's had the worst life ever, and frankly it's hard to say she's ever been given a chance to turn it around and be accepted by the 'good guys' again -- this episode showed that everybody STILL hates her and wants her dead, even Ellen won't stand up for her, so what are her options really? That said, yikes.

(P.S. Holy crap I need your flist instead of my flist. All my BSG friends want to talk about is how hooooorrible the show is every week. I forgot what it was like to see people being enthusiastic about it. ETA: Okay, that's a little unfair, I have some happy people, but still. The negative makes me sad.)

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

You should check out my flist! A lot of people on there are so happy. I'm pretty happy, too, at the moment, but I'm pretty sure it's for completely different reasons (I'm the lone girl in the corner swooning over the Chief/Boomer kiss).

But yes, I'm not sure that I think Boomer has any good options, just less awful ones. As you said, Galactica (with the exception of Tyrol) still hated her and wanted her dead, despite being able to work right next to cylons that were part of the initial genocide of the Colonies (include Caprica, who snapped a baby's neck in the miniseries).

I can't see her as a black-hat because... a black-hat would have killed Athena, not beat her up. A black-hat wouldn't have been so uncomfortable and edgy about the idea of sleeping with Helo to throw him off the trail. A black-hat wouldn't have asked Tyrol to come with her. A very dark grey hat is where I'm living.

[nicole-anell.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it bothers me that Boomer is the *one Cylon* they're eager to get rid of, when she's the one who had the least control over anything she did to them in the past. And now that attitude looks totally justified because of her sneaky destructive behavior. Self-fulfilling prophecy, you know? >:(

Still, it was pretty indefensible. Yeah she didn't do it with a mustache-twirling song and dance, but I'm not giving her bonus points for not killing Athena. Ripping everything she cares about away from her, she might as well have.

A very dark grey hat is where I'm living.
Hee. I'll go with that. I still want last-minute redemption! And already I can feel my maligned-female-character love kicking in as more people break out the sexist insults talking about her. (Omg, it *was* Helo who initiated the sex. It's not like she went looking for him to twist the knife deeper. It seemed to me like she went along with it so she wouldn't blow her cover, although she did enjoy it.)

I really, *really* wanted Tyrol to go with her. That would've been interesting.

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it bothers me that Boomer is the *one Cylon* they're eager to get rid of, when she's the one who had the least control over anything she did to them in the past. And now that attitude looks totally justified because of her sneaky destructive behavior. Self-fulfilling prophecy, you know? >:(

Exactly! Caprica was right next to her in the Occupation of New Caprica, plus was actually aware of what she was doing back in the beginning when the world went 'boom' and she gets cuddles and sympathy (not that I'm arguing for worse treatment for Caprica, as I quite like her, too). But it really does illustrate that Adama only cares about personal offenses. Blowing up the colonies is something he can forgive, no matter how many people died. Betrayal (even unwitting betrayal) of himself is unforgivable.

I'm not going to try to argue that Boomer's choices were good -- I agree that they completely sucked. I'm just not sure that she had any good choices. The Chief was certain (and I have to agree) that whatever trial Boomer got wasn't going to be fair -- Ellen, who was so concerned with Boomer's soul when her own ass was in trouble, pretty much wiped her hands clean of the affair once they were safely on Galactica.

If I was in enemy territory, with one friend at my back and hundreds/thousands of enemies, I probably would make really bad choices, too.

She could have tried doing what the Chief thought she was -- escaping on her own -- but I'm not sure how far she would have gotten without the 'Hera' bargaining chip. Without Hera on board, the fleet would have had no problems with shooting her down.

And already I can feel my maligned-female-character love kicking in as more people break out the sexist insults talking about her. (Omg, it *was* Helo who initiated the sex. It's not like she went looking for him to twist the knife deeper. It seemed to me like she went along with it so she wouldn't blow her cover, although she did enjoy it.)

It really was Helo who started things! And, you know, Helo's hot and I'm sure that he knew what he was doing, so it makes sense that, once they got into it, she enjoyed it (if nothing else, she really did need him to believe that she was into it).

[lookatmoiye7.livejournal.com]

I'm the lone girl in the corner swooning over the Chief/Boomer kiss.

YANA. BECAUSE OMG. *bounces* Even though it did lead to more heartache and betrayal for everyone...

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

They have had no kissing since S1. I was starved!

[aryas_zehral]

(I totally grinned at the Chief/Boomer kiss, even though I was fairly certain what was in the box)

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

It was such a lovely kiss, too, breaking into the projection world and everything.