I watched it last night with some friends and just want to say on record that I loved it from beginning to almost the very very end when the robot dance montage started. But even that was a forgivable indulgence.<div><br>
</div><div>I agree with Jeff's take on Cavil's motives in his last scenes. While expressly an atheist character, who, like Baltar, manipulated the beliefs of others, I thought that he convincingly had a moment of doubt there with Gaius talking to him. But that doesn't really matter, as the offer of resurrection technology is what convinced him anyway. The suicide made sense--he was probably about to die anyway and his life was, in his own mind, worthless without Hera, so he ended it on his own terms. Of course, I wanted worse things for him because I hated him, but in a way committing suicide over one's metaphysical despair is as bad as it gets.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I think there's still some mystery about Starbuck. Unlike the angels, she wasn't aware of her nature until the end, and it's got to be more complex than just "eidolon." That only explains her corpse and disappearance, not her knowledge of the song. As for Harbinger of Death status, there's any number of plausible meanings to it--one of which is just that she's a harbinger sent from the realm of the dead.<br>
<div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 6:32 AM, Jeremy Francis <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:francisj@iinet.net.au">francisj@iinet.net.au</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">The head angels were actually inter-dimensional insects? But of
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<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">> Jeremy Francis wrote:<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
> > I doubt they'll have an easier time of it. Again, I think you
underestimate<br>
> > the power of a centralised population, and overestimate how plentiful<br>
> > sustenance will be. They will have a HARDER time of it on Earth than
they<br>
> > did on New Caprica, and New Caprica forced privation on the populace.<br>
> <br>
> I agree that it would be easier all in one place, network effects and <br>
> all that, and if they were serious about natural disasters they'd have <br>
> landed a couple of ships to use for shelters and/or emergency <br>
> evacuation. But it's not fair to say the ending is logistically dumb <br>
> when the ubiquitous cigarettes and good grooming would imply they had <br>
> entire ships full of cigarettes and hair-care products along for the <br>
> ride all along.<br>
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Given that Wolfe was writing all this, I think we need to consider more complex
interpretations.</div></div></span></p><div><div></div><div class="h5">
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