tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193336973762989227.post9109654506046217..comments2014-12-12T13:30:25.523-06:00Comments on JAEBM-2: Battlestar Galactica- "Daybreak, Pt. 2"Comrade Misfithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193336973762989227.post-1863997506009715402009-03-27T09:42:00.000-05:002009-03-27T09:42:00.000-05:00I would think that, as a method of suicide, that d...I would think that, as a method of suicide, that death by starvation would be particularly unpleasant. <BR/><BR/>They have knives and firearms, after all.Comrade Misfithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193336973762989227.post-21257107389039516582009-03-27T08:05:00.000-05:002009-03-27T08:05:00.000-05:00it was no so much. I do hate the omnipotent being...it was no so much. I do hate the omnipotent being<BR/>theme as being a way out. Making it a "let them try it again, hoping for a different result" sequence is the very definition of insanity.<BR/><BR/>Despite the bright sun and cheery we see at least the major characters going off to die, likely alone assuming they don't starve or encounter an ice age. Seemed fate is a alter for deja vu.<BR/><BR/>Reminded me way to much of "On the Beach" a <BR/>dark high school read where atomic war happens and people are doing the suicide thing as it's all too hopeless.<BR/><BR/>Feh!<BR/><BR/>Eck!Eck!https://www.blogger.com/profile/13890237094647111653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193336973762989227.post-45251590235412089332009-03-24T09:16:00.000-05:002009-03-24T09:16:00.000-05:00Hi Stephanie, I agree. The change of tone was wron...Hi Stephanie, I agree. The change of tone was wrong, especially when the quest for survival became in the end a quest for active or passive suicide -- don't forget that Admiral Adama went off on his own, which meant certain death. His response to all this was killing himself? Fuck that.<BR/><BR/>Most of all I didn't like the way the Hand of God was played so badly. It amounts to a stupid God who showed up only to aid the poor plotting skills of the authors. Don't know what to do about Kira? God. Don't know how to explain HeadSix or HeadGaius? God's angels.<BR/><BR/>This God was capable of doing all sorts of things except communicating clearly with His creatures and working out a solution to horrible problems that isn't in one way or another just as bad as the initial problems.<BR/><BR/>God? No, just an idiot with big toys. Or, rather, writers who couldn't plan ahead, and wound up creating an idiot god. Deus ex machina was considered bad playwriting in Greek times. Still is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193336973762989227.post-28222411734504687742009-03-23T11:57:00.000-05:002009-03-23T11:57:00.000-05:00So a bit of a mixed reaction then it would seem? J...So a bit of a mixed reaction then it would seem? Just thinking about it, I have to agree with you that the majority of people would probably starve to death! Posted a review myself over the weekend, do you agree with any of the points I've raised?<BR/><BR/>http://jamesjacob77.blogspot.com/2009/03/battlestar-galactica-daybreak-part-2.htmlAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04133730821145605125noreply@blogger.com