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Battlestar Galactica: The Plan

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Eoraptor1

SOH-CM-2022
Just watched Battlestar Galactica: The Plan. I’ll try not to say too much, other than that there are lots of edits, and recycled footage from the series, which I suppose was necessary. If you liked the series, it’s worth a rental. You’d be completely lost if you weren’t already very familiar with the series run. This movie places me firmly in my opinion that psychopathy was normative in pre-attack Cylons and empathy (at least towards humans) was considered dysfunctional. I’d have liked to have known more about their social structure. The main character in Michael Moorcock’s Elric of Melnibone books comes from a society where ruthlessness is the norm, and remorse is considered perverse.

The Brother Cavil character at one point refers to humans as "cockroaches" which is interesting, because that was the term used in radio propaganda during the Rwandan massacre back in the 90s. Also, Boomer being shot by Callie reminded me of Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack Ruby. I don’t know why I didn’t see it right away. The Cylons are full of felgercarb talking about "justice" because the Centurions are definitely second class citizens.

I’ll repeat myself just once more; I see the big difference in the Star Trek and Galactica reboots as being mainly one of their respective attitudes toward humanity. At its center, Star Trek more or less likes human beings; Galactica is always one heartbeat away from complete misanthropy. That’s how I see it. Discuss among yourselves.
　
JAMES
 
Panther_99FS said:
Crap - Did the mini-series start already :ques:
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The unrated DVD came out today. I borrowed it. I have to have it back Thursday. I've seen the feature twice, and am now watching special features. I'll want to watch the feature once more with the director's commentary.

JAMES
 
Sort of a collection of out takes in feel --
mostly back story on the bots . . .
was interesting if you were into the series --
but slow and not very filling.
 
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