Archive for the 'Politics/Government' Category
Wednesday, March 14th, 2007
Cavatar writes:
“The Chief has, even if he does not know it, found himself in a position of great opportunity. He is now the Union leader for EVERY working human left alive. He is also a part of the working military… Now I don’t know how long Roslin’s term is. If we assume that they use a [...]
Posted in Galen Tyrol (Chief), Laura Roslin, Politics/Government, Reader Theory | 38 Comments »
Monday, March 12th, 2007
I have thought a great deal of my recent underlying issues with President Roslin. The last few episodes I tend to look at her in a different light than I used to. I find everything she says suspect and I always find myself looking for a hidden meaning to her actions. Also being a bit mystified [...]
Posted in Admiral Cain, Gaius Baltar, Laura Roslin, Politics/Government, Tom Zarek, William Adama | 123 Comments »
Wednesday, February 14th, 2007
In the last podcast we lamented the sorry state of the civilian fleet in BSG — the fact that every time we hear about them they’re involved in some kind of mob-like behavior like rioting, selling each other’s children, or electing Baltar president.Â
Like Kay said in MIB, “A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, [...]
Posted in Politics/Government | 32 Comments »
Sunday, February 11th, 2007
We’ve talked about this numerous times in past podcasts, and a few listeners and readers have commented about it again recently: Laura Roslin has never actually been elected president.
She entered the presidency via the mass death of those ahead of her in the chain, and her second stint came about via a “back room deal” [...]
Posted in Laura Roslin, Politics/Government | 5 Comments »
Monday, October 30th, 2006
We’re always talking in the podcast about the kick-ass comments that our listeners post here at GWC.com. Damn, we’re lucky you take the time to send us all these great ideas!Â
I thought I’d take a minute and run down some of my personal favorites from the ones posted (or emailed) in the last few days:
On [...]
Posted in A. Dualla (Dee), Cylon Basestar, Cylon Raider, Heavy Raider, Laura Roslin, Lee Adama (Apollo), Mythology, Number Six, Politics/Government, Religion, Resurrection Ship | 11 Comments »
Wednesday, October 25th, 2006
There’s nothing at all wrong with the fact that we’ve all been totally geeking out over the last week or two, just breathing in the sweet air of sci-fi battle goodness. We could talk for an hour about the Galactica’s incredible arrival in Exodus, Pt. 2 — not to mention Pegasus’ save-the-day jump – but… Wait. We did [...]
Posted in Philosophy, Politics/Government | 5 Comments »
Sunday, October 22nd, 2006
We didn’t get a chance to spend nearly as much time on this in the last podcast as I’d have hoped, so I suspect it’ll pop up next time as well — but I couldn’t wait that long. What’s going to come of Tom Zarek?
I’ve always liked Tom more than I could really justify to [...]
Posted in Astral Queen, Ep. 103: Bastille Day, Ep. 113: Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part 2, Ep. 301: Occupation/Precipice, Ep. 302: Exodus, Part I, Ep. 303: Exodus, Part II, Jammer, Laura Roslin, Politics/Government, Tom Zarek | 11 Comments »
Sunday, October 8th, 2006
By writing this, I’m risking (again) becoming the target of numerous “keep your personal politics out of your podcast” emails, so if you’re firing up your mailer right now, hold on a second or two and read this post at least twice first. Agreed? OK — here goes…
Encarta defines allegory as “a work in which [...]
Posted in Gaius Baltar, Laura Roslin, Politics/Government, Saul Tigh | 1 Comment »
Sunday, October 8th, 2006
It’s hard to say whether the premiere episode(s) of Season 3 (Occupation/Precipice) have become too-obvious political statements about the real world, but this topic sparked a discussion at our BSG get-together Friday night.
One strong argument contends that the show’s emphasis on a war with blurred boundaries, an occupation whose support is faltering from within its own [...]
Posted in Ep. 301: Occupation/Precipice, Politics/Government | No Comments »
Sunday, October 8th, 2006
I mentioned in podcast #8 that at least four weddings between main characters have taken place off-screen since the fleet’s settlement on New Caprica: Starbuck and Anders, Chief Tyrol and Cally, Dee and Apollo, and…Helo and Sharon. In the Season 3 premiere episode Sharon is formally inducted into the fleet (again), given a uniform, and [...]
Posted in A. Dualla (Dee), Cally Henderson, Ep. 301: Occupation/Precipice, Karl Agathon (Helo), Lee Adama (Apollo), Marriage, Politics/Government, Samuel Anders, Sharon Valerii/No. 8, Starbuck | 4 Comments »
Thursday, September 28th, 2006
We’ll have another podcast out to you tomorrow with lots of discussion about webisode eight, but I couldn’t wait to weigh in with a few thoughts. First and foremost: What? Aaron’s sorry that they killed 10-or-so “innocent” humans in the temple? If he’s sorry about that “tragedy” he must be downright apologetic about murdering 20 [...]
Posted in Ep. 101: 33, Ep. 219: Lay Down Your Burdens, Part 1, Ep. 220: Lay Down Your Burdens, Part 2, New Caprica, Politics/Government, Saul Tigh, The Resistance | 3 Comments »
Thursday, September 21st, 2006
Today in the Podcast we came across an interesting topic. What are the limits in the war? Though I think Chuck will vehemently disagree with me on this, I am pro “kick cylon tail†by whatever means available. I don’t think mass attempted genocide with the follow-up of robbing reproductive organs of human women and [...]
Posted in Galen Tyrol (Chief), New Caprica, Politics/Government, Saul Tigh, The Resistance, Webisodes | 1 Comment »