thread: 2008-04-30 : Movies and TV
On 2008-05-04, Ron Edwards wrote:
About the Shield: I like every character in *some* way, different for each one, except for Vic Mackey. Him I despise. However, that's part of the point. I like the show because (to me) it's about whether justice exists - with him as the ultimate dodger. Can it finally get him? Can that be told, in a TV show, in a way doesn't rely on dumb coincidences?
About Battlestar Galactica: fascinatingly, I find myself disliking Admiral Adama and President Roselyn intensely. I especially like the secondary characters: Felix Gaeta, Sam, Calley, and others at that "rank" of character. The character I really want to see again is Scar.
Having just finished 3.0 last night, I was surprised at where I perceived the show's moral voice to arise, I mean, beyond the obvious in the climax of the final episode. I'm talking about during the course of the episodes. I found it in Helo, which isn't surprising (as pretty much the only character who made it through the New Caprica storyline without horrible trauma), and ... of all places ... Gaius Baltar! Cecilia and I were watching one episode and she turned to me and said, half-laughing and half-surprised, "I like Baltar!" (implied: again) And I did too, as much or more as I liked him in the first season.
