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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Reverend: [QB] [QUOTE]One possible plot hole: If the engineer-commander-dude was not a people-person and liked to run things like machines, then why wasn't he doing his job and obeying orders?[/QUOTE]He's an engineer, they tend to think they're right most of the time. Soldiers obey orders, engineers tend to go with what they know...or in this case think they know. He [i]knew[/i] Thrace and her theory was full of it and he [i]knew[/i] Adama was wrong, hence the disobedience. [QUOTE]How about those heavy cannons mounted on the Pegasus bow? It helps explain in part how the battle went so well in "Resurrection Ship", since it means that the battlestars have the sheer kinetic firepower to leave the Cylon capital ships seriously hurting, assuming the battlestars can survive the long-range pounding. I also would assume that the Galactica used to have such weapons, but that they were removed as part of the pre-decommissioning process.[/QUOTE]Or they're still there but they didn't have any of the heavy ordinance ammo for them until Pegasus showed up. I can't say for sure but I think Galactica was indeed throwing high calibre rounds during the Ressurection Ship assault. Also I got the impression that they mostly picked up the anti-fighter flak rounds at Ragnar. We know they have nukes, but it's been made clear they don't have many to spare, certainly not enough to throw at every Basestar that jumps in front of them. [QUOTE]Once again, Richard Hatch gets a very short scene, but a very important role. He needs to have a little chat with Dirk Benedict some time...[/QUOTE]From what I've read it looks like Benedict is persona non grata, at least as far as his successor is concerned. Apparently he said some unkind things about the new show and Katee Sackhoff in particular. Don't know what was said, but apparantly Sackhoff wasn't terribly flattered. [QUOTE]Finally, the question of "right to life" versus "freedom to choose"... It figures that Baltar would choose the totally selfish side. And I think that's the best way to sum it up in the circumstances that the Colonials are in � it's simply selfish to choose an abortion, considering the needs of Humanity as a whole. Assuming Baltar was right � the Human race will die out within 18 years � then babies must be protected at nearly all costs. Collective survival is far too big of a concern to worry about individual rights. Certainly, the need for collective survival can't be taken as a carte blanche for trampling any and all rights, but in this case, I'd say that the benefits are solid and obvious.[/QUOTE]Sticky subject, at least I gather it's a sticky one over in the states which is probably why the writers included it in the show. In the very unique situation that is the Rag-tag fleet, the more births the greater the chances of humanity's continued existence, which is oddly opposite to our terrestrial situation where the problem is over population. Anyway, I can see that any enforced law concerning birth control has to walk a very fine line between the needs of the population at large and the rights of the individual. Lest they stray into the sort of thing we saw in "The Farm" or the equally disturbing idea of eugenics and arranged genetic pairings. On the one hand, yes in this fictional situation it's probably a good idea to ban abortion on anything other than medical grounds (although that's a sticky grey area all by itself) that should be balanced by a legislated support system to protect girls like the one featured in this episode. For starters if she's under genuine threat (we never did find out what her family is liable to do to her) there should be a mechanism to relocate her within the fleet and secondly, if the mother truly is unwilling then there has to be a competent adoption system in place. Of course if humanity does survive there's always the danger of overpopulation, which is just as threatening when there's only so much living space on board the ships and only so much food and water. Without know the exact figures it's hard to know what's more of a likely hood given the inherent death toll of a mobile population in a constant state of war with an outside force. There's the natural birth and death rates to consider; are there allot of old people in the fleet? How many children die due to lack of medical assistance? Is there a problem with sterility on ships with poor reactor containment or inadequate or damaged shielding from interstellar radiation? I think we'd have trust Baltar's assessment (assuming he wasn't bullshiting Laura to drive her to a decision opposite to the stance he intended to make.) [/QB][/QUOTE]
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