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Did anyone else watch BSG: Razor in the theaters? (Major $$$!!!)
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by HerbShrump: [QB] Well I liked it. Yes, we were already told about the events but I happened to like seeing them. One of my complaints about the BSG Mini/Pilot was the fact that we were told more about the destruction of the colonies than we actually saw. Television is a visual medium. Show us, don't tell us. I didn't notice all the parallels between Cain/Pegasus and Adama + Co. /Galactica and Fleet until I was reading another DB. I really liked the parallels and how the different commanders reacted to the same situations. Adama and Cain both retreated from the attack on the colonies. Both decided to fight for their survival. Both gave rousing speeches that the crew echoed with "So say we all!" Roslyn and Lee had to strand several colonist with inoperative (or lacking) FTL drives. They saved who they could and left the rest to die. Cain and the Pegasus stranded several colonists after stripping them of key personnel and FTL drives/parts. Adama ordered Lee to fire on and destroy the Olympic Carrier and all of its crew because of suspicion they may have been Cylons. Tigh led a marine massacre on the Gideon. Cain's new XO Frisk and Shaw led a marine massacre on a civilian transport. Adama and Cain were both betrayed by a Cylon sleeper agent posing as one of the crew. Is Adama a bad leader? Is he too soft? I'll grant you he's made some decisions I disagree with (such as keeping Tigh as XO) but he doesn't really have many options. He's alone in a difficult position with the weight of the entire human civilization on his shoulders. He's had Roslyn at his side to help him carry this burden though. Even without Roslyn I doubt Adama would have made the same decisions Cain did. Cain was too haughty, too full of herself. Cain placed her own superiority above the lives of everyone else. Cain forgot that she swore an oath to protect and defend the colonies against hostile aggression. Instead she felt that SHE and the Pegasus were the colonies. When they found the Galactica SHE told Adama "Welcome back to the Colonial Fleet" as if he was the one that was lost. Cain refused to follow the orders of the duly elected president of the Colonies, her Commander in Chief. I used to work for a man that watched BSG. His name was Bill and he kinda liked the fact that Adama was named Bill. Let me tell you, I'd much rather have followed Bill Adama than the Bill I worked for. Think what you will about Adama and his shortcomings but just remember there is worse out there. A lot worse. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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