BSG spoiler, quickly

[rivkat]

What really annoys me about this storyline is that death is about the least special thing there is. Everyone dies. If Kara accepts that she has a special destiny, she should be expecting something other than death, but she behaves as if that's what it's about, a meaningless death that will devastate her colleagues (it's great that she's not afraid, but why should that matter?). I don't mind emotional manipulation. I mind self-contradiction.

Comments

[rivkat.livejournal.com]

I would be cool with that. I thought there really was a Cylon raider too. What I don't get is why Kara seems to be accepting death, rather than some prophetic destiny. When she and Lee talk about where they want their pictures to go, that's death talk, not "all this has happened before and will happen again."

[paigehunt.livejournal.com]

I agree... did you notice how she gave the figure Aurora to the Admiral (reminded me of how people give things away before committing suicide) The only thing that makes sense in the senseless is that Kara's self-worth was as a hotshot pilot and once that was comprimised (fear of being grounded) she may have preferred death to life.

What I want to know is why Lee wants to put his picture next to whoever and whathisface.... maybe to get as far away from Dee as possible...snerk....

[paigehunt.livejournal.com]

I have to amend my response after listening to Ron Moore's podcast this afternoon. The original script had Kara escaping death and returning to the fleet (a typical Kara-centric, exposition ep). Ron then thought that it would be audacious for the writers to take it all the way....i.e. her actual death. He said that the writers starting tossing around death ideas and he analogized it as a shark frenzy. They finally decided that although they might alienate some of the viewers, the shock value was worth it.

The podcast also included words from Ron's wife who tried to reassure us, saying something like "don't jump ship, Kara fans", so we'll see. Right now, I'm just annoyed at the total disregard of the fans.

[amonitrate.livejournal.com]

I dunno, I can see her preferring death to the destiny everyone keeps throwing her way. She's never been too keen on it.