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[kaynorr]

Orlando was less fun my second time through, but still enjoyable.  Would have been more so if not for the head cold I got on my second day there.

The dry heat of Las Vegas the week after was an excellent remedy, though.  It was my first trip to Sin City and I only scratched the surface; I'd love to go back with

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[lhn]

And my hope has been rekindled that Battlestar Galactica will not end in a retarded fashion.

I think my reaction may have been more or less opposite, but that may be affected by the fact that Romo is a character I can only take small doses of. (I'd also like to know what, other than knowing that the show only has so much time to wrap up, would cause the show's pet extremist to fold like an origami crane right on the cusp of achieving his life's ambition.)

[kaynorr]

Romo is endemic of that whole thread - the writers clearly enjoy using him, he doesn't mince words and pretty much lays it all out in the dialoge, and finally, he is incredibly incoherent and achieves none of the objectives the character needs to.

We get it, Lee is going to be President of the colonies (or, in the end, President of Earth). But it's being done in such a terrible way.

[lhn]

And it's just sad that a show that made its bones with genuine, no-easy-answers examination of the sources of political legitimacy, the price and value of democracy, and the the pros and cons of the rule of law versus the great man (or woman) theory is now aiming towards the acclamation of an effectively dynastic leader. And worse, seems to be framing it as the right thing to do. How wonderful that someone who's the intellectual heir of Zarek, the political heir of Roslin, and the natural heir of Adama can step unopposed into the presidency, pausing just long enough to do a little Oedipal rebellion against each to establish his bona fides. If we didn't have Lee, it might be necessary to actually see political leaders emerge out of the faceless population of the fleet, and who knows what they'd do

[lhn]

The thing of it is that Lee becoming President is an entirely legiimate endpoint for the show (being, as you point out, a synthesis of Roslin & Admiral Adama). However, it's the kind of thing where if that is your story arc, you need to have your act together since day one.

They starting laying the breadcrumbs for The New Political Lee around season three if memory serves, which is two seasons too late. It's a satisfying ending in many ways, but it really has to be earned. Anything less seems clumsy and blunt, as you've rightly noted.

[voxel]

Helo's the 5th Cylon. It explains his and Athena's baby.
It also explains Tigh and Caprica 6's baby.
And he's on the damaged basestar.

[kaynorr]

That's a really good theory. The only countervailing evidence is that Helo appears in the "Last Supper" promo ad, and Ron Moore has stated repeatedly that no one in that shot is the Fifth Cylon.

However, Ron also said we were done with this "Who's a cylon" bullshit after the 2nd season, so I'm not really taking the man at his word at this point.

[fengshui]

We'd love to meet you there with gracefuleigh and any other Chicagoans you could drag along. :)