Comments | raphbearish: Battlestar Galactica

raphbearish

Battlestar Galactica

Oct 19, 2006 13:00

So there's one major writer flaw I'm dealing with about this show. The cylons see murder as a sin in the eyes of their God, which is why they forced Gaius to sign the execution form at gunpoint. I'm pretty sure this was covered in an episode before and if so, then I've forgotten the reasoning ( Read more... )

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silentmarc October 19 2006, 17:12:46 UTC

I sooo sketchy on this show, but do the Cylons consider killing humans to be the same as murder? Is their morality something like "Cylons cannot kill Cylons, and the fact that Humans will kill Humans makes them inferiour, disgusting, and sinful."?

timsimms October 19 2006, 17:13:05 UTC

That was the whole point Caprica Six and Sharon made in the episode Downloaded at the end of season 2.5...that everything they were doing could be considered a sin, and heaven forbid they step back and consider their actions for a moment. That's what led to the end of the occupation on the original Caprica. I think the point the writers are trying to make is that the cylons are more human in their qualities than they'd like to admit, trying to bargain things off and trying to take short cuts (a-la Baltar authorizing the executions). There's supposed to be another cylon-centered episode this season that delves deeper into the cylon hierarchy to give a glimpse at exactly why they do and think what they do...

ex_nomoresci293 October 19 2006, 18:40:12 UTC

Why do I even have a journal anymore? Your comment is exactly what I would've said if you didn't already say it.

*chuckles*

But the only thing I'd change is that there's going to be more than one Cylon-centric episode this season, which makes me giddy. They're not working as a collective unit anymore and that's creating a lot of upset.

raphbearish October 19 2006, 19:26:22 UTC

I need to see more cylon models. We're up to, what, 7 now?

ex_nomoresci293 October 19 2006, 19:41:58 UTC

Yup! We have seen 7. The last 5 won't be revealed for a while. They're sort of 'away' working on a 'secret mission'. I haven't been able to find ANY spoilers about it... and you KNOW I've tried!

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(I found you in my /friendsfriends list) tolkiencub October 19 2006, 17:47:54 UTC

Hiya. :)

Anyway: I see this as - as a species, the Cylons are less than 50 years old. They have no cultural history, no tradition of internal debate about issues - in fact, they hardly have a society to debate *in*.

There's evidence in Season 3 that all copies of a single model communicate amongst themselves and reach "consensus", that representatives pass along to the other models. (Which doesn't answer what's up with Caprica!Six and Sharon Agathon!Boomer...anyway...)

So there are only 13 "members of society" to discuss things with.

I'm not surprised there are huge, gaping, deadly flaws in their behavioral logic.

I'm delighted they're not infallable, personally. :)

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raphbearish October 19 2006, 19:20:44 UTC

Looks like some of mom and dad's preaching did teach me something.

Does that scare you a slight bit? ;)

The bit about murder for personal gains is what has me a bit confused if you focus on the moment they put Gaius to gunpoint. If they pulled the trigger, murder would've been committed. Certainly blackmail was already being used right there. Though you're right in that they'd have found some excuse to pass it off to get what they want anyway.