Please check out Smut Junkies for the great Jim Connelly's review of "Someone to Watch Over Me." Here's the response I left earlier today:
"People of the Fleet: This is Lord Edzo, Imperious Leader.
"And a hearty heigh-ho to you, Jim. I read your summation ... , thanks, but I haven't read anyone's comments yet, so I'd just like to respond to some of your points, and add a few of my own.
"I don't have an HDTV, so I couldn't read the name on the last tube of Tauran toothpaste until the commercial auctioneers gave us a spot-on view: 'Felgercarb.' Finally, with only a handful of episodes left, [executive producers] Ron [Moore] and David [Eick] have given homage to the other curse word from TOS [the original series], which was never used as such in their reimagined series. I must admit, however, that I'd hate to have seen what color the toothpaste was.
"Curiously enough, I believe the original spelling of that curse was 'feldergarb' — at least, that's how Richard Hatch spelled it in his original BSG novels. It's possible that Dirk Benedict fouled up the pronunciation in TOS, but who cares? I like 'felgercarb' better anyway.
"Also, regarding the need for phones in the high-security brig: There's a metal mesh and a plate of glass between Boomer and Tyrol.
"Complementing the 'felgercarb' homage [are] the sweet (suite?), yet subtle, musical chords attributed to 'Nomion' and played by Slick — actually, they're by TOS composer Stu Phillips, and only heard at the very beginning of the pilot movie, 'Saga of a Star World.'
"Also interesting is Nomion's pronunciation, 'no-MAYAN' (a direct quote from the CC). It reminded me of Patrick MacNee's introductory dialogue from TOS, which postulated that the forefathers of the Mayans (among others) may have been composed of 'tribes of humans' from 'far across the universe.'
"Are Ron and David trying to tell us something here? You see, I originally thought that, in their reimagined BSG, Earth gets nuked in the year 2012, when the Mayan calendar ends. Just an observation … I don't know where to take it from there.
"Jim, I'm glad you caught Tigh's veiled reference to having seen a wide-eyed Liam postmortem. I didn't catch on until my second viewing of the episode, and I'd wager that many viewers thought Tigh was referring to Anders, whose eyes were open at the beginning of the show.
"The last 13 to 15 minutes of the final act are instantly classic and jaw-dropping, just the way I like my sci-fi. I was unprepared when the show quickly ramped up to its amazing ending, with Starbuck and Slick shifting into an up-tempo rendition of the Final-Four Cylons' 'wake-up song,' Boomer kidnapping Hera and deeply denting the Galactica, and Roslin and Tyrol collapsing.
"Jim, you've postulated that Boomer did, in fact, escape with Hera. I thought that, given the damage to her Raptor, it exploded when she jumped. Add to this Roslin's collapse, which I attributed to Hera's death, given that Hera's 'lifeblood' was [a] part of Roslin and had temporarily reversed her cancer. Thus were these two characters connected, and, thus, I also wonder whether Roslin is now dead.
"The coming attractions said, 'Losing Hera Was Just the Beginning.' I took that to mean she's dead. Perhaps I'm wrong.
"Jim, you also wondered whether Slick was an 'angel,' seen only by Starbuck. Similarly, Kara wondered whether she was now an angel, after having seen herself burned to a crisp. Is it just me and my silly, impossible dreams, or could this be setting up a finale involving TOS's 'Ship of Lights,' for which many fans have been pining? Probably not, but when I think of angels in BSG, I think of the Ship of Lights.
"So what's the connection among Starbuck, Hera and Roslin, and why aren't Baltar and Caprica Six also involved? We've yet to learn 'the secret of the Opera House.' Can we assume that Dreilide Thrace once played live in that same Opera House, or at least a re-creation of same?
"Jim, I didn't catch the name 'Helice' ('Helike' in Greek, referring to a city that sank). I thought it said 'Deluxe.' Again, no HDTV."
"And a hearty heigh-ho to you, Jim. I read your summation ... , thanks, but I haven't read anyone's comments yet, so I'd just like to respond to some of your points, and add a few of my own.
"I don't have an HDTV, so I couldn't read the name on the last tube of Tauran toothpaste until the commercial auctioneers gave us a spot-on view: 'Felgercarb.' Finally, with only a handful of episodes left, [executive producers] Ron [Moore] and David [Eick] have given homage to the other curse word from TOS [the original series], which was never used as such in their reimagined series. I must admit, however, that I'd hate to have seen what color the toothpaste was.
"Curiously enough, I believe the original spelling of that curse was 'feldergarb' — at least, that's how Richard Hatch spelled it in his original BSG novels. It's possible that Dirk Benedict fouled up the pronunciation in TOS, but who cares? I like 'felgercarb' better anyway.
"Also, regarding the need for phones in the high-security brig: There's a metal mesh and a plate of glass between Boomer and Tyrol.
"Complementing the 'felgercarb' homage [are] the sweet (suite?), yet subtle, musical chords attributed to 'Nomion' and played by Slick — actually, they're by TOS composer Stu Phillips, and only heard at the very beginning of the pilot movie, 'Saga of a Star World.'
"Also interesting is Nomion's pronunciation, 'no-MAYAN' (a direct quote from the CC). It reminded me of Patrick MacNee's introductory dialogue from TOS, which postulated that the forefathers of the Mayans (among others) may have been composed of 'tribes of humans' from 'far across the universe.'
"Are Ron and David trying to tell us something here? You see, I originally thought that, in their reimagined BSG, Earth gets nuked in the year 2012, when the Mayan calendar ends. Just an observation … I don't know where to take it from there.
"Jim, I'm glad you caught Tigh's veiled reference to having seen a wide-eyed Liam postmortem. I didn't catch on until my second viewing of the episode, and I'd wager that many viewers thought Tigh was referring to Anders, whose eyes were open at the beginning of the show.
"The last 13 to 15 minutes of the final act are instantly classic and jaw-dropping, just the way I like my sci-fi. I was unprepared when the show quickly ramped up to its amazing ending, with Starbuck and Slick shifting into an up-tempo rendition of the Final-Four Cylons' 'wake-up song,' Boomer kidnapping Hera and deeply denting the Galactica, and Roslin and Tyrol collapsing.
"Jim, you've postulated that Boomer did, in fact, escape with Hera. I thought that, given the damage to her Raptor, it exploded when she jumped. Add to this Roslin's collapse, which I attributed to Hera's death, given that Hera's 'lifeblood' was [a] part of Roslin and had temporarily reversed her cancer. Thus were these two characters connected, and, thus, I also wonder whether Roslin is now dead.
"The coming attractions said, 'Losing Hera Was Just the Beginning.' I took that to mean she's dead. Perhaps I'm wrong.
"Jim, you also wondered whether Slick was an 'angel,' seen only by Starbuck. Similarly, Kara wondered whether she was now an angel, after having seen herself burned to a crisp. Is it just me and my silly, impossible dreams, or could this be setting up a finale involving TOS's 'Ship of Lights,' for which many fans have been pining? Probably not, but when I think of angels in BSG, I think of the Ship of Lights.
"So what's the connection among Starbuck, Hera and Roslin, and why aren't Baltar and Caprica Six also involved? We've yet to learn 'the secret of the Opera House.' Can we assume that Dreilide Thrace once played live in that same Opera House, or at least a re-creation of same?
"Jim, I didn't catch the name 'Helice' ('Helike' in Greek, referring to a city that sank). I thought it said 'Deluxe.' Again, no HDTV."
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