Re: Galactica 2003

At 3:01 PM -0500 12/12/03, Imre A. Szabo wrote:
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>He's almost as bad as the orginal Baltar.  The original Baltar sold out
the
>colonies except his own (according to the deal he made, but not the
deal the
>Cylons altered it to...).  Why?  Lust for power, uncontrolled ambition,
>status (he would be the human leader under the Cylons), and greed.  The
new
>Baltar sold out the defense network for sex, lust power, uncontrolled
>ambition, status, and greed.  The new Baltar is a bit more naive then
the
>original (he didn't realize he was dealing with the Cylons and assumed
the
>laws he broke wouldn't do anything worse then give unfair competition
to a
>company).

Difference being that the latter thought he was selling out a bit of 
corporate advantage and not to the Cylons. The former knew he was 
selling out to the toaster people.

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>>  >Again, let me reiterate, I had no problem with the
>>  >concept of his seduction by the cylon.  What bothered
>>  >me was the hamfisted way the kept beating us over the
>>  >head with it in every other scene, just to make sure
>>  >we knew how important a plot point it was.
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>Well, the original BSG kept beating us over the head with incompetent
and
>corrupt poloticians...  Personal I'd rather be beat over the head by
>beautiful Cyclon then Sire Yuri...

Was this the "why don't we make peace with the Cylons" crowd?
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