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== Analysis == | == Analysis == | ||
* | * ''The Gun on Ice Planet Zero'' is another episode of Battlestar Galactica that borrows from other Hollywood productions. In particular 1961's ''The Guns of Navarone'' [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054953/] starring Gregory Peck and the Rock Hudson classic ''Ice Station Zebra'' [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063121/] which was released in 1968. Both these movies involve teams of military men accomplishing difficult missions - in the first story to capture a large gun manned by Germans on a Greek island, and the second to rescue a crew from a weather station high in the arctic. In ''The Gun on Ice Planet Zero,'' both elements are combined, a team must infiltrate an enemy outpost on the ice planet 'Arcta' to capture a large gun manned by Cylons. The final element of the show, the use of prisoners to accomplish the task, is also a well known plot device, but was perhaps best depicted in the 1967 [[w:World War II|World War II]] classic ''The Dirty Dozen.'' | ||
* This is an episode with new effects and a broad scope that is involving and action filled. With the possible exception of some of the longer segments where the heroes are slogging through the snow, the story moves along at a good pace, and a real sense of tension is built up. | * This is an episode with new effects and a broad scope that is involving and action filled. With the possible exception of some of the longer segments where the heroes are slogging through the snow, the story moves along at a good pace, and a real sense of tension is built up. | ||
* The character of | * The character of [[Ravashol|Dr. Ravashol]] and the relationship he has with the clones he created is an interesting one. Instead of being governed by a [[w:god complex|god complex]], he seems to have a benign neglect for the clones, and his lack of concern for the uses the [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylons]] have put his laser to suggests an absent minded professor who loves to tinker, as opposed to a person who thinks more deeply about the uses of his creations. In this way, Dr. Ravashol is a scientific genius that seems to work totally against the usual type in science fiction. Although his laser is ultimately destroyed, he seems to have no fear of the technology itself, or even of the Cylons who are the best example of technology gone amuck in the series. | ||
* Perhaps due to the casting choices, or perhaps because of some long lost backstory, the society of clones has an almost Scandinavian feel, and the expressions of pacifism and egalitarianism actually resonate. | * Perhaps due to the casting choices, or perhaps because of some long lost backstory, the society of clones has an almost Scandinavian feel, and the expressions of pacifism and egalitarianism actually resonate. | ||
* The episode showcases excellent model work. The crash sequences of the shuttle and of the {{TOS|Viper}} remain some of the best effects work in the Original Series. | * The episode showcases excellent model work. The crash sequences of the shuttle and of the {{TOS|Viper}} remain some of the best effects work in the Original Series. | ||