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:RDM mentions both in the podcast. Listen carefully. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 01:53, 11 Aug 2005 (EDT) | :RDM mentions both in the podcast. Listen carefully. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 01:53, 11 Aug 2005 (EDT) | ||
:: Frak! Peter beat me to it... :-) It's not my comparison. It is Toni Graphia's (the writer for this episode). Here the link: [http://www.greatlink.org/dcisV2.asp?url=http://www.greatlink.org/shownewsitem.asp?item=4678 The Great Link]. (This is where the first mention came up.) | |||
:: Also, it is a situation ''similar'' to the Kent State shootings -- as well as the Boston "Massacre". It's really a combination of both. Whether it is liked or not, Battlestar is allegory for our times (as well as an introspective to what happened in history). It does, in my humble opinion, what Star Trek has failed to do since ''The Next Generation'' aired. | |||
:: BTW, you could have simply used Google to research and verify the claim -- the link I provided came up on the search as well. Just FYI. :-) As for the Jack Ruby parallel, I believe it to be quite valid. Remember, there are many references to current (or historic) times. Heck, see the [[Talk:Cami]] page for an example of a parallel to American politics that was overlooked. Who would have thought? -- [[User:Joe.Beaudoin|Joe Beaudoin]] 02:01, 11 Aug 2005 (EDT) | |||
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You know, we already know a lot about the Colonial Fleet (obviously). I'm personally hoping that RDM might use this episode to go into the Colonial Army (which seems the obvious nucleus of any resistance forces). But then again, that's just me. Kuralyov 22:44, 21 Apr 2005 (EDT)
Boomer Death[edit]
Additional sources have said that it is the Galactica Boomer, not the Caprica one, that dies. link Kuralyov 20:45, 28 Apr 2005 (EDT)
- You know, I get that feeling that Grace Park still has a lot of life (lives?:) left in her with this show. Let's hope, somehow, that Boomer's humanity reveals itself one more time in the process of saving a former crewmate as she bites the Big One. Her psyche, however manufactured, is tortured, and I think she'd prefer to die as a human, not as a Cylon. Spencerian 17:51, 4 Aug 2005 (EDT)
Kent State Shootings?[edit]
How could you possibly compare the shooting over coffee of 4 people to the shooting of 4 students at Kent State for protesting the Vietnam War? Aside from the fact that 4 people died in both, the reason they happened isn't in ANY WAY THE SAME. Did they mention this in the podcast or something? If you cannot cite a source, this should be removed.
At the same time, I'm a little iffy on the whole Jack Ruby parallel, but I'll let it stay as it isn't as glaringly wrong.
- RDM mentions both in the podcast. Listen carefully. --Peter Farago 01:53, 11 Aug 2005 (EDT)
- Frak! Peter beat me to it... :-) It's not my comparison. It is Toni Graphia's (the writer for this episode). Here the link: The Great Link. (This is where the first mention came up.)
- Also, it is a situation similar to the Kent State shootings -- as well as the Boston "Massacre". It's really a combination of both. Whether it is liked or not, Battlestar is allegory for our times (as well as an introspective to what happened in history). It does, in my humble opinion, what Star Trek has failed to do since The Next Generation aired.
- BTW, you could have simply used Google to research and verify the claim -- the link I provided came up on the search as well. Just FYI. :-) As for the Jack Ruby parallel, I believe it to be quite valid. Remember, there are many references to current (or historic) times. Heck, see the Talk:Cami page for an example of a parallel to American politics that was overlooked. Who would have thought? -- Joe Beaudoin 02:01, 11 Aug 2005 (EDT)