Back From the Dead, Thoughts on Last Night -- Spoilers
Zombie Elvis
So at long last this show returns...
Spoilers
So when last we saw Kara Thrace she had returned from the dead in a
surprisingly shiny Viper. Chief Tyrol confirms our suspicions, her
Viper is showroom new -- right down to the new car smell and the
pine-scented freshener hanging in the cockpit. Naturally, no one knows
what to make of this, Roslin is convinced that Starbuck is a Cylon,
Adama suspects that she's right but he's missed Kara and wishes that
he could believe she's the real deal, Lee, Sam, and Helo pretty much
welcome her back but are at a loss to explain her return.
My own personal theory is that Kara is not a Cylon. That would be far
too easy and obvious. I think that Ron Moore has borrowed a plot
device from his old job as a writer for Star Trek -- the transporter.
When Kara drove her Viper into the gas giant, she was diving right
into the middle of a giant storm. I believe that the storm wasn't a
natural one -- it was probably created by humans on their way either
to or from Earth as a means of transportation. Call it a transporter,
wormhole, or a stargate but the storm which "killed" Kara was a very
slick repackaging of a very old scifi trope. Instead of merely killing
her, the storm scrambled her molecules and transported them across
time and space to Earth. When she tried to return home, her molecules
were scrambled again and transported to the Ionian Nebula. Why the
Ionian Nebula? Probably because it was part of the route the travelers
who built the original storm were traveling.
While Kara comes back in a brand new Viper, I don't think that this is
a huge problem. Who after all, hasn't wondered about the implications
of the transporter on Star Trek? Incurable disease? Maybe we can
filter out through he transporter. I think that this is what the storm
did to Kara and her Viper, it destroyed them and recreated idealized
versions of them. It did essentially kill Kara and revive her in
another place. This must be a traumatic process which would explain
why this planet is abandoned and not a bustling hub for galactic
travelers.
Anyway that's my insane theory of why Kara came back.
--
"Yes, yes, this is a fertile land and we shall thrive. We will rule
over all this land and we will call it,...'This Land.'
I think we should call it your grave!
Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal.
Hah, hah, hah. Mine is an evil laugh."
-- Wash
Roberto Castillo
roberto...@ameritech.net
http://zombie-gulch.myminicity.com/
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