OT: Battlestar Alcoholica
Öjevind Lång
but marvel that the fleet has survived for so long. I can only conlcude that
the Cylons never really meant to destroy it. It's fighting personnel take
every chance to drink booze (which they seem to have infinite supplies of)
and reel about in a manner that would shock soccer hooligans. Really most
remarkable. If this behaviour were depicted as a sign of deteriorating
morale, I could understand, it, but it is presented as normal for fighting
men and women. Perhaps the Cylons took against mankind because they are
strict teetotallers? I haven't seen a drunk Cylon yet. Except Saul, the BG
ExO, and he didn't know he was a Cylon at the time.
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Noel Q. von Schneiffel
The truth is, of course, that they booze out of pure despair because
they don't know Tolkien. Without his sacred words, there is nothing
but booze to comfort them in the long, lonely nights. Nothing but
booze and Starbuck, to be precise; but she can't be everywhere at
once.
Indeed, the reason why they are looking for Earth is just because they
want to get access to Tolkien's writings. (The series plays before the
official e-books were published, so for copyright reasons they could
not just legally download them.)
Noel
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> The truth is, of course, that they booze out of pure despair because
they don't know Tolkien. Without his sacred words, there is nothing
but booze to comfort them in the long, lonely nights. Nothing but
booze and Starbuck, to be precise; but she can't be everywhere at
once.
> Indeed, the reason why they are looking for Earth is just because they
want to get access to Tolkien's writings. (The series plays before the
official e-books were published, so for copyright reasons they could
not just legally download them.)
Oh, but of course! Thank you, Noel! Yes, it all makes sense now. And Gaius
Baltar is actually a parody of Philip Pullman. Bred in mockery of him, so to
speak.
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Derek Broughton
> After having seen a lot of episodes of "Battlestar Galactica", I can't
> help but marvel that the fleet has survived for so long. I can only
> conlcude that the Cylons never really meant to destroy it.
I thought it was pretty clear that, in fact, some of the Cylons never _did_
want to destroy it.
> It's fighting
> personnel take every chance to drink booze (which they seem to have
> infinite supplies of)
They should - it's really the simplest biochemical process to master.
> and reel about in a manner that would shock soccer
> hooligans. Really most remarkable. If this behaviour were depicted as a
> sign of deteriorating morale, I could understand, it, but it is presented
> as normal for fighting men and women.
As in, say M*A*S*H or Catch-22, or just about every other story I've read
about military life. I'm sure real life is _nothing_ like that, but it's
not as if BG invented it.
> Perhaps the Cylons took against
> mankind because they are strict teetotallers? I haven't seen a drunk Cylon
> yet. Except Saul, the BG ExO, and he didn't know he was a Cylon at the
> time.
Come now - ignorance is no defence in the eyes of the law.
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derek
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> Öjevind Lång wrote:
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>> It's fighting
>> personnel take every chance to drink booze (which they seem to have
>> infinite supplies of)
>
> They should - it's really the simplest biochemical process to master.
Shouldn't they produce rocket fuel instead? Or perhaps they use the stuff as
rocket fuel as well?
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>> Perhaps the Cylons took against
>> mankind because they are strict teetotallers? I haven't seen a drunk
>> Cylon
>> yet. Except Saul, the BG ExO, and he didn't know he was a Cylon at the
>> time.
>
> Come now - ignorance is no defence in the eyes of the law.
In that case, Saul is doomed. Or at least, he'll have to do everything to
protect the fleet from the Cylons. Because if the Cylons capture the fleet,
they will execute him for drunkenness.
Öjevind
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