Is it just me, or is it weird to hear, “They killed civilians, women and children,” on a sci-fi show?
That really stuck out. Particularly since Ivanova said it.
This sets up an interesting conflict where both sides really, really don’t want to kill each other, but have to, and there’s as much verbal volleying as shooting as Sheridan tries to convince the various ships to mutiny. It’s rather tense and wonderfully done. And it works—most ships stay neutral or join Sheridan’s side, but enough get blown up that the human cost seems quite real.
Yup. By this point, you know that almost every government in the show has a coup, revolution or civil war of some kind.
They should have shot these sequences in black and white. Lise even gets femme fatale hair. Okay, I now officially like this plotline. I’m cheap like the shabby stockings of a two-dollar whore in an empty hotel bar on a Tuesday night. ... At any rate, I am vastly pleased with this turn of events, as it’s obviously going in rather dark directions. It’s less of an epic war than the Shadow arc, but it’s got betrayal, corrupt governments, and evil corporations, so sign me right up.
I knew you would - particularly the part where Edgars boasts that the big corporations have essentially always run things. Awesome exposition - almost as good as the one that follows with Bester. Back-to-back monologs. This is why I liked this plot line.
And you get your B&W scene when Bester finds out what Garibaldi knows. The Psi Cop in charge of programming Garibaldi in the B&W flashback was Harlan Ellison, BTW.
When the interrogator asked Sheridan if he’d been interrogated before and by whom, I was a wee bit disappointed that he wasn’t like, “JACK THE RIPPER, BITCH. And he dressed better.”
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Date: 2012-04-13 01:18 am (UTC)That really stuck out. Particularly since Ivanova said it.
This sets up an interesting conflict where both sides really, really don’t want to kill each other, but have to, and there’s as much verbal volleying as shooting as Sheridan tries to convince the various ships to mutiny. It’s rather tense and wonderfully done. And it works—most ships stay neutral or join Sheridan’s side, but enough get blown up that the human cost seems quite real.
Yup. By this point, you know that almost every government in the show has a coup, revolution or civil war of some kind.
They should have shot these sequences in black and white. Lise even gets femme fatale hair. Okay, I now officially like this plotline. I’m cheap like the shabby stockings of a two-dollar whore in an empty hotel bar on a Tuesday night. ... At any rate, I am vastly pleased with this turn of events, as it’s obviously going in rather dark directions. It’s less of an epic war than the Shadow arc, but it’s got betrayal, corrupt governments, and evil corporations, so sign me right up.
I knew you would - particularly the part where Edgars boasts that the big corporations have essentially always run things. Awesome exposition - almost as good as the one that follows with Bester. Back-to-back monologs. This is why I liked this plot line.
And you get your B&W scene when Bester finds out what Garibaldi knows. The Psi Cop in charge of programming Garibaldi in the B&W flashback was Harlan Ellison, BTW.
When the interrogator asked Sheridan if he’d been interrogated before and by whom, I was a wee bit disappointed that he wasn’t like, “JACK THE RIPPER, BITCH. And he dressed better.”
ME TOO!