OMG! The pretty pictures! I was reading this and I have all these thoughts running through my head and I feel like I'll miss something.
I agree, the cast looked so young and naive and innocent in the mini. It kind of worked at the end because they were all ragged and worn out from the war, the effects of it showed.
I've told this tale many times but the brig scene was my first introduction to BSG and pilots. You see them and you wonder, who are these people, their is love there but also conflict and hesitancy but why? And then they mention Zak and all the pieces fall into place so quickly. How these two are meant to be together but how can she marry her dead fiance's brother and how can he marry his baby brother's girl? Stuck at the crossroads from the beginning.
Kara has a way of catching your eye. She has that presence about her and I noticed that when I watched the mini. No matter how broken she was, she was always so alive to others. And then our boy Lee, could be play the role a stuck up little rich kid any better. He came off that viper and was already pissed. He didn't want to be there but we didn't know why, even with his father he was cold and then we knew. He blamed his father for Zak's death. So much heartbreak between these two people and the worlds haven't even ended yet.
I always Lee and Roslin's relationship, he advised her and was her confidant but he never went against his beliefs. Lee never changed his beliefs for anyone else, well except Kara but then everything got thrown out the window when it came to her.
My other favorite scene from the mini is when Kara is saving Lee. We learn that no matter what happened or will happen between these people, they will ALWAYS have each other's back. NO MATTER WHAT. Even while facing death, the banter was there.
Is it wrong that the prayer that Kara was saying I know by heart and I've only seen the mini once? During that scene and when Lee comes back, we get to see the depth of their feelings for each other. What shouldn't be, already is but it's wrong so they are stuck at CAG and his best hot shot pilot.
I didn't watch the mini again but I can't see how knowing their backstory it would change my view. That backstory didn't reflect anything those two have done the four years we knew them. The backstory doesn't fit with the rest of their story. The story of four years can't be changed by a backstory of 5 minutes that didn't make sense anyways.
As far as perception, I can't say it changed much as far as the pilots. The finale really did a 180 on the pilots' characters but it changed my perception of Adama and Roslin. Those two were the leader, the two people who had to make the tough decisions and in the end they became whiny and gave up. I hated that something that drastic happened to two people who had managed to over come their own personal differences to protect the fleet. I wouldn't have minded if Lee stayed the Prez and Kara became Admiral. I guess I can dream!
The mini will always be one of favorite BSG episodes ever.
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Date: 2009-07-06 03:15 am (UTC)Tell me, honestly he is a shipper, right?:)
OMG! The pretty pictures! I was reading this and I have all these thoughts running through my head and I feel like I'll miss something.
I agree, the cast looked so young and naive and innocent in the mini. It kind of worked at the end because they were all ragged and worn out from the war, the effects of it showed.
I've told this tale many times but the brig scene was my first introduction to BSG and pilots. You see them and you wonder, who are these people, their is love there but also conflict and hesitancy but why? And then they mention Zak and all the pieces fall into place so quickly. How these two are meant to be together but how can she marry her dead fiance's brother and how can he marry his baby brother's girl? Stuck at the crossroads from the beginning.
Kara has a way of catching your eye. She has that presence about her and I noticed that when I watched the mini. No matter how broken she was, she was always so alive to others. And then our boy Lee, could be play the role a stuck up little rich kid any better. He came off that viper and was already pissed. He didn't want to be there but we didn't know why, even with his father he was cold and then we knew. He blamed his father for Zak's death. So much heartbreak between these two people and the worlds haven't even ended yet.
I always Lee and Roslin's relationship, he advised her and was her confidant but he never went against his beliefs. Lee never changed his beliefs for anyone else, well except Kara but then everything got thrown out the window when it came to her.
My other favorite scene from the mini is when Kara is saving Lee. We learn that no matter what happened or will happen between these people, they will ALWAYS have each other's back. NO MATTER WHAT. Even while facing death, the banter was there.
Is it wrong that the prayer that Kara was saying I know by heart and I've only seen the mini once? During that scene and when Lee comes back, we get to see the depth of their feelings for each other. What shouldn't be, already is but it's wrong so they are stuck at CAG and his best hot shot pilot.
I didn't watch the mini again but I can't see how knowing their backstory it would change my view. That backstory didn't reflect anything those two have done the four years we knew them. The backstory doesn't fit with the rest of their story. The story of four years can't be changed by a backstory of 5 minutes that didn't make sense anyways.
As far as perception, I can't say it changed much as far as the pilots. The finale really did a 180 on the pilots' characters but it changed my perception of Adama and Roslin. Those two were the leader, the two people who had to make the tough decisions and in the end they became whiny and gave up. I hated that something that drastic happened to two people who had managed to over come their own personal differences to protect the fleet. I wouldn't have minded if Lee stayed the Prez and Kara became Admiral. I guess I can dream!
The mini will always be one of favorite BSG episodes ever.