Re: 4th Season Battlestar Galactica - The Ties That Bind - 5 star

jojo wrote:
> On Apr 21, 11:06 am, "Hobart Floyt" <AlacrityFitzh...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> wrote:
>> "George Avalos" <georgeaval...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> news:QeSdnbOjr-7hh5bVnZ2dnUVZ_oKhnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> "The Ties That Bind"
>>> 4-18-08 BSG
>>> 5 stars (silk)
>>> 0-1 stars (wire)
>> 1 star (hangman's noose)
>>
>> I didn't watch the Friday airing because I read
>> spoilers and wasn't in the mood for doom and gloom.
>>
>> What the spoilers I read didn't mention was the
>> reappearance of the misogynistic ***-with-violence
>> trope that the show indulges in and in back-to-back
>> scenes suggests that is what women want.
>>
>> It didn't help that the stupid idea of "He doesn't
>> care if he doesn't beat me" also showed up during
>> news coverage of that polygamist group in Texas.
>>
>> The stupidity continues with the pu****ng of the
>> Quorum of Twelve to the forefront.  Moore and Eick
>> have all but ignored them for the first 3 seasons
>> presumably because they were a feature of the original
>> series, so why do they bother now?
>>
>> It's something that should have been done in Season 1
>> or Season 2 if for no other reason than to give the
>> audience a constant reminder that there is a fleet
>> and the Quorum are representatives of that fleet.
>> But, hey, since it's the last Season, it matters
>> little now.
>>
> 
> The problem is they did it in the first season. The Quorum of the 12
> (and really nobody cares about the original series that was so bad it
> was funny) had a full episode about it back then. So it appears you
> don't really know what you are talking about.


That's what happens when people FF through the episodes.

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