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

On Apr 22, 8:55 pm, Anim8rFSK <ANIM8R...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>  rdclark <rdcla...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > On Apr 22, 5:26 pm, Thanatos <atro...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > In article
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> > >  John Graeme <jdgra...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > > On Apr 21, 6:29 pm, Thanatos <atro...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > > > In article
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> > > > >  rdclark <rdcla...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > > > > Are they cylon-powerful? (Apparently, when they want to be.)
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> > > > > Why wouldn't they have notice their superhuman strength before
now?
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> > > > It doesn't seem to be really superhuman--just very high human.
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> > > There's no way a normal woman Tory's size could backhand someone
like
> > > that and send them flying backward five to ten feet. That was a
display
> > > of inordinate and abnormal strength.
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> > Yes. And even more to the point, the producers were very intentional
> > about showing it that way. There was nothing ambiguous about that shot
> > -- a one-handed blow, all arm, that sent Callie flying. That's TV for
> > "superhuman strength."
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> And it would probably knock off your head.


Right. That shot has to be taken with a grain of salt. We know from
many other scenes that cylons are not like superman--they get cold,
they bleed, they feel pain, they can't break off shackles, etc.
Unless the final 5 are different in this respect, that is.