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12/14/2003: Battlestar Galactica
I've just watched the Battlestar Galactica remake and overall I thought it was fun. I wouldn't mind if it was picked up as a series, though I don't really trust the Sci-Fi Channel anymore. I don't really remember the original series, it's been years since I've watched an episode, and I never followed it like I did with other series, so I can't compare the two. I have a question about the ending of the remake though: (spoilers ahead...)
What was the message that Commander Adama got at the end, the one that said "There are only 12 Cylon models." supposed to signify? I mean, who send it and why? In the scene at the end there are nine human looking Cylons, then there was the woman who seduced Gaius, the one they killed on Ragnar Station, and that pilot, who seems to be a sleeper agent, that makes twelve. However if that's the meaning of the 12 they made different numbers of each kind, i.e. four each from the blonde woman and the one played by Callum Keith Rennie, and two each from the PR guy and the female sleeper agent (I'm, so bad with names, I have no idea what all those people were called), and I'm not sure those are what's called a "model" in the first place, I mean, it could also be that "humanoid Cylon," "metal Cylon," "ship-shaped Cylon," and such are models.
Otherwise I don't really have any interesting comments, except that the "gritty" style/atmosphere worked rather well for me, and I also liked that the music wasn't some pompous orchestra, but that drum rhythms were quite prominent (at least that's what stuck with me, I'm very unqualified for any music commentary, I didn't even manage to play recorder in school and they threw me out of the voluntary choir too...)
