Comments on: What will Gaeta do? http://deanesmay.com/2009/01/12/what-will-gaeta-do/ Defending the liberal tradition in history, science, and philosophy. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:24:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: JohnW http://deanesmay.com/2009/01/12/what-will-gaeta-do/#comment-167431 JohnW Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:05:24 +0000 http://deanesmay.com/2009/01/12/what-will-gaeta-do/#comment-167431 Ah, but Kevin, Moore merely agreed with the statement that "none of the people in the picture is the final cylon." Well, of course none of the <em>people</em> is a cylon.  Then they wouldn't be a people!  Err, a person.  That doesn't mean the final cylon is not in the picture... Ah, but Kevin, Moore merely agreed with the statement that "none of the people in the picture is the final cylon."

Well, of course none of the people is a cylon.  Then they wouldn’t be a people!  Err, a person.  That doesn’t mean the final cylon is not in the picture…

]]> By: Kevin D. http://deanesmay.com/2009/01/12/what-will-gaeta-do/#comment-167430 Kevin D. Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:48:46 +0000 http://deanesmay.com/2009/01/12/what-will-gaeta-do/#comment-167430 I'm championing Zarek. I’m championing Zarek.

]]> By: J.A. Eddy http://deanesmay.com/2009/01/12/what-will-gaeta-do/#comment-167429 J.A. Eddy Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:39:51 +0000 http://deanesmay.com/2009/01/12/what-will-gaeta-do/#comment-167429 So, Zarek, Dualla or Dr. Cottle. So, Zarek, Dualla or Dr. Cottle.

]]> By: J.A. Eddy http://deanesmay.com/2009/01/12/what-will-gaeta-do/#comment-167426 J.A. Eddy Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:29:50 +0000 http://deanesmay.com/2009/01/12/what-will-gaeta-do/#comment-167426 Well, that's what happens when you don't obsess over every little thing that's put out about the series. Oh, well, <em>mea culpa.</em> Well, that’s what happens when you don’t obsess over every little thing that’s put out about the series. Oh, well, mea culpa.

]]> By: Kevin D. http://deanesmay.com/2009/01/12/what-will-gaeta-do/#comment-167415 Kevin D. Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:35:36 +0000 http://deanesmay.com/2009/01/12/what-will-gaeta-do/#comment-167415 J.A., Moore has already stated that no one appearing in the "Last Supper" photo is the Final Cylon.  So, that leaves out everyone you've mentioned but Gaeta. J.A.,

Moore has already stated that no one appearing in the "Last Supper" photo is the Final Cylon.  So, that leaves out everyone you’ve mentioned but Gaeta.

]]> By: J.A. Eddy http://deanesmay.com/2009/01/12/what-will-gaeta-do/#comment-167412 J.A. Eddy Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:14:01 +0000 http://deanesmay.com/2009/01/12/what-will-gaeta-do/#comment-167412 Just finally watched the web-eps and I'm pretty sure the final cylon is neither Gaeta nor Adama, at least not the admiral. Candidates in my mind remain Baltar, Lee Adama, Starbuck (disappointing if true) and Roslin (least likely in my opinion). Starbuck's back story is meaningless in that it could all be fabricated- Boomer remembered her parents and childhood as well. If we're thinking somebody grabbed and replaced by a Cylon copy, Baltar and Lee Adama are both good candidates, Roslin less so. Just going to have to watch it and see, I guess :) Just finally watched the web-eps and I’m pretty sure the final cylon is neither Gaeta nor Adama, at least not the admiral. Candidates in my mind remain Baltar, Lee Adama, Starbuck (disappointing if true) and Roslin (least likely in my opinion).

Starbuck’s back story is meaningless in that it could all be fabricated- Boomer remembered her parents and childhood as well. If we’re thinking somebody grabbed and replaced by a Cylon copy, Baltar and Lee Adama are both good candidates, Roslin less so.

Just going to have to watch it and see, I guess :)

]]> By: Kevin D. http://deanesmay.com/2009/01/12/what-will-gaeta-do/#comment-167410 Kevin D. Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:26:27 +0000 http://deanesmay.com/2009/01/12/what-will-gaeta-do/#comment-167410 I'm with John on Gaeta:  Who cares?  Honestly, think about it for a minute.  What does Gaeta being a Cylon add to the narrative at this point?  I can't think of a single thing.  Heck, why not make Lt. Hoshi a Cylon for all the gee-wiz factor it would bring. I'm as covinced as I am about anything that Gaeta isn't a Cylon.  I know in my writer bones that revealing Gaeta as the Final Cylon is just poor storytelling.  And I have more faith in Moore than that. I’m with John on Gaeta:  Who cares?  Honestly, think about it for a minute.  What does Gaeta being a Cylon add to the narrative at this point?  I can’t think of a single thing.  Heck, why not make Lt. Hoshi a Cylon for all the gee-wiz factor it would bring.

I’m as covinced as I am about anything that Gaeta isn’t a Cylon.  I know in my writer bones that revealing Gaeta as the Final Cylon is just poor storytelling.  And I have more faith in Moore than that.

]]> By: JohnW http://deanesmay.com/2009/01/12/what-will-gaeta-do/#comment-167409 JohnW Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:38:23 +0000 http://deanesmay.com/2009/01/12/what-will-gaeta-do/#comment-167409 The only reason Tigh makes sense as a cylon is because we know nothing really about his past - his history essentially starts when he meets Adama as a freighter captain between the wars. The other 3 secret cylons don't have much of a backstory, either. So it's no big plot hole to have them show up, fully formed as it were, as cylons. Like if Starbuck was a cylon - how do you explain all the backstory with her relationship with her mother? Adama does have a backstory/history which makes him being a cylon difficult, but I think the bio-experiment site gives them a perfect excuse. Of course, Gaeta doesn't have much of a backstory, either. But would anyone really care if it was him? I mean, big deal. With Adama, it is a huge deal, which is why I think they will go for him. Of course, that makes Lee and Zack the first human/cylon hybrids... IOW, your guess is as good as mine! The only reason Tigh makes sense as a cylon is because we know nothing really about his past – his history essentially starts when he meets Adama as a freighter captain between the wars. The other 3 secret cylons don’t have much of a backstory, either. So it’s no big plot hole to have them show up, fully formed as it were, as cylons. Like if Starbuck was a cylon – how do you explain all the backstory with her relationship with her mother?

Adama does have a backstory/history which makes him being a cylon difficult, but I think the bio-experiment site gives them a perfect excuse.

Of course, Gaeta doesn’t have much of a backstory, either. But would anyone really care if it was him? I mean, big deal. With Adama, it is a huge deal, which is why I think they will go for him. Of course, that makes Lee and Zack the first human/cylon hybrids…

IOW, your guess is as good as mine!

]]> By: Jerry Kindall http://deanesmay.com/2009/01/12/what-will-gaeta-do/#comment-167406 Jerry Kindall Tue, 13 Jan 2009 05:13:41 +0000 http://deanesmay.com/2009/01/12/what-will-gaeta-do/#comment-167406 I've thought Gaeta was a Cylon since the first season. I’ve thought Gaeta was a Cylon since the first season.

]]> By: Aziz Poonawalla http://deanesmay.com/2009/01/12/what-will-gaeta-do/#comment-167403 Aziz Poonawalla Tue, 13 Jan 2009 02:40:15 +0000 http://deanesmay.com/2009/01/12/what-will-gaeta-do/#comment-167403 agreed. the webeps are only appealing as a coherent story - watching them one week at a time is just masochism. Its bad enough we are gonna have essentially a cliffhanger every week with the season returning on friday. agreed. the webeps are only appealing as a coherent story – watching them one week at a time is just masochism. Its bad enough we are gonna have essentially a cliffhanger every week with the season returning on friday.

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