I get the same twisted amusement out of him that the writers do, I'm sure, but there have been plenty of times I have wished him dead. For me his annoyance factor/sliminess is balanced by the entertainment I get from him, though I wouldn't shed a tear if they did kill him off. They've already passed up a few prime opportunities. Still, I liked him better when he used to be all-out crazy than when he's merely self-serving. I miss him talking to walls and shouting "NO MORE MR. NICE GAIUS!" That phase has passed, I'm afraid, and I don't like his new religious fervor, affectation though it may be.
I haven't totally broken up with BSG, but I don't watch it with a lot of expectation either. I wait long weeks and watch several episodes at once to catch up, then go another few months without. This system works for me. I had mixed feelings when the series began, and I never loved it, but what entertainment I did get has dropped significantly. Season 3 is better than the second half of season 2, but only because I stopped paying attention to anything the cylons said or did. The whole premise of them in this show is based on bad logic and nonsense in the first place, because the way they've behaved up until now doesn't make sense for even their own self-professed goals. And the religion thing... it just hurts to think about it. Why have a race of killer robots if you're going to make them behave like fanatical humans? Why not just have fanatical humans? The whole point of killer robots, even the pretty ones, is to act like killer robots. If they're not going to, then pick some other plot device. It's the logic trap-- robots need logic to make them robots. If you're going to make them use logic, then just make them aliens. Aliens can be explained away without a pretense of logic. A pretense that a child could find gaping loopholes in.
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I haven't totally broken up with BSG, but I don't watch it with a lot of expectation either. I wait long weeks and watch several episodes at once to catch up, then go another few months without. This system works for me. I had mixed feelings when the series began, and I never loved it, but what entertainment I did get has dropped significantly. Season 3 is better than the second half of season 2, but only because I stopped paying attention to anything the cylons said or did. The whole premise of them in this show is based on bad logic and nonsense in the first place, because the way they've behaved up until now doesn't make sense for even their own self-professed goals. And the religion thing... it just hurts to think about it. Why have a race of killer robots if you're going to make them behave like fanatical humans? Why not just have fanatical humans? The whole point of killer robots, even the pretty ones, is to act like killer robots. If they're not going to, then pick some other plot device. It's the logic trap-- robots need logic to make them robots. If you're going to make them use logic, then just make them aliens. Aliens can be explained away without a pretense of logic. A pretense that a child could find gaping loopholes in.
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