Re: Effects of the end of season cliff-hanger (SPOILERS)
[quote=”aiddar”]1) President Roslin is in jail, on suspicion of being some form of dictator [/quote]
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It’s an interesting dilemma, technically Adama is wrong, military juntas are almost never done legally, and I can’t see him winning this politically or legally. But Adama is in control of the only human armed forces, which gives him a lot of power.
[quote]3) The Vice President (Baltar) is trapped on the planet Kobol… In addition, someone he has cleared using his “Baltar-certified Nuclear Powered Cylon Detector ™” just shot the Commander, thus making the position of Baltar very precarious if he *were* on BG…. [/quote]
Not necessarily, who said he reported the results of Boomer’s test? He probably kept quiet about that. If someone asks, he tells them that he hasn’t had a chance to test her yet.
[quote]4) Lee Adama has just committed Mutiny (possibly though, it could be argued he was refusing to carry out an illegal order…), the penalty for which is normally death. Assuming that Tigh was on the Court of Enquiry (or Court Martial, if it went that far), things would look bad for the young Adama…[/quote]
He’s boned. As per Adama’s military junta, there is no court martial, just jail time. The only way out for Lee is for the cylons to attack, and he performs some kind of heroic miracle on the Galactica’s behalf.
[quote]5) Starbuck has disobeyed a direct order, and “stolen” a Cylon fighter. Again, on return, she will be reporting to Tigh, not Adama, and Tigh really *really* does not like Starbuck..[/quote]
Oh yeah, Starbuck is also in a bad position. There won’t be any easy way for her to be reintegrated into the fleet. Conceivably, Roslin would have to be in power again, and force the public to believe Starbuck to be a hero, because she brought back the Arrow of Apollo.
[quote]OK, all the above may be flakier than a flaky-thing, but it has the ring of possibility for the politics of the situation… Mind you, it take no account of the Cylons, pregnancies and wars that might just be going off in the background, but to me it has always been the development of the characters that is interesting than the “wizz-bang” explosions…[/quote]
I know the Colonial leadership will go through some tough times in the season 2 opening episodes, but I don’t think it’ll turn into that huge a clusterfuck. I’m not shooting down your idea, just pointing out that I think its too involved and Byzantine for a weekly series. Even Dune had to be toned down for the two miniseries. Based on how Colonial Day was only marginally successful when it came to politics (I need to edit my review), I think they’ll be sticking more toward character interactions, then polictical grasps for power. But that’s just my opinion, I could be wrong.
[i]I’ve already seen some s2 spoilers, and I’ve tried to write this based on what I knew before I read the spoilers. So some of what I wrote I already know is wrong ;)[/i]