Re:(SPOILERS) Kobol’s Last Gleaming Pt 2
Hey Kevin, nice to see you around!
A lot of what you talked about will be covered in the review 😉
Personally I think they both are wrong.
Roslin became despotic when she usurped command of the military, worse she did it through Cult of Personality. Adama was equally as wrong by deciding as Military Commander it’s his responsibility to overthrow the government. Like Apollo explained earlier, if there’s no Government, there’s no formal military, no Commanders, Captains etc…
Both are forgetting one important thing. The PEOPLE!! 😛
Command decisions aside, Adama was never granted any authority by the people, only the political representation of the people granted his authority, IE Roslin. Therefore by overthrowing Roslin, where does his authority stem from? What he could/should have done, was convened the Council and force the President to step down. Instead he decided she was an immediate threat to the Fleet and had to be removed like any other enemy. It’s a sticky situation to be sure.
The Political plot will surely carry over into next season. That among other things….Apollos’ mutiny is a Death offense, I can’t wait to see them get out of that one. And Adama is pure cliffhanger, you pointed to Search for Spock, that’s an excellent analogy. The same will apply here.
1) His contract isn’t renewed, he died on the table.
2) His contract is renewed and the shots were in the belly and it was just a lot of blood, nothing else.
But knowing the folks at BSG they’ll twist it around a bit and give us some extra surprises 😀
Ronnie Reagan got into a bit of trouble when he also thought he could bypass the Congress/Senate, so I see some trouble brewing, and good ol’ Zarek will be right on top of it to exploit it.
Welcome to Sadgeezer kevininspace!