Oh no!
I’m still processing last night’s episode of BSG. We’ve got three more episodes until the season finale, and they should be doozies, given what happened.
And what about Starbuck? I’ve got some ideas. I just want to ask the old timers a couple of questions. You remember this guy?
And that whole old show storyline with the white uniforms? Think we might be headed there? Leoben, Iblis…
Yeah. I’m grasping at straws. Can you blame me?
Brad B said,
Wrote on March 7, 2007 @ 11:00 pm
I think there is reason to believe that Starbuck isn’t gone for good. The visions expressed in her artwork, which she has had since childhood, would seem belittled if their only purpose was to foreshadow her death in the storm. Surely there is more happening here.
Likewise, Leobin’s presence in her mind is surely more than just a Cylon trick to lead to her death.
During the episode, didn’t we see Starbuck reach for a lever? Maybe that was an ejection lever, so perhaps she ejected? Or maybe Cylons are experimenting with Human consciousness downloading, so that she’ll be the first such Human download.
Carrie mentions Iblis from the old series. I read the synopsis of the Iblis episodes on Wikipedia. I see that Apollo was killed, then later restored to life by beings from the Ship of Lights. In the present Series, will Starbuck be restored to life by Leoben, or by not-yet-revealed superior beings?
Starbuck is one of my favorite characters. I hope we haven’t seen the last of Galactica’s ornery and sultry “top gun”.
Trouble said,
Wrote on March 17, 2007 @ 5:25 am
I’d think that Moore’s promise of “no aliens” would rule out interactions with Iblis. However, I won’t hold him to that promise, if he continues producing good stories.
However, who knows what the Cylons have been up to. Especially the final five models. The seven known models don’t know (or won’t tell Baltar about) who they are? In D’Anna’s vision, they glowed, similar to ethereal aliens in other 70’s era SciFi shows (including the original BSG, in fact, it reminded me of the episodes around when Iblis showed up.) It makes me wonder what they’ve been up to.
Brad B said,
Wrote on March 21, 2007 @ 10:17 pm
Lament For Starbuck
Starbuck fly my viper to the stars,
Take me to the Earth via Mars,
If Cylons block the way
Kara saves the day,
For Starbuck knows but duty and shuns the bars.
Apollo lead my viper to distant star,
Guide me to the Earth but ignore the bar,
You’re a leader not a lawyer,
Fly your viper/don’t be Tom Sawyer,
Bring back Starbuck: if she’s dead
then I’m a l(i)ar.