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Slicing "Battlestar Galactica: Razor" |
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Written by Joe Beaudoin Jr.
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And here's where the razor blade should have really been used...
Then there's this not-so-small, grating, annoying thing: "Oh-by-the-way,-did-you-forget-that-Kara-Thrace-has-a-destiny-that-we-shall-repeat-ad-nauseum?"
There's
nothing like a Buffy Summers/Anakin Skywalker/Chosen One cliche to
throw a wrench into the works. I am thankful that this reared its
inevitable Medusa-like head very late in this installment, however it
unfortunately sets up her resurrection and its possible affects to the
story, which serves to only make her more and more like the Sumerian
goddess Inanna. (That comparison is ripe for another article, so I
won't go into how Starbuck is to the Colonials as Inanna is to the
Mesopotamians legends here.)
Other than the semi-mythical mumbo-jumbo, "Razor" is a solid offering that shows us why Cain and the Pegasus
should have stayed along a little while longer. Without being overly
preachy, it shows us the decisions Cain had to face and the
circumstances under which these decisions were made. It also poses
several moral questions with no clear-cut answers: How will morality play a role when the world ends? Will we still be-or could we even afford the luxury of being-human in the face of such adversity?
Even with Kara "Almighty Frakkin'
Harbinger of Death" Thrace, "Razor" offers us a shining hope for the
future of the re-imagined series, should enough fans stick around to
watch the story's conclusion when season four debutes in April 2008.
Oh, and if you happen to be one of the thousands of fans to have downloaded the screener, do everyone a favor and buy the frakkin' DVD! Really! It's worth the money!
So say we all!
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