‘Battlestar Galactica,’ the Last Supper
I’ve been seeing this ad around Manhattan, on the sides of phone kiosks and such (click the image for a full-size version):
Six as Jesus? Interesting. Particulary since the Season Four premiere seems to put Gaius Baltar in that position (my spoiler-free review of the episode is coming on Monday, and then I'll discuss subsequent episodes just after they air). Though maybe he’s more John the Baptist.
Apparently this image originated in an issue of Entertainment Weekly, for which showrunner Ron Moore explained the significance on a character-by-character basis.
Anyway, discuss. As Boing Boing notes, it’s “sacrelicious”!
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posted by Ryan H (Sat Mar 29 08, 3:16PM)
Quick thought on Six-as-Jesus. The red dress makes it Baltar's Six (the one in his head). So, if Baltar is John the Baptist, what does it say that the Jesus figure is only a voice in his head?
posted by Tom S. (Sun Mar 30 08, 9:06AM)
The EW caption that tags Lee Adama as "Judas-like?" might be a bit off-base. In the original painting, Judas is sitting in the spot that this version leaves blank for the undisclosed new Cylon type.
posted by Ryan (Wed Apr 02 08, 12:54AM)
Yes, calling Lee Adama a Judas might be a bit of a stretch...especially as he is one of the few people at the table not secretly a cylon...
speaking of, where is Xena? I assume she will show up in season 4...strange her character isn't at the table.
posted by MaryAnn (Wed Apr 02 08, 6:07PM)
Do we know that for sure...?
posted by Ryan (Wed Apr 02 08, 10:10PM)
Well, not explicitly, no. But, we do know that Adama is NOT a cylon...and given the time-line of the mini-series and the fact that his ex-wife is not a cylon (unless she was the final one, in which case Lee would be eliminated for that reason) we can implicitly assume that neither Lee Adama nor his deceased brother were Cylons.
However, BSG has shown a willingness to play loosely with this sort of logic before, as Colonel Tigh shouldn't really be able to be a Cylon, if only because a military would probably have pretty strict background checks that I would think would catch something glaring like NO CHILDHOOD.
So, who knows...
posted by boz (Thu Apr 03 08, 1:40PM)
military was not effective enough to discern cylons, boomer is prime example for that. what bothers me is cylons didn't have skinjobs back when tigh admitted to military (razor movie). how can he exists.
posted by Ryan (Thu Apr 03 08, 7:00PM)
That's right, Tigh is too old as well, I had forgotten that. Maybe the original Tigh was killed and replaced??? It would be nice for somebody to come up with a timeline of Cylon activities once the show wraps up.
As far as the reveal of the four Cylons...Chief and Anders seems very logical. Chief had a premonition that he might be a Cylon earlier in the series, and he was paired with Boomer...so as an infiltration unit goes, I can buy it.
Anders infiltrated from Caprica, which seems perfectly logical.
Tori (sp?) is an interesting choice, because when you examine her behavior in retrospect, she absolutely tracks as a possible Cylon. Failing to hold onto the baby, rigging the election, she actually does seem to have aspects of a triggered deep agent.
Tigh makes no sense whatsoever...so I'll be interested to see how/if they explain him. I expect his actual character will go into denial...since the man is essentially defined by his hatred of Cylons after the occupation of New Caprica.