the documentary came across as a way of justifying the characters in a too-simplistic way.
That's why I'm not too sure what to make of the ending - were we supposed to be more sceptical of the 'hey, they're all people! Give them a break, their hearts are in the right place!' message because the Cylons were behind it?
It's occurred to me that one of the other reasons the journalist episodes usually don't ring quite true is that the journalists usually don't ask difficult questions (or when they do, they're content to be brushed off with 'we're the good guys, so shush'). I mean, after an intergalactic war or a recent apocalypse, "What's it like to work here?" is not exactly the height of investigative journalism...
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Date: 2005-09-21 03:04 pm (UTC)That's why I'm not too sure what to make of the ending - were we supposed to be more sceptical of the 'hey, they're all people! Give them a break, their hearts are in the right place!' message because the Cylons were behind it?
It's occurred to me that one of the other reasons the journalist episodes usually don't ring quite true is that the journalists usually don't ask difficult questions (or when they do, they're content to be brushed off with 'we're the good guys, so shush'). I mean, after an intergalactic war or a recent apocalypse, "What's it like to work here?" is not exactly the height of investigative journalism...