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Originally Posted by Wookie
Helo does kind of bore me.
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I remember back to season one when Doral, Six and Sharon are standing on a building, waiting for Helo to go either north (safety) or south (peril) . . . . Helo finally turns back to "rescue" Sharon and she remarks to her Cylon friends:
"I knew he would. He's a good man. He always does the right thing."
That in turn goes back to the mini-series where we were supposed to see the end of him after he had given up his seat to save Baltar on the last spaceship out of Caprica . . . . standing in a golden glow as he's left behind. Ron Moore, producer of the new Battlestar, said he knew as soon as he saw that sequence that a "hero" was born and that he would try to include him in season one . . . . and that storyline kept growing.
"Doing the right thing" was in character for Helo in the genocide situation as well.
But what is the probability that Adama isn't interested in knowing whether or not his XO or his pet Cylon betrayed him at a decisive moment?
They've got to finish that question off at some point.
Agreed about the Baltar torture sequence . . . . jeez, have Xena whipping him on the back or something.
As to how long it took to decide on genocide . . . . well, 10 billion or more deaths later with the remaining 41,000 being chased across the galaxy to the only place they could probably call home . . . . that might actually be a pretty easy call in their shoes.
The genocide debate, by the way, looks like it is lifted directly out of "Pandora's Star" and the sequel "Judas Unchained," the latter currently on bookshelves, two Sci-Fi books by Peter Hamilton, about 1800 pages of reading and an epic. The protagonists are also faced with a pure way to genocide their pursuers, the latter intent on genocide themselves, and the debate that results.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Judas-Unchai.../dp/1405000368
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