| Re: 3.20: Crossroads, Part Two
Hey all - I just wanted to add a few thoughts about the final five, or four rather, that we supposedly know about. First off, if all four characters really are cylons, I have to say that Colonel Tighe being one bums me out, the first time since the shows (re)creation. He has been one of my favorite characters in the show because he is one of the most flawed but always, eventually seems to recover or make good. A point here, if he has fought in several, including the first cylon/human war, when excactly did the chrome toasters start making flesh and bone units? He should be in his 50's or maybe early 60's shouldn't he? Sam and Tori (Roslin's assistant) I don't have any feelings one way or the other, but Chief Tyrol being one does not set very well with me either.
O.K. Now the justification in my mind if they all really are cylons. First, they are all unique, meaning there are not multiple copies of them anywhere, which might make them feel better (I know it would me). Second, if the chrome jobs started tampering with human DNA very early on, perhaps they created these 4 or 5 final ones first until they improved designs to mass produce the others. (Six did say they don't speak of them). So possibly our final cylons here might be part human. It might also have been the reason the cylons are self aware. The original mechanical versions in using human DNA might only have been doing so from a strictly logical point of view. Hey - in the end it is just science fiction, things and ideas taken from our world and headlines, hopes, fears and ambitions and put into what I have always thought is a very cool medium to tell stories - outer space. Looking forward to this story continuing... |