I could understand the President telling Apollo to remember what had happened. You lose a part of your humanity if you can do that sort of thing without caring about the losses. However, I agree that it was oddly phrased--to the point that it sounded like she wouldn't have done it if she could rewind the hands of time.
I don't understand that. It might have been interesting if they had made it more ambiguous--if, for instance, Lee had seen faces peering out of the port holes. Or if they had the Cylons show up one last time after they jumped away from the Olympia. But all evidence pointed to the conclusion they reached. Though there might have been human uncertainty, there was nothing contradicting their conclusion.
However, tragic the loss, they had to balance the lives of 47,000+ people versus 1300 who were might already be dead. As horrible as it was, I wouldn't have classified it as a *mistake.* Instead, it was a horrible step they needed to take in order to ensure their survival.
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Date: 2005-01-16 10:08 pm (UTC)I don't understand that. It might have been interesting if they had made it more ambiguous--if, for instance, Lee had seen faces peering out of the port holes. Or if they had the Cylons show up one last time after they jumped away from the Olympia. But all evidence pointed to the conclusion they reached. Though there might have been human uncertainty, there was nothing contradicting their conclusion.
However, tragic the loss, they had to balance the lives of 47,000+ people versus 1300 who were might already be dead. As horrible as it was, I wouldn't have classified it as a *mistake.* Instead, it was a horrible step they needed to take in order to ensure their survival.