Well, I think part of my Boomer problem is that I just don’t think that the actress is as capable as some of the others on the show – this goes for either incarnation, so when I’m looking at Caprica!Boomer trying to convey how torn she is between her Cylon nature and her feelings for Helo whatever they are, I don’t really see her conveying much of that emotion so it makes that part of the story kind of boring for me.
The problem for me with “Galactica” Boomer is that all the other characters have flaws that stem from INSIDE them, whereas with her, it’s a completely exterior thing – because G!Boomer doesn’t KNOW she’s a Cylon, she’s never making a choice, other than entirely subconsciously, to be either what she is (a Cylon) or what she’s been reared to me. That’s why Baltar, who is well aware of what he is, fascinates me, because I see him constantly choosing a course of action; Boomer’s path seems more predetermined and not so much from her own volition if that makes sense, and for me that is a far less interesting tale. It’s only this episode (KLG1) that I finally start to see her as an interesting person in her own right, rather than as some sort of pawn of fate. And none of this has anything to do with either love-story ;)
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Date: 2005-03-28 04:17 pm (UTC)The problem for me with “Galactica” Boomer is that all the other characters have flaws that stem from INSIDE them, whereas with her, it’s a completely exterior thing – because G!Boomer doesn’t KNOW she’s a Cylon, she’s never making a choice, other than entirely subconsciously, to be either what she is (a Cylon) or what she’s been reared to me. That’s why Baltar, who is well aware of what he is, fascinates me, because I see him constantly choosing a course of action; Boomer’s path seems more predetermined and not so much from her own volition if that makes sense, and for me that is a far less interesting tale. It’s only this episode (KLG1) that I finally start to see her as an interesting person in her own right, rather than as some sort of pawn of fate. And none of this has anything to do with either love-story ;)