Comments on: Shooting A Fellow Cylon In The Head: A Slap in The Face? http://www.galacticwatercooler.com/2006/10/11/shooting-a-fellow-cylon-in-the-head-a-slap-in-the-face/ Each week (for three years running) GWC\'s geek hosts jump into new material, becoming fans and passing on the experience with the help of what\'s widely recognized as the friendliest community in science fiction and fantasy. Rolling Stone magazine called GWC \"the NPR of BSG,\" and Howard Stern agreed, describing GWC (and geeking in general) as a \"guilty pleasure.\" Past topics include The Guild, Alien, Eureka, Eve Online, Star Trek, Terminator, Star Wars, Battlestar Galactica, Firefly, Serenity, Dr. Horrible, Tron, War Games, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Cosmos, Batman, Transformers, X-Men, Mass Effect, SyFy and sci-fi programs, individuals such as Will Smith, Felicia Day, Joss Whedon, and many more! Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:12:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Cavatar http://www.galacticwatercooler.com/2006/10/11/shooting-a-fellow-cylon-in-the-head-a-slap-in-the-face/#comment-100 Cavatar Mon, 23 Oct 2006 01:50:20 +0000 http://galacticawatercooler.com/2006/10/11/shooting-a-fellow-cylon-in-the-head-a-slap-in-the-face/#comment-100 To the comments of Cylon on Cylon violence, I really did not like this aspect of it because it reminded too much of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine; with the comments of “No Chain ling has every harmed another.” It also can even go back as far as the old Planet of the Ape movies. I remember there was a BIG moment in one of the last or even the last movie when they are chanting “Ape has killed Ape!” when the first Ape on Ape murder occurred. There is also a possible continuity error or errors with this statement, because if you go back to the Mini Series there was a Number Six and two Centurions on the space station in the beginning when the Cylon Base Ship destroyed it. How is that NOT Cylon on Cylon Violence. Also, was it not the sleeper Cylon Boomer that helped with nuking the Cylon Base Ship in the last episode of the first season? She, a Cylon committed nuclear violence upon a ship full of Cylons. If you can find reasons for all of these to be counted as exceptions, or if you can theorize that perhaps the Cylon leadership kept these truths from the Cylon public then one can say that the shooting in the head of Caprica Six is not that surprising. For once the violence threshold was crossed; the stigma of doing it again is forever lost. To the comments of Cylon on Cylon violence, I really did not like this aspect of it because it reminded too much of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine; with the comments of “No Chain ling has every harmed another.” It also can even go back as far as the old Planet of the Ape movies. I remember there was a BIG moment in one of the last or even the last movie when they are chanting “Ape has killed Ape!” when the first Ape on Ape murder occurred.

There is also a possible continuity error or errors with this statement, because if you go back to the Mini Series there was a Number Six and two Centurions on the space station in the beginning when the Cylon Base Ship destroyed it. How is that NOT Cylon on Cylon Violence.

Also, was it not the sleeper Cylon Boomer that helped with nuking the Cylon Base Ship in the last episode of the first season? She, a Cylon committed nuclear violence upon a ship full of Cylons.

If you can find reasons for all of these to be counted as exceptions, or if you can theorize that perhaps the Cylon leadership kept these truths from the Cylon public then one can say that the shooting in the head of Caprica Six is not that surprising. For once the violence threshold was crossed; the stigma of doing it again is forever lost.

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