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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Skade" data-source="post: 1260289" data-attributes="member: 3320">#6 is a Victoria's Secret model?  The only thing I liked about her look was the vaguely unnatural palor of her skin and the platinum blonde hair.  She, as she said, did not quite add up in the usual way.  I didn't like the outfits she wore after initially arriving in Capria, they were unnecessarily revealing, and no sexier than the red outfit she wore at the beginning.  We don't know yet if the majority of Cylons now look like humans, but she did indicate that the original models still existed and had their purposes.  I think, from the surprise at pilotless fighters, that the Cylons have spent a great deal of effort in specializing their forms for this conflict.  So while there are certainly a number of these infiltration (Victoria's Secret) models, there will hopefully be many more. I'm probably alone in this, but I did not really get that she actually meant to kill the baby.  She voiced curiosity at how the neck could support the weight, and then simply tested the thought.  Once realizing she had killed she walked away quickly, obviously to avoid a scene, but the expression was strangely pained.  I say strangely because the actress may not be good enough to fully express that emotion, but it was not one of satisfaction certainly.   As to her gaining access to the defense systems?  She chose Baltar not only for his access but also for his libidinous weaknesses and extremely craving ego.  She offered him sex, and intelligence and a means of promoting himself more than he already had.  He was more than willing to share his security clearance for all that, I would wager. I liked Starbuck.  She is not the original character, rather like most of these characters, a deeply flawed angry individual whose only release is in the one thing she does well - fly a viper.   I could bear the Galactica's technological level, created as it was in a time when humanity was quite willing to go too far to preserve itself.  The phones and the message system was a little extreme, but otherwise an acceptable plot device.  Was the theme of man's indomitable spirit lost?  Maybe.  This 2 hour episode accounted for what, 20 minutes of the original pilot?  Let's wait and see what develops.</blockquote>

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