You know you’re a real geek…
Thursday, April 19th, 2007When you start writing fanfiction. Nonetheless, I humbly offer you my own twisted vision of how Season 4 should start:
It begins with the music, the slow haunting half formed melodies that we know will eerily coalesce into All Along the Watchtower. Along with those indistinct sounds we are treated to a montage of equally indistinct images – close ups in stark contrast to the majestic panorama of Earth we closed with last season. These are intimate pieces of Galactica as we have known her over the last few years – the twinkling of lights coming into focus as candles dripping wax in the memorial hallway, soapy water draining from a hastily abandoned washbasin, combat boots running in slow motion across the non-skid plating, spittle flying from a mouth along with orders – gradually resolving, building in tempo and intensity along with the music. The shots become wider, faster – a close up of Adama’s eyes with CIC blurred and bustling behind him, a squadron of Mark VII Vipers launching, the deck gang scrambling to prepare for recovery, an overwhelming number of Cylon Baseships scattered across the darkened heavens, a close up of Lee in his Viper – but still there’s no dialogue or sound effects, only the music pounding in intensity and volume, bringing us to the fever pitch of anxiety we felt months ago when we left Glactica in dire straits.