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Old January 23rd, 2004, 10:22 AM   #30
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Default Adama - Not so different?

The Adama of the mini may not be so different than the Adama of TOS. We basicaly saw 48 hours of a man's life. We only know a little of what happened before and we can only guess at the future.

We know that mini-Adama had a strained relationship with his son because of the issue with Zac. Before that what was their relationship like. Obviously it was good enough that Lee Adama decided to follow the footsteps of his father into colonial military service. Was TOS Apollo ever estranged from his father? We don't know because we have no idea what went on in their family prior to "Saga of A Star World". As of the end of the mini the relationship is pretty much the same as at the end of "Saga of a Star World".

The mini-Adama doesn't come to realize the futility of fighting on until late in the mini. In "Saga of A Star World" Adama realizes early on that the fleet is annihilated. He is in the "give them hope" mode for half the movie. The episodes where TOS Adama is in the aggressive warrior mode is very similar to the mini-Adama.

TOS Adama "knows" Earth exist but doesn't know where. The mini Adama says he "knows" where Earth is but in private says he doesn't know to Roslin. First of all we don't know who Adama trust because of the cylon issue. Mini-Adam may know where Earth is but doesn't want to discuss it with Roslin. I also think that in this day and age people (audience and rag tag fleet) would not accept a leader who headed off somewhere into Deep Space based on an unconfirmed myth. As such by saying "Earth was our closest guarded military secret" we don't need to worry about the audience asking "Why don't they just stop here", especially if there is a terra style episode down the road. Maybe mini-Adama has "faith" in the mythos but just like religious people today you tend to play down religious belief when you work or lead among a secular society.

I think we see the start of a lot of introspection into our own society when it comes to religion if the mini goes to series.

On the timeline issue I think it would be interesting if they either found Earth:

1) In our distant future where we are technologically similar and then base the series on a reconquest of the colonies in season 2 or 3.

2) End the show by finding a planet that is obviously to us "Earth" but in our distant past. There are no people on Earth. The colonials running out of fuel and supplies stop the quest, name the new homeworld Earth, and are forced to start anew at the neolithic level. It ends with the original speech by a narrator about being the ancestors of the Eqyptians, Toltecs, and Myans. Maybe a final scene with a starship reaching "Earth" in our times and the people on board saying, "We are picking up transmissions from the planet. That's strange they refer to their planet as "Earth" also. Maybe there is something to the old religion that there were 12 other colonies."
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