WreckGar
June 1st, 2009, 01:24 AM
Not sure if anyone has pointed this out already, but I felt like posting this before I forgot about it. I noticed two pretty interesting instances of symbolism showing up in Caprica. They're quite hard to catch, so I felt like mentioning it. One only appears for a brief second in the shot of the building, and is cropped out in the shot of it later on. And the second symbol was hard to notice becuase it's in the deleted scenes of the show.
Firstly, the Pentagram on the building where they test the Cylon models:
http://i39.tinypic.com/n2h3f5.jpg
Not only does it look like the Pentagram from the Temple of Hopes, it's even in the same shape.
http://i39.tinypic.com/5zpdht.jpg
The next is quite obvious, but easy to miss if you never saw the deleted scene through the DVD. [Slight Spoilers] Zoey and the headmaster of the school (name escapes me right now) have a scene together talking about their plan for Zoey to leave Caprica. Zoey leaves her office after kissing the ring on the Sister's finger, that is quite large and resembles the Mandala. (I have to find a screenshot of it, hopefully it gets added to the BSGWiki entry on the site) It also contains a bit of coy dialogue about the nature of fate. 'Even fate is the victim of chance.' Sounds a little bit like the [BSG ending spoiler] bet going on with Head Caprica and Head Baltar. ( http://www.galactica-science.com/battlestar/blog/analysis/breaking-the-fourth-wall/ )
This article was written at the end of Season 3, worth a read. If I have time later I could add to the Ship of Lights symbolism since season 3 too.
http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-2003---news/the-use-of-the-pentagon-in-battlestar-galactica.html
Firstly, the Pentagram on the building where they test the Cylon models:
http://i39.tinypic.com/n2h3f5.jpg
Not only does it look like the Pentagram from the Temple of Hopes, it's even in the same shape.
http://i39.tinypic.com/5zpdht.jpg
The next is quite obvious, but easy to miss if you never saw the deleted scene through the DVD. [Slight Spoilers] Zoey and the headmaster of the school (name escapes me right now) have a scene together talking about their plan for Zoey to leave Caprica. Zoey leaves her office after kissing the ring on the Sister's finger, that is quite large and resembles the Mandala. (I have to find a screenshot of it, hopefully it gets added to the BSGWiki entry on the site) It also contains a bit of coy dialogue about the nature of fate. 'Even fate is the victim of chance.' Sounds a little bit like the [BSG ending spoiler] bet going on with Head Caprica and Head Baltar. ( http://www.galactica-science.com/battlestar/blog/analysis/breaking-the-fourth-wall/ )
This article was written at the end of Season 3, worth a read. If I have time later I could add to the Ship of Lights symbolism since season 3 too.
http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-2003---news/the-use-of-the-pentagon-in-battlestar-galactica.html