Re: The \"Firewall\" Thread (Spoilers)
<blockquote><font class="small">Quote:</font><hr> He would have rather had all the adults die and let the children carry on than to let men like Quantrell have their cold-hearted ways.
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The only problem with that is that he had no idea that the Big Death would come to TM as soon as it did. For all he knew, he was leaving his son in the care of an evil manical madman indefinately. The fact that Marcus was a prodigy would have worried me even more because he had to know that Quantrell would have taken advantage of him eventually.
<blockquote><font class="small">Quote:</font><hr>Yes, it was stupid for that man to sneak out for some watches but it just proves how stupid humans can be. He obviously didn't take the Big Death too seriously otherwise he would have never ventured out. <hr></blockquote>
As I said, it was somewhat poetic but it still goes against all common sense and reason for me.
<blockquote><font class="small">Quote:</font><hr>As for the books of Jeremiah and Ezekiel in the bible, check out some quotes that Channe pulled for our newsletter a few weeks back:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/jeremiah-news/message/9
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I read the quotes but I was actually looking for something more substantive.... similar to the connections that people draw between B5 and LotR. I'm not sure that they even exist, but the only way to find out is to bite the bullet and read the books from end to end, which is what I'll do.
<blockquote><font class="small">Quote:</font><hr>Maybe but the comment from Chen about not being able to stop the "team" when he was on the phone with Ezekiel and the surprise of Quantrell that Ezekiel was not there to resue him lead me to believe that they might not be TM traitors. <hr></blockquote>
I'm not sure that they are TM traitors. It could be that they were looking out for the best interests of TM; that they only wanted Quantrell dead; that they are moles planted into TM by VS; or that they are moles planted into VS by TM; or something else altogether. We probably won't know for sure until next season, it at all.
<blockquote><font class="small">Quote:</font><hr> Also, as for stupid vs strange actions ... people do unpredictable things in times of stress and crisis. I thought that was the point (or one of them) that JMS was trying to make. <hr></blockquote>
I'm not sure, but I think it ties into the understated theme that I've noticed lurking beneath every episode so far -- morality, or the lack of it. In a way, I think he's saying that the moral choices we make have far-reaching consequences that we can't even begin to forsee. I wouldn't at all be surprised to find out that when this series is said and done that it would be possible to trace nearly every tragedy we've seen back to a single single moral choice made by a single character ... like pushing over a single domino and watching thousands fall in its wake.