I typed up this reply, only had lj telling me it's too long. So I had to break it into 2 parts... :b
Unless they're actually working with (and not for) the humanoid Cylons, and we can't see it.
I thought it was said (beginning of season 3?) that the Centurions were programed to protect and not harm the humanoid cylons. So I'd say they were programmed to work *for* the "skin-heads". That is, until Six gave them the "reasoning chip", which I presume altered those toasters' program. Come to think of it, it's quite amusing to me that these computerized robots didn't have reasoning/logic before!
As for enslaving machines... Well, if the machines were self-aware, that would be something else
Self-aware as in having the concept of "me"? Like "Why should I be doing such & such?" So when the humans told the robots to cleanup the mess and not paying them above the minimum wage, they were none too happy about it and decided to rebel. No wonder it took those Centurions (with the reasoning chip) 22 days to clean the blood off the basestar walls! :b
Seriously, like you said, how did the humans mistreat the Centurions in the first place?
We share a brain.
Hee, that's quite a compliment! ;)
For a long while, I thought the humans were going to go to the Cylons homeworld and find out that there were humans there, directing the Cylons' actions.
Do the Cylons have a homeworld? I wondered about that. I thought the reason the first and second cylon wars broke out, like any wars, was to fight for land and resources. The religion stuff was only used to incite those to fight the war. I thought the cylons wanted to take over the twelve planets so that they *can* have a homeworld...
What drew me to the show (and yes, it's the 1000th time I'm saying it) was the struggle of the humans to survive the annihilation of their entire way of life.
Between you and me, the same thing probably has been said 2000 times... ;)
I too am interested in looking into how this pared down society could survive and maintain their old way of life. Is the old way of life even viable under such extreme duress? Is democracy a luxury that can only exist/achieve in peace time?
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I thought it was said (beginning of season 3?) that the Centurions were programed to protect and not harm the humanoid cylons. So I'd say they were programmed to work *for* the "skin-heads". That is, until Six gave them the "reasoning chip", which I presume altered those toasters' program. Come to think of it, it's quite amusing to me that these computerized robots didn't have reasoning/logic before!
Self-aware as in having the concept of "me"? Like "Why should I be doing such & such?" So when the humans told the robots to cleanup the mess and not paying them above the minimum wage, they were none too happy about it and decided to rebel. No wonder it took those Centurions (with the reasoning chip) 22 days to clean the blood off the basestar walls! :b
Seriously, like you said, how did the humans mistreat the Centurions in the first place?
Hee, that's quite a compliment! ;)
Do the Cylons have a homeworld? I wondered about that. I thought the reason the first and second cylon wars broke out, like any wars, was to fight for land and resources. The religion stuff was only used to incite those to fight the war. I thought the cylons wanted to take over the twelve planets so that they *can* have a homeworld...
Between you and me, the same thing probably has been said 2000 times... ;)
I too am interested in looking into how this pared down society could survive and maintain their old way of life. Is the old way of life even viable under such extreme duress? Is democracy a luxury that can only exist/achieve in peace time?