What Does “Razor” Mean? An Early Answer
Razor is the name of the Battlestar Galactica telemovie scheduled to premiere this fall, but what the title refers to is still a mystery. SyFyPortal is reporting the preliminary rumor that Razor refers to terrible strength of character needed to make life-and-death decisions in times of stress:
“It’s basically someone who can make a difficult decision, possibly resulting in the death of someone, on the fly and when under pressure,” the source said. “It’s something that Cain (Michelle Forbes) tells Kendra before a very difficult incident that was only talked about during the Pegasus episodes last season.”
Cain tells Kendra that she can be a “Razor” because “when you take your fear, your hesitation, even your revulsion … every natural instinct that in battle can mean the difference between life and death, and lock them away. When you can be this, for as long as you have to be, then you are a Razor,” Cain tells Kendra. “In this war, I’m afraid, we’ll all have to be Razors, or we won’t survive to have the luxury of simply being human again.”
SyFy warns us that this is not a confirmed answer, but the site has been right about so many other BSG scoops in the past the chances of this one being accurate are very good.
They also give an early indication of the time period of Razor, saying that various scenes take place over the course of 45 years and include Lee Adama’s first day as commander of the Pegasus. The majority of the movie will focus on scenes leading up to the Presidential Election in Season Two, in those distant days before the settlement on New Caprica.
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