Battlestar Galactica

[chrisc]

Do any of you know when the New Battlestar Galctica series is supposed to come out on DVD??? I was just wonderin' cause what I have seen so far was pretty cool.

[Hellboy]

Unfortunately it hasn't been announced yet. It would be nice if it showed up sometime before the next season starts up in July but that might be asking to much. I know that the show just started airing on Universal HD last Sunday starting with the four-hour miniseries and continuing each Sunday until it plays through the entire first season in case you missed any of it. I'd imagine that will take us right up to the season 2 premiere.

I enjoyed the miniseries so I watched the first season and thought the series just kept getting better and better. The season finale was a pretty big shocker, I definitely didn't see that coming. The unpredictability of the series is probably one of it's strongest assets IMO. I really enjoy the space battles as well and I love the militaristic feel of the show. Something I've wished Star Trek would adopt ever since DS-9 ended, but alas that desire is futile now since Enterprise is apparently the end of that franchise. :cry:

[sith_killer_99]

This is my favorite series on television right now. I never miss an episode. I loved the season finale. They had a few new twists and shockers. I hope this thing gets a chance to go a full 5+ seasons!

[OC47150]

Glad to see someone started a thread on this fine show!

I thoroughly enjoy it. Too bad we have to wait until July for new episodes.

Yeah, Hellboy, the finale was a shocker. Didn't see that one coming at all.

I would've liked to seen an entire episode dealing with Halo on Caprica. The tension of running and hiding from the Cylons was interesting, to me at least.

I read where Richard Hatch's Zarek will be back for a few episodes next season.

[Deoxyribonucleic]

Points for Chrisc for starting this thread. This show friggen' ROCKS! My good friend has a huge widescreen tv so we watch it on that and the 3 or 4 hour mini-series/premier is actually out on dvd, just not the one hour episodes yet. I think it runs at about $20 at best buy. We just re-watched it Tuesday night and it's even better the second time around, especially knowing all the things you know from the series.

At least the "L" word is still on because I still have something good to watch but I can't wait until July! ;)

[BoShek]

Anyone else excited about the two different Battlestar toy lines coming out this summer? I am!

[Exhaust Port]

I keep hearing great things about this series from my brother but I have yet to catch an episode. At this point I figure I'll wait until it's out on DVD as I don't want to jump into the story so late.

[Hellboy]

You should try and catch the repeats between now and the start of the second season EP. Like Deoxy said the miniseries is out on DVD so you could rent or buy that and the repeats are airing in the order they appeared so now would be the best time for someone to catch up on the show. The miniseries started up again last weekend so I don't even think season 1 has started re-airing yet. Well worth your time.

[OC47150]

Anyone else excited about the two different Battlestar toy lines coming out this summer? I am!


The company manufacturing the smaller line of figures and vehicles had early versions of them on display at GenCon last year. Very nice.

I've seen pictures of the 12" inch, but neither line in the stores.

[BoShek]

The Joyride figures look nice but don't seem articlated at all; like McFarlane figures.

The Majestic 12 inchers look great but carry a heavy price tag of $30 each.

I wish someone would make 4 inch figures and scale vehicles!

[Exhaust Port]

You should try and catch the repeats between now and the start of the second season EP. Like Deoxy said the miniseries is out on DVD so you could rent or buy that and the repeats are airing in the order they appeared so now would be the best time for someone to catch up on the show. The miniseries started up again last weekend so I don't even think season 1 has started re-airing yet. Well worth your time.

Thanks for the tip Hellboy. Is it worth watching the miniseries first or can I jump right into the last season?

I need to get a DVR to help watch this series.

[OC47150]

I'd advise yes, watch the miniseries first. It sets everything up.

The Joyride toys look more like statues and not play toys. And the Majestic figures are along the lines of Sideshow figures. And you're right, BoShek, too pricey for the casual fan.

[Deoxyribonucleic]

Thanks for the tip Hellboy. Is it worth watching the miniseries first or can I jump right into the last season?

I need to get a DVR to help watch this series.

I will also say that you should watch the miniseries first as it is really good and helps explain some "things" right away that might get confusing if just watching the series.

[stillakid]

Glad to see someone started a thread on this fine show!.

Butt two badd it cant bee speld rite. :rolleyes:

I mean, seriously guys, is it that hard to proofread your work, particularly if it's a thread title?

[Exhaust Port]

No, it's speld right. The shew is called Battlestar Galctica.

Cut everyone some slack Stilla.

[James Boba Fettfield]

Man, didn't you spell Terri Schiavo's first and last name wrong in a thread you started, stillakid?

Now let this spelling stuff go. I will even go ahead and fix the title so we can all be happy.

[stillakid]

Man, didn't you spell Terri Schiavo's first and last name wrong in a thread you started, stillakid?

Now let this spelling stuff go. I will even go ahead and fix the title so we can all be happy.

Probably. :D

Look at it this way, if somebody wanted to post regarding the show and they did a search, the title may or may not appear if it is spelled wrong. How many Battlestar Galactica threads do you want?

[James Boba Fettfield]

Point taken, and it's fixed. :)

Let these fine folks get back to their discussion of the Battlestar Galatica.

[Exhaust Port]

Battlestar Galatica.

After all that and you misspelled it again? ;)

[James Boba Fettfield]

You meen its not Galatica?

I fixed the thred titul, witch gives me the write too spell evrything elss however I wunt.

[chrisc]

Sorry Guys, I'm from South Carolina. I think were like 48th on the Nations Education list. Heck I didn't realize so many people enjoyed this show. I don;t get to watch it because it comes on at like 11pm where I live. If I ain't home asleep, I'm with the girlfriend. I didn't realize that the miniseries is out on DVD either.

[Hellboy]

I figured I'd give this thread a bump since the second season will be starting soon. Friday July 15th to be exact. WOOHOOO!!! :D

For those of you that missed out on some or all of Season 1 the SCI FI channel is running the show in it's entirety this week. You can also catch 3 of last season's episodes on Saturday July 9th on NBC of all places. :cool:

In a summer full of repeats and endless reality television I'm pretty excited to be getting a second season of BG so soon after the completion of the first. I can't recommend this show enough, one of the best series on television.

[Tom Foolery]

I think Battlestar Gallacita is a lot like Star Wars, except with robots instead of stormtroopers but not as cool as stormtroopers.

[OC47150]

Don't forget the sex! It was only implied in Star Wars (and very implied at that!).

[OC47150]

Can't wait for Friday night!

[Exhaust Port]

I finally caught the beginning of this series and I'm not quite sold on it. For me the Cylons suck and the visions that the Dr. keeps having are dumb. I liked the series other than the interactions with the Human-Cylon folks which made up a good part of the show unfortunately. That one attempts suicide and fails all because she's confused about who/what she is? What a stupid enemy. I also didn't care for the religous visions that the President was having.

There are too many individual soap operas going on. Every character is fighting some personal demon or struggling with some interpersonal conflict. The President can't even give a press conference without having visions. This show could have it's battles on a psychologists couch instead of in space with ships.

I'll give it a few more viewings but unless things change I won't continue to watch.

[OC47150]

I'd like to see an entire episode dealing with Helo and Caprica, not just 10 minutes or so. He has an interesting storyline that could be explored.

[Hellboy]

Give it a few more episodes EP. The things you mentioned bothered me too but as the show progressed I found it easy to overlook the show's shortcomings. I wasn't completely sold on the Cylons either but by the end of the first season I came around. The series really peaks in the last 4 or 5 episodes.

[Exhaust Port]

I figured that might happen which is why I'm planning on giving it a few more shows before I throw in the towel. I do really like the actors they have in the show. They really play their parts well. My, how far Sci-Fi shows have come. :)

[OC47150]

The cylons do look like a poor man's super battle droid.

SciFi ran a special last night about its Friday night shows. Pretty interesting.

[Deoxyribonucleic]

Anybody get this dvd??

I did, it's the british version. Got it at best buy for 49.99 and it comes with deleted scenes...so far that's all I can tell for extras but I haven't scanned the entire thing yet. And I guess the U.S. version is coming out some time this month?? ANyhow, I'm so glad I picked this series up. I missed about 3 of the episodes from it when it was broadcast but I'm not missing anymore of season 2!

This show is SO good, it's really the ONLY TV show I watch these days besides the Simpsons and FAmily Guy when I can catch 'em. I'm surprised more people on this board don't watch it! You might wanna give it a try, it's really NOTHING at all like the old version (which is lovely in its own cheesy right) and just really sucks you in from the beginning!

[JediTricks]

There's another version coming to all retailers on Sept 20th, it's gonna be $60 MSRP but Amazon already has it for $42 ($7 less than the Best Buy set) and it'll have the miniseries as well as season 1, and more extras (commentaries, deleted scenes, and more) than the Best Buy set. Apparently, when that new set comes out, this current UK version at Best Buy will stop selling so they can switch to the mass-retail set.

[Deoxyribonucleic]

CRAP! :frus:

[Hellboy]

This show is SO good, it's really the ONLY TV show I watch these days besides the Simpsons and FAmily Guy when I can catch 'em. I'm surprised more people on this board don't watch it!

I'm surprised too. I look forward to watching this every Friday and have really been enjoying the second season. The great thing about this show unlike so many others on television is the fact that none of the characters feel invincible. By that I mean main characters could and do die frequently. This really adds to the overall tension IMO and I find myself feeling sorry for these characters and sympathetic for their situations.

I do however have one complaint. I think they could pull back a bit with Balter's Cylon hallucinations. I understand their importance but I think it would prove more effective if it wasn't happening five or six times an episode. Plus its kind of a waste of his character considering he always comes off like a raving madman. :crazed:

[OC47150]

I do however have one complaint. I think they could pull back a bit with Balter's Cylon hallucinations. I understand their importance but I think it would prove more effective if it wasn't happening five or six times an episode. Plus its kind of a waste of his character considering he always comes off like a raving madman. :crazed:

You'd think someone would question his sanity after being caught talking to the walls and trees so many times.

[OC47150]

Last week's episode was a good one. Nice to see most of an episode focus on Caprica.

[Hellboy]

Yeah I enjoyed the episode too but I sure hope Starbuck isn't pregnant. Taking her recent surgery into consideration I could see the Cylons impregnating her with Balter's child knowing that she'll be going back to Galactica at some point. This could be the catalyst the Cylons use to completely break Baltar and win his allegiance.

[OC47150]

Yeah I enjoyed the episode too but I sure hope Starbuck isn't pregnant. Taking her recent surgery into consideration I could see the Cylons impregnating her with Balter's child knowing that she'll be going back to Galactica at some point. This could be the catalyst the Cylons use to completely break Baltar and win his allegiance.

I hadn't thought about that. I thought more on the lines harvesting her eggs for a lab experiment.

[Deoxyribonucleic]

I'm gonna bet she's (Starbuck) the one who has "the golden child" that 6 showed Baltar when they crashed on Cobal.

[OC47150]

Did anyone notice that the new CAG was flying the newer style of Viper during the training exercise? First time I've noticed that. Guess the little technical glitch has been resolved.

So-so episode. I was cleaning house and only half-watching.

[OC47150]

They are using the newer Vipers in addition to the older ones!

Last few episodes have been good. Didn't see the twist with the Lucy Lawless episode coming. Hopefully, she'll be in more.

The first part of the season is over this week (9-23). Then we have to wait until January.

[JediTricks]

Strangely, I kept thinking that it might be weird if she was a Cylon, then kinda wrote it off because it seemed a little too off, then she was, it was weird. I am getting a little tired of that twist, and it's nearly always some woman causing trouble in some way. I liked the addition of the original series' theme song over the pilots walking in slo-mo, they should really consider using the tune during the end credits or something.

[OC47150]

Strangely, I kept thinking that it might be weird if she was a Cylon, then kinda wrote it off because it seemed a little too off, then she was, it was weird. I am getting a little tired of that twist, and it's nearly always some woman causing trouble in some way. I liked the addition of the original series' theme song over the pilots walking in slo-mo, they should really consider using the tune during the end credits or something.

My buddy and I think Ellen Tighe is a Cylon, too. Nothing against women but ol' Ellen likes to stir up trouble.

Cylon Boomer said there were 7 or 8 Cylon-humans. We know of five (the two guys, Boomer, sultry Cyclon and Lucy Lawless). So it could make sense.

Yeah, the classic music was a nice touch. First time it was played, too.

[JediTricks]

A friend of mine thinks Dualla and even Starbuck are Cylons, basically every woman on the show he thinks is a Cylon.

[OC47150]

Dualla? Hadn't thought about that one.

I honestly thought the show would end with the Vipers squaring off with the Cylons.

[Hellboy]

You know I didn't even put it together that the reporter was Lucy Lawless until you mentioned it OC. Even thought I've never seen an episode of Xena I should still have recognized her. I thought she looked familiar but I guess the blonde hair through me off.

I noticed the mixing of both Viper styles as well. Pretty cool that both are being used and I really liked the new Stealth Viper.

I've been thinking Ellen Tighe is a Cylon for some time now too but it almost seems to obvious so I kind of hope it isn't true.

What was up with Dualla's sudden attraction to Apollo?

[OC47150]

Lucy said in an interview that producers are starting to let her speak with her New Zealand accent more and more.

I don't know what's up with Dualla. I thought she was hot for Billy, the prez's aide.

[Hellboy]

I don't know what's up with Dualla. I thought she was hot for Billy, the prez's aide.

Yeah me too thats why her reaction to Apollo's takedown of her in that training exercise was a bit of a surprise.

[OC47150]

I'm thinking Apollo and Starbuck will be a love connection...next season.

[JediTricks]

You know I didn't even put it together that the reporter was Lucy Lawless until you mentioned it OC. Even thought I've never seen an episode of Xena I should still have recognized her. I thought she looked familiar but I guess the blonde hair through me off. It's also her bangs, on Xena she had them cut straight across her brow, but lately she's grown them out and it looks very different, I saw her on an ep of Two and a Half Men recently, she looked 100% different with just a few subtle changes like that.


It seems like they're trying to set up every female character with 2 love interests lately, except the President and Ellen Tigh, like they're willing to take on any soap opera challenge that comes their way.

[Hellboy]

It seems like they're trying to set up every female character with 2 love interests lately, except the President and Ellen Tigh, like they're willing to take on any soap opera challenge that comes their way.

So true. And if I had one complaint about this season (other than #6 popping up to speak with Baltar nearly every episode) it would be the expansion of these types of storylines over space battles, dogfights and the overall militaristic feel the series established during the first season. I'd like to see more episodes like last season's "33" where Galactica was having to jump every 33 minutes because the Cylons were in hot pusuit. That episode felt like a chess match in space with the humans trying to outsmart their opponent and conveyed a sense of tension thats been laking the latter half of this season.

Its funny, even though I really enjoy this show I see it taking a similar path as Star Trek. Another series that was quite good but was rarely excellent and never really lived up to it's full potential, at least not in my eyes.

[OC47150]

'33' is my favorite episode.

I'd like to have seen an entire episode with Helo on Caprica, playing cat and mouse with the cylons. That would've been good.

[JediTricks]

Its funny, even though I really enjoy this show I see it taking a similar path as Star Trek. Another series that was quite good but was rarely excellent and never really lived up to it's full potential, at least not in my eyes.Well, this series was developed by Star Trek: DS9 supervising producer Ronald Moore, so maybe that's his hand.

[Bacta Beast]

Aaaarrrrrrghhhh!!!!!!! Starbuck's not supposed to be a woman!!!! Can't watch . .

[OC47150]

Aaaarrrrrrghhhh!!!!!!! Starbuck's not supposed to be a woman!!!! Can't watch . .


I have a friend who won't watch, Bacta Beast, because the referenced to Egyptology (which were plentiful in the original) have been removed. It's weird, I know.

[Daz]

Great show from what I've seen so far (season 1) tho not without its faults. My biggest issue with it is its evergrowing estrogen brigade I mean I love women and I'm all for empowered females in my tv shows(I loved Buffy) but six of em. ! ! count them with me

1. Roslyn
2. Starbuck
3. Boomer
4. Admiral Cain
5. Tighe's wife
6. Six (just couldn't resist)

Based on what i've seen the only two male characters with any ***** are Adama and Zarek the rest are all a bit p***ywhipped imho.

[Phantom-like Menace]

I've noticed that everyone on this show seems to be a female, but they tend toward being attractive, so I stop short of complaining.

I never really paid much attention to the first series, so any of the reimagining doesn't bother me. Sure, every time I see Kara Thrace I have this strange mental image of Face from the A Team smoking a cigar, which if you note from above isn't a complaint.

The Pegasus episode of the new series went down pretty much as I wanted it to. I suspected it would end with the two of them getting ready to attack each other. This cliffhanger is the first time I really can't wait until January. They shot Adama last cliffhanger, and I was able to wait, though it wasn't going to be too long. Now though, two months? Ugh.

I've been really fond of how they take things from the old series and fold them into the new one. I knew enough about the original series to suspect Pegasus would make an appearance, but I wish I knew more about the original series, so I could speculate what else might show up.

[vader68]

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I've been really fond of how they take things from the old series and fold them into the new one. I knew enough about the original series to suspect Pegasus would make an appearance, but I wish I knew more about the original series, so I could speculate what else might show up.

In the old series Baltar had his own base star,in which he would chase them all over the galaxy,until they finally caught him. After that there was less and less involement with the Cylons, and more involvement with other races(mostly human), that tried to destroy them. So who knows where they are going with this series. I really like it, it took alot of getting used too with all the character changes, but now I really like it.

[JEDIpartner]

I think the show is perfection and now, watching the original, I have to laugh at how stupid and schlocky it is. I only own the original movie on DVD but what seemed cool a few months ago to me seem so stupid.

I love everything about this show and am seriously hooked. I just got the DVDs for season one the other day and I think this will be my prized TV show on DVD... next to "Moonlighting", of course.

BTW- it was revealed that there are 12 models of the new Cylon. So far we have...
1. Boomer
2. Six
3. The "reporter" from the miniseries
4. The one Starbuck interrogated
5. Lucy Lawless's character
6. The doctor who ran the impregnation clinic on Caprica

[sith_killer_99]

WOW, the new episode Friday night ROCKED!

Things are really heating up and I can't wait to see how the rest of the season develops.

Admiral Cain is really trying to twist Starbuck to her side. I think Cain's second in command will end up siding with Commander Adama.

I like the twist they threw in with the new Cylon ship and the transfer of conciousness.:thumbsup:

Thoughts?

[OC47150]

Great episode.

There's one of two ways I'd like to see this week's episode played out. Let's see which way it goes.

[Hellboy]

Great episode, I'm glad this series is back. :thumbsup:

I like the direction the show is heading so far but there are a couple of things I hope change from the first two seasons:

-With a copy of #6 being on board Pegasus hopefully Baltar will stop having his daydreams and they can drop that sub-plot for the most part. I think thats what they were eluding to when he stated he was getting tired of "this place" in his last daydream. Just play with your new toy Baltar. :crazed:

-More space battles. It looks like the assault on the Cylon Resurrection ship might provide us with this. I just hope they take a few episodes to get through this mission and don't wrap it up in a five minute battle.

Anyone else think the civilian Chief from the Pegasus is a Cylon?

[JediTricks]

The #6 on the Pegasus is going to try to kill Caine in the next ep, that's her sleeve in the coming attraction pointing the blaster.

IMO, there's 1 big plot flaw with President Rosilin saying the only thing Adama can do is kill Caine, now that they know Caine has broken the law by stripping the civilian fleet, they could strip the admiral of her rank.

[Hellboy]

The #6 on the Pegasus is going to try to kill Caine in the next ep, that's her sleeve in the coming attraction pointing the blaster.

Good observation, I just assumed it was Starbuck.

[Deoxyribonucleic]

IMO, there's 1 big plot flaw with President Rosilin saying the only thing Adama can do is kill Caine, now that they know Caine has broken the law by stripping the civilian fleet, they could strip the admiral of her rank.

That can't happen with someone like Caine. We all know Caine will NOT just give up her command. She doesn't accept at all that Rosilin is the president and she would never surrender her command or her ship to Rosilin or Adama (she'd die fighting for it before surrendering and she does have the bigger ship with more firepower behind it than Adama) the only alternative IS to kill her! Granted, some of her crew might fight against her, but I think many of them would stand behind her. And even if they didn't, she'd still never give up her command, she'd take out as many of her crew and Adama's crew as possible before dying. That's just the kind of person she is.

She's as ruthless as the cylons in my opionion...that's what's so great about this show...At first we hate the cylons, we think they are ruthless, emotionless, machines BUT then we get to know Sharon and Six (both mind and body version) and we see that some of them HAVE human qualities and therefore, all may be capable of obtaining human qualities (love, pain, fear, loyalty, etc). Caine, although human, is portrayed like an emotionless machine.


I can't wait for this Friday! :thumbsup:

[sith_killer_99]

I think they are really trying to hit home with the whole "examination of human nature".

Do humans deserve to survive?

Adama and Galactica represent the best of mankind. Hope, compassion, enduring, protecting the species.

Caine and Pegasis represent the worst of mankind. Murder, rape, win at all costs or die trying.

Good vs. Evil

They really like to play on the themes of the human condition.

[OC47150]

The assassination storyline is interesting but, if Caine is going to die, I'd like to see her go down fighting the Cylons, not from a blast to the back of her head.

[JEDIpartner]

I'm saving last week's episode to watch with this week's episode. I'm not reading this thread until I watch both parts!!!

[JediTricks]

The assassination storyline is interesting but, if Caine is going to die, I'd like to see her go down fighting the Cylons, not from a blast to the back of her head. It looks like it'll be in the front of her head, at least. :p

[Phantom-like Menace]

I assume everyone here expects spoilers, but just in case:

spoiler room









I really thought Adama was going to turn down the promotion. I've been used to Commander Adama for more than twenty years, so Admiral Adama will take some getting used to. Of course, I guess it's only fair that they promote him in his military rank, since the new series demotes his civilian status. I'm massively surprised Pegasus survived, and not just because of the original series. I wonder how long the series is going to be Battlestar Galactica/Pegasus, though. I can't see Pegasus tagging along the whole time.

[OC47150]

I assume everyone here expects spoilers, but just in case:

spoiler room









I really thought Adama was going to turn down the promotion. I've been used to Commander Adama for more than twenty years, so Admiral Adama will take some getting used to. Of course, I guess it's only fair that they promote him in his military rank, since the new series demotes his civilian status. I'm massively surprised Pegasus survived, and not just because of the original series. I wonder how long the series is going to be Battlestar Galactica/Pegasus, though. I can't see Pegasus tagging along the whole time.


Just call him Bill.

I see the Pegasus breaking off near season's end.

Anyone notice that Pegasus was only mentioned in last week's episode, and not pictured?

[BountyHunterScum]

I'd watch BSG but I'm not going to be bombarded by sexual content. Clean it up then I'll watch it.

[Daz]

James31278I'd watch BSG but I'm not going to be bombarded by sexual content. Clean it up then I'll watch it.


Come on it's hardly a porno in it entire run so far I've yet to see one scene that could be considered gratuiteous and was not there to service the storyline.

[OC47150]

Observations on the last two episodes.

Scar episode: Kat was insubordinate to Starbuck, and should've been reassigned or had her flight status revoked temporarily, not fly as Starbuck's wingman.

Hostage episode: Anyone else get the feeling that Billy was going to die after his marriage proposal was turned down? I did. It was too obvious.

[JEDIpartner]

I'm sad that they killed off Billy. :(

[BountyHunterScum]

Come on it's hardly a porno in it entire run so far I've yet to see one scene that could be considered gratuiteous and was not there to service the storyline.

no thanks. I like Star Trek and Star Wars better anyway.

[JediTricks]

Goodbye disposable Pegasus commander #3, hello non-disposable Pegasus Commander Adama. I kinda suspected the Peg's commander would die in this ep, but I didn't see Lee being given command after that. An interesting choice, I wonder how long they're gonna keep the Peg around for at this point, seems like they could really use her and it'd be a good twist, but it would keep Apollo out of the Viper seat.

The ep was pretty good, but I felt like it never made sense to make an engineer the commander, he didn't have any tactical experience.


As for the sex, I think it's part of real life and can have a place on a mature show such as this, and it doesn't seem to be generally exploitive at this point (I missed the mini-series), it seems like how people in those situations would act. It doesn't need to be the centerpiece of the show either, and last night's ep worked that well, it was suggestive without being a major element.

[chrisc]

Wish I had cable

[JEDIpartner]

I'm really shocked that no one has discussed the season ender yet!!!

[OC47150]

I forgot about this thread! Forgive me!!!

* From the previews, I thought the situation on Caprica would be a bigger part of the storyline than it was. It was there and then finished.

* I wasn't caring too much for the one-year jump in the storyline. My mind immediately thought of the season 3 storyline of Alias jumping ahead. It was interesting to see what happened to the central characters on New Caprica. Baltar reminded me of some Roman emperor drunk with power (or JFK and Clinton with the ladies :) ).

But how it ended, WOW! I like the possibilities of where next season can go.

[vader68]

I thought it was a great episode, but now we have to wait until OCTOBER!!! I could understand June or July , but October?

[JEDIpartner]

David Eick (?) recently let it spill, to TV Guide, that a central character will not make it past Season 3, episode 3. :shocked:

[Hellboy]

As long as Adama and Apollo survive I don't mind.

[figrin bran]

so another copy of Sharon is going to bite the dust? ;)

[JEDIpartner]

They had a picture of Lee, Kara and Gaius next to the article... red herring?

[figrin bran]

pleeease don't let it be kara! i bet it is a red herring and that it'll be someone like Helo but if not, it most probably isn't baltar as much as i would like it to be. why make him president just to have him assassinated? getting rid of lee would rob the writers of the father/son relationship and all of its strains so i can't imagine them doing that.

[OC47150]

It shouldn't be a surprise that someone is going to be killed off, since we have the idea that some sort of military action is going to have to take place.

Could be Tighe.

[JediTricks]

I bet it's Dee (Dualla), she's been with us the whole time but doesn't really do much, and writers like to get rid of characters they don't know how to use.

[figrin bran]

JT, you might be onto something there with Dee. since Billy got killed off, there just isn't much for the writers to do with her anymore.

if Tigh goes, i'd look to see Ellen Tigh go as well.

[OC47150]

Ellen is annoying.

Still think she's a Cylon.

[JediTricks]

JT, you might be onto something there with Dee. since Billy got killed off, there just isn't much for the writers to do with her anymore.

if Tigh goes, i'd look to see Ellen Tigh go as well.
Plus, now that she's all cozy with Apollo, it'll make him emote again, that seems to be what his character does. :p

[JEDIpartner]

Ellen is annoying.

Still think she's a Cylon.

She always puts me in a bad mood.

[figrin bran]

She always puts me in a bad mood.

and now you know why Tigh's always hitting the bottle! i think any of us would if we had a wife like ellen.

[mtriv73]

I'll bet it's Kara's boyfriend who gets killed off. He wasn't doing so hot anyway in the season finale. Or it could be Rosalyn. She was not supposed to live to see Earth anyway according to the prophecy.

Does anyone know when the second half of season 2 comes out on DVD?

[JediTricks]

Kara's boyfriend was *dying* of disease in the season finale, I can't imagine they'd be so cheap as to pull that crap, make the guy who's a goner anyway the "big one that bites the dust".

[OC47150]

Does anyone know when the second half of season 2 comes out on DVD?

TVshowsonDVD.com reports Sept. 19 as the release date. The set also will include the extended Pegasus episode, which I'm curious to see.

[Blue2th]

So, anybody watch Battlestar Galactica Razors Saturday night?
Lots of eye openers. Spoilers
Turns out Admiral Cain was having a lesbian affair with that Number 6 that eventually shot her. You can see why #6 was so mad at Cain, and why she really didn't want anything to do sexually with Baltar in earlier episodes.
They showed Cain offing her number one.
The massacre of civilians, and subsequent stripping of their ships encounter.
What was really cool was seeing the original Cylons and their fighters in action. They even showed a gold commander.
The best part, and they only showed half of it was the "Flashback" episode of young Adama in a dog-fight with two vintage Cylon Raiders, bailing out and fighting one of them in the air. Nice details of the Cylons, and they are alot more agile and less clunky than the old 70's show.
I hope they include that with the DVD release on December 4th.

[Snowtrooper]

I watched it. Thought it had alot of good backstory. It helped some things in the regular series make a little more sense. I'm kind of curious how the whole "Starbuck will lead mankind to its doom" will play itself out. It makes me look forward to the final season.

I really enjoyed seeing and hearing the old style centurions too. I miss hearing the robotic voices when watching the new series. It would be nice if they would do a spinoff of the series that takes place when Adama is young. They could even use the same actor that portrayed him in Razor.

[OC47150]

I thoroughly enjoyed Razor. Really liked the Shaw character but figured her fate pretty early.

It was nice to see the old kick-***** Starbuck back.

I was wanting to see more of the young Admiral Adama and his Cylon adventures but I guess that will be on the DVD.

[mtriv73]

Well, we get season 3 on DVD next week (finally, it's been a year since it was on T.V.)

Season 4 is set to kick off in april, but I just read that we're probably only getting 10 episodes and the final 10 late this year or early 2009. I really hope that info was wrong. I'll never watch another series on sci-fi again if they do this.

[Blue2th]

Well, we get season 3 on DVD next week (finally, it's been a year since it was on T.V.)

Season 4 is set to kick off in april, but I just read that we're probably only getting 10 episodes and the final 10 late this year or early 2009. I really hope that info was wrong. I'll never watch another series on sci-fi again if they do this.
Yeah other than BSG, most every series they have done is forgettable.
I'll be buying that Season 3.
I'm kinda hoping we get a grand finally movie, with no expenses spared. Like what they did with "Firefly" (which BTW if it was a Sci-Fi series was one of the excellent ones)
But hey, they'll still do their monster of the week one-offs :rolleyes:

[Jedi_Kal-El]

Well, we get season 3 on DVD next week (finally, it's been a year since it was on T.V.)

Season 4 is set to kick off in april, but I just read that we're probably only getting 10 episodes and the final 10 late this year or early 2009. I really hope that info was wrong. I'll never watch another series on sci-fi again if they do this.

Hale yeah and I'll be watching my season 3 DVDs by this time next week. :thumbsup:

As far as season 4, they had to shut production down due to the writers strike. So they were only able to film 10 episodes. You know the real crappy thing about that though with this season being split up, is that they're doing the same thing when they release season 4 on DVD. I hated they way they did that with the season 2 DVDs but unfortunatly, that's the way they're going to do it. :sad:

Personally, I just want to see some new episodes already! Beyond tired of waiting. :mad:

[Adam]

Heads up! Sci-Fi is premiering episode one of season 4 online at NOON (eastern standard time) tomorrow, ten hours before it comes on the picture box.

Previously I was upset because my buddy at work would be watching it while I was stuck at work, but now I get to watch before him and torture him with almost spoilers all day. AHAHAHAHA.

EDIT: It was a live feed, and since I slept in, I caught it twenty minutes in. Doh! When it ends, it mentions that they will be airing the next episode next friday at noon (ET) again. Sweet.

[mtriv73]

I loved the first episode and can't wait for the rest.

Anyone know how the ratings were compared to previous episodes? I'll bet they lost a lot of people with the >1 year hiatus.

Edit: I looked it up. They actually were up 19% over the season 3.5 premiere at 2.1 million viewers.

[Qui-Long Gone]

I'm glad season 4 got such a late jump....my wife and I finally gave into the hype and started watching this series on DVD.....thank the gods we did! I must have been out of my frakking mind to ignore this series!



Now if I could only talk her into getting cable so we can watch season 4......frak........

[Jedi_Kal-El]

Now if I could only talk her into getting cable so we can watch season 4......frak........


You can watch it online. It's up at scifi.com right now. The next episode will be up tomorrow.

[OC47150]

Nice to see the old butt-kicking Starbuck back in form.

As much as I love the show, I've wondered what the series would've been like if:

1) The storyline didn't jump 18 months into the future. So many shows have done this and it hasn't worked. It's worked for BSG but I have to wonder 'what if.'

2) If some of the characters weren't exposed/identified as Cylons. Tighe and the Chief? That would explain a lot of Tighe's grumpiness. This aspect has bothered me during the break. The jury's still out for me. Still don't know if it's a good or bad thing.

Regardless of what happens, I'll be watching until the end.

[Snowtrooper]

This is my favorite show on television. It stands head and shoulders above everything else. That being said, I'm a little confused on how Tigh could be a cylon. He was supposed to be a veteran of the first war and has served with Adama all these years. How could he be a cylon when he was around before they had the ability to look human? If anyone has an explanation or theory as to how this could be, I'd really like to hear it.

[Blue2th]

I'm a little confused on how Tigh could be a cylon. He was supposed to be a veteran of the first war and has served with Adama all these years. How could he be a cylon when he was around before they had the ability to look human? If anyone has an explanation or theory as to how this could be, I'd really like to hear it.

Good question. He hasn't been with him the whole time, at least when Adama was a young Viper pilot and discovered the Cylon lab where they were experimenting on humans in "Razor"
Tigh could have been a plant even way back when they met.

Maybe they were able to not only clone the people they abducted, but also found a way to download their memories. That would be the only way it could work I think.

[mtriv73]

They've been together for 30 years. I don't know which episode they said that in, but I remember hearing it. The first cylon war was 40 years ago (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Cylon_War), so they haven't been together the whole time.

Just found this too...Some time after the first Cylon war, he was mustered out of the service, and took low status work in civilian freighters for several years. He met William Adama during a bar fight that began when Tigh was taunted by his shipmates over his wartime service, and the two quickly became firm friends. Adama was instrumental in saving Tigh from his most self-destructive tendencies. After his marriage, Adama was able to use his new wife Anne's (Carolanne) connections to get first himself and then Tigh reinstated in the Colonial Fleet.[9] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul_Tigh)

[Jedi_Kal-El]

The way they're trying to explain it is that the final 5 are different from the first 7 as far as the Cylons go. Not usre which way they're going to go with it, but I'm excited to find out.

[Blue2th]

It's going to be interesting to find out what happens, now that the Toasters, and Raiders can think and reason for themselves instead of being just robots programed by the human-like Cylons.

[figrin bran]

My building doesn't have cable so I'm have to watch the episodes on SciFi Channel's Rewind.

At this point in the series, you just have to laugh each time Kara gets away with a serious transgression.

[JEDIpartner]

Six is officially my favourite character on a show where I pretty much love every character for their depth and complexity. I love how she and the other united models rewired the centurions! Well done!!!!

[figrin bran]

That's sort of cheating, JP, to just say "Six" without designating a specific model :p

That Natalie Six left quite an impression, didn't she?

[Jedi_Kal-El]

Loved the 1701-D reference. That was nice.


Edit: Callie, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!:cry:

[Snowtrooper]

When they revealed who 4 of the final 5 were, I had doubts as to if they were really serious or not. Tonight removed all doubt!!!

[Jedi_Kal-El]

When they revealed who 4 of the final 5 were, I had doubts as to if they were really serious or not. Tonight removed all doubt!!!

You're not kidding there. Especially Tori. She's pretty wicked.

[JEDIpartner]

That's sort of cheating, JP, to just say "Six" without designating a specific model :p

That Natalie Six left quite an impression, didn't she?

I like all of them. :yes:

Yeah... poor Callie. :cry: What the frak is up with Tory???!!!!! :shocked:

[Jedi_Kal-El]

What the frak is up with Tory???!!!!! :shocked:

She's really embracing her Cylon side isn't she?

[OC47150]

I always thought Tory was hot. Now she's bad and hot!! :twisted:

[Jedi_Kal-El]

I always thought Tory was hot. Now she's bad and hot!! :twisted:


Amen brother. I also like that they're finally doing something with her character, than actually just being Rosalin's Shadow.

[OC47150]

BSG has overused and underused characters. Tory definitely falls into the underused catagory. It's good to see her getting her more of a story.

Story-wise, where could have Callie gone? I think her contribution to the storyline was pretty limited.

[Jedi_Kal-El]

For all we know, Callie might be back. You never know with BSG.

[Qui-Long Gone]

I think Callie being dead is the smartest move for solving Tyrol's character dilema....consider this:

If Callie and baby die, what keeps the Chief from going Cylon nutz? Nothing. Now at least one of the final 5 is happily evil and embracing her dark side!

If Callie dies at the hand of Tori but baby lives, now Chief can do some bad stuff as Cylon, but ultimately redeem his character through wanting to raise his son and getting some much needed payback on Tori.

Win Win senario for the series and Tyrol's character. Callie was the perfect death for raising the stakes on the final 5. RIP Callie! :cry:

[figrin bran]

Amen brother. I also like that they're finally doing something with her character, than actually just being Rosalin's Shadow.

Sure, but now instead of Roslin's shadow, she's just a knock off of Six.

I'm starting to wonder if everyone is a Cylon? That would certainly make for the most dramatic revelation possible.

[JediTricks]

I thought it was a really good episode, and Baltar being lifted up like that changed a lot of what we thought about the show, I'm not sure where that's coming from anymore.

Everybody's a Cylon? I still can't figure out how Anders is a Cylon when he got sick from the radiation on Caprica while the others didn't. May as well cheat and have EVERYBODY at that point, so inconsistent.

I suspect Rosalin is going to die soon and then in the next ep wake up in a regeneration ship.

[Qui-Long Gone]

I suspect Rosalin is going to die soon and then in the next ep wake up in a regeneration ship.

I'll be surprised if that happens, but ???? Actually, that would be a good 5th.....I'm holding out for Dr. Cottel....I'm not sure I could buy into a main character being a Cylon....Saul and Tyrol were enough for me to buy.....

????

I love Baltar's character! Sinner to Saint! Genious!!!!

[figrin bran]

Roslin is another person that I too suspect as being the final Cylon. They've been playing up Kara so it might be her but I sense a red herring.

It has to be a main character because D'anna recognized them in her vision at the temple.

Then again it might be a nobody like Racetrack...how else could she have survived that Raptor crash in the last episode? :p

[JediTricks]

I'll be surprised if that happens, but ???? Actually, that would be a good 5th.....I'm holding out for Dr. Cottel....I'm not sure I could buy into a main character being a Cylon....Saul and Tyrol were enough for me to buy....Rosalin is the only one I could buy, she has no real past, she's been excellent at interrogations and undermining freedoms in the name of security while maneuvering it to look the opposite, and it'd really hurt Adama. Cottel I think is too human, I think they've made too many of the "deeply human" characters Cylons already.

I love Baltar's character! Sinner to Saint! Genious!!!!And don't forget living martyr and sex-cult leader.

Roslin is another person that I too suspect as being the final Cylon. They've been playing up Kara so it might be her but I sense a red herring. Yeah, the Kara angle reeks of red-herring. A buddy of mine thinks she's gonna be a vessel for the Goddess Aurora, seems a little direct to me but better than "she's a cylon".

It has to be a main character because D'anna recognized them in her vision at the temple. That's a good point, it was revelatory when she saw them, it has to be someone noteworthy to D'anna. Hot Dog just ain't gonna surprise her.

[Jedi_Kal-El]

They've already said that the fith Cylon was going to be a supporting character, and that it wouldn't be Admiral Adama, Rosalin, Baltar, or Lee. They might just be trying to throw a curve in our direction with that info, but I'd say look to someone like Dee or Gaeta to end up being the fifth.

Edit; As to D'Anna recognizing that one, remeber that at the time she saw them, the other 4 had yet to be revealed, so she could have very well been looking at Col. Tigh.

[figrin bran]

Quite the body count last night!

It's funny how Anders shot Gaeta in the leg and everyone forgot about their mutiny. And now Roslin is beginning to accept Baltar's ramblings?

That planet that the Basestar was orbiting looked an awful lot like Jupiter...maybe they're closer than they think?

[Maradona]

I keep waiting for the equivalent of the "Imperious Leader" to show up. It would surprise me if that is a clue to the final cylon.

[Jedi_Kal-El]

I keep waiting for the equivalent of the "Imperious Leader" to show up. It would surprise me if that is a clue to the final cylon.

That is one thing I do miss from the old show. IL and Lucifer.

[Maradona]

That is one thing I do miss from the old show. IL and Lucifer.

I hav always viewed Six as the equivalent of Lucifer. As you remember, Lucifer was the liaison to Baltar in the original series. Yet, in this new, vastly superior incarnation of the story, an Imperious Leader equivalent is absent. Now don't get me wrong, there is absolutely no need for each aspect of the original to be updated.

And you know, while typing this in this wee small hour of the morning, I had the thought that maybe Tom Zarak is the final Cylon. It would link the shows using the phrase "this has happened before" that has been repeate.

[Jedi_Kal-El]

I've suspected Zarak as well at times, and it would make sense if they went that way.

[OC47150]

So Baltar is turning into a Jim Jones-type character and Starbuck has acted like Captain Qeeg.

And that planet did resemble Jupiter.

Zarak being the final Cylon is an interesting theory.

[JediTricks]

I like the Rosalin is the final Cylon theory, but Tom Zarek is not a bad call either considering his past.

[Qui-Long Gone]

Is it just me or is this season dragging? It lacks a certain urgency that the first three had. I'm not sure if the final 5 are supposed to be a threat or help...well, maybe Tori is a threat, and Anders didn't do anyone favors shooting Gaeta....The Civil War Cylon angle just dosn't work for me and Starbuck has always been a good loose cannon character when her backstory creeps in...now we have no idea why she's so nuts....

I'm hoping the rest of the season picks up and they take time to get the fleet to earth instead of the show ending with them finding it....it would be interesting to see if the fleet can land on earth expected, as if people on earth knew there were 13 colonies, or will the fleet be treated as an alien invasion.

[JediTricks]

I actually thought this episode was finally getting us somewhere, but the actual episode was SO slow for the first 40 minutes. That jump without the Demetrius crap was obvious and silly, the threat from those little Vipers against a Basestar was laughable, not critical.

It's funny, I really disliked how Tricia Helfer looked in that platinum blonde hair as Caprica 6, but as Natalie with her normal hair she looks way better.

[figrin bran]

Are any of you playing the "Join the Fight" game? I'm playing as a Cylon and the memory game they have this week is too difficult for me!

[jedibear]

Well...just watched the mid0season finale and....

They've written themselves into quite the corner. How long is the second half of the season anyway? Seems like it can't go on too much longer after tonight's episode.

I'll chat more about it after folks have had a chance to watch it...

[JediTricks]

I think it's 4-10 episodes they were talking about.

Personally, I thought last night's episode had some good spots (mostly Saul Tigh being extra kick-***) and some bad ones (Deanna's lame betrayal, the rushed jump to Earth, the Planet of the Apes ending).

The ending kinda makes sense though, if you take the original BSG to be the original 13th tribe, they got to Earth in modern times, so if this takes place generations after that, then that's Earth's distant future. A buddy of mine pointed out that the Statue of Liberty was completely missing in that shot, I wonder if that's an homage to the statue appearing in Planet of the Apes in the sand.

[jedibear]

It was a good episode...

One thing about the ending with that slow pan across them all and the landscape made me think of two things...one, it looked like the print ad campaign for the next half of the season (very "Sopranos") and two, where was Chuck Heston telling them they blew it all up?

But seriously, here's who I think the fifth is, to bring it all full circle...
(highlight to read...so I don't ruin it for others with my guess)

Zack Adama

Think about it...

[Maradona]

So now we wait for the last 11 hours of the show set on Earth...

[mtriv73]

I'm not convinced that was really Earth. You never get a good look at the continents. You'd think they would show something immediately recognizable like Florida, Italy, the Iberian penninsula, Australia, Africa, South America (anything for that matter if you paid attention in 9th grade world Geography.) Instead we get clouds.

Also, Laura isn't dead yet. The prophecy says the leader dies taking them to find the lost tribe (or something like that.)

I think it's a cylon trick (they planted the viper to lead them to the wrong planet so they would give up on finding Earth and give the cylons the final 5 so they can find the real Earth.) If that really was Earth then what does it matter who the 5th cylon is? Also, Torrie had nothing to do with the discovery of the way to "Earth." All the final 5 need to be involved somehow. I'd wager a nickel that that was the cylon home world and the way to the real Earth is yet to be revealed.

[JEDIpartner]

Now that I've FINALLY gotten to see this episode, I'd have to say that it was probably one of the top three best episodes of the series. I think that they did a nice job putting things together and getting us to a good stopping point, whilst bringing things to light. Can I just tell you that I hate Tory more and more each week and that I'm completely fascinated by her character?!! Wow... she's really an evil, back-stabbing "bicth"! ZOWIE!!!!

[JediTricks]

Amy from eFX (the new company taking over SW prop replicas, made up mostly of core Master Replicas folks) has a teaser for 2 new lines they'll be doing, and one of them is BSG: http://forums.sirstevesguide.com/showthread.php?t=38280

I honestly don't know what they'll come up with, I'm picturing the pistol and maybe a Viper replica, but who knows.