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wabrams
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I hear ya, but I was more of a fan of Homicide: Life on the Streets.
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wabrams
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BTW, did anyone watch this past Friday’s episode, “Exodus, pt. II?” Awesome hour of tv.
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montanaman
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'Twas. It wrapped up a number of things and set them back on the “proper” course. It’s about a flight to Earth, after all. Not hunkering down on some rock to make allusions to 21st century American foreign policy.
For once I have a GOOD sci-fi nit-pick. When Adama jumped the BSG into the atmosphere of New Caprica, it fell like a rock. No “hovering” or flying like a fighter plane. But when it jumped out, it did so so suddenly that the flames and air rushed in to fill the void where it was just a second ago. Good physics, that.*
*Except for the unexplained jumping capability, that is. So far, they’re still operating under Star Wars logic–press a button and the “jump drive” transports mass across impossible distances instantaneously. But we won’t think about that for now…
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wabrams
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Loved the atmosphere drop; didn’t see that coming! When they did the zoom out after Adama made the comment “I guess we’re finished then;” my heart sank for a moment there.
It’s not instant in Star Wars; every moving as shots of them flying through light speed. It’s very similiar to Star Trek’s warp drive. BSG’s Faster Than Light drive is more close to reality, so I have read. The idea that you have to exactly plot your course and then bend time/space to arrive at your destination a second later is easier to swallow than flying at several times faster than the speed of light for hours on end in a straight line, not once hitting anything!
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NPS
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I taped it and finally watched it last night. Great. Very tense. I liked the “personal” stories, esp. when Starbuck suddenly found out that it wasn’t her baby. Is the storyline of that guy being obsessed with her a long running one or is it fairly new? Since they don’t die, I’m sure it won’t be the last we see of him.
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montanaman
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Yeah, Starbuck’s boyfriend was a brand-new thread. Kind of interesting. Very out of the blue. But, it’s likely true that the Cylons stole an ovary–back in the episode “The Farm” she was captured and put in a baby-making factory. I think we’ll eventually see a Cylon-Starbuck. After all, we have about seven as-yet unseen models.
Predictions:
Baltar is a Cylon.
Commander Adama (the son) will go through a fast work-out routine that gets him back to his original primed physique. (I’m not gay. I’m just sayin’…) Tabloids will market it as the “Adama Method,” or, perhaps alternatively, “The South Battlestar Diet.”
Admiral Adama’s razor is a Cylon.
The head on Deck 5 is also a Cylon.
The writers will no longer be able to keep all the Sharons straight, resulting in an embarassing “gotcha!” moment at a future BSG convention.
The sexy and mysterious Number 6 will adopt an African baby. Ironically, unbeknownst to her, he will also be a Cylon.
As the season begins to lag, we’ll see more B-list celebrity guest appearances: Gary Coleman, Anna Nicole Smith, Kevin Federline (who will be captain of an alien flagship which is part of something called “The Federation.”)
Cylons will finally learn to love.
The humans will develop a weapon powerful enough to defeat the Cylons. It will be powered by something called “The Power of the Human Spirit.”
To stem the inherent boredom of living in a fleet of metal cans, they will engineer a “holodeck.” After a series of brief and somewhat amusing series of adventures back to, curiously, American 19th and 20th century history, they’ll grow tired of it and scrap the holodeck for something more useful. Like a raquetball court. It was a stupid idea anyway.
Before the head engineer can pass along his knowledge of how the jump drive works, he will die. Everyone will then realize they have no idea how it works.
Starbuck’s captured Cylon raider will be resurrected and become her pet. They will frolick among the asteroids and develop a bond more powerful than any she has ever known. Unfortunately, his rough horseplay will prove tragically deadly, and they’ll have to put him down.
Those are just some themes I’ve seen developing. We’ll have to watch and see how they turn out.
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NPS
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Hilarious, MM. I love that you can poke fun at your own favorite show and of watching it.
Don’t you know you are supposed to be hyper-obsessed with every minute detail and to vigorously defend every single criticism of it?
Sheesh! Be a REAL fan!
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NPS
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I read this:
Right after I read this:
So I was thrown for a little loop for a moment.:whacky:
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Dancelittleewok
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Is it wrong that I hope that Six and Balatar will make it as a couple? (BTW, wasn’t it creeping when he killed the dark haired Six on the infected Cylon plane?)
Is it wrong that I hope that Apollo and Starbuck will be a couple? Yes, they are both married…Doesn’t Sam look like Apollo anyway or is that just me?
Do you think Balatar is a cylon? It seems he’s been questioning himself.
Is it wrong that I hope that Apollo and Starbuck will be a couple? Yes, they are both married…Doesn’t Sam look like Apollo anyway or is that just me?
Do you think Balatar is a cylon? It seems he’s been questioning himself.
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montanaman
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Indeed, these are difficult issues that Catholics must wrestle with. Regarding Six and Baltar, well, I suspect that any relationship would be morally illicit. She, after all, is just a machine. Despite her preaching, a human being can’t conform to God’s will if he fools around with a Toaster.
Regarding Apollo and Starbuck, we’ll have to see. How were they married? Who married them? What authority? I see no priests or bishops aboard Galactica.
And have you noticed how there’s no Hell in their theology? Very interesting…
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Dancelittleewok
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Dude, I was approaching from the confines of the show, not as seen from the CC. I am new the show. This is my first season!
What do you think of Hera–the human-machine hybrid? I still don’t understand how a machine and human can, um, make a new being.
Are Clyons Deist—or do they believe in a Christian-like god or something else? The humans sound very Greek, but I find it odd that they say “Gods bless us” instead of
“Athena bless us.”
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montanaman
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Sorry–poor attempt at humor.
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Dancelittleewok
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I understand now. I must be dense today. It comes being with a Catholic…
Please read my edited post. I’m new to the game.
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montanaman
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I don’t know what to make of the hybrid baby yet. I get the feeling it was kind of thrown in there like many episodes of Lost were seemingly slapped together with various bits of mystery. Now they’re stuck with the baby, and they have to do something with her.
Speculation: she will grow up and become a sort of Christ figure–an incarnation of both races. (Although the Cylons don’t seem much like God. Maybe god–bumbling ones, at that).
I think the Cylons believe in a real single God. But they come off as humorless fundamentalists. And the humans seem, to me, to be more like Romans–giving perfunctory devotion or observance to the gods. Except for the occasional priestess, who also seems like an uncritical, unintellectual fundamentalist.
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Dancelittleewok
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Do you think that the President should have chosen to wipe out the Cylons?
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wabrams
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Yeah.
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Jay2
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The best part of BSG was Erin Gray in those silver spandex pants… or maybe that was Buck Rogers…???
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wabrams
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That was Buck Rogers.
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Dancelittleewok
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Wow, Friday’s episode was convulted…couldn’t they think of a better way to reunite Starbuck and Apollo? I liked the ending, just not how they got there.
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