TV: Battlestar Galactica

[rockmanj]

Well, I wouldn't say just Adama was. For one, he had no idea that Tigh was a Cylon, and even though its quite shocking, he was still basically the same person. I thought the last episode was really good, with Gaeta and Zarek getting what they deserve. I was quite surprised that he murdered the whole quorum...that wasn't totally unexpected, but...wow. I wonder how the fleet will handle this now, with all the reps being dead. Does this mean Lee will become the VP; or will the government just like, disband?

[Penner]

Well, i still liked the latest ep, sure it wasnt as awesome as the previous ones but u can't have all awesome all the time, u need some less awesome eps to make the awesome ones even more awesome.... ya dig? :P

[Assassin]

i thought the latest ep was brilliant. we got a lot of back story on how things played out, and some nice plot advancement towards the end.

im still a little lost on how it all fits together. From what i can tell, heres how things played out:
the 13th tribe (of cylons) leave kobol
the original cylons learn how to make babies and forget about resurrection
the final 5 realize its all gonna end and reinvent resurrection
after being resurrected on a ship orbiting earth, they head out to find the other 12 tribes and warn them to not create cylons
since they dont have FTL technology, they travel sub light speed towards the 12 colonies, reaching a few thousand years later.
At the colonies the first cylon war has started already and the centurions are trying to evolve
The 'final 5' offer to help the centurions evolve if they stop the war. first cylon war comes to an end.
the final 5 (rather, the first 5) create john/brother cavel. he's a dick.
cavel doesn't like being human, so he kills the final 5 and sends them to the colonies to fuck with them.
cylons, under cavels command, attack the colonies again and BSG starts.

But theres still the question of how it all started on kobol. was there a war there as well...why did they all leave. and why did the cylon tribe leave for earth.

And also, who the fuck is this Danial? i thought all the models had been seen already. I guess theres a 13th model? but why do they call him a 7? And, why is ellen being a cylon a known fact all of a sudden...last episode no know but sol knew. i guess he told everyone after that?

All this time, i was thinking starbuck would be the 13th model and we'd find out that more then just the final 5 survived the original war on earth....but that doesn't seem likely.

[Penner]

i also thought Starbuck was a cylon since she came back from wherever, and then when she found the crashed ship with another Starbuck in it, i was pretty sure she was one...now i have no clue tbh.

And that Daniel model...the "7", i too wonder who the hell that is, and he was more "artistic" and sensitive than the other models apparently..

Starbuck painted and whatnot before they went to war?
What if the '7' Daniel was her father and shes like a human/cylon hybrid kid?
That could somewhat explain some of the weird shit thats been going on with her o.O

Confusing stuff this -.-

[Munsu]

I'm pretty sure Saul revealed that Ellen was the other cylon... I think they made refferences to it in the last episode. I remember a line like "the last of the final 5 is dead" spoken by some people or someone.

I also think Starbuck is someone related to the Daniel model.


Also, something to wonder... since Sam isn't "there" anymore, where is he? There are no more resurrection ships right? But if there were, could he be resurrected while his old body was technically alive... so that there would be two Sams instead? Or does that ship they currently have still have the capabilities of resurrection? I forget.

[Animeniax]

I just started watching the first movie from 2003. Pretty good so far, but I have a few comments:

Why is Starbuck a manly woman?
That is the cutest Korean woman I think I've ever seen.
Lots of extras, helps add to the realism.
Apollo looks like a weenie, not as cool as the original.
Lots of CGI, but what else would you expect from a sci-fi show?

Here's hoping the series is as cool as everyone says.

[rockmanj]

[QUOTE=Animeniax]I just started watching the first movie from 2003. Pretty good so far, but I have a few comments:

Why is Starbuck a manly woman?
She pulls it off well; and she also sleeps around a lot

That is the cutest Korean woman I think I've ever seen.
I might have to disagree with that...but she gets some decent storylines

Lots of extras, helps add to the realism.
Apollo looks like a weenie, not as cool as the original.
Just wait til he gets fat! And as for the original....

Lots of CGI, but what else would you expect from a sci-fi show?
Yea, but it doesn't really hit you over the head with it that much

Here's hoping the series is as cool as everyone says.

[Animeniax]

Why is Starbuck a manly woman?
She pulls it off well; and she also sleeps around a lot

Maybe, but regardless, a whore woman is less appealing than a stud with game.

That is the cutest Korean woman I think I've ever seen.
I might have to disagree with that...but she gets some decent storylines

Well it all depends on my experience (or lack thereof) with Korean women .

I really like how they hearken back to the original series with the old Viper and images of the old Cylons. Makes me nostalgic, though I wasn't that big a fan of the original series with that obnoxious kid and his stupid robot dog.

And where's Athena? She was one of my favorite characters from the original series.

[Penner]

Grace Park is indeed one of the cutest, and hottest, korean women ive seen aswell :P

We can't really answer your 'Where's Athena?' question without spoiling stuff, unless u want us to that is :P

[Munsu]

I just started watching the first movie from 2003. Pretty good so far, but I have a few comments:

Why is Starbuck a manly woman?
That is the cutest Korean woman I think I've ever seen.
Lots of extras, helps add to the realism.
Apollo looks like a weenie, not as cool as the original.
Lots of CGI, but what else would you expect from a sci-fi show?

Here's hoping the series is as cool as everyone says.

Grace Park gets hotter throughout the series. You should check out her Maxim photoshoot and her in the series The Clearner... she looks amazingly hot.

[Animeniax]

Finished the mini-series, it was very intense and really interesting. Unfortunately they introduced Boxey with the 70s throwback haircut. I'm dreading the appearance of Muffit.

The visual effects they use for the space and flight scenes are amazing. If that's CGI, it's really impressive. It looks more like a combination of models and computer graphics.

@Penner: ok thanks, please no spoilers then.

Anyone else dislike the pilot helmets? The original series helmets with the cool Egyptian pharaoh cobra look were much cooler.

[Penner]

Latest ep was great, not awesome, but great :P

Also, i find Ellen to be a total douchebag.

[rockmanj]

Grace Park gets hotter throughout the series. You should check out her Maxim photoshoot and her in the series The Clearner... she looks amazingly hot.

i agree

darn message limits

[poopdeville]

Starbuck is a young version of Ellen. Tigh just doesn't remember.

Edit: Saw S4E17. Starbuck remembers the Earth Cylon song the final five were all going crazy over. I take this as evidence for last week's claim.

Am I the only one watching this?

[Penner]

Just watched it myself and it was damn good, alot of stuff happened

[Board of Command]

Goddamn it... Boomer is such a bitch. She's a true villain.

[rockmanj]

I wouldn't go that far. I think she's kind of representative (i.e, a victim) of the larger problems in both the human and cylon civilizations. Before she knew she was a cylon, she was fairly normal. Then she turns out to have this 'programming' that made her to bad things; yet she wasn't aware of them, which confused her, and you should remember that 8's tend to be more emotional than other cylons. When she finally finds out what she is, she's spurned by the "man" she loves, tries to off herself, and was basically thrown to the wolves.
When she rejoins her people, they try to box her for going against their crazy genocidal plans (which on the other side. many endorse, including Roslin; but that's another story). So she tries to help the humans, who spurn her, she see Helo and Athena with something she could never have, and is basically Cavil's fuck doll, which is just creepy, and enough to drive one crazy in itself. I'm not saying she didnt do bad things, because she totally did. But I wouldn't go so far as to say she's evil. She's more just like a product of her environment.

[Board of Command]

Maybe she didn't start out as someone evil, but everything she's doing right now is under her own accord. She deceived the Chief and played with his feelings, and that wasn't because she was confused or anything. She straight out betrayed the only person who actually cared for her and fought for her freedom, and none of that was programmed into her brain.

[Animeniax]

I've seen through episode 9 of season 1 and I'm completely not feeling this series. I watched the miniseries and thought it was awesome and really looked forward to this show, so then I watched the first 8 episodes almost in a marathon. I kept watching and watching waiting for this magic that everyone said exists in the show, but so far it just lacks any plot or characters that I really care about.

Basically it's humans being dumb and messing with each other just with a sci-fi backdrop instead of the usual Beverly Hills backdrop. None of the characters are particularly appealing (including the cute Korean chick who I admit was one of the main reasons I started watching this show). The first episode was intense with the 33 minutes plot, but after that it's just been blah. I'm fully expecting Muffet to show up and I'll give up on this show.

Please please please someone tell me season 2 makes this series worth watching.

[Penner]

Yeah um...i disliked this show and thought it was almost completely damn boring the entire series with the exception of Gaius Baltar, man that guy delivers ;P..anyway.. it gets somewhat better later on but not much...but season 4 has completely rocked the fucking pants of the previous ones by miles, especially the later half of it...if u stick with it its totally worth it imo ^^

Edit:
I had not seen the original BSG so i did not know any of the characters before i started watching this.