Battlestar Galactica

Didn't quite have the punch of last year's, but it sure added some nigh onto incontrovertible evidence that they've got it backwards as to who colonized whom.
 
i wasn't too crazy about how whiny baltar was during his trial. i think they could have taken it in a more compelling direction. on the otherhand, his being sucked into a resistance movement looks promising. and the last fifteen minutes of the finale had me as giddy as a little girl. no, giddier. i wish the whole season had been this good.
 
I have to check this series out! We are shooting a feature starring Aaron Douglas who plays a character named "Chief". My sister loves the show, and I've liked the few that I've watched ... but I had no idea which actor was from BG on the first day of production. He seems a cool guy and a very professional actor. Quite funny, too.

Edit: BTW, the feature is called "Blood: A Butcher's Tale" and is being shot primarily on green screen with Silicon Imaging's SI-2K Mini.
 
He's done a lot of bit parts, usually a "heavy" of some kind, like cops and bad guys. A few years from now, people are going to start re-watching a lot of things he's been in and saying, "hey! That's Aaron Douglas." And there's plenty to choose from. I think I first noticed him when I was one of about three people who watched "Jeremiah."
 
David Jimerson said:
Didn't quite have the punch of last year's, but it sure added some nigh onto incontrovertible evidence that they've got it backwards as to who colonized whom.
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How so?

The closing sequence was among their best work, though the whole thing about "those 4" is BS, I think. I think that's a bone to get the waning audience to come back next season but will turn out to be something else.
 
i think "the four" are the first evolved cylons and do not have infinite clones of themselves running around somewhere. if they die, there is no resurrection ship awaiting their download. I think they were designed by humans with Tigh, who has been around for at least 40 years, having been the prototype of a non-toaster cylon.

i also think Starbuck is going to become the Obi-Wan Kenobi of the series now -- guiding and mentoring Lee, as a vision, toward earth.
 
Mark Harris said:
How so?
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A Bob Dylan song coming out of a collective consciousness. I wouldn't be surprised if it were considered some kind of ancient folk song that gets re-recorded periodically, much like traditional songs tend to be.
 
ah, I took that as meaning they were within 40 or so lightyears from Earth, or a beacon to Earth or something. Like Voyager has a record on it for any aliens that find it. Provided, I guess, they have a record player :)

Anyway, I figured it was something like that, maybe a beacon broadcasting on some ancient frequency they normally can't pick up but something in the hull can, etc.
 
That's also possible, though the instrumentation and arrangement seemed distinctly Colonial. I guess we'll find out next year.
 
ha ha, Or they happened to tune into the all sitar station on XM! :)

I just assumed they could not afford the rights to any popular version...
 
Bob Dylan is the cylon god.

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What are the "evolved" cylons? Did I miss an episode somewhere?
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in the opening of the show it refers to the human looking cylons as having evolved....
 
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Zak Forsman said:
Bob Dylan is the cylon god.

in the opening of the show it refers to the human looking cylons as having evolved....
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No, it just says that the Cylons evolved, which in the first season opener pretty clearly indicated that they "evolved" from shiny metallic guys into human-looking versions. (Which, by the way, I've always kind of disliked in the back of my head.)
 
I can't find the link, but I read an interview with Ron Moore after the finale that said the four were definitely Cylons, just not Cylons the way we're used to thinking of them.
 
Yes, whatever that means. Of course, it should be remembered that Moore and Eick are notorious for saying things which aren't true just to throw people off.
 
David Jimerson said:
Yes, whatever that means. Of course, it should be remembered that Moore and Eick are notorious for saying things which aren't true just to throw people off.
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exactly. I think they throw wacky stuff at us at the end of the season and then judge the response before completing the next season. Like last season they were only on that planet for like 3 episodes. I think they got a resounding "WTF?" from the fans and high-tailed it off that rock.

Although Adama jumping the Galactica right into the atmosphere for a surprise attack was frickin' DOPE!!! That might even rival the "Picard Maneuver" for coolness.
 
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