Battlestar Galactica Revival

the final episode they're on earth all gold-plated and jumping in the air

"earth's up, dude!"

no srsly i think one of the biggest problems is the show is just re-doing stuff. like the final five cylons plot arc i could not be less hooked on. i felt like we've already been over the "omg i'm a cylon" thing with boomer like 3 seasons ago. and the omg roslin is dying thing. and the big mysterious earth thing i COULD get into but i don't feel like the show's given me any good reason beyond "well i hope they've got something neat up their sleeves." lost is so good at piquing interest in that mythology stuff and compared to that bsg just looks weak.

I'll probably watch it all out, but I think they lost it a few episodes after the escape from Nu-Caprica. To me wherever they are going with the four cylons have been totally tacked on to try and wrap things up, I just don't see how they could have planned on Tigh being a Cylon let alone Chief or Anders.

I liked it better when the Cylons had a plan and were just obliterating anything in their path while drinking a latte. If Dean Stockwell and the other Cylons that got wasted are done, I think it was just a way to cut payroll.

i can see what you're saying. i guess it depends on what one wants out of the show. s'cool.

obviously dean stockwell isn't done. they cylon rift adds all kinds of awesomeness to the show. that plus baltar-as-jesus-figure makes this still a quality watch.

I like the earth mystique bits. Wish they'd add a bit more of that. The ep was okay. Racetrack still hot.

hottie indian is truly into baltar now, right

A lot of what I dislike about this show right now can be distilled into Col. Tai's meaningful one-eyed glances. It's all deep, foreboding, frantic panic undercut by the dramatic intensity of a crazy old guy screaming at the kids to get off his lawn.
On the plus side, I never fail to crack my girlfriend up by growling about the "frakkin' cylons" if we run into electrical problems or commuter traffic...

it'd be better if you said frakkin' toasters

don't have high hopes for the cylon schism. every demystifying cylon squabbling scene is another stake in this show's heart.

yeah i had hopes but i'm not really feeling it, tho hopes remain
this show right now probably just needs to be more like 'the thing'
+ more space fighting
+ hilarious baltar sex scenes

it's just weird that they've made both the humans and cylons kinda confused and aimless.

tho kinda reflective of current political times?

maybe

which also makes sense with a faction of cylons revolting and lots of small political groups going on in the fleet
doesn't nec make for good tv show tho...

anyway....

looks like next week callie's gonna kick the bucket

;_;

noooooo

on the other hand i'd be even more ;_; if she is the 5th cylon

she's so adorable. she will be missed;_;

i'm guessing she's gonna kill herself after finding out about the chief

"plus baltar-as-jesus-figure makes this still a quality watch."

That is kind of true, but Baltar is by far the most entertaining character on the show and the actor that plays him is an allstar at being smarmy. I think they could about put him in any situation and that guys smirk would work. They also were playing up a religious angle with him back when they stole the whole a-bomb and the one 6 nuked the ship right before the election.

still clearing the ground, moneouvring the characters?? otherwise, what happened in this ep: cylon schism/revolt.

^^^could have been done in one episode really

don't have high hopes for the cylon schism. every demystifying cylon squabbling scene is another stake in this show's heart.

yeah, basically once it became clear that the Cylons DON'T actually have a plan some serious tension evaporated. I am not as down on this as s1ocki cuz I am interested in the "origins of humanity" angle and the Baltar lolz but I agree that I'm a little frustrated with the foot-dragging and goodbye scenes and general water-treading.

Can we basically assume that when they get to earth they're going to find either:
A) 21st Century us
B) 2001-stylee prehistoric cavemen
C) a planet of balthars
d) a planet of Malkovich's (honestly, this would redeem the last two seasons for me; he is the ONE)

they'll find the Egyptians with their stargate

garden of eden amirite

they'll find ILX and remember why humanity left

DG is like ILX's ancient mariner, or "pariah" from crisis on infinite earths!

they'll find ILX and remember why humanity left

-- DG, Monday, April 14, 2008 8:36 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Link

megalolz

baltar is lolz, sure, but the jesus angle is tired as hell. and hammy comedy is not must-watch tv for dudes like me.

s1ocki - can't believe you missed cabane à sucre on sunday! i was trying to get nico to communicate to you that we were MEETING AT MY HOUSE AND THEN STUFFING OURSELVES WITH MAPLE SYRUP but clearly you were too snoozy to realise the awesomeness of both these propositions. i enjoyed bookshp and want more chances to hang out. come to listening session on thursday!

Sean are you still up in Canada?

s1ocki - can't believe you missed cabane à sucre on sunday! i was trying to get nico to communicate to you that we were MEETING AT MY HOUSE AND THEN STUFFING OURSELVES WITH MAPLE SYRUP but clearly you were too snoozy to realise the awesomeness of both these propositions. i enjoyed bookshp and want more chances to hang out. come to listening session on thursday!

-- sean gramophone, Monday, April 14, 2008 8:51 PM (17 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

i know i felt like a real chump for missing it! was so hungover, when nico called i was still in bed and could not move. i wish i'd gone :(

the only thing that didn't taste good with maple syrup were the sticks of celery.

john - hi! yes i moved to scotland 2004-2007 but i am back in montreal now.

hi sean! i am also in mtl
and i also went to a cabane a sucre! but not this wkend, a couple wkends ago. and i put maple syrup on EVERYTHING aw yeah

Let me know when you're in the city Sean; we should catch a show!

hi rrrobyn. i look forward to meeting you as i inevitably will.

john - that would be fun!

and now:

BACK TO THE CYLONS.

http://www.kropserkel.com/Images/centurionsilver2.jpg

THEY HAVE A PLAN

he looks so sad:-(

"I has a plan.....*sigh*"

http://www.comicmix.com/news/2008/04/14/battlestar-galactica-interview-mark-verheiden-on-cylon-humanity-and-boomers-motives/

also interesting:

http://www.syfyportal.com/pagetogether.php?id=4887&page=1

Mark Verheiden's comic work suggested to me that he was a bad writer; his BG work confirmed it.

lol emo cylon
wait i don't remember any swords

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/tv/2008/04/last_nights_tv_battlestar_gala.html

Again, I've heard how much better BSG is than other sci-fi series, with the real tension and urgency of war. But it still looks like a video game to me. Hardly Saving Private Ryan, is it? So far, so unmoved, then.

GUH...it's set in space you clown so of course it will look like a video game (and why is that a problem these days?)

Wow, too many threads on the front page... time to bump another one!

Thumbs up for evil Cylon awakening! Who else felt like Cally really had it coming since the beginning?

man tory was COLD

Plan, schman. is the Stockwell not right, resurrecting the D'anna line and her/their messianic obsessions would be re-opening a whole can of Wormz, and that unlobotomized Raiders will be "more than you bargained for"? (Not that the faction Six speaks for will get a chance to see for themselves, if Stockwell wipes them out and their resurrection ship too.) And does Cally's death at that moment not almost seem like a mercy killing--I mean, look at her! Are we not seeing, more and more,thourgh Cylon eyes? Who is the Admiral sitting with at the very end??