[Television] Battlestar Galactica - Page 5

Genthar · Local time: Mar 23, 2007, 10:47 PM

I just learned that Battlestar Galactica has had it's previously reported 13-Episode 4th Season extended to 22 Episodes! David Eick and Ron Moore have hinted that they expect that season 4 will be the finale for the series so it's likely that Sci-Fi has let them go out with all guns blazing and with a proper conclusion to the saga.

More info abou this (and the BSG TV Movie here: http://uk.tv.ign.com/articles/775/775022p1.html

nuttyturnip · Mar 25, 2007, 11:16 PM

Oh God, I hear disembodied Bob Dylan songs, so I must be a Cylon. Time to go emo.

Matt · Mar 25, 2007, 11:24 PM

Originally Posted by nuttyturnip

Oh God, I hear disembodied Bob Dylan songs, so I must be a Cylon. Time to go emo.

Argh, don't remind me of how terribly lame that was. As soon as they starting saying the lyrics "...said the joker to the thief" I yelled lame! at the television set.
The poor TV was so ashamed that it cried during the last 5 minutes of the show.

Originally Posted by Genthar

I can't say I'm particularly happy with the way BSG has gone this season. I was originally dubious about a "remake" without any input from Richard Hatch but by the middle of the First season I was hooked and Season 2 was even better. This year however, I'm loosing faith. I don't think that enough has actually "happened" this year in comparison to previous seasons, there's been too much filler episodes that make it look like a space-bound soap-opera as opposed to military sci-fi.

Quoted for truth.

There was way too much filler to even be remotely interesting. This Season only had two good parts:
1) Escaping from New Caprica
2) The Season Finale

Spoiler:

And what gets me is that the damned preview from last week gave the whole "We're cylons" part away. I mean, I knew the voice. I recognized it. Then I started thinking "who's been acting whacky lately? Who's the 'we' that Tyrol meant?" Great job spoiling the episode, Sci Fi.

nazpyro · Mar 25, 2007, 11:47 PM

2008. ;_;

At least there's a possible miniseries/movie event... that may have nothing to do with that's been going on lately.

Jujubee · Local time: Mar 26, 2007, 01:37 AM

What was the name of that song in the ending?

nuttyturnip · Mar 26, 2007, 08:40 AM

Originally Posted by Guest

What was the name of that song in the ending?

All Along the Watchtower; there's a link to the lyrics at the bottom of the entry.

Sousuke · Mar 26, 2007, 02:22 PM

On the topic of the song that plays through the last ten minutes or so... I don't suppose anyone has ripped the song, or has an mp3 [or other audio format] of this version of the song yet, do they? I really liked it, and don't think I want to wait until summer when the soundtrack comes out.

Genthar · Local time: Mar 26, 2007, 08:14 PM

I just saw the season finale and I'm like "what the frak?".

I wouldn't be surprised if they jumped another year or more to begin Season 4...

nuttyturnip · Mar 27, 2007, 03:04 PM

Originally Posted by Genthar

I wouldn't be surprised if they jumped another year or more to begin Season 4...

It would be worth it to see the Adamastache again.

speculative · Local time: Mar 27, 2007, 04:59 PM

Wow, for a series that just seemed to keep getting more and more hardcore & could do no wrong, what a surprisingly lame episode? There is only a single real "mystery" left, in my mind, about who is a cylon:

Spoiler:

I thought the ending would have been better if this happened:

Spoiler:

Genthar · Local time: Mar 28, 2007, 01:11 AM

Originally Posted by speculative

I thought the ending would have been better if this happened:

Spoiler:

It started going that way. There's always next season

Seriously: I'd rewind time to the Pegasus story.

1. Admiral Kane would have survived until the end of Season 2 (She should have been in for longer, but at least we'll have her in the TV movie before Season 4). She may have been murdered by a human as opposed to a Cylon for her opposition of settling down on New Caprica.

2. During the rescue at New Caprica in Season 3, Fat Apollo doesn't disobey Adama and continues with half the fleet in the Pegasus. Galactica survives the New Caprica rescue with the other half of the fleet but they are unable to recalculate jump-points or whatever to reach Pegasus and her fleet and both halves of the fleet remain seperated for about half the season. It would have been intresting for the writers to show the two different command styles of the Adama's with their respective fleet problems. As Apollo and Starbuck would be seperated we would also be spared the "love quadrangle" of Season 3.

3. Pegasus comes to Galacticas rescue at the Eye Of Jupiter and at this point the ship is sacrificed.

4.

Spoiler:

5.

Spoiler:

Jujubee · 02:01 AM

Originally Posted by speculative

Wow, for a series that just seemed to keep getting more and more hardcore & could do no wrong, what a surprisingly lame episode? There is only a single real "mystery" left, in my mind, about who is a cylon:

Spoiler:

No freaking duh? Who ever doubted Starbuck was one of the final five? That's no mystery at all. In the last minute of Crossroads she practically had it written on her forehead. Hello, she's been drawing the Eye of Jupitor sense she was 12, all the visions she's had about fullfilling her 'destiny,' her raptor explodes into a million pieces then she comes back with a smile on her face. 'Hi Lee, I've been to Earth, I know where it is and I'm going to take us there.' Ok, let's say she died in that explosion, if she's a cylon, one of the final five where would she ressurect? Earth. The only question that remains is what are the purposes of the final five, are they on the human side, cylon, or neutral? Who's going to get to Earth first and how long will it take them to get there? Most importantly WHO or WHAT is on Earth anyway? The Thirteenth Tribe, The Final Five, Both or something else? In my opinion the episode was very NOT lame, it was quite suspenseful and open-ended. Just because there weren't bombs going off, lights flashing and people dieing doesn't mean it had to be lame. Oh yeah, and what about Baltar, lets not forget him. The cult must be taking him somewhere and what was the vision in the opera house with Six and Hera about? There's plenty of mystery left if you ask me. If Baltar isn't one of the Final Five then what? Let's see how serious they are about declaring him God.

Tellurian · 03:43 AM

I'm still sure about whatever the "Head Six" and the "Head Gaius" of Dr. Baltar and of Caprica Six is, it's gotta be something divine. I've had this theory since quiet some time that Head Six actually is God, or at least an "angel" and not just Gaius being nuts.

This WAS a pretty good episode indeed. And it's even (again) a worse cliffhanger than the previous ones, basically because Galactica just began to be rock-ish again (REALLY rock-ish, like spacebattle and big revelations and Baltar on the run rock-ish) after a very slow and partially dull season and *bang* it's over and we have to wait till January.

Spoiler:

I'm all pumped for next season... Sadly, it'll be a long night till then...

Additional Spam:
Oh, and by the way, does anybody know if and when there'll be an OST for Season 3?

How Unfortunate · 07:47 AM

In the original BSG series there was that "ship of light," I can't remember much about it, I think it was a team sent from the future to help the Galatica? And the (male in that series) Starbuck crashed on a planet and was left behind, but via the help of the ship of light bore some super-smart child who was sent to the Galactica and was a key character in the shitty spin-off show.

Here, in Prez Laura's last vision, there were those 5 guys in all white sitting in a circle looking at them. Starbuck is left supposedly dead on a planet and comes back to help everyone.

Wouldn't surprise me if this new development is a play on the "team of light" thing from the original BSG. I'll have to re-learn what they were about on Wikipedia later.

Edit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of_Lights Hmm, not quite as I remembered.

Sousuke · Mar 28, 2007, 02:00 PM

I'm also curious about what they're going to find if/when they reach Earth. The point above about the Final Five being resurrected on Earth is an interesting one, but then... Where would Starbuck have gotten her Viper?

Anyway, I think one of 4 things could happen when they reach Earth:

Scenario A: They find an 'Alternate Universe' Earth, where the 13th Colony has settled and grown to a population of a few million, somewhere on the planet. They [presumably] have the same type of technologies as the other 12 colonies, maybe even more advanced.

Scenario B: They find an 'Alternate Universe' Earth, where there is no human life. Presumably, the 13th Colony has either died off, or left clues to their possible 'new location'. [Not very likely, in my eyes, but still a possibility if they do continue past the fourth season.]

Scenario C: They find Earth, exactly as it is today--poplulated with 6-7 billion people, but they still hold the beliefs of the original colonies: the Gods, and such.

Scenario D: They find OUR Earth, exactly as it is in real life--by people who have no idea what the '13th Colony' is, and would freak out when a bunch of humans and human-robots suddenly dropped out of the sky.

Just a few points to ponder. I personally like Scenario D, but that would set up the entire series for a cliffhanger ending, assuming that season 4 is indeed the last.

About the S3 soundtrack, it's slotted for Summer 2007. No exact date yet, that I know of. [If you're wondering, the cover of 'All Along the Watchtower' WILL be on it.]

nuttyturnip · Mar 28, 2007, 02:34 PM

Scenario D has already been done (with the horrific Galactica 1980). Trust me, you don't want that scenario, nor do you want Starbuck to have had some superintelligent baby come back to annoy the hell out the Galatica crew.

I had forgotten about the ship of light and the advanced beings who helped the humans in the original series. They were ok there, because they represented one possible route for the humans to find Earth, but to introduce them in the new series in the 4th (and probably last) season seems like deus ex machina. Unfortunately, though, that does seem a very logical conclusion to the cliffhanger, since I highly doubt that Chief Tyrol, Tigh, etc. are Cylons.