big hoos & owenf watch 'battlestar galactica' and no one talks abt eps they haven't seen yet

yeah the role reversals get pretty tiresome, particularly with Apollo, Baltar, the Chief...

also i love how you can tell what role apollo's playing today by what outfit he's in

Some of my fav episodes are after Revelations

"the oath" & "blood on the scales" were *great*

6 episodes to go holy shit

lol @ me

lol @ funemployment

I was so goddamned pissed at Gaeta after those episodes. He did what he thought he had to, but what a waste.

There were some "webisodes" That give some backstory on the origins of Gaeta's coup, The Face of the Enemy.

really wanted to see Apollo's Law & Order: London, but I never saw it come on BBC America

it is literally like watching old original law and order - same exact stories re-used - but with britishes, council estates, barristers with wigs, etc.

so, somewhat ok.

He did what he thought he had to, but what a waste.

― i love the large auns pictures! (Phil D.), Wednesday, April 18, 2012 1:44 AM (59 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah i mean imo its p rich for baltar's chief of staff to lecture anyone about dereliction of duty, resistance mole or not

once we got past the prison ship ep zarek never did anything but annoy me, so

i really thought i knew who the last of the 5 was and kinda felt cheated when i was wrong

Who were you guessing?

roslin

actually totally forgot who the fifth was so i had to look it up

"GAIUS BALTAR?!"

at one point he's got a line reading consisting entirely of "Gaius Baltar?!" that's like the greatest thing ever.

― Frank Youngenstein (Phil D.), Thursday, April 5, 2012 11:38 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

otm

:D

this was a high quality television program

owen sorry for kinda getting off to the races there, i just picked up momentum this past weekend and had to get it done

ended the way i thought it would in most every respect

Note: Do not make the mistake of watching Caprica now, it is ridonculous.

It had potential, but never had a chance.

kinda harsh, but then i never finished Caprica either... it had some good stuff going for it, though

We finished it, but yeah. I agree that it had potential and I wish it would have gotten a couple of seasons.

I have three episodes left in the series, and it's so frustrating because it DID have potential, but they wasted so much time on nonsense, and character motivations were not just inconsistent but completely contradictory from episode to episode.

As noted above, as soon as it begins to veer from parallels with current events, and increasingly toward theological realms, it begins to fade. Still compelling, but the fire gets dimmer.

http://i.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/photoshop/9/2/6/125926_slide.jpg?v=1

ha!
i had to look up the final five aswell.

I liked the batshit theories people were coming up with before the reveal. You know, like Adama is a cylon and Lee and his bro were actually hybrids

heard a number of batshit theories that were much better than what actually got presented on-screen.

resolution of Starbuck's storyline in particular made me want to stab, so stupid.

Can I just say I hated the hit job the show did on Callie, particularly w/r/t the provenance of her child?

Like, fucking HOTDOG? Are you kidding me?

callie was always kinda crazy, let's be real

crazy like a fox

The hot dog Callie thing was some serious retconing. Ron Moore admitted So.

i admit, when it was actually happening i was like laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaame

http://mimg.ugo.com/201001/35847/cuts/hot-dog_240x135.jpg

"Even I don't believe this bullshit."

one of the things that most irritated me was how the series gradually abandoned all of its precepts about cylons - they have a "plan" (er, no they don't), they can't reproduce (er, well, some can!), they can't die (well they can now that we blew up their resurrection ship!), models share memories/experiences (only when it's convenient!), they have some secret understanding of the theological underpinnings of the universe (eh, not really)

just uuuurgh so lame

I am probably the only person to rep for the series Caprica, but with the caveat that you have to pretend it is completely unrelated to BSG because whenever they mention anything that ties the two it's a weak point.

yeah but a fun ride xpost

I liked Caprica too -- at least as much as some of the stuff in the last two seasons of BSG

BSG and Lost both failed miserably on delivering the mythology they promised in the beginning - so is it possible to create a popular show like this that doesn't have a promised mythology? Would people have kept tuning in to both shows without the Cylons having a plan or whatever the smoke monster bullshit was?

adama's softer side: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=0HvriOlru9U#t=6863s

I think it's possible for these sorts of shows to deliver on mythology if they didn't rely on our own mythology to tidy things up. But I think going all God-y mostly serves as a major hedge and controversy deflector. I mean, even Harry Potter celebrates Christmas.

George R.R. Martin famously bashed/spoiled "Knowing," "Galactica" and "Life On Mars" with Writing 101, kids. Adam and Eve, God Did It, It Was All a Dream? I've seen Clarion students left stunned and bleeding for turning in stories with those endings.

there's also the issue of being faithful to its origins, maybe. even on the first viewing, i had minor cringes when language/plot points got too close to LOLMormonism

resolution of Starbuck's storyline in particular made me want to stab, so stupid.

― Jilly Boel and the Eltones (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, April 18, 2012 4:09 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i didn't really find it all that unsatisfying, though i'm not sure why. cavil's ending was way more unsatisfying.

I think going all God-y mostly serves as a major hedge and controversy deflector. I mean, even Harry Potter celebrates Christmas.

― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, April 18, 2012 6:37 PM (34 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

idk felt pretty hand-wavey to me

i mean i'm not disagreeing with you at all i guess, i was just sorta nonplussed

also head six/gaius in nyc & robot montage was dumb

i kinda liked that moment in the CIC where it finally all comes to a head and gaius & six go "...that's it? that's all you wanted us to do?"