Battlestar Galactica

wolf_2099 · Post by **wolf_2099** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 11:28 pm

BSG Final Episode to run 3 hours over 2 Fridays. (Yes, I realize that makes no sense.)
http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/02/16/the-b ... ree-hours/

MGM · Post by **MGM** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 3:59 am

So basically the last two episodes are extra long?

wolf_2099 · Post by **wolf_2099** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 12:51 pm

The last one episode's extra long, but yeah.

MGM · Post by **MGM** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 1:44 pm

SPOILERS!

Well, I guess last episode pretty much confirmed the Seven to be Starbuck's dad. Or at least, that's the way I read it.

Stocky Boy · Post by **Stocky Boy** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 6:07 pm

SPOILERS!

About half way through the episode it occured to me that the piano player must be a figment of Kara's imagination, or what the Boomer 8 refered to as Cylon projection or whatever, when she showed Tyrol the house fantasy. This is presumably the thing Caprica Six and Gaius kept getting in their heads??
Yeah, piano man had zero interaction with anyone except Kara, so halfway through the episode, it seemed likely that piano guy wasn't really there.

I'm thinking that Piano could either be:
- Kara's dad, consequently Daniel, but she wouldn't know this
- Piano man is not Kara's dad, but is daniel
- Or still, Kara is some knock off essence of the Daniel batch

MGM · Post by **MGM** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 3:36 am

I think the final sequance of flashbacks/projections made it very clear the player was Starbuck's dad (with the way how affectionate he touched her cheek and all that). And given the song he teached her, there can be only one conclusion: he was Daniel.

I read somewhere a while back we'd get to see Starbuck's dad, so the chances this was the scene are pretty good.

wolf_2099 · Post by **wolf_2099** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 9:56 pm

MGM wrote:SPOILERS!

Well, I guess last episode pretty much confirmed the Seven to be Starbuck's dad. Or at least, that's the way I read it.

I can`t see it going any other way. However, the writers being who they are, I don`t be shocked if we get a huge curve ball thrown in.

MGM · Post by **MGM** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 3:24 am

This short before the end of the show? Nah, I think this is it, especially given how Caprica will apparently star Daniel.

What irks me, though, is how they managed to create two extreme filler episodes (the previous two) right before the end. Especially the whole 2-2 standoff between the Final Five. It made NO sense for the Chief to vote to go. It was like they suddenly realised they need a 2-2 where Helen would be important, instead of a 3-1 where her vote wouldn't count anyway.

wolf_2099 · Post by **wolf_2099** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 3:30 am

That is where my biggest pet peeve was, the Chief. Why is he working this hard to save the old girl when he is voting to leave?
Too much filler, not enough meat. But remember, I think we still have the equivalent of 4 or 5 episodes to go.

Stocky Boy · Post by **Stocky Boy** » Tue Mar 10, 2009 5:42 pm

How many now? How many now?

The colony is a little out of no where, but I guess that works.

Who thinks that they will use Galactica like a cannon and eventually whatever explains how Kara crashed a viper and died on Earth only to turn back up alive in a fresh viper will bring about a fresh new battlestar?

MGM · Post by **MGM** » Tue Mar 10, 2009 5:52 pm

I'm thinking they'll use the Galactica as a ram, actually. Givne how Hera was playing with the models at the start of the episode. And possibly they'll pull the same stunt Boomer did (who'll most likely redeem herself by bringing Hera back) and have the hybrid Anders jump away in the last moment.

MGM · Post by **MGM** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 6:26 pm

Just caught BSG Razor. Yes, I know, a little behind the ball on that one. Actually a waste of time, it held nothing of interest.

Well, maybe the "This has happened before, it will happen again." part. But shiiiiit, speaking of redundant. Oh, and apparently Starbuck was already the Harbinger of Death there. Okay.

MGM · Post by **MGM** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 6:09 pm

Are you fucking kidding me? Filler in the fucking series finale?! The fuck do I care about the President's sisters being killed or Baltar's dad being a prick? They're all fucking dead anyway! The goddamn episode took 30 minutes to get interesting and then AGAIN we're treated to uninteresting Roslin's uninteresting personal life? Come on... Next week better have two AWESOME episodes to make up for this failure.

Since when does Adama have a grey lock of hair?

One highlight: Lee back in uniform!

His character was always better that way.

And now place your bets: who will die? I rather doubt the Galactica will lose the battle, but surely people will go down. I'm putting my money on Helo being one of them, actually. Other than that, no clue. Maybe one of the Adama's, and in that case I'd opt for Lee. On the other hand, with Anders gone, the Starbuck/Apollo coupling is a go again. I also expect Caprica Six to die (and BTW, I was surprised Baltar didn't go with them, given the way he was looking at her when she stepped over the line - he has to anyway, to fulfill the Opera House destiny).

wolf_2099 · Post by **wolf_2099** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 9:53 pm

Fuck, I would have gone over after that speech by Adama.

I was expecting Baltar to go over as well, to earn a little bit of redemption.

This finale is going to rock my fucking socks.

MGM · Post by **MGM** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 3:32 am

Baltar will go, otherwise that little scene with him and Lee has no purpose.

MGM · Post by **MGM** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 8:06 am

Shiiiit, it's over!

But what a finale!

Must spend more time to give it some thought. That, and I have to run. But fuck, awesome! The shit happened with Kara, though?

Sandman · Post by **Sandman** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 10:31 am

DAMNIT!!! can't watch it yet!! I was able to download the second of the 3 finale show but I am having problems with the last! I do not want to watch the middle of it and not be able to see the end

StoneTable · Post by **StoneTable** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 12:13 pm

I loved the finale.

MGM: Here is Ron Moore's final Q&A about Battlestar Galatica. It's all spoiler, so don't read it if you don't want to know.

wolf_2099 · Post by **wolf_2099** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 2:17 am

I was not expecting this much theology and triteness from a series finale from my favorite TV show.

For me, it has always seemed that the theology on the show was mingled in well, fleshed into the show in a way that seemed to flow. It was always an idea, like earth, that some people followed and believed. Never the whole show, but an interesting, and important aspect worked in.

Meanwhile, in the finale, I feel like it was just force fed to me. It did not sit well, and I did not enjoy it. It felt as if I was watching a bad Saturday afternoon fantasy show.

I loved it up until the point they showed second earth. I loved the good byes. I even enjoyed the giving up of technology.

However, the second earth, exactly the same, with them being the "parents" of mankind didn't work for me at all. As someone said, it felt like a parody, and to me just didn't fit the show. I felt like they tried to tie it into the real world way too much, which I thought was extremely unnecessary and a large detraction from the finale.

wolf_2099 · Post by **wolf_2099** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 2:22 am

Am I the only one surprised at the lacking of deaths overall, especially when they did the final bird count after the attack on the colony? What was it, 11 birds total? There were also very few major character deaths, and one of them was a given.