Battlestar Galatica Picked Up For Second Season

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by korn469
The only real problem I've had so far is that it killed me when they resorted in a string of lucky coincidences culminating with Star Buck repairing and flying the downed raider back to the Galactica;

If you watched the OBG, you'll recognize the two episodes to which this one pays homage. The first episode was when Starbuck and Apollo used a Cylon raider (brought aboard, IIRC, by Baltar after he fled the Cylons) to sneak aboard a Base Star and return. Upon leaving Galactica Starbuck said, if our radio goes out, watch for us waggling our wings.

The second episode was the one in which Starbuck gets shot down on a planet and left behind by the fleet (his last episode). He finds a crashed Cylon raider, repairs one of the Cylons, and makes it work for him. (Later a human woman crashes on the planet, she and Starbuck have a baby, but she dies in childbirth. Then some Cylons show up, and the fixed Cylon gets destroyed, so Starbuck is alone with his son.)

[SpencerH]

Brilliant show! Baltar continues to be my favorite character. My only problems with the last episode (or so) were minor. Starbuck wasnt being actually being dragged that fast by her chute so the severity of her injury was a little much. On the other hand if we assume that it was just bad luck and it somehow was a bad knee injury then when and how did she write on the bottom of the cylon spacecraft?

[pchang]

Plot questions

The series depicts the Cylons to be at an overwhelming advantage. Why do they bother with subterfuge? The whole plot line on Caprica makes no sense? Why bother trying to fool that one guy? Even if he got on a ship, he wouldn't know how to get back to the fleet. In addition, why use up Cylon plants within the fleet on suicide bombing missions? They should just figure out a way to notify the Cylons of their location. Constant attacks were coing pretty close to destroying the fleet in that first episode. Just keep it up.

[The diplomat]

BSG rocks!

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by SpencerH
On the other hand if we assume that it was just bad luck and it somehow was a bad knee injury then when and how did she write on the bottom of the cylon spacecraft?

I thought she wrote it on the top.

[chequita guevara]

Re: Plot questions

Originally posted by pchang
The whole plot line on Caprica makes no sense? Why bother trying to fool that one guy?

I think they're studying him, trying to decide if there are elements of humanity worth saving (perhaps as batteries ).

In addition, why use up Cylon plants within the fleet on suicide bombing missions? They should just figure out a way to notify the Cylons of their location.

That assumes that messages travel faster than the speed of light. Better to try and destroy Galactica and then the rest of the fleet will be at the mercy of the Cylons when they are found.

[DRoseDARs]

They have a plan. That plan is Earth.

We know the Cylons have some perverted sense of religion and that they recognize that the Humans they are killing do too. They are almost certainly aware of the myth of the 13th Colony. If it exists, it's a threat to them as they know if they don't wipe Humanity out eventually they'll seek revenge. Why Earth has to be dragged into this, I don't know, but if the Colonial refugees find Earth then it must be destroyed. The occasional attacks keep the fleet moving ever forward as to not encourage complacency.

Starbuck's name on the Cylon Raider:
It was on the bottom, they even said it. She probably used some kind of emergency tape hidden in one of those many pockets military uniforms have. A bright color makes sense for emergency uses, and given the color of her uniform I doubt she would have more subtle colors.

Starbuck's knee:
She whacked it pretty good in that rock; a direct, straight-on hit. Given there was no breathable atmosphere, perhaps that helped to make the injury worse.

[Geronimo]

Re: Re: Plot questions

Originally posted by chegitz guevara


I think they're studying him, trying to decide if there are elements of humanity worth saving (perhaps as batteries ).

In addition, why use up Cylon plants within the fleet on suicide bombing missions? They should just figure out a way to notify the Cylons of their location.

That assumes that messages travel faster than the speed of light. Better to try and destroy Galactica and then the rest of the fleet will be at the mercy of the Cylons when they are found.

Speaking of messages travelling faster than the speed of light, is the Number 6 hallucination that haunts Baltar something being trasmitted to him remotely or is it a self contained entity like "Harvey" from the chip that was planted in John Chrichtons brain in Farscape?

[Brundlefly]

In the original series Starbuck had an ongoing flirtatious relationship with a "space hooker" named Cassiopeia. Does she appear in the new series?

[pchang]

No - no hint of any lesbian relationships.

[The diplomat]

Re: Re: Re: Plot questions

Originally posted by Geronimo
Speaking of messages travelling faster than the speed of light, is the Number 6 hallucination that haunts Baltar something being trasmitted to him remotely or is it a self contained entity like "Harvey" from the chip that was planted in John Chrichtons brain in Farscape?

I think it is exactly like "Harvey" in Farscape.

[Locutus]

Didn't think there'd be a thread about this on Apolyton anymore, the news is almost a week old by now...

Starbuck's unlikely escape off the planet in You Can't Go Home Again is IMO the only weakpoint in the entire first season, but it's excusable as a tribute to original show. And of course, if that's the low point, that says a lot about the overall quality of the show...

The season finale is possibly the best season finale ever (certainly the best one since ST:TNG's The Best of Both Worlds). The teaser of part 1 alone (it's a two-parter) has more going on then the entire first two seasons of Enterprise. And oh my, what a cliffhanger... (But I'm not gonna reveal anything about that)

[Lorizael]

grr. you're making me impatient, making me want to steal it from the internet rather than wait for each individual show. and i'm sitting here wondering why i don't do just that.

[Locutus]

Originally posted by Lorizael
grr. you're making me impatient, making me want to steal it from the internet rather than wait for each individual show. and i'm sitting here wondering why i don't do just that.

At least you still have new episodes to look forward to (heck, you're only halfway through). I have to wait a whole year...

[Sprayber]

I've seen hints at the cliffhanger and ive managed to keep myself from actually reading futher. From what little i have read it seems to be a very ambitious clifhanger for the shows very first season, but then again I love the pace of the show and I loved how they actually had Starbuck in the infirmary like she actually had an injury instead of healing her for the next episode. Great show so far.