Battlestar Galactica -- "Sometimes a Great Notion" -- 1/16/2009
01-16-09, 08:03 AM
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Battlestar Galactica -- "Sometimes a Great Notion" -- 1/16/2009
It's back! 
See the first 90 seconds here: http://scifiwire.com/2009/01/exclusi...-galactica.php
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See the first 90 seconds here: http://scifiwire.com/2009/01/exclusi...-galactica.php
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01-16-09, 08:18 AM
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Re: Battlestar Galactica -- "Sometimes a Great Notion" -- 1/16/2009
at that picture. So I've been on a BSG binge since X-eve. Never had watched it before and caught all the way up in preparation for 4.5. I borrowed the first 3 season DVDs + Razor from a friend. Watched 4.0 off UHD the last couple weeks. First, phenominal special effects. Loved the first 2 seasons and the New Caprica stuff at the beginning of S3. Great commentary on morality, ethics, law and politics. But then with the exception of a few episodes (the one with the workers strike, the trial eps, and Razor), it really got bogged down after they left New Caprica - love/relationship stories and moving the overall story at a snail's pace with little rhyme or reason (what happened to the "Cylons having a plan?" - I sure don't see any plan - which I suppose is why the producers got rid of that intro). It also got way too religious for my taste. Unlike the brilliant Babylon 5 (which I finally watched last July), it doesn't seem like the writers went into this with the grand plan laid out, and it's frustrating. It also reminds me of Lost in that it keeps piling mystery on top of mystery to the point of absurdity. I can't imagine having to watch this week by week - I probably would have bailed on it.
Hopefully, the last 10 episodes bring back the greatness of S1 and S2.
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Re: Battlestar Galactica -- "Sometimes a Great Notion" -- 1/16/2009
Some preview points on tonight's episode care of AICN
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/39784
If he's right and the final Cylon is revealed tonight.... WOW.
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/39784
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If he's right and the final Cylon is revealed tonight.... WOW.
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01-16-09, 11:25 AM
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Re: Battlestar Galactica -- "Sometimes a Great Notion" -- 1/16/2009
There's an interview with Jamie Bamber over at TVguide.com
Here is an excerpt:
TVGuide.com: Was the end of the show satisfying to you, and was it emotional?
Bamber: Yeah, it really was. The way that scripts are delivered, people read them at different times, and I think I was one of the last people to read [the finale] — just because I was working all day. Other cast members had had time to read it, and I looked up at Aaron Douglas wandering around with his iPod in his ears and tears in his eyes holding the script. Different people were falling down [crying] as it were and you think, "What's up with everyone? Oh they're reading the final thing." So, I sat down and read it and the same thing happened to me, you know, you tear up. It was an extraordinary piece of work on the page. ... And, [it] was so character driven. It was like a piece of music, with repetitive themes and suddenly the whole five seasons of these individual's journeys was kind of all present on the same time onscreen. You felt the entirety of their experience. And that's really the climax of the show; it was about who the final Cylon is ... and we've already found Earth. All those things happen and then you're left with actually what the story's really been about. Which is: what is it to be human in a big old universe which is empty and cold and scary? What life is about and what consciousness is about? They're left at the end with these big questions on their mind. And, wondering what they should do with themselves having reached a place of finality. It was really profound.
Here is an excerpt:
TVGuide.com: Was the end of the show satisfying to you, and was it emotional?
Bamber: Yeah, it really was. The way that scripts are delivered, people read them at different times, and I think I was one of the last people to read [the finale] — just because I was working all day. Other cast members had had time to read it, and I looked up at Aaron Douglas wandering around with his iPod in his ears and tears in his eyes holding the script. Different people were falling down [crying] as it were and you think, "What's up with everyone? Oh they're reading the final thing." So, I sat down and read it and the same thing happened to me, you know, you tear up. It was an extraordinary piece of work on the page. ... And, [it] was so character driven. It was like a piece of music, with repetitive themes and suddenly the whole five seasons of these individual's journeys was kind of all present on the same time onscreen. You felt the entirety of their experience. And that's really the climax of the show; it was about who the final Cylon is ... and we've already found Earth. All those things happen and then you're left with actually what the story's really been about. Which is: what is it to be human in a big old universe which is empty and cold and scary? What life is about and what consciousness is about? They're left at the end with these big questions on their mind. And, wondering what they should do with themselves having reached a place of finality. It was really profound.
01-16-09, 12:09 PM
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Re: Battlestar Galactica -- "Sometimes a Great Notion" -- 1/16/2009
One of the things I wasn't a fan of from the 1st 10 episodes was Lee going into Politics. I found his character more enjoyable when he was actively participating in the military operations and in the dog fights. One of the characters who has really grown on me is Helo (Tahmoh Penikett).
01-16-09, 05:29 PM
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Re: Battlestar Galactica -- "Sometimes a Great Notion" -- 1/16/2009
Will this be on Hulu tomorrow? We dumped our cable last year, and I don't think I can wait for the 4.5 DVDs.
01-16-09, 10:03 PM
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Re: Battlestar Galactica -- "Sometimes a Great Notion" -- 1/16/2009
Of all the candidates for the Fifth Cylon, that was the most boring.
But at least that witch finally got her comeuppance for cheating on Billy.
But at least that witch finally got her comeuppance for cheating on Billy.
01-16-09, 10:17 PM
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Re: Battlestar Galactica -- "Sometimes a Great Notion" -- 1/16/2009
OK, first hour? Quite possibly the best episode of the entire series. Last three minutes? What the hell was that about? They better make that choice work because right now it seems like the height of lame.
01-16-09, 10:20 PM
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Re: Battlestar Galactica -- "Sometimes a Great Notion" -- 1/16/2009
Note to self. Throw away any and all jacks I happen to find laying around. They make you go frakking insane.
01-16-09, 10:20 PM
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Re: Battlestar Galactica -- "Sometimes a Great Notion" -- 1/16/2009
i just... wow.... the thing with starbuck threw me and I'm confused as all hell regarding the final five and what the frak the whole thing means, but damn fine episode otherwise.
01-16-09, 10:21 PM
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Re: Battlestar Galactica -- "Sometimes a Great Notion" -- 1/16/2009
Hay did they know they were Cylon remains on the planet? I didn't think they were able to tell the difference between humans and skin-jobs?
01-16-09, 10:22 PM
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Re: Battlestar Galactica -- "Sometimes a Great Notion" -- 1/16/2009
Thats what I was wondering. They had "bones" there on the planet so they were Cylon bones?
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01-16-09, 11:00 PM
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Re: Battlestar Galactica -- "Sometimes a Great Notion" -- 1/16/2009
No, that's not what I mean.
A nuclear-devastated Earth was about the least interesting thing they could have done. And then they made it even less interesting by having the entire episode surround itself with soap opera bullshit. It was pretty much like the worst thing ever.
A nuclear-devastated Earth was about the least interesting thing they could have done. And then they made it even less interesting by having the entire episode surround itself with soap opera bullshit. It was pretty much like the worst thing ever.
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Re: Battlestar Galactica -- "Sometimes a Great Notion" -- 1/16/2009
No, that's not what I mean.
A nuclear-devastated Earth was about the least interesting thing they could have done. And then they made it even less interesting by having the entire episode surround itself with soap opera bullshit. It was pretty much like the worst thing ever.
A nuclear-devastated Earth was about the least interesting thing they could have done. And then they made it even less interesting by having the entire episode surround itself with soap opera bullshit. It was pretty much like the worst thing ever.