View Poll Results: On a scale of 1 to 5, how would you rate this episode of BSG?
Ugh, horrible stuff.
3
3.53%
Eh. I didn’t care for it.
5
5.88%
It was OK.
15
17.65%
I enjoyed it.
36
42.35%
Fantastic episode!
26
30.59%
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Battlestar Galactica -- "The Tie That Binds" -- 4/18/2008
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Originally Posted by cdollaz
Yeah, we know that "frack" is a substitution for "fuck". Now use it about 25 times an episode.
One thing I do like about the new series is the way they show life in the fleet. In the original series everyone always had perfect hair and makeup, and when there were supposedly food shortages as such. The new BGS does a really good job of showing how grim and uncomfortable life in a "rag-tag fleet" would really be. Food shortages, no air conditioning, stale air, claustrophobia, being trapped in a tiny cabin inside a spaceship for months, even years at a time. It's a brutal existence.
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Originally Posted by goodstuff
I am sorry, but that was the worst episode yet. The cylon 'civil war' storyline is fantastic, but it does not make up for the rest of the episode.
Less Baltar actually brought it up a point for me.
Well Moore has a track record. The final season of DS9 had some real nonsense and then a rushed ending to the Dominion war. Looks like he's gonna do it again.
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I watched this half asleep on hulu last night, so I think I need another viewing to get a true impression. I do think we're going in some interesting directions, and it should be pretty obvious that SciFi hasn't asked for anymore standalone episodes. I wonder if sleeping with Baltar has awakened some secret Cylon powers in Tory. If Baltar has some sort of magical power, I don't want to imagine how they're going to do this with the other three
And I always liked Cally, a shame to see her go and I wish we could have seen her a little more in the first two episodes of this season.
[Ron Moore] did write Kirks Death too.
Which was written right as they were finishing the last season of TNG, including the acclaimed final episode, All Good Things (which he also wrote). He has admitted it was a mistake, and likely from fatigue.
I fear these 10 episodes are merely filler for the final 10 in a year.
The first eleven eps were actually written before the strike, and because of the timing of the strike, the eleventh ep was somewhat written to act as a series finale if the strike went too long and SciFi didn't pick up the back nine eps.
It kinda does seem like these first three episodes are just the chess pieces being moved into position, but I think with Moore, et al, knowing they wouldn't have to kowtow to too many network notes this year, they planned out the arc a little more than they might have in the past.
And I always liked Cally, a shame to see her go and I wish we could have seen her a little more in the first two episodes of this season.
Originally Posted by riley_dude
[Ron Moore] did write Kirks Death too.
Originally Posted by DVD Josh
I fear these 10 episodes are merely filler for the final 10 in a year.
It kinda does seem like these first three episodes are just the chess pieces being moved into position, but I think with Moore, et al, knowing they wouldn't have to kowtow to too many network notes this year, they planned out the arc a little more than they might have in the past.
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One less whiny bitch on the show. Only one more to go, and this will be a semi-watchable show again.
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http://community.livejournal.com/bat...9056#t11609056
they made a great catch on this blog. Screencap shows the constellation of Orion in the background.
Also (whether intentional or not) a nice little reference to Roy Batty's "I've seen attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion." bit in Blade Runner.
they made a great catch on this blog. Screencap shows the constellation of Orion in the background.
Also (whether intentional or not) a nice little reference to Roy Batty's "I've seen attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion." bit in Blade Runner.
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Originally Posted by JayDerek
http://community.livejournal.com/bat...9056#t11609056
they made a great catch on this blog. Screencap shows the constellation of Orion in the background.
Also (whether intentional or not) a nice little reference to Roy Batty's "I've seen attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion." bit in Blade Runner.
they made a great catch on this blog. Screencap shows the constellation of Orion in the background.
Also (whether intentional or not) a nice little reference to Roy Batty's "I've seen attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion." bit in Blade Runner.
More importantly, the fact that the shape of the constellation is recognizable means they are very close to Earth.
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Originally Posted by Thos19
So now we have 2 half human/half cylon babies? Is the first one anymore significant because it had a cylon mother (Boomer) as opposed to only a cylon father (Tyrol) ?
Thos.
Thos.
Now, here's something the writers are probably never going to explain when the 12th cylon is revealed, if he/she was on Galactica. Why wouldn't they also have been drawn by the music to the Weapons locker with the other four? If they were on the ship, they should have been.
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Originally Posted by DVD Josh
Now, here's something the writers are probably never going to explain when the 12th cylon is revealed, if he/she was on Galactica. Why wouldn't they also have been drawn by the music to the Weapons locker with the other four? If they were on the ship, they should have been.
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Originally Posted by nemein
That's fairly easy though... the 12th already knows it's a cylon, and we'll probably find out has somehow been manipulating everything behind the scenes all the time.
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There's no way to know, but I sure HOPE that the 12th knows s/he's a Cylon already. I think it would be a lot more interesting than just another "switch" being flipped.
I'm still hoping for Cottle.
I'm still hoping for Cottle.
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Originally Posted by pinata242
There's no way to know, but I sure HOPE that the 12th knows s/he's a Cylon already. I think it would be a lot more interesting than just another "switch" being flipped.
I'm still hoping for Cottle.
I'm still hoping for Cottle.
Cottle would be great. I think my vote is still on Zarek though.
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Originally Posted by DVD Josh
Also, seriously Adama, you put all your best pilots on the Demetrious? Heaven help you if the Cylons attack again.
Recetrack
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Any of the other random 50 we see from time to time but who don't get face time.
Besides, Athena and Helo are both Raptor pilots (although so is Racetrack).
I'll admit though, I too saw that establishing "Mess hall" shot and thought, "whoa, heavy hitters."
-Doc
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Is Helo even a pilot? I thought he was a communications officer. At least he always rode bitch to Boomer. He certainly didn't hop in a Viper during the Nebula attack when they needed every one who has ever used a stick before.
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Originally Posted by Doc MacGyver
I'll admit though, I too saw that establishing "Mess hall" shot and thought, "whoa, heavy hitters."
-Doc
-Doc
We need a screenshot.
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Originally Posted by pinata242
Is Helo even a pilot? I thought he was a communications officer. At least he always rode bitch to Boomer. He certainly didn't hop in a Viper during the Nebula attack when they needed every one who has ever used a stick before.
He still had CIC duty at the time of the Nebula attack, and the Admiral may have asked him to stay.
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One more thing, all the folks complaining about the baby crying: are you parents? I've got a ten month old, and what Nicky was doing was nothing. Seemed pretty realistic to me.
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Originally Posted by DVD Josh
Now, here's something the writers are probably never going to explain when the 12th cylon is revealed, if he/she was on Galactica. Why wouldn't they also have been drawn by the music to the Weapons locker with the other four? If they were on the ship, they should have been.
Also, wouldn't it be awesome if Tory/Tyrol found out they were NOT cylons after the events of this episode?
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Originally Posted by milo bloom
One more thing, all the folks complaining about the baby crying: are you parents? I've got a ten month old, and what Nicky was doing was nothing. Seemed pretty realistic to me.
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Originally Posted by Doc MacGyver
Besides, Athena and Helo are both Raptor pilots (although so is Racetrack).
-Doc
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Originally Posted by JayDerek
http://community.livejournal.com/bat...9056#t11609056
they made a great catch on this blog. Screencap shows the constellation of Orion in the background.
Also (whether intentional or not) a nice little reference to Roy Batty's "I've seen attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion." bit in Blade Runner.
they made a great catch on this blog. Screencap shows the constellation of Orion in the background.
Also (whether intentional or not) a nice little reference to Roy Batty's "I've seen attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion." bit in Blade Runner.
so, replicants are simply human cylons and BSG is taking place a year or two before Blade Runner
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Originally Posted by JayDerek
Also (whether intentional or not) a nice little reference to Roy Batty's "I've seen attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion." bit in Blade Runner.