Battlestar Galactica:SEASON 2 PREMIERE

[MaxKaladin]

I don't really like most of the characters, but they're interesting to watch and that's really all that's required for good TV.

Given how many other things on the show are not that different from what we have now, I don't have a problem with using real world arms as props. It just adds to the "look" they've built.

One thing I have to wonder is (spoiler follows):

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Just who was shooting at Tyrol and Cally? I doubt it was cylons. The metallic ones don't seem to bother with things like concealment and cover and the humanoform models don't seem to take direct action that much. They generally have metallic ones to act as "heavies" when they're not undercover. I suppose it could have been a bunch of humanoform ones but that doesn't seem to fit with the way they've acted in the past. I also considered it could have been some sort of mistake by the rest of the crash survivors, but I can't see how they'd fail to recognize Tyrol, Cally and the other guy.

 

[Fast Learner]

Max, I think they're being herded.

 

[MaxKaladin]

Max, I think they're being herded.

Yeah, but

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by who? Like I said, the ambush doesn't seem to be much like the cylons we know.

 

[Fast Learner]

The herding thing does seem

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like the Cylons we know, like what they were doing with Helo

on Caprica. Seems to fit the MO pretty well to me.

Though I certainly don't rule out a third party.

 

[Elf Witch]

Well, the Steyr Aug should be widely known by now, it appeared in several movies and games. Anybody that doesn´t recognize the Steyr Aug by now will probably also fail to identify a G36 or a Cx4storm and so won´t care...


That´s just how it works in combat - sometimes you have to take risks. Remember the attack on the fuel station - there was no gurantee for success, and there knew it would cost them regardless of outcome.

The risk was losing a man while helping to rescue another one. You have to carefully judge the possible outcomes and probabilites for them. Losing a man on search for a second medkit is bad, but losing a man just because you didn´t get a second medkit is bad, too. And so you have to decide - how likely is a failure of the mission (end this failure causing the death of someone on the mission), how likely is the death of the injured man? What importance might the second medkit have in case someone else is injured?

Well that maybe true of how you do things in combat but it is poor tactics just like rushing and not taking the few extra minutes to make sure they had everything. It is one reason why I think realistically they don't stand a chance. They cannnot replace people as fast as the cyclons and with only 50,000 people left they will soon start losing knowdeldge say you have only one doctor who speclizes in complex brian surgery he buys it. It will be hard to just replace that lost resource.

I am sure they have already lost a lot just by the destruction I am sure a lot of those of 50,000 have overlaping skills or are children.

If they make and find a place to settle they will lose a lot of their ability to have the same levels of technology they had before.

 

[Elf Witch]

Aw, c'mon. Helo is just like the stereotypical geek who cannot get a date. Now he's got himself a personal sexbot and he doesn't want to give it up. Of course she did just run off and steal Starbuck's ride...ok, sucks to be him.

I think she ran of because she was afraid of the rabid Starbuck. Man I wish someone would shoot her.

She is the character I really hate. And not because she is a female playing a former male's role. I find her to be a hot head selfish prat who is above following orders.

The characters I really like are the Chief , Cally and Apollo. Apollo has shown that he has loyalty and a backbone.

 

[Patman21967]

I love the last scene, with the Cylons on the Crash ship....Now the base shups can track them, if they don't find and off all the Cylons...

 

[Fast Learner]

Just because you see it so rarely on this board (and it matches my feelings): I love the Starbuck character. I think the actress does a fantastic job, I think she embodies the hot shot pilot type that really does exist, and I think her role is vital to most of the drama on the series. Definitely a big Starbuck fan (and not because she's a woman).

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

Well that maybe true of how you do things in combat but it is poor tactics just like rushing and not taking the few extra minutes to make sure they had everything.

That´s correct. Tyrol even said they should take the time. But Crashdown gave the orders, and he didn´t listen to Tyrol. These are supposed to be "real" people, they make mistakes. Sometimes even very stupid ones...

It is one reason why I think realistically they don't stand a chance. They cannnot replace people as fast as the cyclons and with only 50,000 people left they will soon start losing knowdeldge say you have only one doctor who speclizes in complex brian surgery he buys it. It will be hard to just replace that lost resource.

Correct again - maybe they will eventually fail? We don´t know yet. I think in some way this show is letting us a lot more in the dark than any other show...
They can survive, if they find a safe haven (Earth?) soon enough, or they can come to a peaceful agreement with the Cylons. But they probably won´t survive on their own, not indefinitely...

Just because you see it so rarely on this board (and it matches my feelings): I love the Starbuck character. I think the actress does a fantastic job, I think she embodies the hot shot pilot type that really does exist, and I think her role is vital to most of the drama on the series. Definitely a big Starbuck fan (and not because she's a woman).

Second that.

 

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

She is the character I really hate. And not because she is a female playing a former male's role. I find her to be a hot head selfish prat who is above following orders.

Ahhh - but this is why I love her. She is *supposed* to be a hot headed selfish prat who is above following orders and she does a damn good job at embodying that exact idiom.