BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: Season 2A Part 10; NSCR/9.23.2005. Mid-Season Ending

[The Grumpy Celt]

I don't think of most Cylons as much more than toasters. Those that are on human levels are guilty of war crimes. Kill all of them if doing so requires the death of all humans.

 

[Flexor the Mighty!]

I don't think of most Cylons as much more than toasters.

Me neither. And I think a lot of the horror people had was due to thier looks and not because a sentient being was being harmed. If the old style Cylons are sentient too I seriously doubt anyone would care that one was being destroyed or dismembered. If they needed a circuit board for the DRADIS system and they could only grab it from an old Cylon I don't think there would be issues with them taking it even if it destroyed the unit. Cylons just need smashin' I tell ya!

 

[WargamerX]

Cain and the Pegasus "die" charging Baltar and the other two Cylon Battlestars in the Nebula cloud. The vipers from Pegasus return to Galactica so that Apollo can have a girlfriend (the other ship's CAG).

Oops...original series....

 

[Steel_Wind]

Any way, mey prediction - Roslin will order Cain to stand down and hand over Tyrol and Helo for an impartial trial, phrasing it as a Presidential order. Cain will ignore her, but her pilots and members of her crew (including the XO) will turn on her and remove her from command. Once she is out of the way, a raft of horror stories will emerge concerning the actions of the Pegasus, and they won't be about fighting cylons.

Yup. This one is a "me too."

 

[Steel_Wind]

I just want to remind folks that Ron Moore did a podcast for the episode.

The podcast reveals things that are quite important. For instance, in the 15 minutes that were cut Roslyn confronted Cain directly about resupplying the civilian fleet. Cain replies that she doesn't recognize Roslyn as the lawful president of the Colonies and that Cain was going ahead as if she herself were the head of the entire fleet instead of Roslyn. A short reference was made to this when Roslyn was walking in the corridors of Galactica with Adama and Roslyn complained to Adama that Cain was withholding supplies from the civilian fleet.

The podcast brings a great deal clarity, I heartily recommend it to hear some of what is in the 15 minutes.

You should relisten to the podcast. That segment was cut from the script - not from the broadcast.

 

[BrooklynKnight]

Cain and the Pegasus "die" charging Baltar and the other two Cylon Battlestars in the Nebula cloud. The vipers from Pegasus return to Galactica so that Apollo can have a girlfriend (the other ship's CAG).

Oops...original series....

I wonder, Obviously The Battlestar of today is inpsired and using "ideas" loosly from the previous show.

Do you think that this meeting with "gina" is the setup for Baltar leaving the Galactica and eventually joining the cylons?

 

[Omand]

Hello,

I have not yet seen any of Season 2, but have been following bits and pieces of the threads around the series. I suspect there is a cyclon on Pegasus not yet discovered (there has to be, right?), but who it is is unknown.

As for the Pegasus CAG, the IMDB listing for the Pegasus episode does not name Callum Keith Rennie as being in the episode; he played Leoben (Cylon who fought Adama at Ragnor) in the Mini-Series.

Cheers

 

[Omand]

I wonder, Obviously The Battlestar of today is inpsired and using "ideas" loosly from the previous show.

Do you think that this meeting with "gina" is the setup for Baltar leaving the Galactica and eventually joining the cylons?

Hmmm ...

I actually think that, unlike the original series, in this series we will actually see all of the lead up of Baltar's great betrayal of humanity. In the original he was pretty one dimensional in terms of why he switched sides; he wanted power and dominion over his own colony. In fact, he was supposed to die in the original movie pilot, but the transition to a series necessitated a change (IMDB is your friend).

Cheers

 

[BrooklynKnight]

See that original plot doesnt work either.

He's the vice president of the colonies (err, the colonial fleet). He already HAS "power". However symbolic it would be. So it would have to be a diffrent reason for him to intentionally betray humanity.

 

[Omand]

See that original plot doesnt work either.

He's the vice president of the colonies (err, the colonial fleet). He already HAS "power". However symbolic it would be. So it would have to be a diffrent reason for him to intentionally betray humanity.

Oh, I totally agree. Baltar already has betrayed the Colonies/Fleet in this new version, just not on the same scale as the original. I think we are building up to something almost as big (or as big) as the original, however.

Only time will tell, of course.

Cheers