Battlestar Galactica

dravot · Jan 26, 2005

I just watched through episode 7, with episode 8 waiting for me at home, and 9 should finish downloading any time now. I'm just blown away by the quality of the show.

Episode 7 was da bomb. Wow. That one's a keeper (of course they all are...but who cares

)

Ranger REG · Jan 26, 2005

Wormwood said:
Remember, God is watching.

You mean the Lords of Kobol are watching. BTW, is Kobol the name of their god or the place they're living?

Wormwood · Jan 26, 2005

Ranger REG said:
You mean the Lords of Kobol are watching.

Talk to me after you see Episode 7

Ranger REG said:
BTW, is Kobol the name of their god or the place they're living?

I assume Kobol is analogous to Olympus or Asgard.

edit: IIRC, Kobol is the 'birth world' of humanity, from which the Colonies were founded.

Eternalknight · Jan 27, 2005

Wormwood said:
Talk to me after you see Episode 7

I assume Kobol is analogous to Olympus or Asgard.

edit: IIRC, Kobol is the 'birth world' of humanity, from which the Colonies were founded.

Correct.

And what can I say about the finale? Words aren't enough... it's one of those 'have to see it' things!

mojo1701 · Jan 27, 2005

Wormwood said:
edit: IIRC, Kobol is the 'birth world' of humanity, from which the Colonies were founded.

Yeah, because in the miniseries, they were referred to the "12 Colonies of Cobol."

Villano · Jan 27, 2005

As someone who missed the mini-series, I'm wondering if/how Earth fits into the new series. In the original, they were looking for it. Are they still looking for it? Was Earth one of the places destroyed? Are they complete aliens with no connection to Earth?

Dr_Draco · Jan 27, 2005

Well, some good news for us in the US:

Sci-Fi is the #1 cable channel on Friday nights. Battlestar Galactica was #2 in the 10:00 timeslot, falling just behind Monk on USA.

And that pretty much means the US will see a season 2

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EDIT: Here's a link to the article http://www.thefutoncritic.com/cgi/gofuton.cgi?action=pr&id=20050124scifi01

Wormwood · Jan 27, 2005

Villano said:
As someone who missed the mini-series, I'm wondering if/how Earth fits into the new series. In the original, they were looking for it. Are they still looking for it? Was Earth one of the places destroyed? Are they complete aliens with no connection to Earth?

IIRC, Earth is the legendary "13th Colony" or "Lost Colony".

Viking Bastard · Jan 27, 2005

Which surprised me as Moore said before the mini-series that they were ditching the
alien astronaut aspect of Battlestar Galactica. Which probably means: a) They just
changed their minds or b) there's some twist/revelation concerning Earth in the series'
future.

I'm hoping for b). If only because, frankly, the only loss of suspension of disbelief I'm
having about the series is how modern-like the 12-Colony culture is, when they have
no connection to modern Earth culture.

It's no biggie, but it nags at me.

TDRandall · Jan 27, 2005

Villano said:
As someone who missed the mini-series, I'm wondering if/how Earth fits into the new series. In the original, they were looking for it. Are they still looking for it? Was Earth one of the places destroyed? Are they complete aliens with no connection to Earth?

Well, being in the US and seeing only the first ... what, 4? 5? ... episodes shown so far, this info may be out of date compared to what a friend over the pond might share with us.

The basic "public" scenario is parallel to the original series. "Earth" is somewhere out there, nearly mythical, and noone really knows where or how to find it. Rather than being a 13th, sister colony, I think it was presented more as the birthplace of all humans.

The current series has it painted in much bleaker tones though, than in the original. I think it was one of the last things of the miniseries where Adama essentially contrived the mission to find Earth as a way to revive morale and build up hope in the survivors. If I heard/understood correctly, the following conversation between he and the president made it sound like he personally doesn't believe it's out there, or if it is that there is never any way they will find it. But it's better to go down fighting rather than tell everybody to curl up in a ball because the Cylons will eventually find you and destroy you, if you don't run out of supplies first........

What gets me is why are they showing the Caprica stuff if the fleet is really actively searching for Earth? Makes me feel like they are actually meandering, even circling, just outside the "red-line" (or whatever they called it) of known space. Why wouldn't their first course of action be to head straight out from the 12 colonies and get as much space as possible between them and the Cylons?