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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Laurel" data-source="post: 1982112" data-attributes="member: 17067">I, as with TDRandall, I have only seen the few aired in the US.  So going from Mini series info only: At the end of the mini they were burying thier dead... lots of them.  They had just lost thier homes, families, jobs, and any sense of hope.  The priestess (Religious figure?) made a little speech and no one seemed to react of express anything.  So Adama stood up and did a big rally speech-- reminded me of Bill Pullman's in Independence Day.  Adama said only a very select few of the highest government leaders knew the location of Earth. Later when talking to the President he admits that people need hope, and I thought he said it was a lie.... the president was concerned about what happens when everyone finds out they aren't on a direct course to Earth, and Adama sort of shrugged it off as something to deal with when the times comes. It seemed to just be a focus point of now we have someplace to go with more like us there, but other then that nothing special. Even if they did know where to go--Why is Earth the big place to go- in the mini it sounded like it was a colony that left the others behind?  Why bring the Cylons to Earth?  Why not start anew?</blockquote>