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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Zenon" data-source="post: 1262781" data-attributes="member: 352">Well, I'll address a few of your points with my opinions: Yeah, I almost said the same thing. I figured the boy was going to be named Boxy when Boomer had him in the cockpit when they lifted off. It was the bowl haircut that gave it away. At least he doesn't seem as annoying as the old Boxy so far. Some spoilers: [SPOILER]I should have seen it coming, the original Boxy had a robot dog, this one has a robot mom![/SPOILER] I was also a little disappointed that we didn't see more of the new centurions. As for them being "human-ized", it's a typical ST:TOS trick to save on special effects - "Wow, these aliens look humanoid, but are blue or have a weird forehead!". For the BSG story, it works because I felt that the Cylons were trying to actually "be" human. I didn't feel it was a "fix" per se, we were told that Cylons could infiltrate computer systems 40 years ago. I also figured that they had planted a virus or backdoor with #6's access to the Defense Network. Really? To me he was beginning to get a little annoying by the end of the 2nd part. I hope if they do a series they tone it down a little. At least the uniforms and sets looked functional (if not totally realistic), I didn't mind them. I liked the military jargon and submarine maneuvering more than the old series with the "big window" view. Heck, I liked it much better than the "ST:TNG spandex pajama" look that's so prevalent in scifi shows. This was a colloquial phrase. I'm sure Adama knows what a warhead is, he was telling Tigh "Get me something to shoot". Also, we saw that most of Galactica weaponry is energy weapons (all their point defense weapons). If I remember from the old show, they did have some huge launchers, but they rarely used them except vs. Basestars. The other disposable ordinace would have been for the Raptors, small arms, etc. The Vipers appeared to be armed with a pulse energy weapon also. The camera angle was hard to follow sometimes, but I felt it was a deliberate attempt to show the chaos and confusion that happens in battle. See Skade's spoiler post, I thought the same thing he did when it was revealed. It's ok to be disappointed, not everyone has the same tastes. At least you gave it a shot before you made your decision.</blockquote>

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