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Leia's Left Bun · Jan 17, 2006 , 12:27 PM

Originally Posted by demibob

Anyone know when itunes will star letting people in th uk download tv shows so i can start downloading bsg to.
Overwise i might have to get an american bank account.

Use bittorrent like everyone else.

jcadam · Jan 17, 2006 , 12:56 PM

Originally Posted by Leia's Left Bun

Use bittorrent like everyone else.

better quality than iTMS as well. And you can usually find the bittorrent within an hour or so of the show airing (man, that's fast). I live in Germany, and bittorrent or iTMS is the only way I can even watch the show

demibob · 05:01 PM

i want to watch them in order not whichever i see first

JHromadka · Jan 18, 2006 , 02:21 PM

Originally Posted by Leia's Left Bun

Yes sometimes it seems that the Cylons are leading the fleet but there is much more evidence that they are trying to destroy the whole damn thing. Look at the episode where the cylons board the ship, they try to kill everyone on Galactica and turn its guns on the fleet.

I have mentioned before that I think the Human Cylons and the Toasters have different agendas.

Or the Cylons have changed tactics. Originally they wanted to wipe out all humans, but with the baby thing and the possibility of finding Earth, they may just be following them to Earth and will then take that over. There are a lot of religious undertones (Cylons follow God and Humans have multiple gods). Cylons have the Humans' bible memorized, and thus know about the mystical Earth. The Cylons however, believing in one God, may want to find Earth as well now that they know about it (spies and all) and create a new homeworld/paradise.

Leia's Left Bun · Jan 18, 2006 , 02:36 PM

Originally Posted by JHromadka

Or the Cylons have changed tactics. Originally they wanted to wipe out all humans, but with the baby thing and the possibility of finding Earth, they may just be following them to Earth and will then take that over. There are a lot of religious undertones (Cylons follow God and Humans have multiple gods). Cylons have the Humans' bible memorized, and thus know about the mystical Earth. The Cylons however, believing in one God, may want to find Earth as well now that they know about it (spies and all) and create a new homeworld/paradise.

In a recent episode they were willing to kill Boomer and the baby just to destroy BSG so I don't think the tactics have changed at all.

They also knew were Kobol and the tomb was before BSG got there so I don't think they have much interest in finding earth for themselves.

Also keep in mind that they are cleaning up Caprica so they obviously want to use it for something.

JHromadka · Jan 18, 2006 , 02:51 PM

Originally Posted by Leia's Left Bun

In a recent episode they were willing to kill Boomer and the baby just to destroy BSG so I don't think the tactics have changed at all.

They also knew were Kobol and the tomb was before BSG got there so I don't think they have much interest in finding earth for themselves.

Also keep in mind that they are cleaning up Caprica so they obviously want to use it for something.

Maybe they don't care about Boomer since she helped the humans. Only the 6 in Baltar's mind seems to care. How did they know where the tomb on Kobol was? I don't remember any Cylons in the tomb.

Leia's Left Bun · Jan 18, 2006 , 02:58 PM

Originally Posted by JHromadka

Maybe they don't care about Boomer since she helped the humans. Only the 6 in Baltar's mind seems to care. How did they know where the tomb on Kobol was? I don't remember any Cylons in the tomb.

What if Baltars six is all a hallucination? And no she is not the only one that cares. Remember the episode called the farm? The cylons want to bread naturally.

Boomer lead them to the tomb on Kobol. The cylons were already in orbit and would have loved to kill them if they got the chance.

cpt kangarooski · Jan 18, 2006 , 03:32 PM

The cylons want to bread naturally.

Well I don't see why they had to nuke 12 planets if all they wanted was organic bread.

Leia's Left Bun · Jan 18, 2006 , 03:39 PM

Originally Posted by cpt kangarooski

Well I don't see why they had to nuke 12 planets if all they wanted was organic bread.

Silly.

Anyway, I am confused. Is it 12 colonies or 12 planets? First I thought it was 12 planets but they only seem to focus on Caprica I thought it was 12 original colonies on one planet. What are the odds that there are 12 planets that can support life in such close proximity to one another?

goMac · Jan 18, 2006 , 03:45 PM

Originally Posted by Leia's Left Bun

Silly.

Anyway, I am confused. Is it 12 colonies or 12 planets? First I thought it was 12 planets but they only seem to focus on Caprica I thought it was 12 original colonies on one planet. What are the odds that there are 12 planets that can support life in such close proximity to one another?

12 different planets. Caprica is a planet is one of the twelve colonies. Caprica's god equivalent is Zeus.

Eug Wanker · Jan 18, 2006 , 03:48 PM

Originally Posted by Leia's Left Bun

Anyway, I am confused. Is it 12 colonies or 12 planets? First I thought it was 12 planets but they only seem to focus on Caprica I thought it was 12 original colonies on one planet.

AFAIK, 12 planets, each home to one colony.

What are the odds that there are 12 planets that can support life in such close proximity to one another?

About as likely as Cylons looking like Xena, The Warrior Princess.

Originally Posted by cpt kangarooski

Well I don't see why they had to nuke 12 planets if all they wanted was organic bread.

Agreed. The radiation wouldn't be too good for the wheat and flax either.

goMac · Jan 18, 2006 , 03:55 PM

We're certainly given the impression divine influence was involved in the finding of the twelve colonies. Also don't forget Earth is far away from the 12 colonies.

Also likely it's not the first time the 12 colonies were colonized. Six has made comments about although the players change this has all happened before and it will happen again.

Leia's Left Bun · Jan 18, 2006 , 03:56 PM

Ok 12 planets is the first thing I find rather dumb about the show. The least they could do it SHOW these other planets then.

JHromadka · Jan 18, 2006 , 04:12 PM

Originally Posted by Leia's Left Bun

What if Baltars six is all a hallucination? And no she is not the only one that cares. Remember the episode called the farm? The cylons want to bread naturally.

Boomer lead them to the tomb on Kobol. The cylons were already in orbit and would have loved to kill them if they got the chance.

Sorry I was referring to Six caring about Boomer, not the Cylons caring about babies (it's breed btw).

Boomer lead them to the spot on Kobol, but I thought she had to read some additional material or something? AND the Cylons didn't have the arrow of Athena so may have not destroyed it because they wanted to find out more about Earth. And weren't the Cylons in orbit destroyed by the original Boomer? I could be wrong, as I only watch the shows once or twice and that one was a long time ago.

Speaking of the 12 planets, I thought the correlation to the Zodiac signs was genius. Anyone have a list of the BSG planet names and their corresponding Zodiac constellation names?

JHromadka · Jan 18, 2006 , 04:13 PM

Originally Posted by Leia's Left Bun

Ok 12 planets is the first thing I find rather dumb about the show. The least they could do it SHOW these other planets then.

I think that BSG was assigned to Caprica (weren't there 1 BS for each planet) so that could be the cause of the emphasis.

goMac · Jan 18, 2006 , 04:29 PM

Originally Posted by Leia's Left Bun

Ok 12 planets is the first thing I find rather dumb about the show. The least they could do it SHOW these other planets then.

Why? They've all been blown up since the first half hour of the show.

Leia's Left Bun · Jan 18, 2006 , 04:30 PM

Originally Posted by JHromadka

Sorry I was referring to Six caring about Boomer, not the Cylons caring about babies (it's breed btw).

Boomer lead them to the spot on Kobol, but I thought she had to read some additional material or something? AND the Cylons didn't have the arrow of Athena so may have not destroyed it because they wanted to find out more about Earth. And weren't the Cylons in orbit destroyed by the original Boomer? I could be wrong, as I only watch the shows once or twice and that one was a long time ago.

Boomer found her way to the tomb by piecing together the humans religious text and other bits of information.

Remember that Gina (six) was waiting for Starbuck when she grabbed the arrow and Boomer and helo arrived there long before so anyone of them could have taken it if they wanted to.

I think the Cylons want humans to find earth and stay there and the Cylon baby hybrids can have caprica as they are the only ones that can possibly withstand the radiation.

Chuckit · Jan 18, 2006 , 04:34 PM

Yeah, it seems that Galactica was stationed near Caprica and most of its crew came from there. It does seem a little narrow-sighted, though, for them to want to rescue the survivors on Caprica but not even check the other colonies.

JHromadka · Jan 18, 2006 , 04:57 PM

Originally Posted by Leia's Left Bun

Boomer found her way to the tomb by piecing together the humans religious text and other bits of information.

Remember that Gina (six) was waiting for Starbuck when she grabbed the arrow and Boomer and helo arrived there long before so anyone of them could have taken it if they wanted to.

I think the Cylons want humans to find earth and stay there and the Cylon baby hybrids can have caprica as they are the only ones that can possibly withstand the radiation.

So since Boomer pieced that info together, that doesn't mean the other Cylons had as well.

Six had been following Helo so was already in the area. She wasn't necessarily waiting for Starbuck. Boomer and Helo didn't know that Kobol had been found so the arrow wouldn't matter to them.

In one of the episodes, one of the Cylons said that they wanted to wipe the leftover humans out because they didn't want the humans to come back and retaliate down the line.