[Sourbook]

I missed the code. Does anyone have the code to unlock the exclusive video content from Battlestar Galactica on scifi.com?

[SpaceMonkey]

Originally Posted by Chuckit

The new season premiered last week. Looking at Yahoo TV, though, it looks like Bravo is rerunning the season premier. Odd.

Bravo, like Sci-Fi, is part of the NBC family. They're rerunning a bunch of other new NBC series as well, like Heroes and 30 Rock.

And, of course, they used to rerun The West Wing constantly.

[Teronzhul]

Originally Posted by Sourbook

I missed the code. Does anyone have the code to unlock the exclusive video content from Battlestar Galactica on scifi.com?

Hera

[Teronzhul]

So who wants to bet Lee pulls a Commander Cain and splits the basestars with the Pegasus. Lee can't die of course, but there has to be an end to the Pegasus. It can't stay around too long.

[Sourbook]

Originally Posted by Teronzhul

Hera

Thank you.

[Sourbook]

Originally Posted by Teronzhul

So who wants to bet Lee pulls a Commander Cain and splits the basestars with the Pegasus. Lee can't die of course, but there has to be an end to the Pegasus. It can't stay around too long.

Exactly. Pegasus will probably be lost in the rescue. Of course all hands will have to abandon ship before she goes. The can't afford to lose many more people.

The video extra also showed an interesting dilemma for Baltar. Redemption or no redemption? That is the question.

[SirCastor]

where is this extra? I don't see it on the site.

[reader50]

Not as satisfying or surprising an episode as the openers, but not bad. A few notes:

It's nice that the Chief had time to shave while his wife is in detention and being trucked away. Shows that touch of class, one must focus on the important things.

If one checks about 40 minutes in, right after Sharon delivers the launch keys. There is an outside shot of the Galactica before they zoom in. The civilian fleet is still there, even though it recently jumped away with Pegasus. Even better, you can see Colonial One beneath the Galactica.

How was D'ana able to tell at a glance that the #8 in front of her was the Sharon defector?

Brother Cavel's download experience suggests there is a download limit for the humaniod models. Doesn't seem to be any download limit on the Raiders.

It appears from limited examples that the humanoid Cylons bunk in Colonial One. I guess it is quieter than the Detention center, fewer moans interrupting a good night's sleep.

There's no way I'd eat that salt after they sweep it back up.

[xi_hyperon]

Originally Posted by reader50

Not as satisfying or surprising an episode as the openers, but not bad. A few notes:
If one checks about 40 minutes in, right after Sharon delivers the launch keys. There is an outside shot of the Galactica before they zoom in. The civilian fleet is still there, even though it recently jumped away with Pegasus. Even better, you can see Colonial One beneath the Galactica.

Heh, that's funny. Given their attention to detail, I'm surprised they let that pass.

[Eriamjh]

My comments:
Baltar will never be redeemed. He is the consummate two-face. He will only do what benefits him. Signing the death order kept him alive, although he almost drew the line. The imaginary six reminded him of what is really necessary: staying alive. The comment to fight another day is only in relation to fighting for himself, not the human race (my take).

I thought good Sharon's talking to any humans was a dead giveaway she was the good Sharon. It was careless of her to do that. D'ana guessing it was her in an instant was kind of obvious since she knew Sharon was still alive and no one should have been getting into the launch keys.

I think the presence of the Pegasus is irrelevant to the storyline. They do not engage in major battles (although one could be coming in the New Caprica evacuation). There is no reason to eliminate it and it allows the show to be a little more flexible in the rescue attempt. The writers must have something up their sleeves for Lee as I'm sure they don't intent to keep him in a fat suit all season.

Each subsequent download becoming more and more painful may be a side effect of desroying the clone ship. It makes the cylons a little more human, ironically.

[reader50]

Further thoughts.

There cannot be a download limit. Maybe it just gets more painful. Leoben has been recycled at least 6 times, apparently without issues. Kara has recycled him 5 times so far, and Roslin recycled him once in Season 1. It is not clear if Kara's Leoben is the same as Adama's Leoben in the miniseries. If so, then he's been recycled at least 7 times.

What if Galactica misses the rendezvous with Pegasus? You end up with two fleets, which may not run into each other for several episodes. That would give Lee plenty of time on the treadmill. Also, most of the civilians would have to bunk in Galactica, since the grounded civilian ships would not be enough to house everyone.

Lots of story possibilities there, especially since some Cylons will surely end up being evacuated.

The Secret-Messages dog is tied up in front of the grain storage tent. Those extra drawers in the tool caddy must hold the grain.

Right before the separation ceremony with the salt, Helo speaks with Dualla. His parting words are "Take care of our son". Er, what?

Imaginary Six and Imaginary Baltar have not put in appearances lately. Wouldn't it be cool if they could see each other?

[paul w]

I heard it as "Take care of his son".

This evacuation has me scratching my head. I haven't got the foggiest idea how they're going to pull it off without heavy casualties while remaining vaguely plausible.

[Ganesha]

Originally Posted by xi_hyperon

Heh, that's funny. Given their attention to detail, I'm surprised they let that pass.

I think we can let this slide. Colonial One was a commercial space plane before it was Colonial One. We can assume, just as there are plenty of 747's for moving people around, there should be plenty of these commercial space planes flying people around. Surely Colonial one was not the only commercial space plane to survive the attack?

[Teronzhul]

Originally Posted by reader50

Further thoughts.

There cannot be a download limit. Maybe it just gets more painful. Leoben has been recycled at least 6 times, apparently without issues. Kara has recycled him 5 times so far, and Roslin recycled him once in Season 1. It is not clear if Kara's Leoben is the same as Adama's Leoben in the miniseries. If so, then he's been recycled at least 7 times.

What if Galactica misses the rendezvous with Pegasus? You end up with two fleets, which may not run into each other for several episodes. That would give Lee plenty of time on the treadmill. Also, most of the civilians would have to bunk in Galactica, since the grounded civilian ships would not be enough to house everyone.

Lots of story possibilities there, especially since some Cylons will surely end up being evacuated.

The Secret-Messages dog is tied up in front of the grain storage tent. Those extra drawers in the tool caddy must hold the grain.

Right before the separation ceremony with the salt, Helo speaks with Dualla. His parting words are "Take care of our son". Er, what?

Imaginary Six and Imaginary Baltar have not put in appearances lately. Wouldn't it be cool if they could see each other?

The Pegasus will join the Galactica in the fight to free the colonists.

I took Helos comment to mean that he and Boomer had another child in the last 16 months. That would go a long way to show the shift in Sharons behavior as well as giving Adama a good reason to trust Sharon. If he has her child, she'll be wanting to come back.

[Buckaroo]

Which days is BG on?

[SpaceMonkey]

Originally Posted by Teronzhul

The Pegasus will join the Galactica in the fight to free the colonists.

I took Helos comment to mean that he and Boomer had another child in the last 16 months. That would go a long way to show the shift in Sharons behavior as well as giving Adama a good reason to trust Sharon. If he has her child, she'll be wanting to come back.

No, he was pretty clearly referring to Lee. Dualla had just said to take care of Admiral Adama.

[Chuckit]

I saw Grace Park at the Asian Film Festival today. Some kind of interesting trivia gleaned from the interview:

• Cylons don't have to eat or drink to stay alive. (I was wondering about that.)
• Cylons don't wear clothes on basestars. So I am really looking forward to the upcoming life-on-a-basestar episode, assuming it is Sharon- and Six-centric.
• Grace originally auditioned for Dualla, but was told to come to callbacks for Starbuck. She was disappointed when she got Boomer, who Grace agrees with me was a boring wuss in the miniseries. Now that she sees where the series has gone, she thinks she lucked out. (I remember at Comic-Con last year, she was really excited about shooting Adama.)

[goMac]

Rumor is in the trailer for the next episode, the scene with the exploding basestar is showing the Pegasus colliding with the basestar. I find it kind of hard to see, but I'm hoping Pegasus makes it through the battle. I like seeing Adama Jr. in a command position.

[Teronzhul]

Ok, "Take care of his son" makes a lot more sense given the context, but I just played it back on my tivo about 8 times and it sure as hell sounds like "Take care of our son."

[analogika]

Originally Posted by xi_hyperon

Heh, that's funny. Given their attention to detail, I'm surprised they let that pass.

Might be a tip-o-the-FX-hat to the old series, which IIRC only had about three shots of the fleet (and only two of vipers taking off).