So I guess we finally saw what could be considered the Cylon homeworld. The CGI looked a little fakey though.
Posted by Reverend (Member # 335) on :
Yeah that looks nothing like a real-life partly organic asteroid base.
Seeing the old style Raiders parked there was fun though.
Posted by Mars Needs Women (Member # 1505) on :
Well I meant the CGI didn't look up to snuff with the other Cylon ships. The old school raiders were indeed cool. Wonder if their piloted by old school centurions. If I recall, one the sixes mentioned that they still had their uses.
Edit: It is freaking huge, just look at the basestar next to it in the first picture.
I loved Adama being sick of all the mumbo jumbo and prophecies. We needed a bit of that after the recent series of exposition heavy episodes.
The mythology does seem to be moving forwards again though. Baltar explicitly calls his internal Six an Angel now, further strengthening the idea that the head-characters are some kind of messengers from Cylon God or some other guiding power.
And Anders is now Galactica's Hybrid. This means Galactica now could be the Dying Leader, since it has some kind of sentience, and Anders seems to have the most lucid Cylon memories, so it could definitely lead the Fleet to.. wherever it's going, presumably the Colony.
That Colony is really gigantic. Could it really only have been built during the latest Cylon War? Or it is an older construction?
Posted by Reverend (Member # 335) on :
It was built after/during the first Cylon War, Cavil however moved it since the Civil War, so it presumably has FTL.
BTW, since when was this episode in season 1?
Posted by Johnny (Member # 878) on :
I thought the effects throughout this episode were pretty poor, but they're obviously saving time and money for the finale.
We can probably infer how Galactica will "go out with style" from Hera crashing the Galactica model into the Baseship at the beginning?
Posted by B.J. (Member # 858) on :
I know Hera's supposed to be 3, but she looks a lot closer to my own daughter's age at 5. Because of that, several of the scenes really made me uncomfortable. I imagine Lee will be in the same boat with me on this one.
Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :
Pretty much.
Posted by Johnny (Member # 878) on :
I hope you guys don't see The Watchmen. There's a particularly grisly scene involving a little girl in that.
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
Another fantastic episode.
Who ever predicted Anders being Galactica's hybrid... seriously there are spoilers/hybrids posting amongst us people!!
The end shot was wonderful. The only problem this episode didn't go on long enough. Now i've watched so many together in one hit - and it's nearing the end - I don't want it to stop.
Was nice to see the fleet captains again.
Adama said half had gone. Does that mean that half of the ship mutinied? They were all put to death or died in the chaos?
Why would Kara stop wondering about what she is just after Baltar has a yelling fit? Or does it mean she has finally just accepted that she was/is dead?
I didn't like how Hera now cried out for Boomer and not her mother. I assume it's just because she was more familiar than Cavil.
What did he mean that she'd have playmates??
I think Boomer will now have another change of heart after Hera calling her name.
The memorial scenes... were they separate or did everyone listen to all three people speaking? Adama/Baltar/Ellen?
One of the sixes is called Sonya - what episode did we meet a Sonya?
Does anyone else prefer six with the long, curly red hair? What is Tricia Helfer's real hair colour? Is that it - or is that another wig?
Posted by Reverend (Member # 335) on :
I think the only mutineers that were executed were Zarek and Gaeta, the rest (including Celix and Racetrack) are on the Astral Queen.
As for Hera's playmates, my first thought was the centurions...but maybe he was just being sarcastic. On the other hand, (Lee & B.J.: don't read this part) maybe they still have some human children in captivity.
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Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
Oh I missed the line saying they imprisoned the muntineers on the Astral Queen.
Can anyone answer any of my other questions?
I've watched the piano/all along the watch tower scene from the previous episode a number of times now - geeze it was good.
Posted by Reverend (Member # 335) on :
I don't think it's been directly addressed, but RDM did mention them being locked up on the Astral Queen in one of his podcasts.
quote:Why would Kara stop wondering about what she is just after Baltar has a yelling fit? Or does it mean she has finally just accepted that she was/is dead?
You expect an emotional Kara to have a logical basis for her feeling and actions? What show have you been watching!?
quote:I didn't like how Hera now cried out for Boomer and not her mother. I assume it's just because she was more familiar than Cavil.
Well they've clearly made a connection (finally) though it's a bit inconsistent as to whether or not Hera can tell Athena from the other Eights. Notably, she didn't protest much, or indeed give any indication that she knew Boomer wasn't her mother when she took her out of daycare.
quote:I think Boomer will now have another change of heart after Hera calling her name.
Sure, but then she has a profound change of heart every time the wind changes or she gets an itchy nose. I think the skittishness of the eights is something even Athena has commented on.
quote:The memorial scenes... were they separate or did everyone listen to all three people speaking? Adama/Baltar/Ellen?
Well everyone was there at the end, so it looks like everyone attended a joint service. To do otherwise would be rather rude.
quote:One of the sixes is called Sonya - what episode did we meet a Sonya?
Sonja only showed up in "Someone to Watch Over Me", as the Cylon representative to the Quorum. One assumes she's replaced Natalie as the rebel leader.
quote:Does anyone else prefer six with the long, curly red hair? What is Tricia Helfer's real hair colour? Is that it - or is that another wig?
Not sure about that one, but I'm pretty sure you see a wig and dye-less Tricia at some point in season 1 or 2 (I forget exactly when.) It's when Harvey-Six changes her appearance to mess with Baltar.
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
Me neither! That literally gave me chills!
Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :
I've had many, many years to get used to that scene in Watchmen. Probably helps that I first read the book a long time before I had a daughter. Saw the movie today, hardest part was when Rorschach looks at a picture of her. Probably not a film that's going to be popular in the McCann household.
Seeing Hera abducted again in that YouTube clip was worse!
Posted by Fabrux (Member # 71) on :
I just now noticed how, Dad being imaginary, she keeps one hand to her body, and he sits where her other hand would really be playing, as other people would see it.
Just that scene where the music goes silent for a bit, and there's Kara, smiling, and in a brand new Viper... Best season ending of the decade, surely.
Has Bear McCreary won any Emmies or whatever for this show yet?
Posted by B.J. (Member # 858) on :
You're going to have to copy/paste that last link since UBB doesn't seem to like spaces in links.
Posted by Johnny (Member # 878) on :
Useful links, thanks. I reckon the official CDs are pretty good to pick up too, if you get the chance.
quote:Originally posted by AndrewR: Wow, that's nice. It's closer to the version of Six that wears the overalls the one that Athena shot. What was her 'name'?
Although... as for her 'real' hair-colour (how do you know... does collar match cuffs? )
The answer to your second question is only a google search away.
And the Six Athena killed was Natalie. I was surprised when they killed that one off so soon, I quite liked her.
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
You're going to have to copy/paste that last link since UBB doesn't seem to like spaces in links.
Thanks... or you could always buy the soundtracks - which are some of the best soundtracks out there. Some of the best ALBUMS out there. Been listening to them so much.
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