Frak!!
The first act of the Battlestar Galactica season premiere is now available online. Speculation abounds. The intro text now reads:
The Cylons were created by man
They rebelled
They evolved
There are many copies
And they have a plan
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The human race
Far from home
Fighting for survival
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Posted on October 4, 2006, in Television. Bookmark the permalink. 14 Comments.
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Prediction: Starbuck had an egg removed whilst at The Farm on Caprica and either has a child with Leobon, or a clone.
…and Tigh will stab Baltar in the neck with a pen while screaming “motherfrakker!!!”
I’m dying to know what happened between Kara and Lee. They’ve done such an excellent job of building that friendship. The discord is killing me.
I’m also really curious about how the Sharons are going to play out, or rather, the revelations about the true nature of the cylons. Will one/both of the Sharons become a true defender of humans, will this lead to a human-ish fracture in cylon culture. Did they make themselves too human?
I have a hard time buying into the new Cylon. It just doesn’t seem very cylonish to create a old dumpy balding looking model. I know the actor is popular with the scifi crowd, and I actually like him as an actor, but the physical type is so out of character it throws me off.
I love the bit with Tigh’s wife in the first act, it added so much complexity to her character. They keep doing that, it’s fabulous.
I hope Tigh keeps the beard, I like it a lot. It’ll look classy with the eye patch.
This season finale and first act remind me of something I read in the intro of a book by Lois McMaster Bujold (one of my favorites), “I decide what is the worst possible thing I can do to my hero(s), then I do it.”
There’s a character named Starbuck?
Yes, and he’s a she.
I think it’s interesting that there’s no more mention of Earth, just survival. I think this is gonna be a super-dark season.
I think it is interesting how they continue to put the humans in the role of the bombing terrorists and the cylons in the role of monotheistic galactic super-power. It’s apparently a not-at-all-subtle attack on the “war on terror”.
“Frak!” is right. I was thinking of trying to not watch for a while and then watch the episodes all at once. I might not have the willpower to do so after watching that…
Serves you right, man. It’s too good.
Oh boy! It is Frak Party time!
The website is a hoot. Make sure to put your mouse on the banner image.
Note that there are no Frak Parties in the SLC area. And Utah is the true home of the BSG religions! For shame!
So… We’ve all seen the episode, right? They’re pushing the political themes very, very hard. Nobody could have mistaken last night’s episode for a timeless piece of fiction. But, 40 years from now, historians will regard it as a wonderful primary source for American culture during the war on terror.
I thought it was great.
I liked it, too. My point was just that it’s very much a product of its time.
Frak Baltar that frakkin’ mother frakkin’ son of a frakker. Grow some frakkin’ balls you frakkin’ Limey wank-a-frak.
Ronan’s rant forces me to imagine an unholy hybrid of Gaius Baltar and Al Swearengen. Shudder?