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Kartanym
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9/20/06 4:28am
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Well maybe not 'all' of the episodes, although every one of them deserves to be seen a second time. And probably not over just one weekend either  lol
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Saintheart
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10/11/06 8:56pm
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Finally got round to watching the original miniseries, "Home" parts 1 and 2, and "The Farm". As a result some of my theories have changed.
First, on my count, there are only 5 more Cylon models that we've yet to see. We've seen Six, Sharon/Eight, Lucy Lawless's character, "Blue Suit" who was with the Cylons at the end of Season 2, the "Cleric" who consulted the Chief; Starbuck's Cylon; and the black doctor who treated Starbuck on "The Farm". Six says there are twelve models, in the miniseries--the 'robotic' Cylons seem to be separate from the others (I'd love to see one of the older Centurions in working order just for nostalgia's sake  )
Second, "The Farm" and "Final Cut" slightly alters my view of the Cylons' plan. They can't have children, and so they were harvesting what was left of the human female population to gather the necessary genetic material and propagate their species. Sharon/8's pregnancy is viewed as a blessed event, a miracle to the Cylons. The view is that love was the missing factor in Cylon procreation (hokey to the extreme, but there you go...) This still leaves intact the idea the Cylons are looking for Earth, for some kind of fulfillment. The one note of disquiet I have is Sharon/8's statement that "we know more about your religion than you do." Is there another sacred text floating around out there, perhaps?
Third, "Home". It reconfirms my view that only humans could access the vision inside the Temple of Athena. There was nothing special about fitting the Arrow to Saggitaron's bow, so one presumes the Temple has some kind of device--maybe a DNA code-reader, who knows--to determine whether there are humans inside the Temple, and therefore activate. It also clarifies the nature of the voyage; Adama and the others don't know the precise location of Earth, but they do know the general direction they're headed in--towards a nebula of some kind. Lee notes that they have a direction to head in, inside the Temple of Athena.
One question: assuming the Galactica reaches Earth, and assuming it doesn't just end the whole series on a final shot of the battlestar heading towards earth orbit, what time period do people think it's going to reach Earth in? Present day? Far future? The past, even?
If it's the present day, I strongly suspect there'll be an episode (say in about 3-4 seasons' time) about certain "electromagnetic signals" being received--which will probably turn out, a la Contact, to be Earth's first TV signals, still heading on their merry way across the universe, thus providing the final 'homing beacon' for Earth. I wonder if they'll go as geek as to calculate out the Galactica's precise distance from Earth given the speed of light and the distance Earth's TV signals would have crossed in the fifty-odd years since their initial transmission... and one can envision the final run to Earth becoming a race, seeing as the Cylons will presumably be able to detect the same thing.
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Sith Magician
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10/12/06 3:44am
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I don't think the Earth in the series will be in the present day time period.
There's too many consistencies in military rank names, ship names (Colonial One/Air Force One) that having it set in our modern day would be far, far too coincidental.
I'd say it's far in our past, and perhaps a bit of HitchHiker's Guide to the Galaxy "cave man" replacing going on.
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soneil
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10/12/06 9:11am
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In the orignal (1980ish) series, when they reached our solar system it was around the time of the moon landing. The later (crappy) season 2 was contemporary (80s).
I expect that in the new series they'd get to earth eventually. I won't speculate on what it would be like though since the show has so far proven to be pretty unpredictable which I think is a good thing.
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Kartanym
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10/13/06 7:49pm
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Saintheart posted:
If it's the present day, I strongly suspect there'll be an episode (say in about 3-4 seasons' time) about certain "electromagnetic signals" being received--which will probably turn out, a la Contact, to be Earth's first TV signals, still heading on their merry way across the universe, thus providing the final 'homing beacon' for Earth. I wonder if they'll go as geek as to calculate out the Galactica's precise distance from Earth given the speed of light and the distance Earth's TV signals would have crossed in the fifty-odd years since their initial transmission... and one can envision the final run to Earth becoming a race, seeing as the Cylons will presumably be able to detect the same thing.
This, I like. Hence why I'd consider the BSG timeline to be, in relation to our own, within the future.
The past I can understand, as SM mentioned, but I'm thinking along the lines of Stargate here. In that series (and more specifically the movie) Earth was primative when the ancients and the Gou'ld (might have spelt that wrong) discovered it. Following that, most of the population was sent to other planets across the galaxy via the created Stargate system, mainly as slaves. Earth, however, is left behind. Flash forward to I think the 1950's when the Stargate is uncovered in Egypt, and so on and so forth.
BSG could follow a very similar style. For one reason or another, the humans of Earth left the planet and 'evolved' into those of Caprica, etc. The thing that tips me off is when the President relates the star signs to those of Earth. If, indeed, the Earth in this timeline is primative, then surely star signs wouldn't have existed? That, among many other things (besides the technology) suggests to me that it is the Earth of the future they are searching for.
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Saintheart
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10/19/06 2:10am
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Hmm...the battlestar arriving in the future? Perhaps Earth has become a plain old "wildlife sanctuary", where humanity's moved off the world altogether?
That'd be kind of cool. Last episode. Galactica's at Earth. No haven, no 13th tribe, no civilisation left, no other humans. The massed Cylon fleet approaches. Galactica gets ready for her last stand...gets blasted...down to half strength and dying...
When a new group of signals jumps into the system. Lots of signals. Bristling with future technology and superior weaponry. Earth's own 'starfleet', summoned back on the breach into the system of the Galactica or the Cylons.
On the other hand, if it's in the far future, you'd have to explain how the Galactica could breeze its way through a 'federation' of human-colonised solar systems without being detected by our descendants...
Hmm.
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Kartanym
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10/24/06 1:15am
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Michael, remember when we were speculating what happened at the start of season 3? You were right
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Saintheart
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10/25/06 3:27am
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Hmm. I have no torrent, so I'll just have to wiki it for the synopsis ... 
On that last point about when the Galactica might arrive and SG-1 and stuff, I think the impression they were trying to leave in "Home" was that the 12 star signs are actually hidden inside the columns at Stonehenge, or some other circle of standing stones. The surrounds of the inside of Athena's temple imply the marker to Earth is on a green field somewhere... hmmm.
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Do you mean to tell me that the entire race of humans in the show are direct relations of the Scots?!
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soneil
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Just wondering who's keeping up with season 3. I'm about halfway through the season now. Just about to watch episode 11.
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I've been a bit lazy and have not watched any of the new season, I started watching the webisodes but stopped for some reason (can't remember)
Must get back into it though.
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Saintheart
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1/15/07 5:07pm
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I don't have access to a *cough*torrent*coughcough* so I haven't been able to look at any of the episodes as such. I've been keeping tabs on it through wikipedia's episode summaries, but obviously it's not the same as watching the eps. Interesting plot directions, though...
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Ohh well at least they are allowing a 4th and final season.
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soneil
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I'm hanging out for it too. That season 3 finale finished leaving me thinking 'what the...'. I suppose they all finish with questions to be answered in the next season though.
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Saintheart
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Yeah, but by the looks of it this'll be the first BSG that has a chance to finish gracefully with a calm explanation of how they got to Earth. Thank goodness!
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