IIRC...one soldier flinched and accidentally discharged his weapon. At that point everybody else started shooting.
Re: Season 3 (nBSG)
Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 5:30 pm
by Mark
Season three is now finished....and all I've got to say with WHAT THE FRAK?! Starbuck "dies" in a firey explosion in a gas giant. Now, we have three lead characters and one supporting who suddenly think (or are) Cylons. Goddamned metaphyisical crap ....is Starbuck supposed to be the "savior" or the final of the final five cylons?
And how the HELL did people from another galaxy start singing Jimmy Hendrix?
Re: Season 3 (nBSG)
Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 6:27 pm
by kostmayer
Mark wrote:And how the HELL did people from another galaxy start singing Jimmy Hendrix?
BBC iPlayer?
Re: Season 3 (nBSG)
Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 7:30 pm
by Tsukiyumi
Mark wrote:And how the HELL did people from another galaxy start singing Jimmy Hendrix?
He was just that good.
Re: Season 3 (nBSG)
Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 8:06 pm
by Sionnach Glic
Oh, man, I have a feeling from his reaction here that Mark isn't going to be too fond of Daybreak Part 2.
Re: Season 3 (nBSG)
Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 8:07 pm
by Mark
The PROBLEM with that song appearing in BSG, is that the line "There must be some kind of way out of here, said the Joker to the thief."
Um, neither the Joker or Batman existed in that part of the universe.
Re: Season 3 (nBSG)
Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 8:09 pm
by Sionnach Glic
Or did they?
Re: Season 3 (nBSG)
Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2010 2:41 pm
by Sonic Glitch
Sionnach Glic wrote:Oh, man, I have a feeling from his reaction here that Mark isn't going to be too fond of Daybreak Part 2.
So am I the only one who looked at some of the "metaphysical" elements and thought to myself: "Well... this is kind of interesting/cool?"
Re: Season 3 (nBSG)
Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2010 5:23 pm
by Mark
The only explination I'm accepting for Starbucks ressurection are the light ships from oBSG. It better have been the Lords of Kobal.
Or some quantum dialation effect
Re: Season 3 (nBSG)
Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2010 5:25 pm
by Sonic Glitch
Mark wrote:The only explination I'm accepting for Starbucks ressurection are the light ships from oBSG. It better have been the Lords of Kobal.
Or some quantum dialation effect
Would confirming or denying that be a spoiler?
Re: Season 3 (nBSG)
Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2010 5:27 pm
by Aaron
Sonic Glitch wrote:
So am I the only one who looked at some of the "metaphysical" elements and thought to myself: "Well... this is kind of interesting/cool?"
In S1, yeah it was cool. But it got too be way to much later on.
Re: Season 3 (nBSG)
Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2010 5:27 pm
by Sionnach Glic
Sonic Glitch wrote:
Sionnach Glic wrote:Oh, man, I have a feeling from his reaction here that Mark isn't going to be too fond of Daybreak Part 2.
So am I the only one who looked at some of the "metaphysical" elements and thought to myself: "Well... this is kind of interesting/cool?"
I kind of liked it. I've no problems with that sort of thing in sci-fi, particularly when all the elements have been in place from litteraly the very first episode.
My main problem with Daybreak Part 2 was (Don't read it, Mark!)
The whole "let's all abandon technology because it's evil!" thing. Yeah, it's possible to rationalise such an action, but it still just comes off pretty poorly.
Would confirming or denying that be a spoiler?
I think so, though Mark can always ask to be spoiled on it.
Be warned though Mark, it's a frakking big spoiler.
Re: Season 3 (nBSG)
Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2010 5:41 pm
by Mark
Do I WANT to know?
And just for the record......everytime you guys tell me not to look at something..............................................I'm actually listening. How odd is that?
Re: Season 3 (nBSG)
Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 5:38 pm
by Graham Kennedy
I liked the religious stuff in season 1, but that was because they treated religion like they should - the Cylons have theirs, the Humans have theirs, both can motivate people towards good or evil, but there's no way to know which, if any, is true. It's an excellent way to talk about religion as it actually is, here on Earth.
However, it becomes more and more clear that in this universe, God is TRUE. The "Imaginary Six" and "Imaginary Baltar" are in fact real, actual Angels sent by God to interfere in events. And indeed, Starbuck never returns from the dead - Starbuck is dead, gone, forever, and the person who returns to Galactica is another Angel.
My problem with this is it utterly removes the show from any link with present Human experience. It also makes much of what happens on the show kind of pointless, because the answer to any question along the lines of "but why did this happen?" can just become "God guided events in that direction." For example, the final battle with Galactica and the colony? Not exciting at ALL. Galactica couldn't possibly fail to win that battle, because they quite literally had God on their side. Bringing God into the equation for real renders it all rather sterile and pointless, and was the single worst mistake made during the entire production of that show.
Re: Season 3 (nBSG)
Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 8:37 pm
by Atekimogus
Mark wrote:Season three is now finished....and all I've got to say with WHAT THE FRAK?! Starbuck "dies" in a firey explosion in a gas giant.
Are you serious? Starbuck "dieing" was my favourite part of the entire season because after that you finally got a break from her bitching around. Really, my favourite "Starbuck" moment, with Adama telling her to leave the room while she still can a close second.
I mean seriously, what where they thinking with that character? I could live with the female asshole during the first two seasons but later one she is downright mad and everyone acts as if it were ok. It is a true wonder how she survived this long not beeing "accidentely" shot by her own people imho.
....is Starbuck supposed to be the "savior" or the final of the final five cylons?
