BSG Season 4 News (may contain slight spoilers)

Bryancd · February 13, 2009, 09:20:25 PM

OK, well I watched it again and now can follow the Cylon arch, and I do like Ellen a lot, but I don't think this was a very strong episode. All will be revealed is still falling a bit short, IMO. I'm worried the Payoff might be too pedestrian and I love this show. I think they will pull off a solid conclusion, however.

moyer777 · February 13, 2009, 10:20:35 PM

I liked tonight's episode a lot. The stand out line for me, the story of my life..

"my only concern about you is that you're so hell bent on doing the right thing that you sometimes don't do the smart thing."

wow, brilliant and thought provoking.

Poor Galactica. What irony.... Cylon technology to keep the Galactica afloat. hmmm.

Rico · February 14, 2009, 08:15:58 AM

I loved this latest episode. Very well acted and it's really bringing everything together. I like the Ellen character a lot and it all makes sense. It was a lot of information tossed at us for one episode is maybe my only little nitpick about it - but they are running out of time.

Oh my vote for who Daniel is ---> Baltar.

Bryancd · February 14, 2009, 09:19:44 AM

Quote from: Rico on February 14, 2009, 08:15:58 AM
I loved this latest episode. Very well acted and it's really bringing everything together. I like the Ellen character a lot and it all makes sense. It was a lot of information tossed at us for one episode is maybe my only little nitpick about it - but they are running out of time.

Oh my vote for who Daniel is ---> Baltar.

..or Daniel is actually Danielle and it's Starbuck! I think Daniel is Kara's father and if Baltar is a version of Daniel... :blink

X · February 14, 2009, 09:40:17 AM

Quote from: Bryancd on February 14, 2009, 09:19:44 AM
Quote from: Rico on February 14, 2009, 08:15:58 AM
I loved this latest episode. Very well acted and it's really bringing everything together. I like the Ellen character a lot and it all makes sense. It was a lot of information tossed at us for one episode is maybe my only little nitpick about it - but they are running out of time.

Oh my vote for who Daniel is ---> Baltar.

..or Daniel is actually Danielle and it's Starbuck! I think Daniel is Kara's father and if Baltar is a version of Daniel... :blink

I think that Starbuck isn't one of the 13 models, but one of the survivors of Earth. There were a lot of cylons on earth and we know that five survived due to resurrection, but we don't know if any others survived. I think that Kara might be one of those cylons.

Geekyfanboy · February 14, 2009, 10:25:11 AM

Just finished last nights episode.. LOVED IT!!!!!

Wow, so much information in that very short 45 minute episode.

It's nice to stick with a show for years and actually get some really cool payoff information. Can't wait to see where it goes next week.

wraith1701 · February 14, 2009, 12:51:15 PM

Quote from: Bryancd on February 14, 2009, 09:19:44 AM
.. I think Daniel is Kara's father

I've seen and heard information out there that strongly supports this.

A pretty old spoiler from io9-

[spoiler] In the series Caprica, a noted character is the scientist Daniel Graystone, who somehow manages to create an artificial copy of his daughter Zoe...

"...Daniel Graystone is a computer genius, married to the unfaithful Amanda, a gifted surgeon. Their daughter, Zoe, dies in a suicide bombing by religious fanatics, including Zoe's boyfriend. Also killed in that bombing: Joseph Adama's wife and daughter.

Before Zoe dies, she installs the "rudimentary elements" of her personality and DNA into a computer, creating a digital twin called Zoe-A. After Zoe dies, her father uses that materials, along with some stolen technology to create a robot version called Zoe-R. This is the 'Cylonic Eve.'" [/spoiler]

Coincidence?

Also, [spoiler] upcoming episodes of BSG introduce a character named "Slick", who has a strange connection to Kara. Possibly her father?

Upcoming episode, "someone to watch over me"--

"Directed by Michael Nankin, the episode was written by David Weddle and Bradley Thompson. More details on the character Slick, as reported by Entertainment Weekly's Michael Ausiello are: "Late 20's-Late 30's. This handsome, charismatic, slick and mysterious piano player is someone Kara is inexplicably drawn to. She finds herself telling him things no one knows about her. "

Is "Slick" Daniel? [/spoiler]

wraith1701 · February 14, 2009, 03:20:12 PM

OK; I just re-watched last night's episode with commentary by RDM at the sci-fi site. I'm fairly certain that the seventh cylon Daniel is [spoiler] Daniel Graystone from Caprica. In his podcast for last night's episode, RDM says that Daniel has ties to the Caprica series. [/spoiler]

One thing that RDM didn't address is bugging me though. I think Cavil mentions that his design was based on Ellen's father. Ellen mentions that she named Cavil after her father. But how can she have a father if she is a cylon herself? Thoughts?

X · February 14, 2009, 05:05:08 PM

Nice theory Wraith, but ...
[spoiler]Daniel greystone lived before the cylon war and the five didn't arrive until the end of the war. I don't see how they could build him before they arrived. Remember that the five only arrived 40 or so years ago according to Ellen.[/spoiler]

wraith1701 · February 14, 2009, 05:47:10 PM

Quote from: Just X on February 14, 2009, 05:05:08 PM
Nice theory Wraith, but ...
[spoiler]Daniel greystone lived before the cylon war and the five didn't arrive until the end of the war. I don't see how they could build him before they arrived. Remember that the five only arrived 40 or so years ago according to Ellen.[/spoiler]

Good point. Still trying to reconcile this with what RDM said on his commentary about... [spoiler] Daniel (the 7th) being an important part of the Caprica storyline. Which actually contradicts what he said earlier about none of the BSG characters playing a key role in the Caprica series. [/spoiler]

On an unrelated note; any theories on how Ellen has a father, and how she modeled Cavil after him? This one has me stumped...

X · February 14, 2009, 06:11:43 PM

Quote from: wraith1701 on February 14, 2009, 05:47:10 PM
Quote from: Just X on February 14, 2009, 05:05:08 PM
Nice theory Wraith, but ...
[spoiler]Daniel greystone lived before the cylon war and the five didn't arrive until the end of the war. I don't see how they could build him before they arrived. Remember that the five only arrived 40 or so years ago according to Ellen.[/spoiler]

Good point. Still trying to reconcile this with what RDM said on his commentary about... [spoiler] Daniel (the 7th) being an important part of the Caprica storyline. Which actually contradicts what he said earlier about none of the BSG characters playing a key role in the Caprica series. [/spoiler]

On an unrelated note; any theories on how Ellen has a father, and how she modeled Cavil after him? This one has me stumped...

That's easy. [spoiler]It was explained in the episode. The 13th colony of Cylons could reproduce and didn't need resurrection. When things started getting bad, the five rediscovered resurrection and survived the attack. So all of the five were born and grew old just like the humans that they were modeled after.[/spoiler]

wraith1701 · February 15, 2009, 04:19:10 PM

Quote from: Just X on February 14, 2009, 06:11:43 PM
Quote from: wraith1701 on February 14, 2009, 05:47:10 PM
Quote from: Just X on February 14, 2009, 05:05:08 PM
Nice theory Wraith, but ...
[spoiler]Daniel greystone lived before the cylon war and the five didn't arrive until the end of the war. I don't see how they could build him before they arrived. Remember that the five only arrived 40 or so years ago according to Ellen.[/spoiler]

Good point. Still trying to reconcile this with what RDM said on his commentary about... [spoiler] Daniel (the 7th) being an important part of the Caprica storyline. Which actually contradicts what he said earlier about none of the BSG characters playing a key role in the Caprica series. [/spoiler]

On an unrelated note; any theories on how Ellen has a father, and how she modeled Cavil after him? This one has me stumped...

That's easy. [spoiler]It was explained in the episode. The 13th colony of Cylons could reproduce and didn't need resurrection. When things started getting bad, the five rediscovered resurrection and survived the attack. So all of the five were born and grew old just like the humans that they were modeled after.[/spoiler]

Thanks man. :)

This episode was so dense, I must have missed that part.

billybob476 · February 17, 2009, 05:57:42 AM

And unfortunately, having John Hodgman as the brain surgeon took me out of the show a bit. I kept going "It's the PC!!!"

I loved his performance, but I couldn't see past the fact it was John Hodgman and enjoy the character. He plays a good uber geek who is only interested in his work at the expense of bedside manner. Also good to see Doc Cottle again and I laughed when he lit up a smoke standing in the door of the operating room where the BRAIN SURGERY was just finishing up.

Rico · February 17, 2009, 06:31:01 AM

I think the smoking Doc is Ron Moore's alter ego!

Geekyfanboy · February 18, 2009, 12:20:46 PM

Final "BSG" Schedule Announced
February 17, 2009 by Michael Hickerson || Category: TV

The end is near for "Battlestar Galactica." And while we can't tell you anything about how the series will end dramatically, we can tell you schedule-wise who the final chapters of the series will unfold.

According to SyFy Portal, the series will continue to air in its Friday at 10 p.m. EST time slot for the next several weeks, culminating on Friday, March 14. That evening, the first of the three-part series finale will air.

Then, on Friday, March 20th, the final episodes will air on SciFi. The evening will kick-off at 8 p.m. EST with a repeat of part one of the finale, followed by the final two episodes of the series. So, if fans want to watch the entire finale as one three-hour epic, they can do that.

SciFi is expecting larger than average viewing audiences for the finale of the series.

No word yet on how this schedule might conflict with Fox's Friday night sci-fi line-up (specifically if fans will be forced to choose between a new episode of "Dollhouse" and the finale of "BSG.")