they should just find earth and end it. this season has sucked.

2/13/2007 3:00:47 PM

Your mom has.

2/13/2007 3:02:45 PM

yeah i think 13 will be better, they can get more main storyline stuff done in a season

2/13/2007 5:29:32 PM

Another shitty episode.

Stop trying to make so many culturally significant plots.

Also, less side plot. This is not fucking Lost or ER. Stick to what we love.

And that is some human vs. cylon plot.

I did like where six saw baltar. Hasn't that happened like once before, but a long time ago? That was the only interesting part of the episode.

That and anything with the old doctor in it. That guys kicks fucking ass.

Also, Adama proves yet again he has gigantic balls of precious brass, with the whole "This is my ship, and I done fucked up again."

2/14/2007 10:16:39 AM

no, the character background is what makes this a great show. they just don't need whole episodes dealing with filler.

2/14/2007 2:56:32 PM

Of course Character background is good. That's why I'm referring to plots. Stick with more human vs. Cylon plots than side plots.

2/14/2007 2:57:43 PM

i think that side plots are okay but mostly when they are are mixed with main plot line, like during the first season where they would switch between what is happening on Caprica with helo and what was happening on Galactica.

2/14/2007 3:33:25 PM

Yeah, I mean, this would have been a fine B story to fill ten minutes in two or three episodes. It just shouldn't be the focus.

2/14/2007 3:55:03 PM

Thats one of the problems with the plot as it stands now.

Fucking everyone is in one location. There isnt anybody not on BSG. I think this is necessary to get to the real meaty stories, but also leads to less interesting locals because they are all the same.

I am really curious when we get to see the cylon side of things again, if ever. It could be that six is now the only cylon side we will get from now on.

One of the problems with having so many interesting characters is that you cant cover them all without devoting a significant part of a season to character development. I mean I would like to know more about everyone, except Dee.

What I want.

More Baltar & Six, More about the journey, More about Adama and the President being badass, and a real space battle before the end of the season. In addition, I would like them to address fixing the fleet up from the jump into the star thing. I also think they should address water fuel or ammo problems one more time next season. They could use this also to get raw material for fixing ships. (I wonder if Battlestars have the capacity to fix repair themselves like old wooden sea ships(see Master and Commander))

Why do the ships have their engines always on when they show shots of the fleet drifting along? I see no reason for it if FTL drives are so much faster than light.

Ok....thats all I got

2/14/2007 5:40:39 PM

This may be a dumb question, but any one know where I can watch all the episodes from this 3rd season? I just rented the previous two seasons, and am hooked. I am, obviously, way behind the current season. I dont want to start watching the new season now because I havnt seen any of the new episodes. I want to be caught up on the new season! Where do I go??

2/15/2007 12:35:10 AM

The main thing which annoyed me about this episode is where it was placed in the lineup of episodes. This particular story would have been much better suited to have been told shortly after the departure from New Caprica. After leading up to it, I was hoping to see an episode about Baltar's trial, but instead we get none of that.

Still, though, I knew this particular story was coming down the pike at some point. I had started to wonder when it would be shown.

2/15/2007 8:15:22 AM

bttt for tonight

2/18/2007 12:13:03 PM

Imma go ahead and say that I think tonight's episode is gonna suck out loud

2/18/2007 12:15:17 PM

Hopefully it doesn't suck too badly.

2/18/2007 1:43:58 PM

^ x5 The best place to catch up on old episodes is to find them on a bittorrent site like torrent spy

2/18/2007 2:56:47 PM

Here is the reason for the "Filler" episodes.

Right now is the only real time they can introduce filler without disrupting potential bombshell plot arcs. Baltar and the Baby are on BSG, the love triangle is over. There is no significant unsolved arcs. Putting the filler here allows for uninterrupted plot arcs to end the season and have a more meaningful impact and quality.

2/18/2007 7:32:32 PM

Thanks for stating the obvious. Somehow your explanation does nothing to make the filler any more interesting.

2/18/2007 8:32:55 PM

you can at least not bitch about something that is required.

I mean we can have the entire story arc in one season if you wanted. then no more show.

2/18/2007 9:37:51 PM

That would be perfect.

[Edited on February 18, 2007 at 11:58 PM. Reason : I laughed at next week's preview. Guess we are running the gamut of cliche scifi plotlines.]

2/18/2007 11:54:11 PM

I thought tonight's ep was really good.

2/19/2007 12:23:37 AM

you guys are a bunch of ingrates. Sure, it ain't like intergalactic cylon warfare...or even the high intensity drama of the survival of the fleet, but you act like all of a sudden the show sucks. Perhaps you need to calm the fuck down and stop acting like fanboys wo/ their nerd crack.

The show is the bomb, if you don't like it - try the alternatives, ok? But stop littering this thread with your B.S. or at least say something constructive.

2/19/2007 12:33:07 AM

sounds like someone got their feelings hurt. over the internet

2/19/2007 12:49:23 AM

It has been a little bit too fagtastically emo the past couple of episodes. If I wanted to watch a soap opera, I could DVR Days or Our Lives or something.

I have no problem with drama, but they are moving away from the central themes from the first season, I think.

2/19/2007 1:37:14 AM

Quote :

"but you act like all of a sudden the show sucks."

well, it's not as good as it has been...

2/19/2007 6:42:14 AM

Quote :

"It has been a little bit too fagtastically emo the past couple of episodes. If I wanted to watch a soap opera, I could DVR Days or Our Lives or something. I have no problem with drama, but they are moving away from the central themes from the first season, I think."

MORE GUNS AND CYLON FIGHTING- I'M FAR TOO MACHO TO WATCH THIS SHOW OTHERWISE!!!!!!ONE

2/19/2007 7:22:15 AM

Quote :

"sounds like someone got their feelings hurt. over the internet"

nothing of the sort. but i will confess that my eyes are sore from reading the same shit over and over again 'OH NOES THIS IS BATTLESTAR HOSPITAL< DAYS OF MY BATTLESTAR KEKEKEKE LOLOMG'

2/19/2007 7:27:11 AM

I'm glad they did address the damage that Galactica has suffered during the war, and how it doesn't heal on its own.

2/19/2007 8:38:23 AM

^yeah that was appreciated.
Although the Admiral Adama backstory was filler it was good filler.

2/19/2007 11:19:50 AM

i did enjoy the background on Adama and the extra scene at the end suggesting that the prez is getting it own with El Capitan / hahaha

the scene where Chief and Cali [sp?] got rescued was pretty bad ass and i also liked hearing the update on the shape of Galactica

it was decent

2/19/2007 12:34:51 PM

I liked the episode. I thought it was good filler that helps a show not jump the shark by having a)too many plots b) too many unexplained character histories c) a rush of info in too few shows d) drawing out a main plot just to save face....all in line with LOST.

Knowing Adama's past is cool. He is a great character and actor on this show. The Chief and Cali (?) airlock scene was kinda a "Push". Could have been any characters. Could have killed them both and been even more crazy. But I think it ends the whole Chief is depressed and his marriage sucks semi-plot. Which IMO is good.

And we finally see that there isnt just 1 doctor for the whole fleet. Coddel is just the military doc. Helo's vindication and seemingly amazing rise to high statue in the Fleet is a great plot line, and I love it. And the more background on those 3 (Helo, Sharon, Hera) the better for the overall plot.

However then next week's episode preview just confused me more.... Adama is trying everything to save Chief...and then he's going to hang him for"starting" a muntiny?

ftw?

[Edited on February 19, 2007 at 3:20 PM. Reason : sp]

2/19/2007 3:19:46 PM

I don't exactly understand why the airlock leak couldn't have been patched from the OUTSIDE until a more practical solution could have been found...

2/19/2007 5:20:20 PM

yeah i didnt get that either. Seems like someone could have doned a spacesuit, jumped in a raptor and gon out to plug the hole.

they also said that cutting through the blast doors would take to long, why couldnt they cut through the glass instead?

[Edited on February 19, 2007 at 7:58 PM. Reason : k]

2/19/2007 7:57:46 PM

bttt for tonight

2/25/2007 6:45:43 PM

I believe the chick in there said that the glass was really really strong.




Are they showing certain things in the previews of episodes, and not showing the other focus on purpose? ex: nothing about Adama last episode

[Edited on February 25, 2007 at 7:13 PM. Reason : dd]

2/25/2007 6:48:45 PM

nice cgi in the beginning

2/25/2007 10:05:47 PM

Interesting problem they have.

2/25/2007 10:37:47 PM

surprisingly good episode

2/25/2007 10:57:14 PM

reset so fast i thought i was watching voyager.

that episode sucked. Every time i saw those guys manually loading the sand buckets into that dumb ass conveyor belt it completely destroyed the premise. We can fucking travel between star systems faster than light but ore refinery must be done by hand!

shit filler.

The best part was the preview for the next ep. Getting back to the plot. Fucking finally.

2/25/2007 11:05:35 PM

good episode. Built on the Baltar plot without being all about him. Developed the President a bit she can be a hardass but she hasnt completely lost her idealism. Showed that Adama is still willing to do whatever it takes. The hand loaded belt thing was kind of lame but i figured the workers had to know how to do it since they dont have computers to manage the process. But then again i can easily do the whole willful suspension of disbelief thing, especially if i like the show over all.

Oh yeah, and interesting back story on Baltar. although i dont know if i really believe it. perhaps he is still doing anything he can to save his own skin, as is his character's theme, and if that means trying to relate to the common workers of the fleet he will tell a lie to do it.

[Edited on February 25, 2007 at 11:25 PM. Reason : d]

2/25/2007 11:21:40 PM

the baltar stuff was interesting, but the whole "omgarrr this baltar guy totally knows the score!" shit after these same people all wanted him dead an episode ago? come the fuck on.


Not to mention the fact that theres no shitstorm knowing baltar's alive now.

Episode summary:

Tillium refinery dudes: "hey man what the fuck our sand machine is totally busted you should help us out chief."
Chief: "what the fuck you guys are pushing the sand around inside the ship with fucking buldozers and then carrying it around in buckets? What the fuck is this, the 1800s?"
trds: "well yea its totally gay. <insert class warfare rabble rabble rabble>"
cheif: "k yea lemme go think about it"

Chief is standing outside baltar's cell.
Cheif: "Hey i need 2 talk 2 baltar"
Marine: "lol no u cant c him. You fucking hate him and want to kill him".
Chief: "nah that was last episode. I read his book we're chill now"
Marine: "kk, in you go"
CHief: "man baltar wtf this is lame you are lame"
Baltar: "no u r lame and the president is lame"
Chief: "oh ya u r right. FUKKEN STRIKE TIME!"

Chief is in the brig.
The admiral: "what the fuck chief"
Chief: "man we got 10 minutes left in the ep. I call reset!"
The admiral: "k:
The admiral picks up the phone and dials the CIC.
The admiral: "This is Admiral Adama. I am authorizing a plot reset."

Cheif is on colonial one.
The prez: <bullshit closure>



[Edited on February 25, 2007 at 11:53 PM. Reason : .]

2/25/2007 11:36:33 PM

^even though i dont agree with you, and i like the episode, this made me laugh

2/25/2007 11:51:00 PM

Quote :

"We can fucking travel between star systems faster than light but ore refinery must be done by hand!"

It's better than the "magic" Star Trek would pull about not ever having issues like this. I like that the ore has to come from somewhere, that refining it is a slow process and that it requires workers. It makes it seem all the more plausible rather than "oh, about our ship being busted up one episode ago- we totally fixed it, everything's fine now!" and other glossed-over issues. Plus, there'd be no point to Baltar if he had no alliances with any other humans- this way, he actually can.

2/26/2007 1:13:53 AM

Its a space refinery.

Space.

Theres no gravity.

So why are they imposing artificial gravity just to push shit around with bulldozers and carry it by hand. Just to have it run down the ship on a conveyor belt. Its just retarded that they'd waste so much space for humans to walk around in when its completely unneccisary. The ship should be almost entirely automated.

Also as the only refinery ship in the fleet I really really doubt that adama would let it go to shit like that. At the very least he'd have people over there regularly checking its condition.

We had about 3 minutes of baltar and then 40 minutes of crap, followed by a reset. It was an episode of voyager.

2/26/2007 8:36:12 AM

gravity makes it a lot more practical to do stuff. you would still have move the sand around, and have you ever tried to drive a bulldozer in 0g?

besides, who is to say this is the most technically advanced ore processing ship they have in the fleet? they are using what they have.

[Edited on February 26, 2007 at 3:25 PM. Reason : ]

2/26/2007 3:25:10 PM

you wouldn't use a bulldozer in 0g thats the whole point. You'd vacuum pump it around the ship. Aside from making it a million times easier to move it around, you gain so much more capacity since you dont need fucking dozer storage and what not.

And I would hope that a group that could handle interstallar travel and build a fucking race of killer robots would be able to manage it.

2/26/2007 4:47:55 PM

yeah and you wouldnt need any labor. How do you have labor strife with no labor?

2/26/2007 5:13:22 PM

i'm guessing its supposed to be some property of the ore that it has to be specially refined like that. also, they said that the line had been running nonstop so they hadn't had the time/oppurtunity to shut it down to do major maintenance, etc. but yeah, its mainly just a plot device

2/26/2007 5:24:09 PM

Shaggy = Expert on Intergalactic Travel and Trillium Refining...God if only they had you on the show, they would have found earth by the end of the first episode.

2/26/2007 5:26:00 PM

i think its actually supposed to be spelled tylium

2/26/2007 5:28:41 PM

ussjbroli = Expert on the spelling of non-existent things.

2/26/2007 5:34:05 PM