Battlestar Galactica Episode Thread *SPOILERS*

[Sick Boy 82]

Awesome interview and writeup!

Man, I miss the show so much already knowing its gone.

Well, I can only hope there is an amazingly huge BR box-set with tons of extras and all that.

 

[Darth Caedus]

Awesome interview and writeup!

Man, I miss the show so much already knowing its gone.

Well, I can only hope there is an amazingly huge BR box-set with tons of extras and all that.

in BLU-RAY !!!!!! I will miss this show forever and I doubt there will be anything as good in that time.

 

[darthviper107]

Hey guys, check this out:
https://store.quantummechanix.com/Battlestar-Galactica-Signature-Editon-Dog-Tag-Plaque_p_66.html


It's a wall plaque with replica BSG dog tags and then a signature of the actor, limited to 25 of each character. I just ordered Starbuck.

 

[Sick Boy 82]

OMFG!!!! I wish I had the cash right now, I'd so be all frakin' over that!!!! Damn!!!!

 

[Rogue Trooper]

Had a big-time geek-out when the old school centurions appeared and fighting the red band centurions in hand-to-hand. And how the where fighting along side the colonials.

Thought it was a great ending, espeacially Adamas.

Cavil shooting him! Don't get that at all. Setting the centurions free was cool.

 

[darth dypshyt]

I think it was a great ending...With the colonials and cylons being PART of our ancestorage. Which means as the show stated in the end...we are doomed to do it all over again. Because for me, it's about the DNA in our bodies. It dictates how tall you will be, what colour hair you will have, even what diseases who will get or be highly suseptible to. So, why can't it also be programed with what you WILL do in life? Maybe it's not freedom of choice, maybe what we are doing right now, is not really a FREE choice, maybe our brains/thoughts tell us what to do because it's progammed in there, like a computer.. Since we are the children of our forefathers, that programming gets passed down through our DNA..And, if this is true, then who originally programmed it in there...and why?

So. we are doomed to repeat it all again....The first robot that comes out of Japan, saying "by your command..." SHOOT IT!

 

[automaton]

i don't think Starbuck was an angel but more of an aspect of her former self... or a spirit intended to guide her people... Baltar and Six (the ones only seen by Balter and Six) were the angels...

 

[pixletwin]

So how do you explain her disappearing? Besides, I believe "a spirit intended to guide her people" is a pretty good definition of "angel".

 

[barbelith]

I can buy starbuck as an angel, but how did she crash land on "crappy" earth then?

I don't think she was always an angel. Kara Thrace was probably a human who died crashing on Earth. She was sent back - presumably completely unaware she was an angel (or whatever we're calling them).

And what was the point of Hera.........?

Hera is what leads everyone to New Earth. If she hadn't been kidnapped by Boomer, there is no rescue mission. Without the rescue mission, the evil Cylon colony is never destroyed and the Galactica is never put in a position where Starbuck has to make a blind jump. That desperate jump is how they discover New Earth and can finally start over.

So, the Capricans get to our Earth, mate with the locals that makes us, all the while knowing that the 'freed' Centurians may come back again to wipe us out...anyone else felt that was lame AND not a good conclusion to that part of the storyline?

The implication is that the Centurions will choose peace now that they have freedom. The finale is all about ending cycles and choosing new paths. Of course the humans don't do this - modern New Earth seems to be leading to Caprica. But then again, all of this has happened before, and will happen again.

what does god like to be called? Why do I care?

I think the implication is this is not the Christian god, nor indeed any god as we would humans would understand the term.

 

[darthviper107]

That's one thing I noticed about the series as far as religion goes, it takes parts from many religions, it's not any specific religion and doesn't really refute any of them.

 

[automaton]

So how do you explain her disappearing? Besides, I believe "a spirit intended to guide her people" is a pretty good definition of "angel".

Kara seemed to have to return somewhere... afterlife or whatever... Baltar and Six were often "on the shoulder"...

 

[barbelith]

Kara seemed to have to return somewhere... afterlife or whatever... Baltar and Six were often "on the shoulder"...

She obviously wasn't whatever the phantom Baltar and Six were because everyone could see her, touch her, she interacted with things, had memories etc.

 

[Spartan Rex]

Ron Moore has no concrete answers about Starbuck either.
https://www.tvguide.com/News/Battlestar-Galacticas-Ron-1004256.aspx

 

[pixletwin]

TVGuide.com: What exactly is Kara at the end of the series? An angel?


Moore: I think Kara remains an ambiguous figure. Kara lived a mortal life, died and was resurrected to get them to their final destiny. Clearly she was a key player in the events that led to [the fleet's] finding a home. And, I don't know if there's any more to it beyond that. I think you could call her an angel, you could call her a demon, the second coming or the first coming, I guess, chronologically speaking. You can say that she had a certain messiah-like quality, in the classic resurrection story. There's a lot of different ways you can look at it, but the more we talked about it, the more we realized there was more in the ambiguity and mystery of it than there was in trying to give it more definition in the end.

Well for me personally she was an angel (or a spirit if you feel better about that term. They aren't mutually exclusive for me) everyone could see.

 

[darthviper107]

Again for anyone who's interested, Quantum Mechanix is selling replica BSG dogtag plaques with signatures of the actors:
https://store.quantummechanix.com/Battlestar-Galactica-Signature-Editon-Dog-Tag-Plaque_p_66.html

Limited to 25 for each character, they've already sold out of Admiral Adama

 

[newcollector]

I'm just bumed...this was my favorite show on tv and its over,this sucks

 

[Morbach]

One thing I didn't get,were they trying to imply that Baltar was god at the end? Cause Six said God and Baltar said he doen's like to be called that??

 

[darthviper107]

One thing I didn't get,were they trying to imply that Baltar was god at the end? Cause Six said God and Baltar said he doen's like to be called that??

No, I think they are more like angels or something.

Although that's kind of weird because Baltar ^^^^^*ed his imaginary Six in season 1.

 

[Morbach]

No, I think they are more like angels or something.

Although that's kind of weird because Baltar ^^^^^*ed his imaginary Six in season 1.

I know Good point.

Yeah, I got they were angels I just didn't know what they meant by "God doesn't like that name" But it's not a biggie.

 

[Darth Waller]

What a great ending to a great show. It was legen - wait for it - dary!

So long Sci Fi channel! All you have left is crap. But I guess I'll have to tune in for BSG: The Plan this fall.