rachel on 19/4/2008 at 20:06
My thoughts exactly... :eek:
Damn!
Malygris on 20/4/2008 at 01:54
Ooh, ahh. I yawned. I sneezed. I checked my watch.
Still, I suppose there are a couple of points worth bringing up.
Ha ha, made you look. There isn't shit worth bringing up. The only vaguely interesting part of the whole thing is the idea that the "real" Cylons - the centurions, and presumably the raiders - may be figuring out that they don't need to be taking shit from their meatbag masters. Of course, since the Cylons now seem fully occupied with punching themselves in the nuts, the whole OMG HEAR COME TEH CYLONS angle of the human flight to safety is rendered moot, so instead of watching Apollo lead an airstrike against a Cylon refinery we get to watch him bring up a point of order with the president. Woo hoo. And why are Tigh and the gang still having their Cylon meetings? Wouldn't it occur to any of them, since they are rather high-ranking types and thus presumably a bit smarter than the average fuckass, that maybe the smart thing to do would be to not congregate on a regular basis to talk about how they're Cylons? (And for the record, I'm still not buying that they're Cylons.)
So how about that shit?
rachel on 20/4/2008 at 02:09
Quote Posted by Malygris
Wouldn't it occur to any of them, since they are rather high-ranking types and thus presumably a bit smarter than the average fuckass, that maybe the smart thing to do would be to not congregate on a regular basis to talk about how they're Cylons?It did and that's
exactly what they said.
The Cylon (7) side of the show is certainly the most interesting at the moment, I hope they continue on this path
, although Cavil was a sneak bastard as always, there was a hint that it would not end there.
DaBeast on 20/4/2008 at 02:26
Quote Posted by Malygris
Ooh, ahh. I yawned. I sneezed. I checked my watch.
Still, I suppose there are a couple of points worth bringing up.
Ha ha, made you look. There isn't shit worth bringing up. The only vaguely interesting part of the whole thing is the idea that the "real" Cylons - the centurions, and presumably the raiders - may be figuring out that they don't need to be taking shit from their meatbag masters. Of course, since the Cylons now seem fully occupied with punching themselves in the nuts, the whole OMG HEAR COME TEH CYLONS angle of the human flight to safety is rendered moot, so instead of watching Apollo lead an airstrike against a Cylon refinery we get to watch him bring up a point of order with the president. Woo hoo. And why are Tigh and the gang still having their Cylon meetings? Wouldn't it occur to any of them, since they are rather high-ranking types and thus presumably a bit smarter than the average fuckass, that maybe the smart thing to do would be to not congregate on a regular basis to talk about how they're Cylons? (And for the record, I'm still not buying that they're Cylons.)So how about that shit?
Oh, and I'm not liking this series at all so far. Quite shitty IMO
Thelink on 20/4/2008 at 18:53
Personally I thought it was frakked up, but it was a hell of a scene nonetheless.
Dia on 26/4/2008 at 13:50
Quote Posted by DaBeast
I dunno, the way the asian chick smack Cali and she went flying back, kind of looked like cylon superbitch skinjob to me. On that note, THANK FUCK SHE IS DEAD. I honestly don't think I could stand her constant whine for 1 more episode.Seriously seconded. Just glad she didn't succeed in taking the kid with her. And yeah, I don't think there's too much room for doubt at this point that the four are newly aware Cylons. Tori did pack a superhuman punch, afterall (which imo Calli thoroughly deserved a long time ago). And Sam's eyes glowed red when being scanned by the Raider; haven't seen any of the humans' eyes do that, have we? Too bad we couldn't see whether Tori's spine lit up when she was getting it on with Baltar (the slimy worm). Besides, the other skinjobs are now sensing the Four since they've been activated. (Though I'm still having a problem with the fact that the Chief fathered a kid.) Their 'secret' meetings are also getting a bit tedious. Either they're on the humans' side or they're not. Of course, even if they decide they're going to side with humanity, who knows what kind of hidden agendas they've got planted inside their circuits. Been there, done that.
One of the few things I find interesting with this series anymore is the question of who or what activated (or whatever) the four with that music in the first place?? The fact that it was a Raider who scanned and recognized Sam unbeknownst to the other seven skinjob models was rather curious as well. So; were the (new) Centurions & Raiders programmed by the original Five? I'd
really love to see some kind of punishment launched at the other seven models by the Five, since they're all behaving badly of late; kind of like a bunch of spoiled, bickering teenagers.
Lee Adama has also been eliciting some serious yawns lately; he was more interesting when he was fat than he is now. Although I did like the points that Zarek brought up about the Pres starting to act rather like a dictator. Of course, I get the feeling that Tom would still start a rebellion/revolution over just about anything given half the chance, just for the sake of rebelling. Another big yawn.
And Starbuck?? WTF. Never thought I'd find her character boring, but her mindless obsession with this quest of hers is really starting to annoy. At least the writers aren't making everyone onboard her ship seem like they're following her blindly. Maybe a mutiny is brewing? Now
that might be worth sitting still for.
I also agree with DaBeast that the only thing (or one of a meager few) the least bit interesting now is the fact that the toasters are sentient (again). Loved the part where 6 had to amend her order with a 'Please'. Also got kind of a chill at that parting shot of the 'look' the Centurion surreptitiously gave the skinjobs. And the kind of worried/doubtful look 6 had after she had to be nice to to one of them elicited a small spark of interest from me. Yeah, this latest development could prove to be rather refreshing; if the copies who removed the restrictor thingies from the toasters in the first place don't get all blown to hell in the next episode, of course. But since the writers seem to be almost predictable as of late, I can see the Raiders & Centurions coming to the Rebels aid at the last moment.
And; oh yay, they're going to 'unbox' Xena. Just box 'em all, get to the point and be done with it I say.
1701D? Got it. Loved it! :cheeky:
rachel on 26/4/2008 at 15:21
Big perf by Aaron Douglas this week, but otherwise meh... Felt more like a filler, despite all the references spread out here and there... I admit I liked the Fight Club moment, even though it felt a bit out of place.
More generally I've been thinking since last week that Zarek might be the final Cylon.
Malygris on 27/4/2008 at 01:09
More generally, I've been wondering why the fuck I'm still watching this shit.
Dia on 27/4/2008 at 14:32
Quote Posted by raph
More generally I've been thinking since last week that Zarek might be the final Cylon.
Now
that's a very scary thought! At least if Bill Adama turned out to be the #1 Skinjob he'd most likely choose to ignore it and continue on doing as he's always done.
But Zarek? Omg! He'd do a seriously hostile government take-over thing and then start sowing his seeds of discontent among the other 11 models as well. The whole show would end up becoming one big bloody revolution.
Just watched the most recent episode and have to agree with raph; it did seem like just a filler and a meh one at that. The only interesting parts were waiting to see if the Chief spilled the beans to Adama about himself & his three newly aware Skinjob buddies. Have to admit that I was rather taken aback at his scathing tirade about his late wife. That was pretty harsh. Accurate, but harsh. Well, with Calli out of the picture, at least the next time Galen runs into the Sharon model who loved him he'll have a chance to get back with her; on equal ground this time. (tee-hee)
Why do I get the feeling that BSG is going to turn into a bad Tarantino movie wherein everyone ends up dying at the end, but you won't care because they were all thoroughly despicable people in the first place?
Good thing I don't own a gun, because my TV would have a few bullet holes in it after Baltar's last monologue. The soldier should have just shot the slimy worm and put him out of our misery. I don't care if Baltar's followers ended up turning him into a martyr; just get rid of him ffs! I am seriously sick-to-death of Baltar and his fragmented psyche. If the writers make Baltar the #1 Cylon I hope they're prepared to get a lot of hate-mail.
And that Tori's the next one on my list. Talk about being on a power-trip; I get a distinctly uneasy feeling when she starts going on about the 'things we could do'. More scary stuff.
I won't even comment about Tigh's warped affair with Six.
All in all, it had a few moments of interest, but not enough.
From what I could see of next week's previews things are going to heat up for Starbuck. But I was disappointed because it looks like the writers just went formulaic again with the whole
'Gee, guess Kara really was pre-programmed by the Skinjobs while she was MIA and now they're gonna take over'. Go figure.
But wait! I forgot about Sam!
The potential confrontation between the Cylon's who board Kara's ship and Sam might turn out to be rather interesting afterall.
