rachel on 16/6/2008 at 10:51
Thinking about it I don't think it's a good theory. Could have happened in-between episodes, maybe (still would have been lame), but they would not build up such a fake for a mid-season break. It would completely ruin the credibility of the last ten episodes. It's the real thing.
Thirith on 16/6/2008 at 15:32
I'd hate that, as it would be utterly cheap. "Haha, you thought it was Earth, but actually it isn't! *This* is Earth!"
Then again, as far as I'm concerned, they pulled the resurrection at the end of season 3 off well, so they might make this work.
Fafhrd on 17/6/2008 at 02:21
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Thinking about it I don't think it's a good theory. Could have happened in-between episodes, maybe (still would have been lame), but they would not build up such a fake for a mid-season break. It would completely ruin the credibility of the last ten episodes. It's the real thing.
It wasn't supposed to be the mid-season break episode, though. It's just the last episode they had written when the WGA strike hit. And it not being has a foundation in the original series.
rachel on 17/6/2008 at 08:12
I thought the last-before-strike was the next one.
That said, the break isn't really the point. Even with a full, uninterrupted season, I would consider it to be a particularly stupid decision. The break being there merely reinforces my opinion.
ignatios on 19/6/2008 at 00:13
Quote Posted by Fafhrd
It wasn't supposed to be the mid-season break episode, though. It's just the last episode they had written when the WGA strike hit. And it not being has a foundation in the original series.
Didn't they do the same thing with season 2? There was no WGA strike then, was there?
Fafhrd on 19/6/2008 at 02:18
They've always had mid-season breaks, because that's how Sci-Fi does things with their fall season shows. The only reason that this particular episode was the mid-season cliffhanger episode instead of Episode 11 is because they only had ten episodes written when the strike started. Which is also why they only have ten more episodes for the season instead of 12, since the original Season 4 order was for 22 episodes, iirc.
rachel on 19/6/2008 at 08:00
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Which is also why they only have ten more episodes for the season instead of 12, since the original Season 4 order was for 22 episodes, iirc.
No, the "missing" two episodes are actually the "BSG: Razor" two-parter. It's part of S4, although DVD is sold separately.
Muzman on 26/7/2008 at 00:05
I just did a big catch up. Hooray me.
Damn this show is maddening. It'll limp along, throwing overdone "drama" that's mostly just everyone bitter and yelling and seriously erratic characterisations and drive me for the metaphoric remote (mouse), then there'll be some neat little plot convolution and some dynamite scene that gets me all interested again. Then it gradually slides back into drama trope miasma again for a while and then hereitcomes BOOM!AGAIN.
And so on.
Its an often nauseating rollercoaster. Oh well. This is shaping up to be a pretty solid season so far though. I would really like to know what the Cylon Cylons are up to now though. Maybe they ran out of CG money to have a big chase against the final big jump plot.
Anyway.
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I'm willing to bet money that
it's not actually Earth. It's an offshoot colony from Earth that's in a system close enough for the constellations to match. They've used Orion in the background of a couple of episodes, hinting at the constellation match, and they framed the jump in and sunrise shot so that the audience wouldn't be able to see any of the landmasses. And Roslyn's still alive, and the prophecies are pretty specific about her not living to see Earth.That'd be the shiftiest thing done yet. I'd lose some respect for the show there. They've been pretty good with the no bullshit regarding known things about space and you have to go far enough to bend our constelation arrangement right out of shape before we start finding other planets. The whole thing does smell fishy though it's true.
The_Raven on 26/7/2008 at 00:26
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It'll limp along, throwing overdone "drama" that's mostly just everyone bitter and yelling and seriously erratic characterisations and drive me for the metaphoric remote (mouse)...
So say we all.
rachel on 21/1/2009 at 20:20
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I don't think they have enough time with 10 episodes left to explore the consequences of that and still deal with the other Cylons (although
Cavil's dead surely there still are Cylons out there, right?) and the mistery of the last One.
Well, I was completely wrong. Fuck :wot:
