19-07-2005 23:55									#1
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Anybody watch it last Friday? Any good?

	20-07-2005 00:35									#2
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Yes.

	20-07-2005 01:13									#3
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If this pace keeps up I will see it in 1 hour 16 min and 27 sec

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	20-07-2005 03:15									#4
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	20-07-2005 03:32									#5
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quote: Originally posted by Hueij If this pace keeps up I will see it in 1 hour 16 min and 27 sec

Some time later: YES!

	20-07-2005 03:35									#6
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Yes, good stuff

Although I thought the ep's ending smacked a bit of the reset button.

spoiler(highlight to read): Both the Galactica finding the fleet and Adama making it - somehow two strokes of luck in the length of one ep feels overdone for BSG. Ah, but maybe they'll surprise me and have Adama in critical condition for a good while. He shouldn't certainly be on active duty for a while. And we have Adama's shooting linger over our head over the season break, so it was good to have it resolved ASAP to get on with the new stuff. Not to mention that the whole coup thing is still unsettled! Oh, the intrigue.

	20-07-2005 03:44									#7
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Pretty good.

	20-07-2005 04:51									#8
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Good!!!

	20-07-2005 05:24									#9
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quote: Originally posted by Kassiopeia Yes, good stuff Although I thought the ep's ending smacked a bit of the reset button. spoiler(highlight to read): Both the Galactica finding the fleet and Adama making it - somehow two strokes of luck in the length of one ep feels overdone for BSG. Ah, but maybe they'll surprise me and have Adama in critical condition for a good while. He shouldn't certainly be on active duty for a while. And we have Adama's shooting linger over our head over the season break, so it was good to have it resolved ASAP to get on with the new stuff. Not to mention that the whole coup thing is still unsettled! Oh, the intrigue.

Hum

spoiler(highlight to read): I wouldn't call a Cylon boarding party with a Centurion in the lead lucky...

Anyone watched the Stargåtes? SG1 and/or Atlåntis?

	20-07-2005 06:19									#10
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This is now my favorite show.....well okay it was back in the '70's too.

	20-07-2005 08:01									#11
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OK, on your recommendation, I will have a looksee!

	20-07-2005 11:39									#12
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Pave: Good point, I'd forgotten about that, despite the fact that

spoiler(highlight to read): at the end of the episode, I was wondering why no one seemed to have noticed that a Cylon ship had crashed into the Galactica, and that no one seemed like wanting to go have a look at it. I'd be worried my pants off if I'd seen a brand new Cylon model do something like that, I realised it'd be a boarding party the instant I saw it dive through the flak screen.

	20-07-2005 12:21									#13
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quote: Originally posted by Kassiopeia spoiler(highlight to read): at the end of the episode, I was wondering why no one seemed to have noticed that a Cylon ship had crashed into the Galactica, and that no one seemed like wanting to go have a look at it.

spoiler(highlight to read): Everyone is one of those secret Cylons.

	20-07-2005 16:50									#14
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quote: Originally posted by Kassiopeia Pave: Good point, I'd forgotten about that, despite the fact that spoiler(highlight to read): at the end of the episode, I was wondering why no one seemed to have noticed that a Cylon ship had crashed into the Galactica, and that no one seemed like wanting to go have a look at it. I'd be worried my pants off if I'd seen a brand new Cylon model do something like that, I realised it'd be a boarding party the instant I saw it dive through the flak screen.

spoiler(highlight to read): Do note, that all that happened during the attack, and the crash, took place in few minutes, and everybody has their hands full. They'll send some poor sob to check it out...

But damn I do like the fact, that a spaceship uses something like a flak-screen for protection against fighters.

...Pave?

	20-07-2005 18:25									#15
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Yes the whole concept is much more thought out.

Dammit, I can read the spoilers...quit posting them.

	20-07-2005 19:01									#16
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spoiler(highlight to read): Based on the previews for next week, I suspect the Cylons will cause A LOT of problems, so I wouldn't call it a lucky day. The Galactica seems to always jump right before all those Cylon incoming missles hit Now I'd call that luck... Interesting backstory about Tigh and Adama. Justifies Tigh's loyalty to the old man

Related note - The soundtracks are out for the mini-series and the first season. Makes for good background music for gaming...

And the music is really excellent for setting the moods of the show's scenes!!

	20-07-2005 19:09									#17
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*BeBro whines again that he can't see it*

	20-07-2005 20:04									#18
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quote: Originally posted by hexagonian spoiler(highlight to read): Based on the previews for next week, I suspect the Cylons will cause A LOT of problems, so I wouldn't call it a lucky day. The Galactica seems to always jump right before all those Cylon incoming missles hit Now I'd call that luck... Interesting backstory about Tigh and Adama. Justifies Tigh's loyalty to the old man Related note - The soundtracks are out for the mini-series and the first season. Makes for good background music for gaming... And the music is really excellent for setting the moods of the show's scenes!!

Well, the reason those things get so close before they jump, is because the CAP and FLAK are pulled back inside.

	20-07-2005 20:08									#19
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I wouldnt say I was disappointed with the first show but I wasnt enthusiastic either. Not much of significance happened and the combat naivte of the humans trapped on Kobol was irritating.

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spoiler(highlight to read): I wonder how many of those antique fighters there were onboard Galactica... they seem to have a rather large and inexhaustible supply, I mean, how come is the CAP never utterly annihilated by that huge swarm of Cylon fighters that always shows up? Are humans really so much better as pilots?

Mind you, this is just my Suspense of Disbelief malfunctioning a bit. The fact is that BSG is GREAT. I'm just ignoring all the good stuff when I start whining.

	20-07-2005 20:21									#21
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Well, they have been training new ones, Starbuck was doing that.
Theoretically they have finite number of Vipers, however, the defence squadron seems to consist only of handfull of Vipers. I'd think, for now, their biggest worry is pilot attrition.
And it does seem that Cylons aren't that good pilots.
And They Have a Plan......

	20-07-2005 20:23									#22
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quote: Originally posted by Tattila the Hun And it does seem that Cylons aren't that good pilots.

Remember, it's very difficult to write a good ai. The computer always sucks.

	20-07-2005 20:32									#23
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"Due to the emergency conditions that the Galactica found itself in, the Galactica ended up carrying more personnel and a larger fighter compliment that the ship was designed for. The ship had its crew increased to 1,012 and fighter compliment increased to 120 fighters."

http://www.kitsune.addr.com/Starwar..._Battlestar.htm

Though, this is for the original serie.

	20-07-2005 20:34									#24
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I think the pseudo-religious-voodoo direction they're going with baltar is a bit overdone.

	20-07-2005 20:39									#25
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They already handled the questions of pilot attrition and water supply Right now, they may have more vipers than pilots. The writings excellent and well thought out. I'm sure that at some point in the future they will address the issue of loss of vipers. They probably have some type of manufacturing ship and will need to find a planet or asteroid to mine.

	20-07-2005 20:47									#26
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quote: Originally posted by Tattila the Hun Well, the reason those things get so close before they jump, is because the CAP and FLAK are pulled back inside.

spoiler(highlight to read): But during the act of pulling everything back to the ship, coupled with the overwhelming number of Cylons that are engaging the human forces, should mean that the Galactica would be taking a lot of hits in that time. Not to mention that there are only 2 bays (one of which was damaged with the Cylon transport) to take in all the fighters. The visual is of clear space when the Galactica jumps. It should be taking a pounding while jumping. Just nitpicking...

	20-07-2005 20:59									#27
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spoiler(highlight to read): The Galactica's original fighters, the "modern" Vipers, are useless against Cylon tech. They need the old Vipers, and there possibly can't have been more than a handful in the showroom on board... although I think I saw a modern Viper in flight in combat in the latest ep. A mistake from the FX crew maybe? Pilot attrition has been answered yes, but the fighter craft situation concerns me. But maybe they will think it out and start manufacturing them. Considering how simple in design they apparently are, it may turn out to be easy to make them with the resources and equipment they have. Maybe scavenge the drives from the modern fighters... I'm doing it again!

	20-07-2005 21:21									#28
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quote: Originally posted by Kassiopeia spoiler(highlight to read): The Galactica's original fighters, the "modern" Vipers, are useless against Cylon tech. They need the old Vipers, and there possibly can't have been more than a handful in the showroom on board... although I think I saw a modern Viper in flight in combat in the latest ep. A mistake from the FX crew maybe? Pilot attrition has been answered yes, but the fighter craft situation concerns me. But maybe they will think it out and start manufacturing them. Considering how simple in design they apparently are, it may turn out to be easy to make them with the resources and equipment they have. Maybe scavenge the drives from the modern fighters... I'm doing it again!

spoiler(highlight to read): I can't remember which episode they mentioned it in, but they did speak about retrofitting the new fighters they have to be "non-networked" and thus less vulnerable to the Cylons' cybernetic predations.

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quote: Originally posted by SpencerH I wouldnt say I was disappointed with the first show but I wasnt enthusiastic either. Not much of significance happened and the combat naivte of the humans trapped on Kobol was irritating.

Well, they were Navy people. With no experience. Probably can't expect much.

	20-07-2005 22:43									#30
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Q Cubed: I must have missed that. In that case,