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Post by Sid Seadevil Fri Jan 09, 2009 12:17 pm

With the imminent arrival of this superb series final season, it's long passed time we had a dedicated thread.

So, we're here - it's here: what are we waiting for!
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Post by Frank Sun Jan 18, 2009 8:51 am

A three part catch up is now on my blog. The review of the next episode Sometimes A Great Notion will be up later tonight.
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Post by Aspadistra Sun Jan 18, 2009 9:38 am

I've only seen the pilot and the first series. As soon as I can get my husband to take the sleeping powder, I'll see series 2.
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Post by Frank Mon Jan 19, 2009 7:23 am

Well, I was going to review it. But...it took forever for the episode to torrent and it's on Sky tonight anyway. Duh. Review tonight instead!
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Post by Sid Seadevil Mon Jan 19, 2009 7:48 am

Frank wrote:Well, I was going to review it. But...it took forever for the episode to torrent and it's on Sky tonight anyway. Duh. Review tonight instead!
I promise you it's worth the wait, Frank.
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Post by millerqueen Mon Jan 19, 2009 9:27 am

WOW...

that is all.
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Post by Sid Seadevil Mon Jan 19, 2009 9:27 am

millerqueen wrote:WOW...

that is all.
Told you. Smile
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Post by Kate Mon Jan 19, 2009 9:29 am

I must confess to binging often on the many delights of BSG.... it continually surprises - just when you think you've got it sussed WHAM!
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Post by Frank Mon Jan 19, 2009 9:31 am

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Frank wrote:Well, I was going to review it. But...it took forever for the episode to torrent and it's on Sky tonight anyway. Duh. Review tonight instead!
I promise you it's worth the wait, Frank.

I have been spoiled, so I know the major revelations. Doesn't bother me. I am still really looking forward to it.
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Post by Sid Seadevil Mon Jan 19, 2009 9:53 am

Frank wrote:I have been spoiled, so I know the major revelations. Doesn't bother me. I am still really looking forward to it.
A pox on BSG spoiler merchants. Tis the one series I actively go out of me way to avoid spoilered for. It's just too damned good to have the shocks even slightly diluted.
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Post by Dave Webb Mon Jan 19, 2009 11:01 am

Sid Seadevil wrote:
Frank wrote:I have been spoiled, so I know the major revelations. Doesn't bother me. I am still really looking forward to it.
A pox on BSG spoiler merchants. Tis the one series I actively go out of me way to avoid spoilered for. It's just too damned good to have the shocks even slightly diluted.

But you already know what's going to happen!

If you've paid an attention to the series thus far, you can work out what's going to happen as each major plot point arrives. The formula is simple -
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Post by Frank Mon Jan 19, 2009 4:44 pm

Now reviewed on the blog. Good episode. Stupid bloody ending. I can't wait for another 45 minutes of BSG misery next week. I predict, this series will have an unhappy, ambiguous ending. Very Happy
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Post by millerqueen Mon Jan 19, 2009 4:54 pm

Isn't that what we watch BSG for?
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Post by millerqueen Mon Jan 19, 2009 4:55 pm

well, that and Katee Sakhoff
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Post by Frank Mon Jan 19, 2009 4:59 pm

millerqueen wrote:Isn't that what we watch BSG for?

Of course. It's the most depressing programme on telly. Worth it for Jamie Bamber and James Callis tho. And I do like to have fun with how grim it all gets.
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Post by The Browncoat Cat Tue Jan 20, 2009 3:32 pm

Dear Gods that was GRIM. Enjoyable but grim.
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Post by Sid Seadevil Wed Jan 21, 2009 1:37 am

Frank wrote:Of course. It's the most depressing programme on telly. Worth it for Jamie Bamber and James Callis tho. And I do like to have fun with how grim it all gets.
Agreed on all counts. Plus it's a genuine pleasure to see such a consistently high quality of grimness near unremittingly sustained across four full seasons.

Forget Babylon 5. As much as I enjoyed that - it's this that's the closest thing to a truly "adult" science fiction novel for television that we're ever likely to get.
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Post by Dave Webb Wed Jan 21, 2009 4:49 am

Sid Seadevil wrote:Forget Babylon 5. As much as I enjoyed that - it's this that's the closest thing to a truly "adult" science fiction novel for television that we're ever likely to get.

Jeez, Sid. Is that your idea of "grown up" - an unweeded garden that grows to seed? A flat, depressing tidal plain of dirge and horror? Even Bergman had his lighter moments. Even Kafka occasionally cracks a smile. It might be compelling TV, but it's because the audience is pulled along by the obsessions of a couple of the characters who have an almost childish need to get their own way.
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Post by Sid Seadevil Wed Jan 21, 2009 5:18 am

Dave Webb wrote:Jeez, Sid. Is that your idea of "grown up" - an unweeded garden that grows to seed? A flat, depressing tidal plain of dirge and horror? Even Bergman had his lighter moments. Even Kafka occasionally cracks a smile. It might be compelling TV, but it's because the audience is pulled along by the obsessions of a couple of the characters who have an almost childish need to get their own way.
And there aren't instances of real life mirroring that, Dave? There's lighter moments there too - you must have noticed them, surely?

And at it's core there's always that faint glimmer of hope. It's grim and pessimistic - much like the situation they find themselves in - but there's an under current of humanity, and a touch of warmth struggling to survive too.
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Post by Dave Webb Wed Jan 21, 2009 3:09 pm

Sid Seadevil wrote:And there aren't instances of real life mirroring that, Dave? There's lighter moments there too - you must have noticed them, surely?

And at it's core there's always that faint glimmer of hope. It's grim and pessimistic - much like the situation they find themselves in - but there's an under current of humanity, and a touch of warmth struggling to survive too.

I have not noticed lighter moments. I was hopeful for
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, because they seemed genuinely happy and then
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I was equally hopeful for
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and for a while it looked like Baltar might be another source of joy when he tried to
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And then there's all the scenes with the pilots getting drunk, which is always tinged with a bit of desperation. Although there was that pilot who
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I suppose you could count
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I do wonder, though, if the whole thing is one massive setup to
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Post by Frank Sun Jan 25, 2009 11:08 am

A Disquiet Follows My Soul review now up on the blog!

UK viewers - beware spoliers!
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Post by Sid Seadevil Sun Jan 25, 2009 11:27 am

Frank wrote:A Disquiet Follows My Soul review now up on the blog!

UK viewers - beware spoliers!
Another fine review, old chap. As for the musings on
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- if you aren't already aware of them, I suggest you hunt down the "Face of the Enemy" webisodes that act as a kind of precursor to this seconds of half of the season. I think you'll find at least a couple of enlightening snippets hidden within.

The webisodes should be available at all good torrent sites.
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Post by Kate Sun Feb 08, 2009 4:24 am

This just gets better and better. I know it's grim but it's also full of great - laugh out loud moments.
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The sweet, slow romance between Adama and Roslin as counterpoint to Lee's failed marriage and Kara's rushed one. This show is about the human spirit - how when we make the choice, we can conquer our own fears and failures. It is less about an external attack than the internal struggle of who and what we are as individuals and as a people.

It's also nice to have some telly that doesn't treat it's viewers like imbeciles.
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Post by The Browncoat Cat Tue Feb 10, 2009 3:06 pm

The whole Zarek/Gaeta coup d'etat plot was wound up a little quicker than I expected. I thought it had another week to run. However I am in awe of Ronald D. Moore and the writing team on Battlestar Galactica. I have no idea how it will finish, and having remained Spoiler Free, I cannot wait to find out.
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Post by Sid Seadevil Wed Feb 11, 2009 12:36 am

The Browncoat Cat wrote:The whole Zarek/Gaeta coup d'etat plot was wound up a little quicker than I expected. I thought it had another week to run. However I am in awe of Ronald D. Moore and the writing team on Battlestar Galactica. I have no idea how it will finish, and having remained Spoiler Free, I cannot wait to find out.
In just about any other show the entire Zarek/Gaeta coup d'etat plot would have been needlessly dragged out for at least four to six episodes. Here's it's treated with a breathtaking economy of storytelling that effectively highlights central concerns and reinforces major underpinnings of the overarching plot and the importance of certain characters to it.

The quiet but firm reaffirmation of Adama and Roslin being strong surrogate parents to both the human and Cylon factions under their charge being especially well handled.

This really is a quite superb piece of televisual drama. And not just from a genre viewpoint.
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