Sci Fi Friday thread (spoilers, possible)

Mayabird · Post by **Mayabird** » Fri Jul 15, 2005 9:18 pm

For all your SG-1, Atlantis, and Battlestar Galactica needs!

To start the action off, I hate to-be-continues, and I'll betcha Gaeta is a Cylon and that mistake was subconsciously intentional.

A thought I had. How much coordination ability do the Cylons have? I was thinking about the opening miniseries. When Boomer and Helo land on Caprica, they just so happen to land near where Baltar is, even though a planet is a very big place. Since Number Six has obviously had plans for him, that would mean that Boomer was made to land there in order to pick up Baltar.

Destructionator XV · Post by **Destructionator XV** » Fri Jul 15, 2005 9:37 pm

I cannot wait to watch these. I had to tape them and will watch sometime tomorrow and then I will have much to say...

Ra · Post by Ra » Sat Jul 16, 2005 1:03 am

I loved Avalon. Loved it. It's like SG-1 reborn. Col Mitchell is awesome as the new SG-1 leader. The interactions between Mitchell and Teal'c were great, as was the antics of Daniel and Vala. Priceless :D. There was already a chemestry developing between the new cast, and it showed. It's also cool that they're moving beyond Egyptian myth and into Arthurian legend.

The Siege Part III was the roxxor. After the tension and crisis of last season's finale, they kept the pressure up, even after Daedalus showed up to save the day. The excellent thing about this episode, it never really settled down from beginning to end. Great execution. I also liked Colonel Caldwell, he seemed a cool character under pressure. Psycho Ford was a strange twist, and having him run off through the Stargate was a cool setup for future episodes. Then Atlantis pulled a fast one on the Wraith, wonder how long it'll last...

Like Atlantis, Galactica's Scattered built on the tension of last season quite nicely. It was interesting to see Tigh not only facing some tough command decisions, but his own past as well. The continuing survival story on Kobol was also good, and showed more of the Enlisted characters. My only grievance was Tyrol constantly calling the pilot "L-T", something that'll earn the wrath of a real-life Lieutenant faster than you can blink. Anyway, the most chilling part was seeing the Cylon troops exiting the crashed boarding craft. That scene just said, "trouble".

Hmm, that's just some beginning thoughts. I'll organize more later.
- Ra

frigidmagi · Post by **frigidmagi** » Sat Jul 16, 2005 1:25 am

Ben Bowder rocked the house.

BULLETS BOUNCE!!!

I loved the ambush and the constant nukage. Honestly I was impressed by the Wraith's reaction to teleport weapons.

Destructionator XV · Post by **Destructionator XV** » Sat Jul 16, 2005 8:44 pm

Me <3 it. Pity how they messed up the openings, thugh. The old ones were much better.

I can't frakking wait for next week!

frigidmagi · Post by **frigidmagi** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 8:36 pm

Have I mentioned that I think Ellen Tigh is evil?

Destructionator XV · Post by **Destructionator XV** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 9:59 pm

frigidmagi wrote:Have I mentioned that I think Ellen Tigh is evil?

It was already established that she is a Cylon in season 1.

Stofsk · Post by **Stofsk** » Sat Jul 30, 2005 12:22 am

Edited the thread title, just in case. Like, say, I were to read the thread and get spoiled over a certain show, now I don't have to worry, thanks to the warning. So there!

frigidmagi · Post by **frigidmagi** » Sat Jul 30, 2005 1:19 am

It was already established that she is a Cylon in season 1.

Boomer's a Cylon and she isn't completely evil.

frigidmagi · Post by **frigidmagi** » Fri Aug 05, 2005 8:15 pm

Way to go Tigh, screw up the whole fleet you fucking bottle monkey.

Ra · Post by Ra » Fri Aug 05, 2005 10:07 pm

It's about time Adama woke up. Unfortunatley now he has to fix Tigh's mess.

And now Boomer's dead.

*tries to feel sorry...*

Not happening.

- Ra

Stofsk · Post by **Stofsk** » Sun Aug 07, 2005 2:26 am

Having finally watched "Resistance" and the previous three episodes of nBSG, I have to admit: fuck, this show is beautiful.

The only complaint I have is the constant casualties they're going through. Flyboy and Crashdown buy it, now Boomer's taken a hit. They're losing people all over the place, especially when those Cylons boarded. Those two marines went down like chumps. I hope they don't treat people like Voyager treated shuttles.

But one of those minor pilot character's, the chick, is hot. Especially when she ties her raven-black hair tight in a pony tail and dresses in officer uniform. Holy shit, she's hot.

Destructionator XV · Post by **Destructionator XV** » Sun Aug 07, 2005 11:59 am

Stofsk wrote:But one of those minor pilot character's, the chick, is hot. Especially when she ties her raven-black hair tight in a pony tail and dresses in officer uniform. Holy shit, she's hot.

Indeed!

And excellent episode. I love how Adama is back, and Cally at the end

Destructionator XV · Post by **Destructionator XV** » Sat Aug 13, 2005 12:23 pm

This weeks episodes:

SG-1: The Priors are proving to be rather dangerous; but I am left wondering one thing: if they are immune to bullets, then why was the one in the SGC afraid of guns? Nevertheless, good episode.

SG-A: Good to see an advanced civilaztion, bad to see them die needlessly.

Frankly, feeding a section of population to the Wraith to save the rest is a sensible thing to do. The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or the one.

The Wraith villian here was actually pretty cool. Most the Wraith seem like random, pointless creatures, but this guy had class. I hope he comes back.

This city was pretty sweet, and so were their technology. I am hoping they will find someway to bring them back.

Overall, good episode.

BSG: I am a big fan of Bill Adama. Seeing him back is certainly a good thing. And 2 weeks have passed since last episode. Starbuck is finally off Caprica, but I am hoping they come back to rescue those other guys and pwn the Cylon farms.

Rosylin's got much more support than I would hope, and I agree with Adama: those idiots deserve what is coming to them. But with 1/3 of the fleet, he can't just abandon them: next week should be good.

Ra · Post by Ra » Sat Aug 13, 2005 1:25 pm

I'm so glad that the Caprica subplot is finally over. Anyway, it goes without saying that things are going to get crazy when CapBoomer arrives. But something tells me that, when they put the Arrow of Apollo wherever it needs to go, that it won't lead them straight to Earth. Either that, or we're so far from the Colonies that it would take years to jump here.

As for Stargate SG-1, things aren't looking so good for Earth. The Burning Oil Man won despite their efforts. Even so, it's at least a start. Ori: 1 SG-1: 0

For Atlantis, I wouldn't have had any problem with the prisoner sacrifice thing if they hadn't done it to just anyone. But that dude was kind of under pressure, after all. That Wraith cruiser hovering over the Magistrate's building? Ooh...

In my opinion, all were great episodes. Can't wait for more!
- Ra

frigidmagi · Post by **frigidmagi** » Sat Aug 13, 2005 7:42 pm

You know when I look at it... The Cyclons are behaving very machine like for all their insistence that they are human.

The farms for example are very logical if you disgard any notion of human rights, freedoms or even any human emotion and instead consider human beings has renewable resources and plug in compoents.

Destructionator XV · Post by **Destructionator XV** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 9:38 am

This weeks episodes: all very good.

SG-1 was the best of the season so far. I will miss Valla, and I am hoping the Priors don't end up being like the Borg (so strong they need to be stupid for the plot).

SG-A: Where was the Asgard for that awesomeness? They would have loved it. Also good to see McKay be wrong.

BSG: And the plot continues. Next weeks episode will be awesome. Rosalin almost spacing Boomer makes her look really mean.

Stofsk · Post by **Stofsk** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 11:27 am

Destructionator XV wrote:BSG: And the plot continues. Next weeks episode will be awesome. Rosalin almost spacing Boomer makes her look really mean.

It's hard to actually like her. In fact, I forego that entirely. I'm waiting for when the bitch croaks.

Galactica really needs Apollo back as CAG. The hot bunny pilot chick nearly died because of that guy's bullshit. I loved the start of the episode. Apollo goes from being more than a little pleased to see Starbuck again, to sticking a gun into Boomer's mouth. Brilliant. I love this show.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 4:45 pm

SG-1: As Daniel said "Well, we wanted to send them a message."

SG-A: The Asgardians would never have touched that stuff until they figured out how to contain it before trying again (which of course would have taken centuries just to figure out where to find the 'ON' button before firing it up).

BSG: My lame brother has stopped watching the 'new' version of BSG, so I'm just happy that I don't have to listen to him complaining about how much has been changed. I want a Cylon Raider.

Destructionator XV · Post by **Destructionator XV** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 6:16 pm

OMG Ba'al!

Ra · Post by Ra » Fri Aug 26, 2005 9:00 pm

Holy FRACK every time I think BSG can't get any better...

IT DOES.

I love this show. I fucking LOVE it.
- Ra

Mayabird · Post by **Mayabird** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 10:03 pm

Just so you know, it's spelled F-R-A-K. I got corrected when I added a c.

So anyway, where to start?

I got my friends watching Firefly. Yay.

Ba'al just has such style. I mean, what can you say? My friends were cheering at the ending with the Ba'als in his crib.

It's going to be interesting when Callie gets back out of the brig. Not only is there the Helo-Tyrol-Boomer love triangle thingy, but, yeah, you know what I mean.

Ra · Post by Ra » Fri Aug 26, 2005 10:51 pm

Well, I was told there's a "c". I had always spelt it "frak" until someone corrected me.

Anyway, yes, Baal is classic. He's just the coolest Goa'uld that ever lived.

*looks around*

Uh, uh, you didn't hear that!
- Ra

Destructionator XV · Post by **Destructionator XV** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 10:31 am

SG-1: Surpassed last episode as best of the season. I am finding the Goa'uld and the Jaffa confilct much more ineresting than the Orii. The action on earth was awesome, again.

Seeing the Prommie beam that building up is an amazing feat. The change in gravitational energy for that building must have been massive (calcs to come sometime): another peice of evidence that Asgard power generation is awesome. And beaming a damn building: the size of Asgard beaming is even more impressive.

SG-A: Not as good as SG-1, but still good. I am liking how they are adding some dimension to the Wraith. The cultured one in that nice city and now the little girl are making me think of them as being more than stupid... eating things. Ronan is becomming less and less of rediculus and I am liking him as well. I am hoping to see more of the retrovirus as well.

BSG: Haven't watched it yet. I'll comment tomorrow.

Mayabird · Post by **Mayabird** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 11:16 am

A question: does the survivor count in the BSG credits go down in every episode?
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