Battlestar Galactica: SPOILERS for season 4

Wed Dec 01, 2010 6:04 am

Can I just say that reading this series of posts was terribly amusing. I'm pretty sure that's the exact emotional journey I took while watching, too. I look forward to your season 4 reactions.

If you really, truly want to know about Starbuck: Yes, she does come back, but there's kind of a caveat.
Also, going back aways, I don't generally care for the Starbuck/Apollo will they/won't they that they spent so much time on (nor do I care for Apollo/Dee) but I loved "Unfinished Business."

Post by **River** » Wed Dec 01, 2010 6:38 am

yovargas wrote:Nevermind. I just finished Season 3. People are humming Jimi Hendrix and the show has officially gone INSANE!!!!

You ain't seen nothin' yet.

Post by **Primula Baggins** » Wed Dec 01, 2010 7:00 am

Nope indeed. But you are safely tucked in bed, as any healthy young man should be at this hour, so I shan't worry.

(You are, right? You aren't up starting Season 4? Spare my old heart and don't tell me if you are.)

Post by **yovargas** » Wed Dec 01, 2010 1:25 pm

Yes, I was safely tucked in bed. Your concern is appreciated.

Which was "Unfinished Business", Mossy?
And next spoiler question - is there a rational explanation for why they're all singing Hendrix??

(For the record, I don't buy that the new 4 are cylons. Doesn't make sense. Something else is going on.)
(And also, somebody really should have kept working on that cylon detector, no? To the writers:

That one's been driving me nuts since damn near the beginning. )

Wed Dec 01, 2010 5:07 pm

Sorry, "Unfinished Business" was the boxing/flashback episode.
I think the rationale for the Hendrix is that David Eick and Ron Moore thought it was a nifty idea.

Post by **yovargas** » Wed Dec 01, 2010 5:12 pm

"Nifty" is certainly one word for it.

I don't necessarily mind the Apollo/Starbuck stuff much, though it is often overdone. What I mind was that they each got married off so abruptly and awkwardly. I didn't buy those relationships at all, they felt very forced to me, so the Apollo/Starbuck drama in the midst of it felt forced and false. Plus for some reason I can't STAND Anders. I hated him the second I saw him.

Thu Dec 02, 2010 4:28 am

Yes, well, they seem to have more and more "nifty" ideas as the show goes on. I'm still skeptical about season four in general. (Except for Gaeta's arc. I love Gaeta.)

I also love Anders! And I absolutely buy Starbuck/Anders. I have no problem with Starbuck/Apollo, just that it does feel overdone at times. And Apollo/Dee....absolutely not. Especially after Billy! I was really upset that he died, but apparently that was because the actor refused contractual obligation if I remember correctly.

Post by **yovargas** » Thu Dec 02, 2010 4:46 am

MaidenOfTheShieldarm wrote:...apparently that was because the actor refused contractual obligation if I remember correctly.

I figured as much and I figured that's why they wanted to give something more for Dee to do. Still very poorly done, IMO. And I still miss Billy.

Just watched Razor. When this show is good, it is GOOD.

(Anders?? Love?? Bleck!

)

Post by **yovargas** » Thu Dec 02, 2010 5:41 am

My hope for how it all turns out: everyone's a cylon and we all live happily ever after!!

Post by **River** » Thu Dec 02, 2010 6:07 am

It is so entertaining watching you watch BSG.

Post by **yovargas** » Thu Dec 02, 2010 6:37 am

Oh good, cuz here's more:

- my other hope: Gaius gets killed at least once per episode from now on.

- Apollo looks reeeally nice in a suit (he wasn't really "my type" at first but boy has he grown on me

)

- Adama & Rosalind were always the best thing about this show and they still are. Those are two fantastically well written and acted characters and they've never screwed them up.

- Cylon on cylon action?? Hawt.

Post by **Primula Baggins** » Thu Dec 02, 2010 7:04 am

Adama & Rosalind were always the best thing about this show and they still are. Those are two fantastically well written and acted characters and they've never screwed them up

.

SLIGHT SPOILER

And they won't.

Post by **yovargas** » Thu Dec 02, 2010 7:19 am

Actually, a slight retraction to that. There has been more than once where I felt they made Adama too soft, like they wanted to make sure he always remained sympathetic. Stuff like forgiving disobeyed orders a tad too often, too easily. The worst to me has been making Saul (sp?) XO (sp??) again after the man was clearly no longer capable of sound judgment, apparently because he's an "old friend". (Saul was a murderer and should have been tried as such.)

Rosalind, on the other hand, has always been tough as nails when she needed to be and I love her for it. She's definitely my favorite character.

Post by **yovargas** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 2:57 pm

The opening title sequence for the 1st three seasons had a bit about how the cylons had attacked humanity..."And they have a plan". Perhaps. But one wonders - did the cylons bother telling the writers what that plan was? Hmmm....

Post by **Dave_LF** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 3:46 pm

There was a Robot Chicken bit about the BSG writers I found quite amusing, if you can find it. But don't try until you finish the series.

Post by **Erunáme** » Sat Dec 04, 2010 4:05 pm

yovargas wrote:Rosalind, on the other hand, has always been tough as nails when she needed to be and I love her for it. She's definitely my favorite character.

She annoyed the hell out of me quite a lot.

Especially in the beginning of season 4.

Post by **yovargas** » Sat Dec 04, 2010 5:55 pm

Haha, oh, yeah? Do tell? How come? (I'm a couple eps into #4 so I'm spoiler-safe up to that point.)

Post by **yovargas** » Sat Dec 04, 2010 8:23 pm

Oh Chief.

He's always been one of my favorite characters and I just want to give him a giant hug.

And I feel like I missed something. How and why did Gaius become the head of some new religious cult?? I'm confused.

Post by **River** » Sat Dec 04, 2010 9:07 pm

The religious cult starts at the very end of Season 3, when those chicks take him away to his new life.

Post by **yovargas** » Sat Dec 04, 2010 9:23 pm

Well...yes...but why?? Why were a bunch of women suddenly treating him like a prophet? It felt like there was an episode I missed where he did suddenly miraculous that earned him a following. As it is...