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BATTLESTAR GALACTICA Jumps Into HypaSpace To Get Teased & Spoiled!!
Merrick here...
Canada's HypaSpace recently aired a five minute piece re: the fourth & final season of BATTLESTAR GALACTICA. This material has actually been on YouTube for over a month, but we're starting to get e-mails about it, so we thought more of you might want to take a look.
There aren't any MASSIVE spoilers here, but there are a definitely a few revealing details spilled...along with some tantalizing insinuations regarding directions the show will be taking as it closes down.
Proceed with caution! Although, if you're a fan of the show, this piece is more likely to rive you mad with anticipation than spoil you.
"HypaSpace", hunh? Conjures images of blacksploitation sci-fi. A notion that had never occurred to me, but I like it a lot...
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Brilliant show.
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There. I said it.
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Amazing. I'm so unbelievably pumped for this. I love how they brought back that flute/pipe/whatever sorta-kinda-sad instrumental at the end, and hope it's a part of season 4 (and not just the trailer). I still think Rosalyn is the fifth cylon.
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Oh, wait, that makes no sense.
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Did any of you guys see this programming note on the SciFi Channel website? http://tinyurl.com/2sk5so
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...I will not be spoiled!
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...I can't remember the last time a new episode ran...
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Robot Jesus.So say we all.
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GAETA IS GAY!!!!!!!!!!!!
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David Hasselhoff. How many clues do you need?
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Sarah Connor---now THAT would be awesome. -
I have a pretty large group of friends that use to watch the show religiously and none of us have brought it up since the crappy end to last season and the news that it wouldn't be on again for almost a year.
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I would like to thing that the creators balled up and will really give us actual answers making it the absolutely last season. So in a few eps, we will know if this is the past, present or future... about Baltar and the Cylon god... about everything. Man please don't screw this up.
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Feb 27, 2008 10:31:20 AM CST
I saw the first episode of the new season LAST month....
by fart_master_flex
Because, um, I've got connections. They need to get this season on the air pronto.
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Roslin, Scotland is where Dolly the sheep was "born." Probably just a coincidence, but...
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Very excited.
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Feb 27, 2008 10:45:50 AM CST
He Didn't Say "The Last Cylon." He Said "It's a Lion."
by read and shut up
Best show on television, hands down.
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Since incredibly she may not be back on Heroes next season; http://tinyurl.com/2lrzfr. They had a poor sophomore season, and Tim Kring & co. are actually thinking of letting their best actor and the lone bright spot of S2 just walk away? Epically stupid, this.
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I seriously can't wait. I've been avoiding the forums, and avoiding any "chatter" about this last season, but I folded and watched this clip. I am so geeked right now!!!!
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What I saw looked absolutely kickass. April 4 can't come soon enough.
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...check out the link I posted earlier. Good things are happening for the premier.
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It's crazy.
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I'm mostly sure that Starbuck won't turn out to be a Cylon, but with all the retcon that took place after choosing the last four I've got some reservations about where this is heading.
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what year do they arrive on earth? 200 bc... awesome.
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It's been way too long since the best show on tv has been on!!! At least it's only a month away. What's up with the friday time slot? I thought sunday was great. We've been conditioned by HBO that sunday is the night for top-notch programming. BSG belongs in that category for sure. It really doesn't matter though, we all have TiVo. With Lost and BSG on thursday and friday, our weeks are about to end with a bang. At least for a little while.
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is the final Cylon.
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I always thought that Larson made it clear that the original Galatica took place in the near to distant future (The last episode showed the first moon landing.) However, in the abortion that was G-1980, time travel was possible, so I guess if Moore is using Larson even as a vague template, anything can happen. Maybe they'll arrive in the far future, discover an earth burned to cinders, and shoot themselves back into the distant, pre-hiostoric (re:lost civilization) past.
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Thanks, Errick.
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Or maybe Jimi Hendrix!
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Now THAT was funny.
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has my vote as the fifth and final. i remember an interview from awhile ago with katee where she referred to the 5th cyclon as a he.if you stopped giving a shit halfway through last season you're cheating yourself. yeah, s3 requires more patience than s1 and s2-- the kat arc kind of sucks and the finale is iffy, but i think that's because it contains the single worst cover of "All Along the Watchtower" ever recorded and not because of the story. I got faith s4 is going to be fucking rad.
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... and its Gil Gerard and Erin Grey waiting for them. Awesome. Beedy-beedy-beedy.
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I bet you a billion gil that Apollo is a Cylon. Either him or Baltar, who is possibly the best villain in any series ever. I hope they all die and Baltar Reigns supreme!!
"No more mister nice Gaius" -
Muffett, of course. Boxxy's dog.
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The finale is "iffy", your cracked PotSmokinAlien! It was immense!
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You idiots saying Season 3 was bad are just looking for something to bitch about because complaining about George Lucas isn't popular anymore.
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FRAKKING MATT DAMON!!!
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This could go a lot of different ways. My favorite would be for them to arrive on Earth around 29,000 to 30,000 years ago. That's about the time the Neanderthals disappeared. What if they were the original inhabitants of Earth and BSG are our direct ancestors? Then again you get into the explanation of what happened to the 13th colony. Wiped out by Neanderthals, maybe? Anyway, glad I'm not writing it.
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Though I've always suspected Bunk a little...
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there IS no 5th Cylon. It's all a trick! Plus, they're going the wrong way.
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Omar! "Gaius Baltar is NOT a man for this galaxy!!"
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in the final episode of the Wire, when Omar comes back in the final scene and shotguns Kenard. "All in the game, yo."
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Adama is the final Cylon and Roslin kills him, before dying of cancer, just before S4 Part I ends. (Rememeber, because of the writer's strike only part of Season 4 is ready.) Lee takes over Galactica and Zarek takes over as President.
The final battle with the Cylons and the arrival at Earth will wait until 2009 when the new scripts are ready.
Last year's cliffhanger will be nothing compared to where they leave off and decide whether to continue filming Season 4.5. -
Seriously.
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Apollo is British???
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since I've seen new BSG.
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Feb 27, 2008 2:22:02 PM CST
Awesome. Whoever the final Cylon is, it's got to be satisfying.
by jacksparasites
I still think it's got to be Baltar given that he's able to visualize in the same way the Cylons can, but we can't find out until the last or second to last episode because pretty much once we know conclusively, the character becomes less mysterious and interesting. But at the same time, we want to get some sort of resolution as to how that revelation changes Baltar.
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He specifically said there's a REASON Tigh is a Cylon. What, did you think they FORGOT he's too old? Also, there were only two things the producers decided they will NEVER do: *aliens* and *time travel*. There will never be time travel in this show - whatever year it is, it won't change in a hurry.
And frankly, if you don't like McCreary's version of All Along the Watchtower, well, I don't know how to help you with that. It's an awesome song. I'm sorry you don't agree. -
I don't know if the producers ever addressed this, but Leoben whispered "Adama is a Cylon" into Roslin's ear. That was never addressed again by anyone! What's up with that?
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That would be great since she hates Cylons so much.
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Was that the Galactica or another Battlestar that explodes... they show the same shot about 4 times.
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please let it be adama...
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...brainwash Sanders, then why the hell didn't they do it way back on New Caprica?
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This show pulled the trap door out from under all of us, and is letting us fall to our deaths. They have made it quite clear they're making this up at will, with no respect for established plot lines, logic or defensibility of "plot twists". It's bullshit, chickenshit writing. Saul Tigh and his lot being "cylons" was the absolute last straw. It makes no sense, and was a completely indefensible twist with no logical basis or evidence.
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Xenu gotta eat.
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A Cylon that likes couches.
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here's my short list of the last cylon of the five: (1) gaeta, (2) ellen mctigh. don't forget this photo, either: http://tinyurl.com/27x8ac. ron moore let slip that the last cylon is NOT pictured, which rules out a lot of the popular theories...
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Adama is a cylon. But he didn't say which Adama was a cylon. Admiral, Lee, Zach?
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and he's already on Earth.
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He learnt he was a Cylon, but because he loves the human race so much he lead them to Earth to gain his trust.
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I WILL STOP WATCHING THAT SECOND AND I WILL NEVER WATCH BSG EVER AGAIN AND I WILL HUNT DOWN THE WRITERS AND KILL THEM.
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Just thought I's throw those out there.
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Tom Zarek. Everyone is drawn to the main characters, but Richard Hatch is as well know but resides in the background. It's perfect, something no one would expect but would make sense in retrospect.
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1) Moore has stated that no one in this picture (http://tinyurl.com/27x8ac) is the fith Cylon.
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...Zarek, come on, it makes sense!
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Feb 27, 2008 8:37:14 PM CST
Here's my take on how the series could end (AND bring back Dirk
by eastbayfrankenstein
Alright. Here's an idea...
- Galactica finds Earth, but the Cylons have orbiting Baseships of various types (some identical to classic BG) circling the planet when they arrive. The Baseships are fighting other starships, each appearing to be slightly different variations of Galactica!
- The rest of the fleet is ordered to jump away shortly after the Cylon armada is encountered. A pitched battle ensues. Galactica joins the fight with the other 'battlestars" while trying to make sense of other starship commanders who contact Galactica- each one led by a different commanding officer named Adama!After a fierce battle, Galactica crashes into the planet's surface, killing nearly everyone aboard.
- Lee Adama and a few other principles (you pick 'em) investigate their surroundings. They discover a future-day Earth devastated by a recent Cylon nuclear assault. Lee's team loads up on radiation sickness resistance meds and heads into the presumed safety of London's underground subway tunnels, seeking answers and survival from Cylons hunting down humans who lived through the initial nuclear strike.
- While wandering the subterranean tunnels, Lee's team encounters other humans. However, they are not natives of Earth, but survivors from another crashed "battlestar" that went down with Galactica. The individual in charge of that group identifies himself as Lt. Starbuck. Who is it? Dirk Benedict decked out in classic BG gear!
- Through tons of exposition, it is revealed that the classic 70s BG crew and ship find Earth at the SAME time the Ronald Moore version finds Earth. Additionally 10 other alternate versions of Galactica and her crew arrive at Earth at EXACTLY the same time, uniting what are TRULY the 12 colonies of Kobol!
- Eventually the various Galactica crews unite and form a loose resistance against the Cylons along with the help of survivors from Earth , but their guerilla tactics are less than successful.
- In a parallel story, a group of native Earth humans begin to follow an idealogical underground movement led by a man who arrives on Earth shortly before the 12 Galacticas. Who is it? Ronald Moore's Baltar! The followers of Baltar see him as a Jesus-type figure who arrives to herald the apocalyptic devastation brought on by the Cylon attack that follows his arrival. Baltar convinces his followers that he will lead them to "salvation". In truth, he is on a mission to round up as many remaining Earth humans as possible, deliver them to the Cylons to be killed, and ensure the extinction of the human race. In return, the Cylons agree to provide Baltar absolution on whether he is either human or Cylon- a uncertainty that drives him more and more mad with each day.
- Baltar convinces the united human resistance to trust him in a scheme to wipeout the Cylons once and for all. In actuality, he is once being guided by madness to betray the human race one last time to the Cylons. His cooperation with humanity is a front to deliver the annihilation of all human life to the Cylons.
- The series ends with Baltar finally discovering that he is the last unrevealed Cylon and, in a once-in-his-lifetime move of genuine unselfishness, and final betrayal- this time against the Cylons. Baltar kills Six while in a delusional encounter with her that takes place in the exact same set as his first scenes with Six at his home on Caprica.
- After having killed Six, he wakes and finds himself safe on Caprica at the exact same time and place as when the series started. He looks out his window, completely bewildered and relieved. As the camera spins shifts away from Baltar's face a figure steps into the frame. Six! -
While nothing rules Zarek out per se, he really isn't that interesting of a character to make the final Cylon. It makes more sense for Kendra to be the one - they went the trouble of making a miniseries to introduce her, and some of the dialog she has with the hybrid prototype is strange. Plus it would be more of a surprise 'cause she has already been "killed".
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From a storytelling pov it would be perfect for Roslin to be the final Cylon. They have been led by the no.1 Cylon all along and now it's down to Adama to stop her! If Kara is leading the human race to it's destruction that means it's likely that BALTAR is the one they should really be following. Gaeta would also make a cool final cylon. He's not in that pic of the main cast either, which means according to Moore he's still in with a chance of being the final cylon.
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Which is what I think the producers will go for. Starbuck, Baltar, Roslin, Adama(s), Gaeta are all too likely for fans to guess at, they are going to go for the "WTF?" response. I liked Kendra, but so what if she is the final one? Some throw away character that showed up at the end of the series? Zarek however has been there from pretty much the begining, stirring trouble. Don't forget he was in prison for overthrowing the Sagittaron government, which just happens to be one of the most religious of the Colonies. As the Cylons are monotheistic, it would make sense for a Cylon to attack that world.
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Galactica gets to Earth just ahead of the Basestar that has been chasing the rag tag human fleet. There is a final battle in orbit that destroys both ships and most of the fleet. Some humans reach earth before everything explodes. They are lead by Baltar who is their "savior". They stand in a desert and watch the fireworks in the sky which winds up looking like a star that streaks across the sky. A star that three wise men will follow to find a renamed Baltar who now calls himself Jesus and speaks to God all be it a very sexy blond hottie of a god.
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Who gives a shit about him?
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that those @#%! suits are unable to capitalize on the high quality shows they have in their small bag of goods.
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... could be the final cylon. That way, Starbuck would be the first Cylon hybrid and all the "starchild" stuff everyone thought applied to Boomer's kid really applies to Starbuck, hence her surprise return and knowledgefullness. Plus, it's interesting that every secret Cylon has had some hint of alcohol issues. In the finale, 2 were revealed while drinking in the bar, one has a history of alcohol abuse, and one has always had a secret stash. Just a theory, anyways.
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Maybe the alcohol helps keep the bad Cylon memories buried.
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That ridiculous "oops! Now where did I put that cancer" a couple of seasons ago would now make sense... she pulls off a miracle cure that didn't really happen. I like that alot more than Adama being a cylon. That would be fracking stupid.
I am going to give the series one chance to explain why they made so many people into cylons at the end of last season. i think that was really boneheaded. Especially the chief. How could he have a baby with whatsherface? ( unless she's a cylon... Hmmmm... )
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I think it's been established that they'll find near-present day Earth right? I mean, Starbuck was listening to Bob Frakkin' Dylan on her new Ipod, right? Or something? God, it's been a long, long wait.
I still don't buy that Tigh, Tyrol and the rest actually are Cylons, it's Clyon psy-op mindfucker, that is.
Yes, Apollo is a Brit. British people can do American accents surprisingly easy. It's only American actors that find accents difficult, apparently. Johnny Depp, please stop taking roles that require you to speak in a British accent, pretty fucking please.
The last Cylon will be someone who died awhile ago. Tigh's wife or Pegasus' captain or somesuch. Big surprise!
Callie looked really hot in that interview.
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Yes, they DO find earth. But when they get there it's the year 1980 and another Galactica is there ahead of them run by a CG Lorn Greene. FACT. I wrote the thing. Fair enough the producers wouldn't take my calls, but I wrote it with my own poo after a conversation with Dirk Benedict. I am not a Cylon. I am a human being.
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like some others on here I will still watch, despite the fact the show has been spiralling down the toilet since before the middle of last season...
if Moore was able to consistently deliver the same quality of the miniseries and most of the first season this show could have been so truly great - but he's dropped the ball (he admits it himself, to his credit) too many times now and it's just too hard to get very excited about a new season - especially knowing they're planning to do an SG-1 and not end the show properly-
actually, having said that, there's a certain symmetry to beginning and ending the show with a miniseries that I could understand and respect - although it would have to be at least to the standard set by the original miniseries and right now they seem to be just treading water!
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Six's words from the pilot.
The "fifth" Cylon is the 12 colonies themselves.
We're just assuming humans survived the first war and it was metal Cylons who ran away.
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This thing ends with Bush's presidency... Now I wonder if there is any room at all for movies after the series is done. No not those starship troopers direct to dvd underfunded crap. I mean a real theatrical flick.
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This show has been off the air so long, nobody is going to even care.
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Yes. Yes you do you jungle bunny!
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that's what it's supposed to say.
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like most have said!
1. big fight in earths solar system
2. survivors land/evacuate on earth
3. they crash land around @ 10'000 - 7000 BC
4. cylons can't survive or reproduce on earth due to bacterial issues
last Cylon? who cares!!!!!!!!!
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What was James Remar's character doing there at the end? He died halfway through Season 2, as soon as he was introduced. Unless they were just using old production footage for this video.
My final Cylon predictions are either Dee (look at the way she seduces men in positions of power!) or Lee ("Adama is a Cylon"; he could have been switched at birth). Baltar can't be a Cylon, it completely lets his character off the hook for his part in the genocide of the human race. -
That's a joke, right? Ha, Ha. I get jokes.
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For TV, especially TV shot in Vancouver, and a cast peppered with Canadian talent, this show actually presents some pretty fine acting. Not spectacular or anything, but I can watch it without squinting my eyes and covering my ears too too much.
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I don't give a rat's ass about the Final Five either. I mean, hell, it aint like Tigh is gonna betray the Colonial fleet. I just wanna see what happens when they find Earth.
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The Final Cylon will be the Hybrid.and HEY, MNG, NoHubris (in alphabetical order)
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I really hope the fact that there is just the one season left forces them to concentrate on consice plots and answering questions - there was way too much stringing along and meandering in small parts of season 2 and large parts of season 3. My worst fear is that they will end season 4 with many questions unanswered, or even on a cliffhanger, leaving things to be resolved in a special tv movie (ala razor) to be released at a later time (and on a seperate, full priced dvd to be sure).
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We need to work on getting these BSG TBs back into their full glory. Bring on April 4th!
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The Ragtag fleet jumps into Earth's solar system.
Across the radio in the CIC, you hear this final sentence.
"Unidentified Ship. This is James T. Kirk of the Starship Enterprise.
Can we be of assistance."
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You will likely have to find a new name for The Hybrid Theory, because IMHO in Season 4 it won't be just a theory anymore!MNG, now that you are free, it's time to free BSG. Bring on April 4th!
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Has a nice ring to it, eh?Cheers back at both of you, Hubie and MNG. Counting weeks rather than months, now (actually, I am counting DAYS to Mar 20 S3 DVD --so my wife can get caught up prior to S4). I will rewatch them in a marathon with her, then get to see Razor for the first time, then S4.AND, comcasticly, I will have SciFi HD channel starting next week!!I expect to come down with a severe flu-like thing around the last week of March, so I can sit home and "recover" :-)
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Hybridomeif my theory is proven correct.that wouldn't be conceited and obsessively "I told you so-ish" would it?would it...?
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The galactica itself is the final cylon? and maybe its the cylons who are ourancestors, and all the real humans died?
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Hybrid Supremacy works well since the Hybrid controls the powerful base stars and might be both the Final Cylon and the Cylon divinity.
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It is so obvious.
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... could you find such a ridiculous statement. I just finished watching all three seasons – holy FRAK this show is so great! I was blind, but now I can see. Gaius Baltar is one of the most complex, well-acted characters on television. Every time he is on screen I'm riveted. Truly a great actor. Having said that, everyone's entitled to their (wrong) opinion.
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