Daybreak, Part 1 (419)

[Arative]

Typical BSG multiparter episode. First part is always slow, building everything up, next one pays off. Or in this case the last 2 hours pays it off.

Looks like

Spoiler:

Galatica is going to go out in a blaze of glory. Which will be awesome.

I wonder if the parts we saw on Caprica will be like what the new series Caprica will be like?

I was half expecting Baltar to step across the line, doing his one selfish act.

Frak next week looks good and looks like it will pay off big time

[Pharaoh Atem]

Typical BSG multiparter episode. First part is always slow, building everything up, next one pays off. Or in this case the last 2 hours pays it off.

Looks like Galatica is going to go out in a blaze of glory. Which will be awesome.

I wonder if the parts we saw on Caprica will be like what the new series Caprica will be like?

I was half expecting Baltar to step across the line, doing his one selfish act.

Frak next week looks good and looks like it will pay off big time

there's still time but i was dissapponited

[bfldworker]

Previously on Battlestar Galactica.... The last 10 years of meaningless CRAP!

What the bloody FRAK was all that crap?

Where those flash backs all that necessary? I thought it was a clip show, or something really really important that needed to come out to start wrapping things up?


Was it necessary to show us that Roslin's sisters and father were killed? I assumed that if she did have family they were killed in the Cylon attack.

We knew that Kara was with Zak Adama, And we knew that Lee and Adm Adama didn't know who she was until after Zaks death.

We already knew about Baltars back story. We knew he was from Aerilon and that he changed his voice to match that of a high society Caprican.

We also knew that Baltar Fraked anything that was good looking in a skirt.

If they cut that out and put in stuff that mattered to the wrapping up of the show I would have been happy. But I am still left with the same question.




WHAT THE FRAK WAS THAT????????

[Espeon1962]

@ skydiver,

I will watch again later, but I think most of the people on the hanger deck volunteered, the small group ( which i think was about 1/5) were those not going.

[Denanthor]

I try not to be negative. I liked alot of the episodes everyone hates.. But what the hell. Where my expectations to high? this was a load of crap

I think i was more excited for the damn preview

[Arative]

there's still time but i was dissapponited

Quite honestly I am expecting 12 to survive and become the 12 Lords of Kobol and I always figured Baltar as one of them.

At the very least, I figured head 6 would have pushed him to go. Although it looked like he wanted to cross over but something was keeping from doing it. So maybe head 6 was keeping him doing it, so he could take over the fleet when everyone with a pair is gone?

At least Racetrack was back! She's too hot to rot in a cell.

[Pharaoh Atem]

@ skydiver,

I will watch again later, but I think most of the people on the hanger deck volunteered, the small group ( which i think was about 1/5) were those not going.

the small group was the one going on rescue mission

[cameron1]

anyone remember those cereal box prizes where you had to buy a whole bunch of cereal boxes for their proof-of-purchases, and then collect a whole bunch of proof-of-purchases for the prize, but not before waiting 4-6 weeks for the prize, and then when you get the prize, it's a piece of junk that's nowhere near what was advertised or imagined?

anyone remember those bugs bunny cartoons where elmer fudd is tricked for the umpteenth time, but instead of getting red in the face, the head of a jackass is momentarily superimposed for his face?

i'm not watching the last two hours of this show. enuf's enuf.

[Espeon1962]

the small group was the one going on rescue mission

I have to watch it again tommorrow, but I thought the large group was to starboard, and the small group to port.

Maybe after watching it again a second time tommorrow I will conclude something more deep from this episode, however, except for a few rare thoughts, nothing really comes to mind. This was a pure setup episode, and I really think all that occurred could have been achieved in 15 minutes or less. Am I wrong?

[Pharaoh Atem]

I have to watch it again tommorrow, but I thought the large group was to starboard, and the small group to port.

lee,laura and kara where on the side to go, which was the small side

i have a photography memory trust me

[Espeon1962]

i have a photography memory trust me

LOL, I think you mean you have a "photographic memory" or perhaps an "Eidic" memory?

But if you have a photography memory, how many pictures does it hold?

[HAL2100]

I will post below a very quick recap in spoilers so that those who have not seen and want to wait until the itunes release etc

Spoiler:

The decision was made to strip down the ship. Various characters had intermittent flashbacks to when they were on Caprica, giving some minor insights into their character, Boomer, Cavil and a 2 and 3 were meeting around Hera, who has not eaten since she was taken, Cavil ordered her prepared for testing, and that scene faded with Boomer having that look in her eye where you thought she was going to do something. On the battlestar, they started stripping it down, meanwhile Baltar had a little chat with Lee trying to get a seat on the council for his minions and Lee told him off as he did not believe he was asking for selfless reasons. Then Kara and the Admiral met in the Anders chamber, and although the scene was cut away, we are led to believe they asked Anders where Hera was, and were told the location of Colony. The admiral went onto the hanger deck and addressed all the remaining BSG crew, and gave each a choice as to whether to accompany him on a mission to rescue Hera using Galactica, most decided yes including the pres, the final five, Caprica 6 - all the prisoners in the brig were released and it appears most of them opted to go as well. Jumped to a scene where a raptor piloted by Racetrack scouting found the Colony, located in orbit around a black hole, jumped back to Galactica where Adama, Saul, Lee, Galen, Kara and others looked at the photos Racetrack took, and realised the only place safe to jump is within 1 km of the Colony, with likely every weapon on Colony pointed at that exact spot. Adama said "lets get to it" and ep ended

I'll be watching it tommorrow via iTunes, but given that RDM stated : Spoilers for finale :

Spoiler:

that no everything would be tied up - or at least answers would provided, but the answers would only raise other questions - this smacks of the finale being something where Galactica is destroyed, several main characters get killed off (the actor who plays Helo stated in an interview that things go badly for him), Hera ends up back in the fleet, the Cavil's are wiped out, the other models reunite and together they with the remaining human ships fly off into the sunset looking for a new planet to call home...and we're left wondering about who's behind it all...

(For the record, if we're not completely satisfied with the conclusion next week, I think we should start a campaign to send RDM, SciFi and Universal miscellaneous nuts and bolts out of protest.)

[Pharaoh Atem]

LOL, I think you mean you have a "photographic memory" or perhaps an "Eidic" memory?

But if you have a photography memory, how many pictures does it hold?

several enough to tell my grand kids how one man vision changed everything i thought i knew about television

and what galactica used to look like

[Espeon1962]

several enough to tell my grand kids how one man vision changed everything i thought i knew about television

and what galactica used to look like

Yes, I remember watching the original, although it was for me quite the letdown after better efforts like UFO in 71. Interesting, I don't think I have seen any mention on the forums of Space 1999 either, which I also feel was a reasonable effort, and I was religious about watching both it and UFO before it. Original BSG came off as somewhat cheesy after those efforts to me. I agree this version has rewritten the book.

[the fifth man]

I actually enjoyed tonight's episode. Yeah, it was a lot of setup for what is left next week. But I didn't mind it one bit. It was nice to see what had gone on in their personal lives leading up to the attack. And the preparation for the rescue attempt on Hera.

I can't believe that next week is it. It will definitely be bittersweet.

[Pharaoh Atem]

I actually enjoyed tonight's episode. Yeah, it was a lot of setup for what is left next week. But I didn't mind it one bit. It was nice to see what had gone on in their personal lives leading up to the attack. And the preparation for the rescue attempt on Hera.

I can't believe that next week is it. It will definitely be bittersweet.

nice to see someone thinks like me

[Espeon1962]

I'll be watching it tommorrow via iTunes, but given that RDM stated : Spoilers for finale :

Spoiler:

that no everything would be tied up - or at least answers would provided, but the answers would only raise other questions - this smacks of the finale being something where Galactica is destroyed, several main characters get killed off (the actor who plays Helo stated in an interview that things go badly for him), Hera ends up back in the fleet, the Cavil's are wiped out, the other models reunite and together they with the remaining human ships fly off into the sunset looking for a new planet to call home...and we're left wondering about who's behind it all...

(For the record, if we're not completely satisfied with the conclusion next week, I think we should start a campaign to send RDM, SciFi and Universal miscellaneous nuts and bolts out of protest.)

Yes, and I also recall he stating in an interview they saved all their budget for the end, but I was hoping that was for three episodes, not two.

It was not the worst episode ever, just I suppose anti-climatic. Its like going on a second date, and finding out you get along and you have lots in common but the romantic chemistry is not there - it was enjoyable company but you had higher expectations...

[Chev's Ron]

Tonights episode was good, I liked the flashbacks showing the characters backstories, though some of them I felt could have been left for the DVD release (which I predict the "removed" scenes might add up to an hour longer), and reinserted some of those left on the DVD when it came to Laura Rolsin.

Frankly Roslyn's character never meant much to me, but I know for a fact some people loved Roslyn's revelation about her family.

Baltar's scenes with his father left me unnerved, reminds me of a family situation I know of... Nice that Caprica 6 took care of the old man, even if she was responcible for his death in the end. (Baltar didn't kill his old man, 6 did).

I could say more, but I am dead tired, even there are other points I loved about the episode.

Just one last thing, could they at least have showed the scene where Anders tells Adama the location of the Colony? was he fluid? Did he scream out coordinates? what?

Night!

[the fifth man]

I'm enjoying this one even more the second time around.

[Arative]

I am watching the second airing and the scene when Adama is going to ask Anders where the colony is. Great scene by the way, with Adama calling Kara his daughter.

But a line that Anders said caught my attention. He was saying something about lace. Then he said must find a perfect place for the end of Kara Thrace. end of line.

I wonder if that is what Anders is doing when he is plugged in. Scouring the cosmos for a habitable planet for Kara. And if the future of human and cylon is Hera, it would be the end of humanity because the two races would combine. Which would fit Kara as the harbinger of death.