A “Real” Galactica Watercooler
By Chuck
As you heard in GWC Podcast #36, one astute listener caught the appearance of an actual Galactica watercooler during the “Cylon reveal” in the season finale. Like you, we dove for the TiVo to see it for ourselves. For those of you without a copy, another listener sent us a great screenshot of the moment. (Thanks, Jeremiah!)
Some have written in suggesting that this item’s appearance isn’t an accident, but I personally can’t believe that. Regardless, it’s good fun, and we got a big kick out of it.
April 3rd, 2007 at 10:34 am
Haha! That’s glorious.
April 3rd, 2007 at 10:45 am
I think you should interpret it as a wonderful compliment!
April 3rd, 2007 at 11:26 am
The final 4 are finally revealed and Galactica Watercooler was literally there to cover the story.
April 3rd, 2007 at 11:40 am
Maybe the watercooler is the fifth Cylon!
April 3rd, 2007 at 12:20 pm
I noticed that during the first airing! It makese sense since they are all standing in the workout room. Could it be Poland Springs? You can see the label was turned around away from the camera, haha!
April 3rd, 2007 at 12:59 pm
If there were five of you, GWC, you could be the final five
April 3rd, 2007 at 1:03 pm
Mike P, I was thinking the same thing! That explains everything!
Who put the device in the CIC? The Watercooler! Who gave Papadama the note? The Watercooler! It’s been right under their noses the whole time!
April 3rd, 2007 at 1:31 pm
Ha ha! That’s awesome.
In all honesty, it wouldn’t surprise me too much if someone important in the show knew about GWC. The show was done filming before all the Rolling Stone/ Howard Stern fame and glory came about, but if you type “Galactica” in the iTunes store search, this pops up on the main page along with RDM’s, the show, etc. Only the Cylon god knows for sure. lol
Then again, maybe it’s a “Head Watercooler” that only we see.
April 3rd, 2007 at 2:00 pm
Heh-heh. Now we have THE Galactica Watercooler on screen. Awesome!
I wouldn’t put it past the BSG production staff to do this as a little shout out. RDM seems pretty in tune to the fan community and while he mostly lurks in the SciFi boards, I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s at least aware of this forum. Like 13th Cylon pointed out, it’s on the main page at iTunes (I found you guys looking for RDM’s pod cast feed there). So, you never know.
April 3rd, 2007 at 2:05 pm
13th, you may be right. Nobody seems to be reacting to it…
I wouldn’t be suprised if the writers et al. were aware of GWC. I know that they follow the Battlestar Wiki, and some even contribute. I tend to think that this was coincidental, though.
April 3rd, 2007 at 2:25 pm
I first heard about this site on the Howard Stern Show so it is certainly spreading into pop culture awareness.
April 3rd, 2007 at 2:38 pm
Yes, we’ll know it’s a head one when Baltar walks up to it and pulls the little lever to get water and suddenly realize it’s not there. Either that or we see him try to frak it in his lab.
April 3rd, 2007 at 2:45 pm
My gods I pray that we NEVER find out the truth if thats what has to happen.
April 3rd, 2007 at 3:05 pm
go check the frak party i called that
April 3rd, 2007 at 3:11 pm
Great. Now I’ve got THAT picture going in my head. Thanks a lot.
April 3rd, 2007 at 3:21 pm
You’re welcome. lol
April 3rd, 2007 at 3:52 pm
LOL!@13th and Pike.
*Barry White music plays as Baltar looks at the watercooler longingly…*
And, well, I think you can imagine the rest of THAT sequence.
April 3rd, 2007 at 4:56 pm
I would absolutely take it as a subtle ‘thanks’ gesture to the GWC
Three.
Reason?
They’ve treated water as precious ever since the epsiode where it was
scarce. They still are, you common see one Adama or the other
drinking it out of fancy glassware and EJO said he did that deliberately
to help indicate how precious water is.
Why would they put a WATER cooler out, where anybody could just
guzzle as much as they wanted?? It has to be a Shout Out, imo.
Beautifully done. Take the pat on the back and enjoy it.
April 3rd, 2007 at 5:29 pm
Can it be seen if there’s water inside the tank?
April 3rd, 2007 at 5:37 pm
I think it is very possibly a shout-out to you guys.
It’s not unprecedented, Joss Wheedon/Mutant Enemy did a few shout out to fans of Angel during season 5. RDM & Co do seem really switched on to the online fan base so I choose to hold out some hope that this may be more than serendipity.
PS - RDM’s podcast and a Frak Party Q&A have finally been posted. This week is the final glut before the famine…
April 3rd, 2007 at 7:09 pm
That’s great now the real question did it have the cone shaped cups or the small ones you get at the doctors office.
April 3rd, 2007 at 7:38 pm
I ask if it was filled because if it was empty it was likely a relic of a time when water flowed more freely, and a more logical set piece.
If it had water in it, it would make less sense in the reality of the show and more likely to be some sort of shout out, though truly I doubt they’d do that in a show where they take details so seriously.
Still, fun to wonder
SS
April 3rd, 2007 at 9:20 pm
awesome…i totally think it’s a shout-out, too
April 3rd, 2007 at 10:21 pm
Oh my goodness, back to Baltar and the watercooler. Okay, well just imagine the bottle getting all steamy and the water condensing! lmao!
April 3rd, 2007 at 10:32 pm
RDM’s got a podcast up on iTunes, finally. And he refers to being at a frak party in the title. I haven’t listened yet, but do ‘other’ podcasts use the name frak party, or just GWC? Hmmm…
April 3rd, 2007 at 10:34 pm
Oh never mind, I’m dumb. But the podcast is there, all the same.
April 3rd, 2007 at 11:59 pm
“Then again, maybe it’s a “Head Watercooler†that only we see. ”
Best comment ever.
Anyway, this is seriously awesome. It looks so out of place I LOLed.
April 4th, 2007 at 12:07 am
Hey, this is off topic a little bit, but some gal from the new Quentin Tarantino movie “Grindhouse” was just on Late Night with Conan O’Brien and she was talking about how she’s a new fan of BSG and how her brother claims that “every episode of Battlestar Galactica has already been done on Star Trek”. lol It was pretty neat. It’s crazy how often BSG is mentioned in pop culture now days from The Office (Katee Sackhoff has said that NBC-Universal wants to have her do a cameo, hopefully that’ll work out) to Veronica Mars and now on Conan. Whooo!
April 4th, 2007 at 5:54 am
Is it possible to get a season 3 or even a series 1-3 comment/thread here?
I have SO many thoughts on this past season… and what is possible in the future of BSG, and I know I’m not alone.
If we could have a place to discuss theories and conspiracies that would be x amount of awesome.
Just watched season 2 -3.5 tonight and I have a huge new perspective now when I compare it to what happened in the end of s3.
It’s a lot of speculation residual from the old BSG series but I really think it all will tie in and I know I’d love to have a blog thread where I (and others) could discuss our thoughts and ideas on what’s to come next year (ugh, so long).
cheers on an amazing website btw.
and kudos to the howard stern show (of all places) for pointing me here where all these amazing BSG fans are.. honestly if he didnt publicize this website on his show i’d still be arguing with stargate fans on the pegasus galaxy website on why SciFi should continue bsg over sg1….
April 4th, 2007 at 11:29 am
Baltarfan- You can put your theories in places such as the post for the last podcast (which was from Sunday, I think we might get one today as well). We’ve got plenty of time to discuss theories for the remaining year.
FYI via the SciFi Boards- A gal could get pregnant and have a baby during the span of the BSG offseason. That alone proves it is TOO LONG!
April 4th, 2007 at 12:48 pm
13 the last 2 were great haha tori is gonna be pregnant by the time s4 starts
Baltar fan: boxy hates you jk but SG1 is better than BSG STARGATESTArGATE
Atlantis got me into BSG so ha
April 4th, 2007 at 2:41 pm
There are no coincidences on the Galactica, only clues and shout outs.
April 4th, 2007 at 5:49 pm
nice SW refrence i got it
“there are no coincidences only the force”
now is the watercooler the upside or the downside?
April 4th, 2007 at 11:32 pm
13th - The steamy watercooler - lol! Also - you’re not planning on having a baby, are you? (They have a plan. Well, the thirteenth one has a plan. TO repopulate the universe with clones!!)
Baltarfan - That’s a great compliment, glad to have you here!
Stephanie - I’m pretty sure Zack Exley is the one who came up with the “Frak Party” thing, and we initially started using it as a shout-out to him!
April 5th, 2007 at 12:01 am
I agree with Baltar fan - this site needs a thread for general discussion purposes.
April 5th, 2007 at 9:38 am
Maybe, assuming this is not the Head Watercooler, this one will sprout little R2-D2 legs and follow people around the ship. It would be useful in firefighting if the Cylons try more of those kamikaze attacks like in TOS.
April 5th, 2007 at 2:48 pm
Audra- No babies for me any time soon. It would be an incredible feat to do so, as the Governator is the only guy to have done it so far (”Junior”).
April 5th, 2007 at 3:04 pm
Okay, not to over-analyse things but there are three taps on the head water-cooler…
What’s the third tap for? In case it has a busy day?
After 13th’s comment I’m thinking hot, cold and “Baltar’s”…
April 5th, 2007 at 4:25 pm
I like the genral discussion thread
April 5th, 2007 at 9:39 pm
I think they should leave this photo up on the website when you first log on!
April 5th, 2007 at 9:40 pm
3 taps: human, skinjob and hylon.
April 5th, 2007 at 10:12 pm
I second TImbick’s motion. Shame to let it get eventually buried as we go.
April 5th, 2007 at 10:18 pm
The third one is for Tigh. He’d be all “Rahh, where’s my frakking water!?”
Oh wait. I forgot, Tigh doesn’t drink water. He drinks alcohol before, during, and after each meal. Which leads me to my next ponderment- what happened to the Ambrosia? I loved that stuff. A bright green alcohol. It seems like they started to run out after season 1.
Has anyone else listened to the RDM Frak Party ‘cast yet? It’s pretty high-larious. The part about him telling Michael Hogan he’s a Cylon and the impersonation had me rolling on the floor. Like I said, forget Caprica, Tigh’s gonna get his own spin-off show. All the other actors I can imagine being regular people and all away from the show, but I’ve always imagined him to really wear the uniform, have a flask in one hand, and talk like he does on the show. He’s the man… or machine. Either way, he’s a bad ass.