Well, hopefully the blog would still be here, even if no new podcasts… but I think the caller on the last episode who suggested doing “Heroes” or some other show is onto something… (No rest for the weary, eh, guys?)

Watch the other ones I did last night all start popping up and I’ll be saying the same thing 3 times now. lol

(yes that was shameless sucking up)

I have to disagree, respectfully. “The road to hell is paved with good intentions” has become cliche because it is so true. To do evil does not require evil intent. Jim Jones thought he was doing God’s work, as did the medieval popes who declared the various crusades, as did… I’m sure you can add other examples. In some ways, those who think they are doing God’s work can commit the worst evils of all, since their actions are thus “justified” and above reproach.

I suppose I can grant that this doesn’t make the people themselves “unrelievedly evil,” but I don’t think good intentions totally remove all responsibility for committing evil.

A good show should know when to quit and deserves a good conclusion. I’m just sorry they could not give us 2 more seasons of the quality we had so far (yes, I loved season 3).

That was a lame story, I agree.

But hey, I guess it’s kind of works out since the SW live action show is scheduled to air in 2009. George, get off your butt and finish that storyline! I know some loathe the prequels, but I love it anyway. I consider Serenity/FF, BSG, and SW to be the trifecta of scifi goodness.

BYC, I hadn’t seen that article. It does seem to confirm the rumors that have been floating around.

http://ifmagazine.com/new.asp?article=4445

Also, according to The Futon Critic, David Eick’s “Bionic Woman” was an early pick up by NBC today. Genre shows are making a return this year after the successes of “Heroes”. Katee Sackhoff is going to be one of the leading ladies in that show, apparantly as an evil fembot (possibly two David Eick shows where she’s a robot gal). Also, Adam Baldwin (the man they call Jayne) had some show that got picked up as well. And speaking of Jayne, Mal Reynolds (Nathan Fillion in the real world) was on “The Late Late Show” and was awesome! So proud of the captain lol.

I really hope the Big 3 (no not the automakers, I mean Chuck, Sean, and Audra) don’t mind all this off topic business. I’m always the one to get us off topic, it seems, so I’ll take the full and total blame. Luckily others join in, so it’s kind of like speeding with a bunch of other people. “Anarchy! Anarchy! I don’t know what it means, but I love it!”

BTW, if someone knows where that quote is from, I will be a little less embarassed that I remembered that line lol.

Timbuck- I have possibly the simplest method of carpodding which is getting the adapter that plugs into the cigarette feature and is kind of a mount for the IPod. Relatively inexpensive and painless.

Then I’m going to fly my Viper into a big huge hurricane and then show up 7 episodes later….

Wait a second, I think that’s been done.

However if anyone is good with photoshop and has some spare time I think a “Galatica needs you!” type poster with Tigh pointing his finger outwards may help with the recruitment drive(I know itd make me vote), a la Uncle Sam or lord Kitchener if your british, which I am.

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Thanks.

I too listen to these in my car. Right Gray?

i need my mommy….*sobs*

Yay for not being afraid to make your attractive leads look absolutely horrendous. It kind of just adds to their rakish charm.

In watching these recent episodes, I remembered one thing that stuck out to me when I first started watching the show. The characters get banged up and we see it for several weeks. Lee got his face scuffed up in “Bastille Day” and we continue to see his injuries for several episodes. Other shows would have the characters be good as new by the next show.

I wanted to get in on the Starbuck debate. I could see a situation where she is ‘Headbuck’ but to more than one person. She might appear to several people, and for several episodes they will keep quiet about it to the rest of the crew…just like the 4 Cylon reveals will do.

Maybe they will need her prodding to get to Earth. Because, it would seem logical that the fleet would rethink the whole Earth-thing right? The Cylons found them on New Caprica, they are confirmed to be trying to find Earth. So why would the humans even bother with Earth at this point? Why would they bring a possible apocalypse to the last remaining human civilization out there? Do they assume whatever humans are on Earth would be able to defend themselves against the Cylons?

Starbuck’s character (head version or real) will be used to keep directing them there even when they don’t want to. Don’t know why, but when she was reintroduced postmortem, the most significant thing out of her mouth was about Earth.

Leon… Prozac. I hear good things about Prozac.

That’s exciting. I hadn’t heard much about the show other than it’s basic premise and the fact that it’s gonna be somewhat BSG cast heavy. I wasn’t around for the original but I’d watch pretty much anything with KS, Aaron Douglas, M Hogan etc.

Yeah, it is a shame though. That cast is so talented and versatile so hopefully some of them will get breakout roles eventually.

Here’s how it works. Humans make machines. Machines kill humans. Machines then engineer themselves into new humans, and after thousands of years they lose their machine aspects and think of themselves as humans. This cycle repeats, over and over again; thus the phrase “This has all happened before, and this will all happen again.”

Maybe there were never true humans to begin with. Another extension of this theory, is that the Final Five are in fact members of the first-generation original cylon race, preserved somehow throughout the ages.

Joe

And guys, just a reminder, but Katee Sackhoff (Starbuck) is starring in this Saturday night’s SciFi original movie. It’s called “The Last Sentinel” and it’s got mixed reviews (some say it’s Uwe Boll material, others say it’s a good B movie). It looks like a Mad Max type deal, with Katee as the protege to this rebel warrior and the two fight against drones… or something like that. Don “The Dragon” Wilson co-stars as her mentor.

Keep Elen Tigh from doing the ‘Swirl’.

A very effective way to silence whiny Lee…
Can fix busted model boats…
Sealing cracked Viper windows…
Holding Tighpatches in place…

Gotta say, I love this episode as well. It moves along at a cracking pace and somehow manages to impart a massive “human” element to it as well. Good to know that in anouth few hundred years duct tape will still be around!

I really enjoyed Starbuck / Kara in this as well. She truly is a daughter figure to papadama: had she been a normal crew member I reckon she’d be discharged by now. Maybe because papadama knew he needed her she was saved. We all saw how papadama jailed one of the deck crew for taking the heat for the chief (when he was knocking boots with Sharon), knowing full well it was the chief that was ultimately responsible.

Seems to me that if papadama needs you badly enough, he can “overlook” certain transgressions, whereas if he doesn’t need you at that moment, he’s content to follow the line without deviation. Good management?

That exchange is from “33″ between Bill and Tigh, in case you didn’t know.

“You Can’t Go Home Again” a parody of “We Won’t Get Fooled Again” by The Who.

How ’bout it?

Duct tape solves everything

hole in a pipe ==> Duct tape
Broken leg ==> Duct tape
Ensuring you don’t get destroyed in space ==> Duct tape.

L33t- You’re not the only one who is a little weird about musical habits. Everything reminds me of a song and I have been known to start saying lines if it fits into a conversation.

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Cafepress had a few Battlestar shirts that were chuckle worthy. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed these, my pick is the Baltar in 2008 one.

I just recently started listening to GWC and really enjoy it, keep up the great work!

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