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Cylon Nirvana?

Thursday, December 28th, 2006

According to the Battlestar Wiki, at one point in the series the priest Elosha delivers a sermon in Sanskrit, an ancient language of the Indian subcontinent. While trying to figure out how Eastern religion might play into the BSG world and why the writers would choose Sanskrit, especially with a people whose religion is predominantly [...]

Awesome Comment Roundup

Monday, October 30th, 2006

We’re always talking in the podcast about the kick-ass comments that our listeners post here at GWC.com.  Damn, we’re lucky you take the time to send us all these great ideas! 
I thought I’d take a minute and run down some of my personal favorites from the ones posted (or emailed) in the last few days:
On [...]

A Pithy Oracle…

Sunday, October 15th, 2006

The appearance of the Oracle in recent BSG episodes sparked a lot of interesting speculation in podcast #10, and I realized I didn’t know much about the origins of the Oracle in Greek mythology (which seems to be the basis for a lot of the colonial religion in BSG).
The following is from the definition of [...]

Helo, the Gentleman

Thursday, September 21st, 2006

Here’s a brain-spinner:
in Greek, the phrase Kalos Kai Agathos, or its shortened form, Kalos K’Agathos, means essentially “gentleman.” Kalos means “beautiful,” Kai means “and,” and Agathos means “good.” Beautiful and good = gentleman.
Sound familiar? I couldn’t help but notice this seems very close to “Karl C. Agathon,” our BSG Lt. Helo. Perhaps this meaningful name [...]