I’ve noticed an interesting theme running through BSG - being trapped. It’s interesting how being trapped, held, or imprisoned - physically or psychologically - can affect people.
Some physical examples we see- Sharon in the cell on Galactica, Six (Gina) in same cell, Roslin in the brig, Lee in the brig when Adama is shot. Helo stuck on (Old) [...]

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 [...]

Poor, poor Ellen’s fall;
Wife of Saul, lover of all.
Will tainted be her beauty
from loathesome skinjob VD?
What will say Colonel Tigh
If his wife’s condemned to die?
Will he poke out another eye?
Or save her from the Cy-
lons? If Ellen ends up dead,
Who’ll give Cavil head?
Alone he’ll off to bed
Dreaming of Caprica Six instead.
 
(Hey, no one said it’d be [...]

As Audra mentions in her Cylon-on-Cylon Violence post below, it was a bit shocking to see Caprica Six get shot in the head — and it did sort of chafe a bit on No. 3’s noting of Caprica Six’s rock-to-her-head as the first Cylon-on-Cylon violence.  Have the Cylon really gone from “do no harm (to [...]

Something has been bothering me about the cylon for some time now and I haven’t quite been able to put my finger on it till now. With Audra’s last post about cylon on cylon violence it struck me.
One of the things that make us human is the fact that we get one go at life [...]

In the Season 3 premiere, I thought it was intriguing that D’anna Biers (Number 3) points out that Caprica Six was the first Cylon to commit violence against another Cylon. (As you remember from Episode 218, “Downloaded,” Six cracked D’anna over the head with a giant rock and then freed Anders.)
But immediately after this revelation, [...]

We just finished our marathon run through the whole Galactica canon — just in time for tonight’s premiere! — and this time around I was really struck by the appearance of Baltar in “Caprica Six’s” head.  I suppose the first time around I was so overwhelmed by the humanity’s surrender that I missed some really [...]

Just a couple of quick things, the answers to a few of the questions we have been shooting back and forth for a bit. I reviewed some of season 2.5 for guidance earlier last night.
The first question was how many people are on the planet? The answer is 39,579. Leaving the rest, somewhere in the [...]

While skimming through a bit of season 2.0 I stopped at the scenes where Six and Boomer wake up in the pod-of-goo. I was struck by two things. The first was how much connection both of them upon waking up had with their former lives. They seemed to be very concerned with what (to them [...]

I just watched Invasion of the Body Snatchers for the first time the other night (I know, I know) and it was awesome. As you might guess, I was intrigued by how many common themes the movie shares with BSG, especially when they discover the pod people Look Like Us Now.
A really weird scene in [...]

While reviewing some older episodes the other day I made an observation. All the cylon females are smoking hot and all the cylon males are, well, kinda geeky looking (except Brother Cavil who is just cool and doesn’t count).
Is this a cylon observation of the human race? Did they think looks were more important for the [...]

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 [...]