Battlestar Galactica **Spoilers** discussion

[geoschmo]

Originally posted by CNCRaymond:
I hear they are now talking about dropping Stargate SG-1.

While I am a big fan of Stargate, and will be disapointed when it goes off the air, it has a pretty long run if you take into account the seasons that aired on showtime. I think it's maybe in the top 5 sci-fi shows as far as the number of episodes aired.

I heard they are working on a replacment series. Something to do with Atlantis. Not sure how that ties in with Stargate though.

[Fyron]

Sci-Fi: worst television network, ever.

[Starhawk]

Stargate has been around for 7 years and with the end of next season it will be 8 years so that's better then ANY of the Star Trek series which were the top sci-fi shows of all times regarding numbers of episodes aired.

Yes in their recent little blurbs of their upcoming events we saw "Stargate Atlantis".

Maybe Atlantis is another planet or this series takes place far in our future or something....I sure hope they don't go back in time and cover the lost continent of Atlantis as that would just be corny....unless they were covering the Goua'Ould wars of old :-).

As for Farscape as I said the Last season stunk so they should hav eended it a year earlier.

[CNCRaymond]

I thought that Part 3 of BSG was to be on tonight. Are there only 2 parts?

I don't know about Farscape, I never really got that much into until it came out on DVD. I have not seen any of the Last season.

[geoschmo]

Yes, BSG had only two parts. Got to wait for the series to find out what happens.

[CNCRaymond]

Ah man, we were short changed!!!! I want more damn it! NOW!

[Patroklos]

Hey,

Well, just watched the Last battle again, and I have to retract some of my earlier critisim. I seems the Galactia does have a primary battery. When the ship deploys its weapons for the "defensive barrage" on second inspection there are two distinctly unique emplacements. As has been mentioned, there are dozens of "flak" type PDC along the flanks of the hull. Couldn't see exacly how they got around the landing pods though. Along the ventral spine of the ships you see sevel much larger weapons deploy, and then shoot with a noticible slower rate and different sound (in space, but BSG does a better jon than SW with sound in vaccum). So it seems that the Galactica retails its large gun capability.

I do know where my confusion set in. All of the human weapons are Depleated Uranium Cannons. I don't know if the differance between the larger and small guns is just mount size or ordinance or both. However, they have distinctly different roles. Adama says "All Vipers focus on the fighters, we will take care of the Base Stars." So maybe the large rail guns did engage the Base Stars and it just got lost in the PDC frenzy.

Another observation, as much as the humans rely on DUC, the Cylons rely on seekers. The only weapons that the Base Stars used were missiles, and more than a few of the Vipers were destroyed by fighter lauched missles. I know I have argued with more than a few people about the virues of an all seeker verses all direct fire fleet. Apparently the writers are SEIV fans, and they are still bickering

-Pat

[ December 15, 2003, 03:01: Message edited by: Patroklos ]