OT: Season 3 BSG

MasterChiToes · #1 October 7th, 2006, 06:43 PM

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Actually that is a good point... IF one of more of the tin cans is siding with the oppressed humans against the organic cylons (re: the unseen ending of the premiere, foreshadowed by the 'self aware' dialog AND the tin can turning to look at the conflicted-suffering human cop outside the cylon building) THEN something interesting might be developing.

God, no. That would awful, contrived rubbish.

Anyway, the modern cylon centurions, unlike the first cylons which were made by the colonials, are not sentient. Thus, they cannot rebel. That was the point of Adamas line. This'd be like the US military drones rebelling.

The "look" the cylon gave Duck outside the police building was waving him in. He wasn't "conflicted", he was about to blow himself up in a room full of 200 people. If we're thinking of the same incident, that is.

The sentient dialog was from the organic cylons stating that they made the tin cans unable to distinguish the organic cylons apart... to discourage sentience or something. That would leave the door open for the tin cans being able to distinguish the humans apart, which could in turn result in the problem the organic cylons were trying to avoid.

I'd have to rewatch the 'look' but the cylon's action seemed peculiar to me when it happened... looked more like one of the darth vader looks before he killed the emperor, than a 'you just got caught you guilty human' look.

Atrocities · #2 October 7th, 2006, 06:57 PM

I hope they can pull the show out of the pit its in and make something memerable happen. Otherwise I cannot see the show continueing past this season.

Damn shame too, as most of season two was just fricking great sci-fi.

Tim_Ward · #3 October 7th, 2006, 07:08 PM

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. Otherwise I cannot see the show continueing past this season.

Doubt that. Almost all the reaction I've seen to the new season has been overwhelmingly postively. This is the only forum I've seen where the reaction has been mostly negative.

MasterChiToes · #4 October 7th, 2006, 08:11 PM

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This is the only forum I've seen where the reaction has been mostly negative.

Well from a strictly turn based strategy point of view, the humans aren't managing their game very well. Heck, just one colony with no space yards nor research facilities... no wonder the AI is kicking their butts.

Tim_Ward · #5 October 7th, 2006, 08:20 PM

They were never that hot in the first place. Only 12 colonies? Rubbish!

AngleWyrm · #6 October 7th, 2006, 08:28 PM

And morale seems to be a problem too -- unrest and rioting on the newly conquered New Caprica. Recruiting more troops didn't seem to improve colony happiness and/or obedience.

Looks like they may be headed for revolution.

Caduceus · #7 October 8th, 2006, 12:06 AM

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Well from a strictly turn based strategy point of view, the humans aren't managing their game very well. Heck, just one colony with no space yards nor research facilities... no wonder the AI is kicking their butts.

Congrats on scoring the quote of the week, MasterChiToes.

This harkens back to my wife reading a comment on the Veronica Mars show where a character came out of a coma and the reader stated their first thought was "She's a Cylon."

geoschmo · #8 October 7th, 2006, 09:08 PM

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Doubt that. Almost all the reaction I've seen to the new season has been overwhelmingly postively. This is the only forum I've seen where the reaction has been mostly negative.

Oh, I wouldn't say this forum is mostly negative. That's just how AT is.

You got to love him, but I can't recall off the top of my head hearing him express an positive opinion about much that has hit the airwaves in the last couple decades.

Atrocities · #9 October 7th, 2006, 10:00 PM

If being honest about what you think is being negative, well then I guess I am negative.

I like the show, however I just don't like the sudden shift that the series took and the lack luster way in which they transitioned from the old story line to the new one. I felt that could have been done a hell of a lot better than the rushed haphazard way it was done.

Most of what I have read on other forums supports my POV. While people like the show, there is a strong sense of confusion about the direction the plot has taken. BSG is fundamentally about human survival in the face of horrifying odds. To that end they have an auidance that will watch. But BSG is more than survival, its about the hope of humanity and the exploration of survival. Remember life here began out there, and it was those words that defined the journey for which BSG embarked upon. I hope, I sincerely do, that the producers of BSG haven't forgotten that. They have 18 more episodes to take the show where its going. I, for good or bad, hope to be along for the ride. I am sorry if that is a negative view, but its an honest one.

Xrati · #10 October 7th, 2006, 10:26 PM

They are on a quest to find Earth. The sooner they get back to that quest, the better the show should become.