OT: BSG Discussion

narf poit chez BOOM · #1 February 23rd, 2006, 01:29 AM

They could run into a galaxy far, far away and not so long ago!

Atrocities · #2 February 23rd, 2006, 09:32 AM

Oh great give Lucas another excuse to shut down yet another sci-fi show.

Wolfman77 · #3 February 23rd, 2006, 12:05 PM

I don't think he needs an excuse, he just forgets to take his medication every now and then.

ZeroAdunn · #4 February 23rd, 2006, 01:47 PM

I hope they don't run into other human occupied worlds. It just doesn't seem right.

As for beating the cylons: I don't think that'll happen. What I think would be ideal would be if they found earth, and in the final episodes they manage to make a truce with the cylons. They have been dealing a lot lately with the fact that it isn't enough to survive, the humans have to be worthy of surviving, I would hope this would tie into the final stages of the series, maybe even being the reason the cylons are finally willing to stop hunting the humans.

Hunpecked · #5 February 24th, 2006, 05:18 PM

ZeroAdunn: "I hope they don't run into other human occupied worlds. It just doesn't seem right."

Not necessarily. Colonial tradition is that they originated somewhere else (and of course we know their ancestors migrated from the Sol system). Presumably the migration would have left colonies on habitable worlds along the migration route. If the Colonial fleet is traveling in the general direction of Sol (allowing for stellar movement), it's not unreasonable for them to find some of these old colonies, which may in fact have thrived and surpassed the Colonials in technology and population.

geoschmo · #6 February 24th, 2006, 06:55 PM

I also don't have a problem with there being small colonies scattered around that were offshoots of the Twelve Colonies. People complain about that from the orginal series, but it never was a problem for me. Even planets that the twelve colonies weren't aware of. Certain types of people have always tended towards living far away from population centers, and they might not want everyone knowing where they are.

Suicide Junkie · #7 February 24th, 2006, 07:35 PM

Exactly.

The only sensible numbers are:
Zero, One, Infinity.

If they've already got *twelve* colonies, more is not at all far-fetched.

Renegade 13 · #8 February 26th, 2006, 04:16 PM

My interpretation of that episode (just saw it for the first time last night!) was that the constellations they saw were representative of the 12 colonies, but not indicative of their actual physical locations.

Think of it this way: If the constellations were actually indicative of the locations of the colonies, it would be extremely simple using some basic math to determine an approximate volume of space to search for Earth. After all, you have the point of view of Earth (presumably) and the locations of 12 points that are visible from Earth. Easy enough to find.

I think they were just saying "Hey, if we can find where these constellations appear to us as they appear here, Earth will be near!" Noting also certain landmarks such as the Lagoon Nebula. Though that particular sighting bothered me a lot, since the Lagoon nebula is not anywhere near that bright nor large in the sky...on the contrary, I don't think it's even visible to the naked eye...bad science!

My biggest question from that episode is; how the hell did they get out of where they were when they saw the constellations? There was no visible exit point!