Battlestar Galactica Final Episodes Live Thread

1/16/09 | Kevin Davis

[KevinDavis]

This is the live thread for the final episodes of Battlestar Galactica!! SO SAY WE ALL!!

[Captain Beyond]

Oh yeah I have been watching it fine. But just because they only found Cylons remains on Earth does not mean the the 13th colony was not human. Obvisouly the 13th colony was human because one of the way points in route to Earth was the out post that was a human trap for cylons with the death virus sothware that almost wiped the cylons out. That was the reason the cylons tortured Baltar which was fun to watch since he gave away the freaking codes to the cylons to nuke Caprica to begin with.

Also why send the revaltions and prophices to humans instead of the cylons to begin with while they were on Earth jamming to All Along the Watch Tower and other Bob Dylan songs. I am certain that Subterranean Homesick Blues was the inspiration for the cutting edge Recombinant-DNA-Gene-Therapy reasearch that lead to the concealed 5.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAbtg9dz5P0
Subterranean Homesick Blues
Johnny’s in the basement
Mixing up the medicine
I’m on the pavement
Thinking about the government

And without a doubt it was combination of Subterranean Homesick Blues, Highway 61 Revisited, along with Talkin’ World War III Blues
was the theological bedrock and canon basis for their relegion.

I am sure the Tincans prefered the electric strummings of Johnny Winter for this one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8siLZ4zNbY
Highway 61 Revisited
Oh God said to Abraham, “Kill me a son”
Abe says, “Man, you must be puttin’ me on”
God say, “No.” Abe say, “What?”
God say, “You can do what you want Abe, but
The next time you see me comin’ you better run”
Well Abe says, “Where do you want this killin’ done?”
God says, “Out on Highway 61.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QswdyijNNtA
Talkin’ World War III Blues
Well, I spied a girl and before she could leave,
“Let’s go and play Adam and Eve.”
I took her by the hand and my heart it was thumpin’
When she said, “Hey man, you crazy or sumpin’,
You see what happened last time they started.”

I am sure the cylons could have just beamed the star coordinates along with a message that said Hey guys got a party in my pants and my 4-slice chrome toaster is super hot so send more 6’s and while your at it make a Britany Spears, Lindsy Lohan, and Rick James model We need some new fixes. We need some superfreaks and someone to sing Superfreaky.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75qXUfp4wtw
Superfreak

And also include a MC Hammer model the Tincans love to do Hammer Time with their guns blazzing. Cause they know the humans can’t touch this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlLUioBQo0M&feature=related
MC Hammer Can’t Touch This

Plus why let the humans in on Earth so just send it to the cylons along with the Metallic Version of Follow Me Down with Bob Dylan and The Band for road trip music.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TLygQpSiyU
Bob Dylan and The Band Forever Young/Follow Me Down

But in the end it more than likely all started like this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7W0DXUJUZJk
Planet Unicorn

I am sure there is some sexaul tension between Tigh and Adama with the way they are always pointing their guns at one another it just seems too Freudian.

Ok I hope BSG answers some questions. Have fun watching Scifi fans.

[MarkL]

I am sure the Tincans prefered the electric strummings of Johnny Winter for this one.

I preferred his work with Muddy Waters, or his rocking blues, as can be heard on "Illustrated Man."

Ok I hope BSG answers some questions. Have fun watching Scifi fans.

Watching Sci-Fi fans can be fun. And funny. Some people just take this stuff WAY too seriously. It's fiction. It's for entertainment. As long as it sort of makes sense at least some of the time, Isn't too boring, and has some explosions, guns, and eye candy in it, I'll keep watching it. I'm NOT looking for something to answer the question to life, the universe and everything. I want something that allows me to escape reality, for just a little while. Something that allows me to "recharge" for work and real life.

Mark

[MarkL]

Quick sign up for Cylon Club Med or join the PlayCylonMale Toaster Club where even a Tincan can get it with a dualit, 4 slicer, fully chrome toaster that can be had easily.

Where do I sign up?!?!?! Hey, I posted a LONG time ago, if Caprica Six came up to me and said, "I'm yours, but the entire human race will be exterminated," all I can say to my Freeper friends is... "Bye!"

Mark

[Captain Beyond]

I am with there. I love all things Scifi but you have got to have fun with it or it is not entertainment. I have a couple of serious Trekkie friends and sometimes the discussion on TOS just gets to intense.

I wish I had the time to script and work out the videos for the above songs I think it would have been fun. I mean having the Tincans doing hammertime or having them jamming in a blues bar morphing into more advanced cylons then killing all the human patrons because them preferring to do Karaoke instead of listening to them would have been fun. Or have 6 singing “All Right Now” by Free while showing scenes of her constantly saving Baltar’s worthless butt.

I have been lucky enough to get to see Johnny Winter about 15 times and I always come out satisfied. He puts on a good show. His work with Muddy Waters is just awesome. He really helped keep Muddy's blues alive.

[Captain Beyond]

Tricia Helfer's red dress was one of several hundred items from "Battlestar Galactica" sold at auction

'Battlestar' Puts Sci-Fi on Sale The props and costumes of 'Battlestar Galactica' hit the auction block for charity By Dave Lake MSN TV

Like the rest of us hopeless "Battlestar Galactica" devotees, simply paying respects to one of TV's all-time best shows each Friday night at 10 p.m. just isn't enough sometimes. You want to feel even closer to your beloved series -- touch it, squeeze it, wear it. Well you're in luck, or at least you could have been if you'd taken part in the "Battlestar Galactica" prop and costume auction that happened recently in Pasadena, Calif., where hundreds of props, costumes, drawings and "Battlestar"-related gear was auctioned off, with a percentage of the proceeds going to charity.

Though the floor of the Pasadena Convention Center itself was sparsely populated for the two-day auction, fans flocked to the Internet, where courtesy of the Auction Network, interested parties could bid on the sale's several hundred items from the comfort of their own laptops. Starting at just a few hundred dollars and going all the way up to tens of thousands, there was something for "Battlestar" fans of every income level. The least expensive items were things like concept art, costume sketches, and foam core models of sets, with costumes, set pieces and spaceships making up the higher-priced items.

A collection of name plates from various Galactica pilots "I don't have anything that I took or kept from 'Battlestar Galactica,'"Michael Hogan, who plays Colonel Saul Tigh on the series, told me during an interview on the convention center floor. He said the crew often joked about items disappearing from a scene ending up on eBay, but with the exception of his dog tags -- a gift to him from the props department -- the actor didn't leave the show with any souvenirs.

Amongst the items to fetch the highest prices at auction were the "duty blues" uniforms worn by the various officers aboard Galactica. It was a piece of wardrobe that many of the cast members spent much of the series sporting. The uniform worn by Admiral Adama fetched $10,000, while outfits worn by Starbuck, Apollo and Tigh fetched similar amounts.

"The duty blues are one of my favorite wardrobes of all-time because they're comfortable," Hogan said. "As an actor you have to go back to your [trailer] and change wardrobe all the time. 'Battlestar Galactica' was a gift -- I had one outfit except for the ceremonial uniform. But those blues were what I wore all the way through." But of all the wardrobe pieces Hogan wore over the course of the series, there's one that remains the most iconic. "I suppose the eye patch would be the thing," he said. "But I don't want to have anything to do with it, you know. It was not really that fun to wear." Head Six's backless red dress (left) and Admiral Adama's duty blues commanded high prices When asked by organizers to pull out a special item to be sold for a charity of his choice, the actor settled on Tigh's liquor bottle. "That has been my most reliable friend," the Canadian actor told me, "My most consistent friend, who never let me down during the whole five years of shooting 'Battletar Galactica.'"

Other items to hit a five-figure price tag at auction included Starbuck's flight suit which was sold with accompanying flight boots and rank pins, Head Six's backless red dress, worn by Tricia Helfer in the mini-series, which was sold for $13,000 to a British prop shop and a painting of the Cylon War that hung over Admiral Adama's sofa which sold for $17,000.

Though the total money raised during the auction hasn't been released, the Auction Network website reports the unofficial total for the first day's sales at just shy of $500,000, a portion of which will be donated to the United Way. In addition, six of the show's actors selected items to be auctioned off for a charity of their choosing. And though most series don't have the kind of rabid fanbase to support a prop and costume auction at their conclusion, "Battlestar" is the rare exception. "Grey's Anatomy" is a popular show, but wouldn't fetch the same kind of prices for it's memoribilia. Patrick Dempsey may be a talented actor, but do you really need to own McDreamy's lab coat?

Despite the large sum of money earned from the sale, even one-of-a-kind items from a beloved sci-fi series aren't immune to a sagging economy however. A pair of the show's most impressive -- and most expensive -- items, full-size spaceships used in the series, weren't sold because bidders couldn't meet the $30,000 reserve set for each of them. Now that's frakking crazy.

Alongside each of the final episodes, new items will be auctioned off each Friday on eBay with a final live auction being held in May.

Which piece of "Battlestar Galactica" memorabilia would you most want to own? Write us at heymsn@microsoft.com and let us know.

[Brett66]

There's one character from the original BSG you haven't considered:

[Captain Beyond]

For your viewing pleasure. 8-) I would have to agree with there 6 is hot for sure. But she sure is psychotic killer at times. Tricia is also good in Burn Notice as Micheal's evil handler Carla. That is a fun show also.

[MarkL]

I would have to agree with there 6 is hot for sure. But she sure is psychotic killer at times.

I could live with that... Or not, but that would be OK too.

Mark

[MarkL]

I have been lucky enough to get to see Johnny Winter about 15 times and I always come out satisfied. He puts on a good show. His work with Muddy Waters is just awesome. He really helped keep Muddy's blues alive.

I've never been lucky enough to see Johnny Winter in person. But I have seen some videos on YouTube, and it's really shocking to see how frail he's become over the years. Alcohol and heroin have done terrible things to this amazing artist over the years. I can only imagine how good he could have been if not for those. Look at how terrific a clean Stevie Ray Vaughn was before he died.

Mark

[Osage Orange]

I like your screen name....

Captain Beyond....was one heckofa band back in the day....

FRegards,

[MarkL]

Which piece of "Battlestar Galactica" memorabilia would you most want to own?

I want a 6 or a Boomer of my own!

Mark

[Captain Beyond]

Thanks Osage Orange 8-) Yea I really loved their first album. It still out rocks bands today almost 40 years later and still has fresh sound to it. I choose it because of the space reference plus the rock-n-roll tie and to help keep good rock-n-roll alvie so that people would take the time to check them out.

[Osage Orange]

Yea I really loved their first album. It still out rocks bands today almost 40 years later and still has fresh sound to it

Agreed...........

[B-Chan]

DARN YOU DAGGIT

[KevinDavis]

I want a 6, a Boomer, and the Lucy Lawless model..

[KevinDavis]

20 mins till Battlestar is on.. I wonder what is to watch on the Sci Fi Channel now that Battlestar won't be on nor will Stargate Atlantis or Sg1 won't be on (no new episodes of those shows)...



A big thanks goes to Visualops for the Banner!!

[KevinDavis]

It is on now!!!



A big thanks goes to Visualops for the Banner!!

[KevinDavis]

Promising start..

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

Well Caprica will be on later this year, it should be dark enough for anybody, since we know how it ends already.

[KevinDavis]

Then there is Stargate Universe, but what else??