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Ronald D. Moore Gives Hints About Galactica Third Season
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| 03/30/06
| GustavoLeao
Posted on 03/31/2006 2:21:10 PM PST by KevinDavis
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To: wingnutx; Brett66; RightWhale; EsmeraldaA; Paul_Denton; ShakeNJake; N3WBI3; Nachum; discostu; ...
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posted on
03/31/2006 2:21:48 PM PST
by
KevinDavis
(http://www.cafepress.com/spacefuture)
To: Lil'freeper
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posted on
03/31/2006 2:24:53 PM PST
by
big'ol_freeper
(..it takes some pretty serious yodeling to..filibuster from a five star ski resort in the Swiss Alps)
To: KevinDavis
So they have abandoned the end of the first season where they had a direction to start looking for earth.
Seems like they have ripped off Robotech big time between the settlement (macross city) and the half breed baby (dana) and the human alien love (human/zentrati)
To: longtermmemmory
They haven't abandoned the story line at all. In the original series, Baltar was a former president of the colonies who had betrayed them. As I see it, the finale is following that concept.
I don't look for "New Caprica" to last more than a half dozen episodes. The colonists will be rescued, or will escape the Cylons once again to rejoin their quest for Earth.
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posted on
03/31/2006 2:41:42 PM PST
by
SaveTheChief
("This one goes to eleven.")
To: SaveTheChief
Bring back some decent SciFi !
Ok let me wish upon a star, bring back
Babylon 5
Farscape
Let Firefly have another run !
Let the Babylon 5 spin-off Crusade have another run !
(Which & hear the Islam apologist howl over the show title ! It never had a chance to let the characters and storyline develop!)
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posted on
03/31/2006 2:47:41 PM PST
by
Reily
To: KevinDavis
The method of settling New Caprica at the end of season 2 didn't seem rational. If they are planning to stay there, why did it still look like a refugee camp a year after landing. Why haven't they started building wood or stone houses by then? Or if they insist on living in tents, why haven't they split up some? If I had been crammed in a tin can in space for a year, the last thing I would want is having my tent wall within a hundred feet of anyone else's.
With no progress in an entire year, you would think that the camp was run by the UN (or at least by Mayor Nagin).
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posted on
03/31/2006 2:48:02 PM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(If you have a leaking pipe, you shut off the water valve before deciding on amnesty for the puddles.)
To: KarlInOhio
That's discussed in the link. The short answer is Baltar is a weak president that didn't provide the direction necessary to actually rebuild a society.
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posted on
03/31/2006 2:52:19 PM PST
by
discostu
(raise your glass of beer on high, and seal your fate forever)
To: SaveTheChief
I seems this last season has been wallowing in self pity and turning on each other.
I found it a huge flaw that baltar was allowed such massive lapses in security. (he is the ONLY one doing blood tests? He has possession of a nuke and NOBODY has any security around it? [espeicially after the water sabotoge bombings] AND he goes around in public in an apparent state of sexual discussions with an imaginary friend.)
In the original series the Atlantia was the president's flagship. I though he was just a member of the original counsel of 12.
I do think they have become lost in "pc" since they adopted the budget measure of human cyclons. (seriously, they are about 65 years late on that race relations analogy)
To: Reily
I guess we all have our own tastes, but Battlestar Galactica is one of the best series I have seen in a long, long time. I never got into Babylon 5 or Farscape, but I am completely in support of more Firefly.
It is a travesty that Firefly was canceled.
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posted on
03/31/2006 2:57:13 PM PST
by
SaveTheChief
("This one goes to eleven.")
To: KarlInOhio
With no progress in an entire year, you would think that the camp was run by the UN (or at least by Mayor Nagin).
I think it's safe to assume that Baltar is a graduate of the Nagin School of Public Administration.
I can easily believe with incompetent and indifferent leadership they'd still be living in crapholes a year after settlement.
To: longtermmemmory
I should have read the entire blog entry before posting to you. It does appear that the New Caprica thread will be there for quite some time. But they are going to eventually get off that planet and resume their search for Earth. Just a bump in the road that will open up opportunities for great storytelling.
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posted on
03/31/2006 2:59:15 PM PST
by
SaveTheChief
("This one goes to eleven.")
To: SaveTheChief
I don't look for "New Caprica" to last more than a half dozen episodes. The colonists will be rescued, or will escape the Cylons once again to rejoin their quest for Earth.Maybe they'll introduce some cute little Ewoks or Wookies or something before the production deadline for Christmas toys.
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posted on
03/31/2006 3:00:01 PM PST
by
Willie Green
(Go Pat Go!!!!)
To: discostu
but Baltar "felt your pain" of living on a crowded ship with hardly any sexual conquests.
To: SaveTheChief
If funny but I feel exactly the opposit. More farescape and babylone 5 but could never get into firefly.
To: SaveTheChief
I find BSG to be a very interesting show. It is rare they have a great episode, they're usually good or worse. Yet, somehow, they manage to tell compelling storylines that go through many episodes. The series as a whole is much, much better than any of their individual episodes.
The New Caprica story is a huge change. Based on what they've done so far, I bet it'll be a good one.
Drew Garrett
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posted on
03/31/2006 3:04:17 PM PST
by
agarrett
To: KarlInOhio
In addition to Baltar being a lousy leader, they also lost 20% of the population and likely lots of supplies when the nuke went off. And New Caprica apparently doesn't have much in the way of natural resources.
To: SaveTheChief; All
Well Firefly proves something, never put quality sci-fi on network tv.
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posted on
03/31/2006 3:11:24 PM PST
by
KevinDavis
(http://www.cafepress.com/spacefuture)
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To: longtermmemmory
I do see what you mean about the entire Baltar story, and find it difficult to believe that he wasn't thrown into the laughing academy for his odd behavior. It almost seems insulting to the audience. But I think they get away with that since his character was established as a genius in the original miniseries. I think they get away with ignoring his behavior by allowing the others to simply assume he is eccentric.
The entire nuke thing bothers me too. I would think Adama had better sense than to allow someone to have his very own weapon of mass destruction.
I don't know where they are going with the Baltar character but it appears from the season finale, that he has become especially corrupt and inept, and surely cannot be excused of his idiosyncrasies for much longer.
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posted on
03/31/2006 3:13:22 PM PST
by
SaveTheChief
("This one goes to eleven.")
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