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Ongoing Battlestar Galactica thread of doom.

I think I've mentioned before, technically, I was in the same building as Katee Sackhoff for the series finale. The...Baghdad?...McMenamin's theater had her and they showed it. Got there 10-15 minutes before the event. There was a line around the block and it was at capacity before I even got in line, but it is an old stage theater and they turned the backstage into a separate pool hall so I went there and had a beer and watched on the TVs.
 
OK. I remembered what I felt like saying: Back in the relatively early days of theater, when stagecraft became more refined, it was popular to have clouds or chariots or such things descend onto the stage because it was cool and impressive--basically the special FX of the day. So the play would get to its end, where it didn't look like there was a solution and BAM! A god would descend and fix everything, lowered from the catwalks. The term for this type of contrived ending was *Deus ex machina,* literally "The God out of the machine." I can't help but wonder if Ron Moore got a chuckle out of the resolution of the series being the god of the machine Cylons resolving the story.
 
If you have a spare 81 minutes and 32 seconds this is a pretty good interview with Ron Moore by Katee Sackhoff about BSG, his time with Star Trek and a few of his other projects.

 
On the 16th anniversary of the series finale being aired...

theonion.com

Obama Depressed, Distant Since 'Battlestar Galactica' Series Finale

WASHINGTON—According to sources in the White House, President Barack Obama has been uncharacteristically distant and withdrawn ever since last month’s two-hour series finale of Battlestar Galactica.
theonion.com theonion.com
 
As I work to adapt tools developed in one software to a new software, I realize that the "Terminator" and "Matrix" timelines could be integrated into the Battlestar Galactica timeline: Man builds machines, machines become self-aware and rise up to overthrow man, lather, rinse, repeat. The only hitch is reconciling the Matrix and Terminator timelines. Maybe Terminator happens first and, just as John Connor and the humans are about to win, Skynet comes up with the Matrix.
 
Volpone said:
As I work to adapt tools developed in one software to a new software, I realize that the "Terminator" and "Matrix" timelines could be integrated into the Battlestar Galactica timeline: Man builds machines, machines become self-aware and rise up to overthrow man, lather, rinse, repeat. The only hitch is reconciling the Matrix and Terminator timelines. Maybe Terminator happens first and, just as John Connor and the humans are about to win, Skynet comes up with the Matrix.
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Maybe you could integrate the Robocop timeline in there too. They first experimented with man/machine hybrids.
 
Thought I had another Star Trek Easter Egg. In the miniseries, the current Vipers are Mark 7s. And because of the Cylon virus, they turn out to be flying coffins. Spock is buried in a torpedo--literally a flying coffin. And it is a Mark...6. So close. It still could've been a coincidence, but Moore is fairly clever and liked sticking in 'Trek nods.
 
Volpone said:
Thought I had another Star Trek Easter Egg. In the miniseries, the current Vipers are Mark 7s. And because of the Cylon virus, they turn out to be flying coffins. Spock is buried in a torpedo--literally a flying coffin. And it is a Mark...6. So close. It still could've been a coincidence, but Moore is fairly clever and liked sticking in 'Trek nods.
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I always liked how they crammed NCC-1701 into the fleet at the end of the miniseries (blink and you'll miss it) and the small arms locker (?) had the 1701-D designation. Probably a few times for that last one.
 
Chatting in Teams with a girl 20+ years younger than me--and in Ireland--that I admit I have a bit of a crush on. Avoiding doing work and talking about theology and I wound up mentioning BSG. Explained the premise to her and she said she wanted to track it down and watch it. So later that afternoon, while I was walking The Dog, I got to thinking about some of the huge, memorable scenes--"I'm putting the Fleet back together," going to rescue Hera, Roslin's death, the Adama Maneuver--and choking up. The show still has that strength and stamina. The only thing--the two major things--that keep me from rewatching it are: not being aware of it being available for free anywhere right now, and the realization that I've watched it enough times that the slow parts are slow when you know where it's going. All the farting around on Caprica, all the farting around aboard the Demetrius. That said, if Peacock had it for free right now, I might just go down that rabbit hole again.
 
Oh goodness. If any of you have some spare time (and I mean a lot of spare time) at least one of you should go troll this pedantic weirdo.



If you ever thought the worst of the religious Trekkies were annoying, this guy takes the proverbial cake. Maybe this should have been in The Godforsaken Hellholes, I dunno, but he needs to be pushed out an airlock, Roslin style.
 
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