Battlestar Galactica -- Season 4

**Foxbat** · 03-21-2009 01:07 AM

At least you have the advantage of three time zones for the repeat. I've got to wake up in the morning for my son's Cub Scout Pack and the local Pinewood Derby at 10am. Good thing there's a Starbucks (connecting BSG back to the topic) on the way...

The just showed Baltar wasting ammo on the old-school Centurion in the hallway. Then, when the boarding party comes by with Hera, it's no where to be seen. Oops...

**meStevo** · 03-21-2009 01:33 AM

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**Pepper** · 03-21-2009 01:41 AM

Can't wait to read Bear McCreary's blog article on this one, the music was awesome as usual.

Spoiler:

a very satisfying end to the journey.

One more thing, how long has this production actually been finished? Spoiler:

Again, wow. I will be watching this a few more times to soak up the details.

**dfergie** · 03-21-2009 01:59 AM

He (RDM) put the finishing touch's to this 5 days ago...

**Jimmy 440** · 03-21-2009 02:29 AM

WOW ,they definitely threw alot at you in this final episode didn't they ? Our heads are still spinning !
So they landed 150,000 years before the present.I guess they really were the fore fathers of the Egyptians,Mayans and the Taltecs (-10 for spelling) like they said in the opening of the 1970s B.G. series ! I will definitely have to re watch this again to soak up everything !!

I think it was a pretty good ending.Yes what to do on Friday nights now ?

**Sammy033** · 03-21-2009 02:29 AM

Originally Posted by Foxbat

And another thing... Spoiler:

Polygraph testers often ask really bizarre questions both before and during the test just to make sure everything is working correctly. One of the first setup questions the subjects are asked about is their name. They are not asked to see if someone is lying because identity is not in doubt. Its just to see if the machine is calibrated correctly and to provide a baseline. Things like stress and nervousness can throw off a test and yes it can show that someone is lying about their name. If so then this is the time to calm the person. However, IF in fact identity is in question and part of the reason for the test then that issue is not used for this purpose.

Q: Does your neighbor have a Lexus?
Q: Did you steal it?
Q: Is your mother Joan of Arc?
Q: Did you slash its tires?

etc.

**Sammy033** · 03-21-2009 02:34 AM

Originally Posted by Jimmy 440

So they landed 150,000 years before the present.I guess they really were the fore fathers of the Egyptians,Mayans and the Taltecs (-10 for spelling) like they said in the opening of the 1970s B.G. series !

It also explains where Jimi Hendrix got his music inspiration from. Makes you wonder whether or not there are any other BSG or Cylon related things in his other songs.

**mike123abc** · 03-21-2009 03:04 AM

Ok so Gaius's 6 in his head was not in his head but an angel appearing to him to help guide him. I wonder if Caprica 6 was seeing Gaius. Kara is an angel (at least since she came back), it is pretty wild when she just disappears. I guess Gaius and Caprica angels are still roaming the earth.

I thought it was interesting during the preview voiceover of the movie about the cylons Adama says "and they do not have a plan..."

**meStevo** · 03-21-2009 04:10 AM

Guessing you haven't seen all the episodes, 'Head Gaius' was indeed appearing to Caprica on occasion when she drifted from her goals and needed to be pointed in the right direction. Gaius was just so all over the place morally that he needed a lot more encouragement so we saw his interactions with 'Head Six' much more often. What I gleaned from a RDM Q&A is that they are simply in the service of a higher power (or just 'another' power) and that you could question their status as angels too, since they certainly made our characters do some not very nice things.

**rockymtnhigh** · 03-21-2009 09:27 AM

FWIW, a long time ago I had read about the Mormon connection with the original BSG - Glen Larson was (is, I assume still) LDS. And there are numerous web pages out there that document the similarities with many things in Mormon teaching. Kobol/Kolob, 12 tribes, lost tribe, etc...

anyways, when I was describing the ending of the series to my wife this morning (who did not know the show; and did not know about the mormon connection with the original story), and I explained how the remainders of humanity found a planet that was pre-industrial, and how they decided to split up and pretty much seed the planet; teaching the "cavemen" language, and etc.... --- well, she immediately said that sounds like something out of mormonism. (the wife has a master's in theology, and has been intrigued by different belief systems).

And I realized, she was right. In some ways the end of the series goes full circle to much of the original show's theology.

And I will admit, I like the idea of BSG taking place in the long-distant past (150,000 years ago), and the idea that the survivors of humanity spread out across the globe, and obviously influencing earth's development.