It seems as if individual Cylons cannot “call home”, else they would still be hounding the fleet until the humans died of exhaustion. Between Boomer and the Doctor, if the Cylons could call home, the fleet would be done.
Well, we’re not sure about the Doctor. I’m still torn wether that #6 is a result of a cylon device in his head, or just a manifestation of his inner torment(and growing instability).
And I really hope he isn’t. For the same reason I hope the castaways on Lost aren’t dead and in Purgatory. I’ve loved these series for the intelligent writing and it would seem such a major let down to have such a silly thing happen.
Just my two cents.
I think that #6 being an internal delusion is a lot less silly than the doctor having a Cylon device planted inside his head.
I’m wondering if at some point in the future the Galactica will try to retake some of their homeworlds. Right now they are on the run but the show could have them meeting up with fleet remnants or even arriving at a futuristic Earth. A series of counter attacks could begin. They can’t simply run forever or the series will get stale in a hurry.
Interesting article in the weekly TV focus of my local newspaper talking about the series. The “human” Cylons came about because of the budget. Putting robots into every scene about the Cylons would have been too expensive. Don’t know if it was mentioned already but I thought it was interesting.
It would be interesting to see just to get a look at one of the newer battlestars. Though I suspect they might try to remake “The Living Legend”.
Is Lloyd “I picked the wrong day to quit sniffing glue” Bridges still alive?
I can see it now - "My eyes are ceramic. Caught a laser round at Capricorn. Or was it Okinawa? The one without the Cylons. "
It would also have been pretty gay. Let’s face it, humanoid robots make a much more complex and interesting enemy than an army of mindless mechanical men lumbering about with booming “DESTROY…THE…HUMANS…BY…YOUR…COMMAND” voices.
In fact. The series is actually an interesting departure from the conventional movie future of big-busted strippers and strapping engineer nerds and wise-cracking space pirates.
Exactly. The Inflitration aspect is something a smart enemy would do their best to pull off, and it adds to much potential for drama in the series. Particulary the “Sleeper agent” aspect.
Chrome Toasters will work fine for foot soldiers, though.
Oh sure. No. 6 sitting on top with her spine glowing is really good science fiction.
I didn’t hear me complaining.
The preview show SFC had on just before the first series episode showed Number Six appearing in the flesh to the entire Galactica crew. Not quite sure how that’s gonna work, maybe she had a spare body stashed away, but it’s been pretty clear she’s real. She did tell Baltar (in the pilot) that her consciousness was eternal, if her body died it would get transferred to another, and that for the moment it was in a chip in his head. That could have been a lie, though. If the Cylons want anything, it’s to drive the humans mad, above even exterminating them.
Is Helo a Cylon too? Call that a plot point. This is a great psychological drama - there’s no way to tell who is or is not. The efforts of the fleeing humans to retain as much of their civilization as possible, like elections, is a great approach. They could easily have copied the technology-based comic book approach of the old show, but to no good purpose.
Obviously (?) the setting is going to be split between the fleeing fleet and the Resistance fight on the home worlds. The return of Galactica about the time the human refugees find a way to load the “Jolly Roger” virus into the Cylon hive mind just has to be the final episode, which I hope is years away.
Anyone know if James Callis is gay? I can’t see how any straight actor could stay in character so well, while being fondled so intimately by such a hot ticket as Tricia Helfer. Or maybe he’s just that good at his trade.
Of course he’s not. We’ve been shown all the human models of Cylons. Will there be a big reveal at the end of season 2 that there’s a 5th human model the Cylons have kept hidden? Probably. But for now, I think we’re trying to complicate things just for the sake of complicating them. Same goes with the “is there an actual human Boomer?” speculation.
Sorry.
Eh? Seems like while Callis is being groped, his character is very distracted and has trouble talking - doesn’t sound that hard to pull off.
Number Six told Baltar there’s 12 total. I count only 5 so far, and that’s including the chrome toaster.
Something else I’ve noticed in every episode, including the pilot mini-series:
Why do all the main leader characters – Adama, Tigh, and President Rosalyn – all talk with a speaking voice that sounds like they’ve got throat cancer?
Yes, but she mentioned there were only 4 sleeper models - the other 8 are metalic models. One of the final scenes of the mini where Boomer was revealed as a sleeper was dramatic because we knew we had seen 3 of the models (Number 6, the camera guy, and the guy locked in the 'munitions base), and knew there was only one remaining we hadn’t seen.
I’m not sure if I quite follow, but in Olmos’s (Adama) case that seems to be his normal voice. He has sounded the same in everything I’ve ever seen him in.
That’s Stands With A Fist’s normal voice, too. The guy who plays Tigh is Canadian like most of the rest of the cast; maybe that’s it.
Thanks, Munch, I’d forgotten that line.
Don’t hold me to it - I only caught bits of the re-airing of the mini, and it’s been since December 2003 since I’ve seen it in full. But I do specificially remember the revelation of Boomer-as-sleeper as being very deliberate.