# Battlestar Galactica Help, no spoilers please **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 27, 2006, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-help-no-spoilers-please/366225 "2006-07-27T06:14:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2006, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-help-no-spoilers-please/366225/21 "2006-07-27T20:38:44Z")
> [@Merijeek](#): > > If there’s a “shark on the horizon” (and all the other brilliant Happy Days commentary out there) how about those who are so concerned about that quit watching the damned show? Well, as I said, the shark is on the horizon, but there’s plenty of maneuvering room, so I’m still curious as to whether the boat’s captain will be able to steer the craft away from the menacing creature and successfully make landfall at the port of Good TV. Now that your head’s exploded, allow me to point out that it was the OP that pulled out the shark metaphor, and the rest of us were just going along with it to give them an idea of quality without ruining it for them. So lighten up a bit. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2006, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-help-no-spoilers-please/366225/22 "2006-07-27T21:31:16Z")
It’s released on 28th August here in the U.K. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2006, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-help-no-spoilers-please/366225/23 "2006-07-27T21:33:44Z")
> [@Knorf](#): > > Thanks, everybody. I’ve got the season 2.0 DVDs on order! 😃 You must watch them all immediately as soon as they arrive! That way you can get a little taste of how we all felt when you get to the end of that mid-season cliffhanger and realize you’ve got a bit of a wait before you can see the conclusion. Then, when the last half of the season comes out on DVD, you’ll have to watch all those quickly, too, so you can anxiously wait with the rest of us for the October premiere of season 3. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2006, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-help-no-spoilers-please/366225/24 "2006-07-27T22:05:54Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > Then, when the last half of the season comes out on DVD, you’ll have to watch all those quickly, too, so you can anxiously wait with the rest of us for the October premiere of season 3. 🙂 However, I can’t think of a way to replicate our outrage, having known that the Stargates would be back in July, on seeing that odious word, “October” in the BSG ad! ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2006, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-help-no-spoilers-please/366225/25 "2006-07-27T22:14:50Z")
I now present for you Mrs. Trion’s response to the midseason cliffhanger: That _bitch!!_ ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2006, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-help-no-spoilers-please/366225/26 "2006-07-27T22:21:33Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > Now that your head’s exploded, allow me to point out that it was the OP that pulled out the shark metaphor, and the rest of us were just going along with it to give them an idea of quality without ruining it for them. So lighten up a bit. Yes, I did use the phrase. I think its funny and apropos. Don’t see why such use is cause for such vitriol from **Merijeek**. So far (for me, through the end of the first season) it’s been a fantastic show, among the best television I’ve ever seen. However, certain plot threads … could go wrong. Very wrong. I hope they don’t, and I appreciate hearing that they don’t, at least through the second season. What exactlyl is an “AICN-type nerd”? ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2006, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-help-no-spoilers-please/366225/27 "2006-07-27T22:36:33Z")
“AICN-type nerd” would be, I assume, a regular follower of “[Ain’t It Cool News](http://www.aintitcoolnews.com/)”, a show business gossip site. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2006, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-help-no-spoilers-please/366225/28 "2006-07-27T22:55:30Z")
> [@Unauthorized Cinnamon](#): > > that odious word, “October” The two upsides of an October start: First, it’s given me plenty of time to forcibly catch up many of my friends with the show thus far prior to its season three premiere, which a July start would have made difficult; and second, they’ll do all twenty episodes in a straight shot, without a midseason cliffhanger:[spoiler]“I’m getting my men.” FRAK! :eek: FRAK FRAK FRAK![/spoiler]So the wait is difficult, but ultimately it’s kind of a wash for me. ---
**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2006, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-help-no-spoilers-please/366225/29 "2006-07-28T13:13:33Z")
> [@Merijeek](#): > > It seems any show about any post anywhere has some pinhead who has to show how hip and clever they are by saying, “Ooh, they’re filling up the tank and Fonzie is strapping on his skis! God damn I’m clever!”. **Merijeek** , personal insults are not allowed in this forum. Please tone it down. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2006, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-help-no-spoilers-please/366225/30 "2006-07-28T13:43:52Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > The two upsides of an October start: First, it’s given me plenty of time to forcibly catch up many of my friends with the show thus far prior to its season three premiere, which a July start would have made difficult; and second, they’ll do all twenty episodes in a straight shot, without a midseason cliffhanger Has it been confirmed that there’s going to be a straight twenty-episode run? No breaks? -Joe [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-help-no-spoilers-please/366225.md?page=1)