# New Battlestar Galactica series in January **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 23, 2004, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-battlestar-galactica-series-in-january/281307 "2004-12-23T08:20:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2005, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-battlestar-galactica-series-in-january/281307/41 "2005-01-14T01:45:28Z")
> [@Kaitlyn](#): > > I with you on this. A man should stay a man. Uh… Kaitlyn… :dubious: Aren’t you the New Boomer look-alike? ---
**Author:** ![Kaitlyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/73ab20/32.png) [@Kaitlyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaitlyn)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2005, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-battlestar-galactica-series-in-january/281307/42 "2005-01-14T03:21:36Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > Uh… Kaitlyn… :dubious: > > Aren’t you the New Boomer look-alike? You think I want two of me running around? Besides, you’ve got it backwards; the new Boomer is a Kaitlyn lookalike. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2005, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-battlestar-galactica-series-in-january/281307/43 "2005-01-14T03:25:24Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > New Boomer look-alike? Do we have a look-alike for every cast member? For every TV series? Is there a Woody Allen look-alike? A Cecil look-alike? Is this an official Dope thing or just this forum? ---
**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2005, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-battlestar-galactica-series-in-january/281307/44 "2005-01-14T03:51:05Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > Uh… Kaitlyn… :dubious: > > Aren’t you the New Boomer look-alike? Even more freaky, she used to be Number six. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2005, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-battlestar-galactica-series-in-january/281307/45 "2005-01-14T03:59:12Z")
I suppose the battlestar fleet will initiate a Blade Runner Commission: these Humanoid Cylons are practically identical to Replicants. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2005, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-battlestar-galactica-series-in-january/281307/46 "2005-01-14T13:04:00Z")
> [@Neurotik](#): > > Even more freaky, she used to be Number six. :eek: I guess they decided to download here into a different, not identical, body. All of which is consistent with her being a Cylon agent 😃 ---
**Author:** ![FordPrefect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@FordPrefect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordPrefect)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2005, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-battlestar-galactica-series-in-january/281307/47 "2005-01-14T17:13:18Z")
> [@SolGrundy](#): > > “but she’s a hot woman” [which she is, I’ll grant] or any of that. She’s fracking hot. But not as hot as Number 6. My mouth drops everytime she is on screen. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2005, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-battlestar-galactica-series-in-january/281307/48 "2005-01-14T18:12:42Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > And judging by what’s happening to Gaius Baltar, the Cylons are working on extending themselves into regular humans as well. Actually, it looked to me more like Baltar wanted to extend himself into Number 6! Actually, come to think of it, I’d like to do that myself… ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-battlestar-galactica-series-in-january/281307/49 "2005-01-15T04:46:19Z")
It was a cool first episode. I’m really glad Helo is still alive. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-battlestar-galactica-series-in-january/281307/50 "2005-01-15T04:55:48Z")
It certainly is a lot more intense than most sci-fi out there. Note to cinematographer: There are other shots besides “snap zoom”. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-battlestar-galactica-series-in-january/281307/51 "2005-01-15T04:59:59Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > It certainly is a lot more intense than most sci-fi out there. > Note to cinematographer: There are other shots besides “snap zoom”. What is “snap zoom?” ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-battlestar-galactica-series-in-january/281307/52 "2005-01-15T05:48:18Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > What is “snap zoom?” Most of the external action shots are made to look like they are taken by a guy in a space suit who suddenly zooms in on some bit of the action. It has the effect of making the scene very dynamic and pulls you into the action, but like any camera effect (“bullet” time, Saving Private Ryan cam, motion blur, lens flair, etc) too much can get annoying. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-battlestar-galactica-series-in-january/281307/53 "2005-01-15T06:03:42Z")
The snap zoom is cool in moderation. But it becomes tiresome very quickly. Am I nuts, or did I see Richard Hatch in the series trailer after the show? After hearing him, in person, decrying the show and calling sci-fi all sorts of bad things, I choked when I saw him jumping on the band wagon. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-battlestar-galactica-series-in-january/281307/54 "2005-01-15T07:11:52Z")
Please forgive my slowness, but I’m still not sure what “snap zoom” means. Are you talking about those shots where they’ll be slowly panning across the fleet and then the camera will zoom in really fast? Also count me in with those who like the show. Best damn sci-fi I’ve seen in a long time. I like the space battles. They’re still pretty unrealistic–they have to be for entertainments sake–but I like that the ships use maneuvering rockets rather than banking, and the noises are at least muted, as if to say "Look, guys, we know there isn’t any sound in space but we need some for dramatic effect so we’ll compromise by making them quiet. ---
**Author:** ![Kaitlyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/73ab20/32.png) [@Kaitlyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaitlyn)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-battlestar-galactica-series-in-january/281307/55 "2005-01-15T10:39:41Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Do we have a look-alike for every cast member? For every TV series? Is there a Woody Allen look-alike? A Cecil look-alike? > Is this an official Dope thing or just this forum? My wife has Hoshi Sato from Enterprise covered. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-battlestar-galactica-series-in-january/281307/56 "2005-01-15T12:29:58Z")
> [@Larry Borgia](#): > > Please forgive my slowness, but I’m still not sure what “snap zoom” means. Are you talking about those shots where they’ll be slowly panning across the fleet and then the camera will zoom in really fast? Exactly. And the picture will wobble slightly as if being taken by a handheld camera (even though it’s all CGI). In general, I do like the almost documentary style of the new series. I don’t really care about how “realistic” the space battles are (since we don’t have space battles in real life who knows really) as long as they look cool. “33” was a pretty intense if somewhat unrealistic concept (five days without sleep? FTL “jumps” seem pretty involved to happen every 33 minutes for 5 days straight, the crew can’t sleep in shifts?) “water” was also good but most of the story driving plot elements don’t make sense (When Boomer goes “Cylon” why wouldn’t she cover her tracks so she doesn’t freak herself out or bring attention to herself? Isn’t water recycled aboard ship? Why would it matter if they shower or whatever since it just goes back into the system, not flushed out to space) Starbuck kinda looks like a girl from my high school I hooked up with. ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-battlestar-galactica-series-in-january/281307/57 "2005-01-15T13:37:16Z")
> [@Hypno-Toad](#): > > The snap zoom is cool in moderation. But it becomes tiresome very quickly. > > Am I nuts, or did I see Richard Hatch in the series trailer after the show? After hearing him, in person, decrying the show and calling sci-fi all sorts of bad things, I choked when I saw him jumping on the band wagon. Yes. He’s in it: He plays Tom Zarek, a terrorist-turned-political-opposition leader, and has had a major role in at least two episodes - a hostage crisis on a prison ship and an election to challenge the President. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-battlestar-galactica-series-in-january/281307/58 "2005-01-15T14:43:40Z")
Liked the pilot enormously when it was first shown, and the series seems likely to follow on well. Best SF on TV since _Firefly_, IMO. What really seems to make the show for me, as opposed to its original incarnation, is the palpable sense of loss, desperation and fear as these remnants of a civilization try to escape their merciless enemy. I’m also intrigued by the whole idea that the Cylons seem to have developed a belief system and that they are somehow carrying out God’s will by exterminating humanity. I’m very curious where the writers are going to go with that one. And then, speaking as a guy, there’s the indisputable fact that both Boomer and Number Six are absolutely smokin’ hot. Dang, uh, I’ll be in my bunk. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-battlestar-galactica-series-in-january/281307/59 "2005-01-15T16:51:50Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > And then, speaking as a guy, there’s the indisputable fact that both Boomer and Number Six are absolutely smokin’ hot. No kidding. How does Baltar get anything done? I would just sit in my cabin all day gettin my frack on with my new imaginary friend I like how in the the “making of” show beforehand Edward James Olmos said that “they will NEVER find Earth”. Could you imagine? President of USA - “We have ecountered human-like aliens who have made incredible advancements in the fields of punch-cards and Expo dry-erase markers”. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-battlestar-galactica-series-in-january/281307/60 "2005-01-15T17:51:44Z")
> [@](#): > > No kidding. How does Baltar get anything done? I would just sit in my cabin all day gettin my frack on with my new imaginary friend Which reminds me, I thought that was a pretty clever bit in “33” where Six’s avatar expresses surprise over how easily Baltar multitasks, immediately following which Baltar answers both her and the President’s next two or three questions with the same words. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-battlestar-galactica-series-in-january/281307.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-battlestar-galactica-series-in-january/281307.md?page=4)