# New Battlestar Galactica webisode series! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 13, 2008, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-battlestar-galactica-webisode-series/476963 "2008-12-13T00:37:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2008, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-battlestar-galactica-webisode-series/476963/1 "2008-12-13T00:37:25Z")
See here: [http://www.scifi.com/rewind/?sid=870861](http://www.scifi.com/rewind/?sid=870861) Gaeta! A BoomerBot! LOST IN SPAAAAACE! Yes, this will do nicely until the new season starts. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2008, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-battlestar-galactica-webisode-series/476963/2 "2008-12-13T00:49:44Z")
So uhā€¦ ā€¦ can we start the puns about Gaeta now? And how many people will be coming in here, yelling about calling it years ago? ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2008, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-battlestar-galactica-webisode-series/476963/3 "2008-12-13T00:53:10Z")
Very interesting. Couple of things shown there: Gaeta finally has an artificial leg. Doesnā€™t appear to be particularly fancy, but it suits the tone of the show. Also, Iā€™d say Gaeta is now confirmed gay. Remains to be seen if heā€™s human or cylonā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2008, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-battlestar-galactica-webisode-series/476963/4 "2008-12-13T00:56:33Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Very interesting. Couple of things shown there: > > Gaeta finally has an artificial leg. Doesnā€™t appear to be particularly fancy, but it suits the tone of the show. Also, Iā€™d say Gaeta is now confirmed gay. Remains to be seen if heā€™s human or cylonā€¦ Eh - Personally, Iā€™m hoping heā€™s bi. If anyone in the whole frakking Fleet deserves quality time with a BoomerBot, itā€™s Gaeta. Besides, itā€™d make for an interesting story on the raptor. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2008, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-battlestar-galactica-webisode-series/476963/5 "2008-12-13T01:02:36Z")
Iā€™m already hooked on the mini-story here. Thanks for posting it, otherwise this is Galatica goodness I might have missed. Wildly speculative: Of course, there has been no reaveal of the final cylon so far, but I sorta wonder if this is a way to set up Gaeta being revealed as the final cylon, without it being common knowledge in the fleetā€¦then again, I was expecting the final cylon to be female. Hmmmmā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2008, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-battlestar-galactica-webisode-series/476963/6 "2008-12-13T01:19:19Z")
Well, _finally_. Wonder if weā€™ll get an explanation of the tattoo, too? ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2008, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-battlestar-galactica-webisode-series/476963/7 "2008-12-13T01:38:40Z")
Canā€™t. Watch. Not. In. America. Argh! ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2008, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-battlestar-galactica-webisode-series/476963/8 "2008-12-13T01:45:34Z")
> [@kasuo](#): > > So uh.. > > .. can we start the puns about Gaeta now? And how many people will be coming in here, yelling about calling it years ago? Oh, I wonā€™t yell. I called it years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-battlestar-galactica-webisode-series/476963/9 "2008-12-30T19:29:02Z")
Anybody still watching this? I just saw #6, and #7 is supposed to be available tommorrow. Iā€™m enjoying the story. Tightly scripted, with meaningful plot advancement in each short segment released. Also, Looks like Gaeta is bi, rather than gay. Apparently he boinked an 8. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-battlestar-galactica-webisode-series/476963/10 "2008-12-30T22:24:48Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Canā€™t. Watch. > > Not. In. America. > > Argh! Proxies, man, proxies. Try [this](http://translate.google.com/translate_t?hl=en#); might be a quick & dirty workaround. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-battlestar-galactica-webisode-series/476963/11 "2008-12-30T22:36:20Z")
Ooh, I forgot about these. Just watched 2-6. So, can all Boomers jam data cables into their arms or just the one? ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-battlestar-galactica-webisode-series/476963/12 "2008-12-30T23:00:13Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Looks like Gaeta is bi, rather than gay. Apparently he boinked an 8. But then again, who didnā€™t? Do we have to spoiler this stuff? Iā€™m not going to, since how is this going to be a thread about the webisodes if we canā€™t openly talk about the webisodes? Iā€™ll leave some space just in case people donā€™t want to read this. Iā€™m with levdrakon-- people have been saying that Gaetaā€™s gay for a long time. However, it appears that he is not, and he, like everyone else in the damn fleet, has been with an 8. So, I guess heā€™s bi, or heā€™s just gay + Sharonsexual. I donā€™t find the lost in space plot all that suspenseful because (and this I will spoiler, since itā€™s in the [www.scifi.com/youwillknowthetruth](http://www.scifi.com/youwillknowthetruth) clues): Thereā€™s a convo among the clues that has Gaeta and Baltar talking. The clue strongly hints that Gaeta is a Cylon, but itā€™s probably a red herring. ---
**Author:** ![Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dread_pirate_jimbo/32/3897_2.png) [@Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dread_Pirate_Jimbo)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-battlestar-galactica-webisode-series/476963/13 "2008-12-31T05:00:34Z")
For the Canucks in the audience, you can catch the webisodes [here](http://www.spacecast.com/bsg/webisodes.asp). šŸ™‚ I like 'em! Cool little teaser before the new season starts! ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-battlestar-galactica-webisode-series/476963/14 "2008-12-31T06:38:41Z")
Iā€™m not reading this thread, and I havenā€™t seen the webisodes. I just need to say that I am so loving this series (Iā€™m 4 episodes into season 3 as of 8 this past evening). ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-battlestar-galactica-webisode-series/476963/15 "2008-12-31T15:26:30Z")
For those with TiVo, you can download almost all of these (minus episodes 3 and 9, oddly) on Amazon Unbox for free to watch on your TV. Now Iā€™m curious how these events are going to play into the new season, since Boomer and Athena are pretty major characters. Are these ā€œwebisodesā€ just snippets of the season opener? ---
**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:** [December 31, 2008, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-battlestar-galactica-webisode-series/476963/16 "2008-12-31T16:10:31Z")
Iā€™m watching these, and while itā€™s nice to have new BSG material, Iā€™m a little less than satisfied. The storytelling is kind of a mess, and the cost-cutting is a little too evident (especially in the VFX). Iā€™m hoping for a socko wrapup but itā€™s just not as polished as the regular series. Maybe my expectations are too high. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-battlestar-galactica-webisode-series/476963/17 "2008-12-31T16:38:29Z")
The previous webisode subseries set on New Caprica wasnā€™t any different. Hey, how can a story not seem choppy when you only see 3 minutes at a time, anyway? After the first couple of them, Iā€™m holding back until I can watch it all at once. **Ruby** , arenā€™t all the clues from previously-shown eps, not new ones? They donā€™t lead to anything at all, though, beyond the opening quote that the Last Cylon is someone whose voice we know, but not the name (or however thatā€™s worded) - that pretty much invalidates any guess we might have, as well as ruins the fun of guessing I agree that the lost Raptor is recovered safely, but only because they canā€™t kill off a major character in footage that isnā€™t going to be televised. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2008, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-battlestar-galactica-webisode-series/476963/18 "2008-12-31T21:19:06Z")
> [@Geobabe](#): > > ā€¦Now Iā€™m curious how these events are going to play into the new season, since Boomer and Athena are pretty major characters. Are these ā€œwebisodesā€ just snippets of the season opener? If I understood the commentary right then the webisodes werenā€™t even written until after the finale was shot. Iā€™m going to be more than a little upset if we hear nothing more of Gaeta & Hoshi for the rest of the series. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-battlestar-galactica-webisode-series/476963/19 "2009-01-01T09:25:38Z")
Well apparently he is bi, but I suspect that in the BSG universe, people donā€™t really sexually self identify, and just have loose preferences. Theyā€™ve hinted at something going on between him and Baltar, but it remains to be seen if it ever amounted to more than lingering glances. Iā€™m kind of annoyed at how his relationship ends up towards the end of the episodes. Itā€™s kind of cool that the webisdes take place after the last real episode, and so are somewhat spoilerly. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2009, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-battlestar-galactica-webisode-series/476963/20 "2009-01-01T17:43:27Z")
> [@jackdavinci](#): > > Itā€™s kind of cool that the webisdes take place after the last real episode, and so are somewhat spoilerly. I canā€™t remember, and donā€™t feel like watching another Underworld commercial; they had to jump away from earth because Cavilā€™s forces showed up?