Battlestar Galactica Season 3

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I’ve been meaning to talk about the latest season of Battlestar Galactica since it began airing 3 weeks ago now. For all those who don’t know what I’m talking about, go here and read (which reminds me I really should go back to my old posts and format them accordingly, how embarrassing). Without a shadow of a doubt the great TV show that is currently on the air. Groundbreaking in many ways and essentially just a damn good story.

Matt beat me to the punch with his review on the latest Battlestar Galactica episode (season 3, episode 4) Exodus Part 2, but it most definitely was a complete rocket (no pun intended). As of right now I’m going to get into details so PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE with a cherry on top, go somewhere else because I’m going to be throwing SPOILERS. You’ve been warned.

So what did I like about this episode? So many great moments to think about. I absolutely loved the scene with the Galactica jumping into the atmosphere and launching the Raptors; classic scene, the flames the idea itself and a flawless execution.

Gaeta is a great little character. If there was one person that I think would be me on that show it would be Gaeta, except I would have definitely pulled that god damn trigger. In any case I’m still holding that Baltar is a fraking Cylon, based on the completely dodgy way in which he escaped his ‘death’ in the pilot. Everything blows up and he’s hiding behind Number 6’s skinny (and incredibly lovely legs). Bollocks the man is a Cylon.

The scenes with Tigh and Ellen were brilliant. I think Saul is a complete fuck up however he’s been put in a pretty bad position time and time again. Most people would have cracked under the pressure. He kind of has, however at the same time he keeps fighting, even though he probably wishes he would die. Listening to Ellen give her final goodbye was just great. Here you had a woman that obviously would do anything for you, and has had to. This is war and in war you do ugly, terrible things, in order to survive. I don’t think Ellen was evil, more like completely stupid and misguided, but she loved her husband, after a fashion.

The Pegasus coming to the rescue was completely predictable and I was wondering when they were going to get rid of that ship. There can be only one Battlestar, although Bill’s now back to being a Commander rather than an Admiral, which is a shame, I really liked that growth of character.

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Speaking of growth in character, that is actually one of the most important aspects of this little jump the writers have put into this particular season. All these character are now even more fucked up and damaged than what they were before the invasion. Now the inter-relationship politics are even more intense, however we have no idea what caused this rift. What happened in that one year. I guess we can expect to find many of these questions answered in the coming weeks. I’m going to try and do this analysis on a regular basis.

Also for some reason, listening to the podcasts, while I do like the fact that the team is actually doing these, some of the magic is actually taken away from the show by them talking about their practical consideration, room and the cost of an episode. I dunno, I guess the show really does suspend my disbelief that I don’t want anything to bring it back.

11 Comments

  1. Very nice review of the first new episodes of BSG season 3.
    I feel the same way as you do :)

    About Baltar, if I remember correctly, I saw a trailer where he sais something like “Am I a cylon?” … but I can’t remember where :)

    1 Allexiel
    Quote | 23/10/2006
  2. I saw that trailer with Baltar too. Season 3 has been a blast so far. They are totally setting Tigh up for a big fall. Does anybody listed to the podcasts?

    2 Scott Gunsaullus
    Quote | 24/10/2006
  3. Scott, like I said (updated with the link this time, forgot it) listening to the podcasts really does kinda ruin it for me at least, talking about things like budget and firing actors, it’s just takes something away from the series. I wouldn’t mind going through all this stuff at some point in the future, when the series has wrapped up.

    3 Khaled
    Quote | 24/10/2006
  4. Absolutely chuffed the writers didn’t prolong the stay in New Caprica, and am itching to see Starbuck back in her element - in the cockpit of a Viper.

    Baltar isn’t even fit to be classed as a cylon, the narcissistic oxygen-thief - would love to see him and Adama in a room, alone.

    Just a quick question, what is the significance of the baby that Princess Xena and the President seem to be infatuated with, apart from the fact that it is a human-cylon hybrid?

    4 bloophead
    Quote | 25/10/2006
  5. Not sure dude, my only real explanation is the fact that this is the shape of things to come. A hybrid that is not fully human or machine, that can’t be fully regected by the humans and is more than accepted by the Cylons. Notice how Starbuck changed her tune (after a fashion) as her maternal instincts kicked in, even though the girl in front of her was a mixture. Does making this hybrid bring the Cylons closer to God? After all humans are their creators?

    5 Khaled
    Quote | 25/10/2006
  6. Perhaps the fate of the baby is proclaimed in the scriptures, hence the religious traits of her importance - which in turn, ties in with Roslin’s blind faith. My memory fails me, but it is possible that she might hold the key to finding Earth.

    The baby being a hybrid, brings the cylons much closer to humanity, than it does to God, of which I think is their natural instinctive preoccupation, however much they might contest this issue.

    I love the old man.

    6 bloophead
    Quote | 25/10/2006
  7. The whole Xena thing brings parrellels of the matrix to mind.

    7 Scott Gunsaullus
    Quote | 26/10/2006
  8. I’ve got to say now that Lucy isn’t completely butch and a total bitch and dyed her hair she’s looking a lot better and I might even forget her past rubbish choice of characters to play. As for the child being ‘the one’ hmm dunno, it’s an interesting theory, but hasn’t that sort of thing been done to death? I hope it’s not as cliched as that.

    8 Khaled
    Quote | 26/10/2006
  9. It’s just that I think the long term plot setup will be some kind of peace and reconciliation. Like in the matrix, I think that the machines and the humans need each other in some way.

    9 Scott Gunsaullus
    Quote | 2/11/2006
  10. Not sure why do you think the humans need the Cylons? They all but eradicated the human race, surely the Cylons should just go home and love each other, as that’s the problem for them, that they’re not loved and they need to ‘feel’ that (and to bring that about they need the individuality that humans exhibit). Their solution was to try and breed them. They didn’t achieve it, while for some strange reason ‘we’ did. Does the hybrid make it human? Should it take over the human race? You can draw all sorts of parallels with ‘pureness’ within the world I guess and take it as an analogy….I smell a post in the making.

    I’ve not really researched this much to be honest, but I know that there are enough Lost websites out there with all sorts of theories etc, might be an idea to check out some BG websites :).

    10 Khaled
    Quote | 2/11/2006

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