Every single person on the ship?
They were hypnotised by the writer's plot necessities. Or something.
The Cylon computer hacking bugged me more. But whatev.
When we landed here you said you needed a few days to get space worthy again and is there somethin' wrong with your bunk?
Mal ,'Out Of Gas'
Boxed Set, Vol. II: "It's a Cookbook...A Cookbook!!"
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tommyrot - Jul 15, 2005 6:07:54 pm PDT #2011 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
quester - Jul 15, 2005 6:09:18 pm PDT #2012 of 10001
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
The hour went by very fast!
Jessica - Jul 15, 2005 6:10:13 pm PDT #2013 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
YAY!
God I love that last shot. It's so...yeah.
Kobol is, in this universe, the original birthplace of mankind. It was abandoned for some reason, and the 12 colonies were established. Earth is the 13th mythical lost colony that may or may not exist. (In the sequel to the original series, Galactica 1980, they not only found Earth, but proceeded to have wacky adventures there, but it was so wretchedly bad that we shall never speak of it again.)
[eta: Good god, I'm slow.]
sumi - Jul 15, 2005 6:10:26 pm PDT #2014 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Why did the Cylon computer hacking bug you more?
tommyrot - Jul 15, 2005 6:13:27 pm PDT #2015 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Why did the Cylon computer hacking bug you more?
I was wondering - what was the point of entry for the Cylons into the network? Some sort of wireless connection? But if their computers were hard-wired together, why have any sort of wireless access into a computer?
Jessica - Jul 15, 2005 6:13:47 pm PDT #2016 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Not checking out the ship doesn't bother me because there really was no time. (If they don't send someone up there right at the beginning of the second ep, I'll be a little bugged, but probably too distracted to really care.)
The Cylon hacking didn't bug me in and of itself, except that it was handled in the most blatantly handwavy TV sci-fi way possible. Which didn't so much bug as amuse because shiny graphics that tell the audience what's happening are funny to me.
Emily - Jul 15, 2005 6:16:15 pm PDT #2017 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Sam hasn't had time for a haircut? I suppose if you can't find time to brush...
tommyrot - Jul 15, 2005 6:16:29 pm PDT #2018 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
The Cylon hacking didn't bug me in and of itself, except that it was handled in the most blatantly handwavy TV sci-fi way possible.
Just about every single computer hacking on TV and movies is like that. The only exception I can think of is The Matrix Reloaded. They actually had a Unix command line! And Trinity used an actual (existing in the real world) program to scan for vulnerabilities.
Emily - Jul 15, 2005 6:18:36 pm PDT #2019 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Yes. The very fact that any computer system is connected to any other, regardless of whether the bad guy has any connection to anything on the connection, immediately gives them access to all those connected. It's one of those bad guy skills, like never having anybody notice they're doing the shifty thing.
Jessica - Jul 15, 2005 6:20:12 pm PDT #2020 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Just about every single computer hacking on TV and movies is like that.
I know, which is why it's so funny. Because with mere seconds! to! spare! or we'll! all! die! every computer programmer in the Galaxy seems to be able to find the time to code for helpfully color-coded graphics that say things like CYLON VIRUS DETECTED.