I also think he doesn't want the first Cylon he tells to instantly activate and kill him dead.
"Hey baby, wanna kill all the humans?"
Wash: I didn't think you were one for rituals and such. Mal: I'm not, but it'll keep the others busy for a while. No reason to concern them with what's to be done.
'Bushwhacked'
Boxed Set, Vol. II: "It's a Cookbook...A Cookbook!!"
A topic for the discussion of Farscape, Smallville, and Due South. Beware possible invasions of Stargate, Highlander, or pretty much any other "genre" show that captures our fancy. Expect Adult Content and discussion of the Big Gay Sex.
Whitefont all unaired in the U.S. ep discussion, identifying it as such, and including the show and ep title in blackfont.
Blackfont is allowed after the show has aired on the east coast.
This is NOT a general TV discussion thread.
Sean K - Mar 05, 2005 3:50:39 pm PST #21 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
tavella - Mar 05, 2005 4:02:39 pm PST #22 of 10001
There is considerable overlap between the intelligence of the smartest bears and the dumbest tourists.
I was vaguely annoyed by the sudden switch sequential episodes between 'takes minutes' and 'takes hours' on the test. Clearly Baltar thought the short version worked or he wouldn't have been so nervous about Boomer when she tested positive. And he wasn't lying about the eight hour thing given his soliliquy about suicide would be preferable to having to spend all those hours testing. I could possibly buy it taking slightly longer, but going from 80 seconds to 8 hours stood out as 'the test will be whatever we need to it be for this episode'.
Jessica - Mar 05, 2005 4:40:08 pm PST #23 of 10001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
My wank for that is that Boomer must have left and come back for her results eleven hours later.
(Of course, if everyone passes, then why run the real test at all? Why not just the Cylon tester make some beeping noises for a few minutes and then flash green?)
waves hands
Strega - Mar 05, 2005 4:56:34 pm PST #24 of 10001
Last week, Baltar agreed to test Boomer right after Starbuck started the interrogation. He gave her the results right before Roslin decided to talk to Leoben. So it didn't take 11 hours, but it was at least 6 or 7.
I think Baltar decided to pass everyone because once he starts identifying Cylons, one of the unidentified ones is going to kill him. But if he passes them all, they're highly motivated to keep him alive.
§ ita § - Mar 05, 2005 5:34:20 pm PST #25 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
if everyone passes, then why run the real test at all? Why not just the Cylon tester make some beeping noises for a few minutes and then flash green?
Because then he knows.
This was the ep where I got fed up with Baltar. I'd been tolerant of his cartoonishness because I could buy him waffling.
Weak good to neutral people who end up doing some bad -- I'm down with. Weak bad people who end up doing some good? Much less interesting. I want bad people to be worse, really.
And he moved from too weak to be properly good to cartoonish.
tommyrot - Mar 05, 2005 5:40:54 pm PST #26 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.
Baltar needs an enemy or nemesis. Instead, some people thinks he's weird but that's about it.
I purchased an issue of SciFi magazine about a month ago - they have an article on BG (go figure). I just noticed a picture of Helo - the caption says, "Left Behind: Helo struggles to survive in Cylon-occupied Vancouver."
Jessica - Mar 05, 2005 5:55:09 pm PST #27 of 10001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Cylon-occupied Vancouver
Bwah!
NoiseDesign - Mar 05, 2005 5:57:31 pm PST #28 of 10001
Our wings are not tired
Cylon-occupied Vancouver
So it's now a documentary?
DCJensen - Mar 05, 2005 7:15:33 pm PST #29 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.
Nah, it's a misattribution. It's obviously Seacouver.
quester - Mar 05, 2005 7:18:03 pm PST #30 of 10001
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
Whoohoo, top 30!
That's all I've got.
After catching up on the discussion, I wonder if anyone else noticed that Friday's BSG was directed by Edward James Olmos?