S3 Who trailer via the BBC. As spoilery as any official trailer gets, but not by my standards serious -- nowhere near as bad as the premature Cybermen reveal, for instance. There is a shot of the Famous Returning Character and one of (actor spoiler) Derek Jacobi. Can I get a SQUEEEE?
Honestly, you meet the most appalling sort of people....
Giles ,'Chosen'
Boxed Set, Vol. III: "That Can't Be Good..."
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.
Betsy HP - Mar 29, 2007 6:49:07 am PDT #8946 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
sumi - Mar 29, 2007 6:59:28 am PDT #8947 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Ah, that was great. I'm jealous of all of you who can "ahem."
Kathy A - Mar 29, 2007 7:03:59 am PDT #8948 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Oh, you get a big SQUEEEEE from me on that actor, Betsy!!! That's even better than ASH showing up in S2.
Betsy HP - Mar 29, 2007 7:09:51 am PDT #8949 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
I know. I mean, holy fuck. It's like getting Judi Dench.
Stephanie - Mar 29, 2007 7:13:32 am PDT #8950 of 10001
Trust my rage
Another BSG irritation: How can Tigh be a Cylon when he fought in the 1st Cylon War (i.e. before there were skin jobs)?
Up thread, someone linked to 20 Questions with Ron Moore. IN that thread, Moore says they have an explanation for that. Of course, he does not elaborate.
I guess I also have trouble with 4 up until now humans suddenly just "knowing " that they are Cylons. What does that mean?
Hayden - Mar 29, 2007 7:16:44 am PDT #8951 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I guess I also have trouble with 4 up until now humans suddenly just "knowing " that they are Cylons. What does that mean?
Despite my problems with other aspects of the plot, I don't have a problem with that, strangely enough. Seems that in sleeper Cylon psychology, knowing something you've hidden is as easy as being triggered. I know that I've forgotten something about my own life (nothing major, just that I used to know someone or had already done X task) and suddenly known it as undoubtably true when triggered.
Stephanie - Mar 29, 2007 7:19:50 am PDT #8952 of 10001
Trust my rage
Actually, Corwood, you bring up a good point. There are some members of my family that have "recovered memories". While I completely believe them, I have always struggled with the idea that at one time you don't know something and then suddenly you do. Perhaps that is where my issue is rooted.
Jessica - Mar 29, 2007 7:20:46 am PDT #8953 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
What does that mean?
In the ep, Tyrol said it was like a switch going off -- I don't know that it can be compared to a real-life human experience (which is why I'm glad they didn't go into too much detail about it).
Tigh being a Cylon just means the skinjobs have been around longer than Colonial humans assumed. (Or he didn't really fight in the first Cylon war and those are implanted memories, but then we'd have to explain why Adama never noticed that Tigh's military records didn't go back that far. Occam suggests previous human assumptions about the Cylon timeline are wrong.)
-t - Mar 29, 2007 7:38:49 am PDT #8954 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I assumed that whatever kept them from knowing they were Cylons was removed by the music (or the removal was heralded/accompanied by the musis, it makes no nevermind to me which) and now they know, not that they are deducing.
Pretty much what Corwood said, I guess.
Liese S. - Mar 29, 2007 8:05:28 am PDT #8955 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I need to know more about the switch. Does that mean they were not acting as Cylons at all until they were triggered? That all their former behavior and action can be considered as ironic in light of their current condition, but not considered as indicative of any Cylon tendencies?
What about with Boomer? That was a specific action, not a sudden knowledge, like these?