Oh, come on, you don't like being hit over the head with an anvil?

Did you think the finale was bad, or just portentous? (And I'm not sure which meaning of portentous you're going for: the ominous foreshadowing definition or the puffed up with vanity one?)

The repetition of "Kara Thrace has a special destiny" by everyone and their Cylons was old after the first five minutes, but I thought the second half of the season made up for a shaky first.

I'm not sure which meaning of portentous you're going for: the ominous foreshadowing definition or the puffed up with vanity one?

Let's go with both. To be honest I can't break down the season enough to tell you my feelings about one half or another--once I've had a chance to read synopses I might have a go.

The finale itself was like a big old timpani and I don't have the English to express my OMGWTFBBQ? at the Dylan thing.

Also, it appears that they are going to stream new eps at Noon eastern every Friday.

EVERY Friday? Oh God, the spoiler landmines.

To be honest I can't break down the season enough to tell you my feelings about one half or another--once I've had a chance to read synopses I might have a go.

I'm basing my opinion off of one viewing of the entirety, as it aired. I've caught individual episodes in repeats, but I haven't gotten to my S3 DVDs for a complete rewatch yet. For me, it felt like there was more forward movement in the second half, as long as you avoided the endless lobbing of Special Destiny Molotov cocktails.

I don't have the English to express my OMGWTFBBQ? at the Dylan thing.

Yeah, I got nothin'. Deus ex Machina, and I don't think this one can be explained away.

EVERY Friday? Oh God, the spoiler landmines.

What P-C said. I haven't decided whether or not to be a spoiler whore this season.

I can't imagine they're going to stream new eps before they air on TV - I think the streamed eps will be available the Friday *after* they're broadcast. (The premiere isn't available right now, for example. Unless I'm completely blind in which case LINKLINKLINKLINKLINK.)

But at some point we might need to have a discussion regarding whether official streaming counts as broadcast. To me, if SciFi puts the entire episode out there for public consumption, the contents of that ep are no longer spoilers.

But at some point we might need to have a discussion regarding whether official streaming counts as broadcast. To me, if SciFi puts the entire episode out there for public consumption, the contents of that ep are no longer spoilers.

As much as the thought makes me twitch and cower under my desk in terror, something like this has been coming -- going back to when we all got TiVo, and then more and more with downloads and streaming, the TV schedule isn't the predictable thing it used to be.

the thought makes me twitch and cower under my desk in terror

The thought of full episodes "broadcast" online, or the thought of having another What Is A Spoiler discussion?

'Cause...yeah. But it's coming.

The new episodes are only available at Noon Eastern on Friday. Then they disappear.

Deus ex Machina, and I don't think this one can be explained away.

Deus ex Dylana, you mean.

(The premiere isn't available right now, for example. Unless I'm completely blind in which case LINKLINKLINKLINKLINK.)

I'm pretty sure it is, as someone on my flist watched it. I knew the premiere was going up early, but I didn't know they were going to put all the rest of the episodes up early too.

Ooh, you know what it is? I think they only put it up at noon EST. As in, it was aired online. You have to watch it then as if it were airing on your television and you didn't have TiVo.