Is Battlestar Galacitica losing continuity already?
POSTED BY: Veteran
UPDATED: Saturday, September 3, 2005 00:32
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"We have too much work to do, and not enough people to do it"
Those are the words coming from Commander Adama in the episode 33. Yes, there are Marines, but I would assume they're stationed at key locations and in small numbers. I doubt there's a reserve force standing by incase of borders, since none of them had ever seen the likes of a Cylon border ship.
Without power in the CIC and communications cut, how could Saul possibly order any and all marines to attack? Messages were all being sent purely by hand, remember?
"I do the job... and then I get paid. Go run your little world."
-Malcolm Reynolds
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There were numerous fights going on throughout the ship. The two cylons seen at the end were not the only Cylons that boarded the BSG as the others had been destroyed by marines offscreen. However, the marines were no longer able to engage the two we saw at the end after they had decompressed an area of the ship. The only thing between the Cylons and aft damage control were Adama and the group he was leading. It was in fact the other marines on Galactica that had taken most of the rocket ammo from the arms bay. By the time Adama's group reached there, there were only 6 bullets left.
Someone mentioned this earlier, but I'm not sure if you caught it. In the mini-series it was established that there was only a skeleton crew left aboard Galactica. There is certainly not an abundance of marines to help secure every part of Galactica.
Harken: "Seems odd that you would name your ship after a battle you were on the wrong side of."
Mal: "May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."
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Just to chime in, I agree with what Xion 47 and others were saying about the presence of firefights and such. In just about every scene onboard, you can hear gunfire in the background. It seems a fairly obvious implication that the cylons were running into a lot of resistance. Apparently, most of that resistance was in vain due to the lack of HE rounds and the relative "imperviosicity" of the raiders. Communication was key, as word was not getting out very well as to where they were or what was need to destroy them.
It seemed to be only about half a dozen in the boarding party.
Also keep in mind that, up until then, nobody on board had ever seen a cylon centurion or shot one.
Now, veteran, I will agree on your point that the cylons took a lot more to kill than in previous episodes.
"Don't say 'ka' until you've tried it." Daniel Jackson
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I had the following two thoughts about the skeleton crew deal.
1. Weren't they short on space for evacuees (having to convert cargo holds into living quarters on the civilian ships etc.?). Therefore, wouldn't it alleviate crowding pressure and cut the wear and tear on life support if they allocated some of those passengers to the Galactica?
2. Then I answered my own question. It's a military vessel. The military crew is willing to sacrifice the ship to save the civilian population, but I don't think passengers would like to go along for a kamikaze ride. Also, at best they would be underfoot. At worst, there would be numerous security issues (not to mention the possibility of Cylon infiltrators). Okay, now I've argued myself around so that I can now accept the nearly empty Galactica.
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This is one of those shows that demands your attention.
You can't be off chopping brocolli in the kitchen with the sound turned up. 
mattro
PS: Early on, Helio was able to take out a Cylon with standard rounds but... only after ambushing it with explosives first and THEN emptying his entire gun into its head.
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Originally posted by PurpleBelly:
It felt to me like a disposable episode to introduce faces and characters to a new audience. Better things to come, I hope.
well introducing faces and characters in a total snooze fest (speaking for myself here) isn't a very effective plan.
I'll hang in another week or two, but last Friday's was the worst episode I'd seen of Battlestar Galactica.
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Without the network it would take the navigation computer 12 hours - with the network, 15 minutes. Five levels of firewall doesn't seem to me to be Gaeta playing possum and I don't think he's a Cylon.
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Originally posted by captaincdc:
Adama did not reverse himself. He was laying unconcious in the sick bay... Gaeta said that without the network it would take like 15 minutes or something like that. The XO (Tigh) was opposed but relented when he saw they were out of options.
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Originally posted by Veteran: I wasn't aware that Gaeta set up a network. In the first episode of the Mini-Series Adama was dead set against any kind of network...It's hard to imagine he'd reverse himself on that point
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Quote:After reading people’s points I can see that it all makes more sense then I originally thought. I guess I must have been chopping broccoli, but there is one reoccurring point that some of you have made that I still don't understand.
Originally posted by Diego:
2. Then I answered my own question. It's a military vessel. The military crew is willing to sacrifice the ship to save the civilian population, but I don't think passengers would like to go along for a kamikaze ride. Also, at best they would be underfoot. At worst, there would be numerous security issues (not to mention the possibility of Cylon infiltrators). Okay, now I've argued myself around so that I can now accept the nearly empty Galactica.
The Galactica had a skeleton crew, which is understandable and makes sense. What doesn’t make sense is that if they did have a skeleton why do they still, if indeed they still do? Why haven’t they conscripted from the rest of the fleet to completely man their only military defense against complete extinction. If there ever was an argument for the draft, this would seem to be it.
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I only watch BSG, not tape it, but it seemed like the Cylons from the boarding party were different from the (non human) ones we've seen on Caprica and elsewhere. I think this is why they were so much harder to kill---they were a different, more beefed up model. Can anyone who has the show recorded compare? Surfing the web for image/screencap galleries got me nothing.
"Don't say 'ka' until you've tried it." Daniel Jackson
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Well they are aware cylons resemble humans now. it seems that they would rather go undermanned than increace the security risk of opening up the Galactica to the civilian population. Well worst episode yet? I'm not shure I agree. With most others rockin' so hard one will eventually not rock as hard. I thought this was a solid episode.
Bitch stole my ride.
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