BSG faux pas: Anyone else see this as a problem???

POSTED BY: AURaptor
UPDATED: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 18:56
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AURAPTOR

Saturday, October 21, 2006 2:35 PM

Semi spoilers....so read at your own risk.

Per the episode ( aired 10/20/06 ) where Galactica jumped into atmo , launched its Vipers, and then jumped out..... Anyone else see the problem here ?

Wasn't it established from Season 1 that it takes specific amount of time before jumping can happen again? Doesn't the maneuver the Galactica pulled off contradict all that ?

Thoughts.

*p.s.* Regardless, I thought it was a wicked cool sequence. And seeing Galactica enter into atmo made me think of seeing SERENITY on the big screen for the 1st time. ( But then, what DOESN'T ? )

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SEVENPERCENT

Saturday, October 21, 2006 3:36 PM

It does take time for larger ships, but you forgot a detail. Before the action, remember: The Galactica was skulking around the ion (or whatever it is) cloud waiting for the chance to strike.
They didn't leap into the atmosphere; they were already in near orbit, waiting for the Raptors to use the drone decoys. They had already leaped into the cloud; then they just waited, attacked, broke atmo for the maneuver, and leaped out into orbit to handle the basestars.
No faux pas (well, there were some in the ep as a whole, but this wasn't one of them - but, really, who cares, since that was one of the coolest eps of any sci-fi show I've ever seen).

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SERENITYFOREVER

Saturday, October 21, 2006 4:36 PM

That was one heck of a sequence. I watched the second part of the back-to-back slot just to see that scene again. I can't wait for the DVD to come out already.

GRIZWALD

Saturday, October 21, 2006 9:21 PM

We've given up trying to record it off our neighbors' cable and are just ITunes-ing. I just saw it for the first time and we're now replaying. This was the Best.Frackin.Episode.Yet. I'm dying here! The ACTING! The battle sequence! The death of a valiant Battlestar! Oh my Gods! (just kidding about that last)

And an entirely satisfactory ending about little Kasey... I was afraid of just that. I wasn't sure if she was a Cylon or a stolen human child, was hoping they were not so horrid as to steal a child from a mother, but true to the series, that's exactly what they did.

Col. Tigh's face at the end... What a heartbreaker.

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AURAPTOR

Sunday, October 22, 2006 3:03 PM

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They had already leaped into the cloud; then they just waited, attacked, broke atmo for the maneuver, and leaped out into orbit to handle the basestars.
No faux pas (well, there were some in the ep as a whole, but this wasn't one of them - but, really, who cares, since that was one of the coolest eps of any sci-fi show I've ever seen).

Thank you for pointing that out. Now I remember. I just thoght that when Tigh et al looked up at the Galactica bearing down on them that it had just jumped. My bad. Faith in BSG restored.

Who ever thought up that sequence should get some sort of SciFi award.

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N0SKILLZ

Sunday, October 22, 2006 3:52 PM

I gotta rewatch that episode when I get home, cause I swore it jumped into atmo.

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CYBERSNARK

Sunday, October 22, 2006 4:35 PM

I coulda sworn it did too. If they coulda' just bull-rushed into the atmosphere, the Cylon orbital blockade must not have been very effective.

My only explanation is that it's something they cooked up either while on the run (last season), while sitting around in orbit (during the fast-forward), or jury-rigged for the special occasion.

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GRIZWALD

Sunday, October 22, 2006 7:27 PM

*watches battle sequence for umpty-umpteenth time*

Definitely some kinda *pop* there - I would assume FTL jump but I guess it could just have been the moment the ship became visible to those on the ground.

Funny none of 'em got nervous, seeing that thing obviously in free-fall directly overhead... I woulda been. Okay, I was. And I was just watching it from the safe side of the screen.

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AURAPTOR

Sunday, October 22, 2006 7:45 PM

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Originally posted by Grizwald:
*watches battle sequence for umpty-umpteenth time*

Definitely some kinda *pop* there - I would assume FTL jump but I guess it could just have been the moment the ship became visible to those on the ground.

Funny none of 'em got nervous, seeing that thing obviously in free-fall directly overhead... I woulda been. Okay, I was. And I was just watching it from the safe side of the screen.

Maybe they were too much in shock to get nervous. It was a hell of an impressive sight, seeing that big hulk of a ship free falling. I'd say the 'WTF ?' factor was maxed out.

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DARKJESTER

Sunday, October 22, 2006 7:54 PM

Yeah, I watched the episode again today, with the Ron Moore podcast commentary. It definately jumped into the upper atmo, but he says that there was nothing in established rules that said it wouldn't work. Maybe it's longer jumps that take a long time to recharge from, and they could pull off two little jumps with enough left over for a big one to escape the system. I'm not sure.

But if they aren't at least nominated for the special effects in that episode, there is something wrong with the world!

And, rewatching it again, I noticed a slip-up in the CG, the first I've seen. When Baltar is walking around his office in Colonial One about ten minutes in, talking to the Cylon reps, for a few frames you can see just the green screen outside a window.

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