GALACTICA

It was an "exciting" LA Law episode. We have the ridiculous idea that Adama could even randomly be selected to server on the tribunal.

Excellent point about the number of reporters.

Best two word review for the episode: Pretentious Junk
 

I hardly think you can compare the fleet to a sleepy town of 50,000: the reason such places only have a handful of reporters is that not much happens there by comparison with the rest of the world. Here, the world is the fleet.

That said, speaking as one who is considerably more sympathetic than you to socialism, you're quite right that this is a crappy and severely unequal centrally-planned economy. This is, if you'll recall, the basis of Baltar's manifesto.

1) The Lampkin character is better than I expected, but the "interesting stranger introduced right before season finale" is getting a bit old. He's also a bit young to have been hanging out with Lee's granddad. His dialogue with Six was...odd: he had better damn well not be one of the Final Five.

2) Poor Captain Kelly gets screentime once in a blue moon, and now is probably out permanently after his entirely random bombing campaign. Dude, Baltar needs a lawyer: it's nothing personal, and it's a damn show trial anyway. And it's nice to know you'd gladly bomb Racetrack, but never Apollo.

Why didn't Lampkin the Klepto say anything earlier?

3) Adama Sr. is on the edge. Over the last few episodes he mas been considerate, murderous, sorrowful, and now completely emotionally overwrought. That is, not exactly in the frame of mind for sober consideration of the evidence.
 

...the reason such places only have a handful of reporters is that not much happens there by comparison with the rest of the world.

Saf, the problem is that there really isn't going to be much happening in a fleet of 50K even if that is all that is left of humanity. Five or six reporters is going to be plenty. And as Michael pointed out, it shows a complete lack of planning and managing resources.

And how is Baltar sneaking out this manifesto? This whole thing of him sneaking it out is lame. If he can write it and sneak it out, that means he's not under constant observation, which is stupid. If that is the case, then Kelly could pull some sort of Helo The Traitor move to get rid of Baltar. He was able to successfully plant three bombs.

Finally, who says this is a show trial? Is it a show trial when we believe a person is guilty from the start because we have the person on tape robbing a bank with a clear view of their face, ink on their hands, and fingerprints at the scene? That is the basic situation here. Nothing though suggests that the process so far has not been fair. Of course, this all gets back to Zarek's intelligent point that a quick and secret process would have been much better.

Adama is getting the treatment that many characters get on this show, they'll act however the writers have them acting for the given week. Who cares if it is even close to consistent. Let's see, Adama is willing to shoot a man's wife because he is on strike, allows one of his officers to commit sabotage, and goes along with the stupidity of a trial for Baltar. Yeah, this is all very consistent.
 

Great dialogue! Loved the bonus scene on BSG website too.
 

There were no more than 20 reporters in there. Weren't there 12 colonies to begin with? Two news bureaus from each and that makes 24 representatives... The question is... why aren't there more? I'm a first-time poster and I'm beginning to think you are becoming delusional.
 

On the reporters.. My theory is if you go back to the original mini-series the Galactica was full of reporters due to the decommissioning. So that is obviously where they came from. However, I am not taking up for them as you would think some of those reporters might have found a second career by now. It is pretty obvious that you don't need 1 reporter for every thousand people, thats just dumb.

I think the glasses are going to come into play at some point. He only removed them twice in the whole episode. They were gone when he talked to Six (notice her demeaner changed when he took them off). He also had them off at the end after the explosion. However I still focus on that meeting with Six.. He didn't really ask for any evidence regarding Baltar, he got a few opinions then told his own story to her with the glasses off. I think that conversation will come back into play. Perhaps he is a cylon or a sympathizer..

JT
 

I personally believe he's a cylon thats why he's so creepy and dark.
 

Your right, the title doesn't have anything to do with Jesus, it's a reference to the Hemmingway book, "The Sun Also Rises." It's been a while since I've read the book but I believe the similarities end with the title.
 

It's an Irish accent, not Scottish. North Dublin accent specifically.

All war economies are centrally planned. How are they to implement a market economy with 50,000 on board about 15 ships? Even some kind of market economy wouldn't work because there is only one tillium refinary ship...

I'm not sure they are trying to create some kind of comparison there.
 

I thought the accent was "Aerilon". Remember Baltar gave us a sample of the same throaty dialect?
 

I loved the line about being handcuffed to a serial contrarian.
 

Episode for me was a 6.5/10, and it set up the last two episodes well. As for the Reporters...who really cares! they are pretty immaterial... What got me, Starbuck Died last epp, Hello, where was the reaction from everyone!

Questions:
-Why is Helo now CAG?
-Isn't the lawyer a bit young to 'learn everything' from Joe Adama?
-Why haven't we seen the captured 6 for like 6-7 episodes?
-And where's Capt. Kally been all this time?

Anyway...

I don't think the Lawyer is a cylon, it all seems a bit too obvious to suspect him. I'm glad the first one got hurt, he looked like a tool!
 

ATTENTION LIBERAL IDIOTS! OK, that was just to get you're attention. In the hopes of avoiding a flame war I will now try to make my comments less "Sneering"! That said, rather than rant more about rhetoric I'll just rant about episode content.

My thoughts on "The Son"...

snore... The delicate tension and subtlety that once existed between the characters was left on the stove too long, boiled over and covered the stovetop in a caustic melodramatic scortchmark that is never going to come out! When Lee turned in his pins I just didn't care, I lost interest when the characters stopped showing any redeemable qualities. It felt like Lee wanted to piss off his dad more than he wanted to uphold justice. He was a much more interesting character when he was rescuing hookers. The more season three progresses the more I start rooting for the Cylons.

And don’t accuse me of missing the nuances and subtlety, the show’s about as subtle as an C-130 Gunship. What was great about this show was that it struck the perfect BALANCE between slick sci-fi action and complicated adult themes. I don't know about any of you guys (and girls), but I usually bust a gasket or two whenever somebody refers to science-fiction as "Kids Stuff". BSG was the show that made the difference, now that the ratings are nose-diving, producers will once again relegate science fiction to second class status. The show desperately needs the action, or it loses the critical element that sets it apart from "Grey's Anatomy" or "Law & Order".
 

Very interesting that without Kara around the relationship between Adama and Lee falls apart. I read that a cast member of BSG was bemoaning that every other Sci Fi show gets 8-10 seasons and BSG has to hold it's breath every year. BSG is not like any other show and does not play to the lowest common denominator, nor should it. I applaud the "balls" of the show and if that means letting the syndication go hang because they want quality then so be it.
 

I read that a cast member of BSG was bemoaning that every other Sci Fi show gets 8-10 seasons

The original BSG only lasted one glorious season.
 

Too true.
 

P.S Michael - Don't give up on the ship of lights episode - it's coming!
 

So agree with the *snore* What happened? Really don't like Romo,his accent and arrogant creepiness is just annoying. There is nothing worse than gritting your teeth when a character appears on screen. And Apollo, he always had the worm factor going, but his quick surrender to the dark side was dissappointing and more than a little unbelievable. Yeah, yeah, it is important for Baltar to get a fair trial. But come on, Apollo has been in the military his whole life and he just gives it up because he wants to do right by Baltar? No believable unless you convince yourself that Apollo is a big baby loser. sigh.