I have a few BSG questions. I have read some on the site, but didnt see the first few episodes of the miniseries.
1. Is the Cylon chick inside of Baltar's head, or is she transmitted from somewhere else? If she is transmitted from somewhere else, doesnt that mean the Cylons know where they are? If inside his head, how did she coordinate her efforts with the physical Cylon chick who accused him of treason? Seemed like convenient timing to me. Also, there was someone aboard the pax ship they destroyed early on who was accusing someone of treason.
Answer: SHE CLAIMS she's a chip inside of her head. Whether she is really there, communicating with cylons in the fleet, etc, we do NOT know for sure. My personal opinion is that the likelihood is VERY high that she really is a chip and has a limited-range communications capability with nearby cylons.
2. Are Cylons bio, or mechanical? Do the human looking Cylons have an inside like the Terminator, or are they flesh and blood? The ships look bio, the human/Cylons look human, but the centurions look mech. If flesh and blood why do they glow when they do it? Wouldnt that give them away?
They are biological constructs artificially engineered by the toaster-models. Look at the bio-mechanoid nature of the cylon fighter, and um, minor spoiler- highlight to read,
but when we get to see the inside of the base star it also is bio-mechanical. They are NOT human though because of the radiation exposure we saw in the last part of the mini-series.
3. Boomer. Wouldnt the chief notice that she glows when she does it? Who wrote the word 'Cylon' on her mirror in her locker? Her presence aboard gives the impression that she made it clear through flight school. How long have the human Cylons been around, anyway? Also, why do they want poor old Helo to do her, anyway? Is it DNA, needed for maybe a new human/Cylon?
We don't know how long they've been around, but 10-15 years is most likely, in my opinion. The glow is only when you're looking at her back, and you'll notice that the cylon females only do it in positions where the person screwing them CAN'T see their back. Why they want Helo to do her is answered by Episode 13, and I'm not going to spoil it for you. Trust me, let the answer play out for you on screen. It's worth it in the end. (Also, one of the things I believe the Cylons want to know is if a HUMAN could love one of them. It follows on the analogy of the Human/Cylon relationship being akin to Parent/Child. The child always wants affirmation that mommy and daddy loves them. This also adds an Oedipus-style relationship to the whole equation that is downright...nasty when you think about it.
4. Was the physical Cylon that accused Baltar of treason real, or imagination? Is she still on board? They said earlier that humans cant live in the water tank. That opens alot of possibilities that the Cylons could hide in all kinds of places. If imagination, once again the Cylons know where they are. If they wanted them dead, wouldnt the Cylons just convince (via illusion) the officer of the watch to push the self destruct button?
I'm voting real...and probably hiding somewhere on Galactica or another ship. Galactica may NOT have a self-destruct device, and she already tried to seduce Adama...and failed.
Some comments:
- They cant fill all of the Viper AND Raptor cockpits for a maximum effort. Trouble there.
Which is why Starbuck is training the flight-certified candidates. Look back at the episode where she's assigned the task. There's three other flight instructors in the fleet, and they are teaching ground and flight basics. Then Starbuck teaches combat tactics. There's more on the way because yes, this is a HUGE problem.
- Seems like every week, the show ends with someone letting Adama down. Apollo, the Chief, Starbuck, the security Chief are all examples.
Yep, it's a drama about human failings. Also, have you ever seen someone let the 'old man' down on a naval ship? It's the worst feeling in the world. Plus, Olmos gives 'the look' so well we squirm in our seats every time we see it. I know I want to do a better job after he gives that look...
- I like the 60ish flavor to the show. The civilian costumes, the presidents ship, and the Galactica sets seem that way to me. I like the music, and I like the NYPD Blue'ish camera motion and angles.
The Galactica is retro-designed. The first cylons used computer networks to disable or destroy early colonial ships in the first conflict, so they went low-tech on purpose. Imagine an enemy who can tap in on all your wireless communication signals (cell-phones, radios, etc), who can infiltrate viruses into all your network computers (navigate you into a sun, overload your reactors, etc). Since no one had heard from the cylons for decades, the colonies had moved away from that tech, reestablishing computer networking and so on. The Galactica still used the old tech though, and is all that is left. That's why the set design is very much sixty's retro. As for costumes and so forth...they do fit the setting quite well. A lot of people hate the camera motion, but I've gotten use to it now and really start to enjoy it. In Episode 10, The Hand of God, it really pays off as they go on the offensive against the Cylons.
- Where is Athena? Did Muffit get to see snow yet?
Muffit doesn't exist (thank the Lords of Kobol). Boxey only appears in one or two early episodes (but does nicely in my opinion). Also, Boxey is the son of the Officer killed by Number Six on the Armistice Station at the very beginning of the mini-series. (The officer puts a picture of Boxey and his mother on the desk when he arrives and later Boxey mentions his father is a colonial officer who was declared missing.) Athena doesn't exist either. Adama didn't want to raise a girl. He had two sons and a son-in-law, uh, I mean daughter-in-law (Have I said lately that if there was any woman I might mate with on a regular basis it would be Starbuck?).
- I gotta get a life. 
Villa
YOU need a life? I'm the one who just answered all those questions...
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