nBSG: LDYB Pt 2 thread

StarshipTitanic · Post by **StarshipTitanic** » 2006-03-12 06:33pm

FSTargetDrone wrote:Actually, don't the new shuttles generally follow the design of the shuttles seen in oBSG? Is that what you mean?

The new shuttles do, but I'm referring to the classic design shuttle above the modern one in that screen capture. That model was used in the pilot for the peace delegation officer's shuttle when he docked with the Armistice Station.

That NOS Guy · Post by **That NOS Guy** » 2006-03-12 06:53pm

Hmmm, interesting episode. Very interesting.

I wonder what Galactica Boomer is going to think of Tyrol now

Deathstalker · Post by **Deathstalker** » 2006-03-12 07:16pm

I realized the other night the Zarak must have went up with the Cloud 9. Otherwise he would have been the first one stand up to Baltar, unless he has alrady been thrown in jail.

Skylon · Post by **Skylon** » 2006-03-12 07:54pm

Deathstalker wrote:I realized the other night the Zarak must have went up with the Cloud 9. Otherwise he would have been the first one stand up to Baltar, unless he has alrady been thrown in jail.

Yeah, did Zarek just want Roslin completely out of office, because Baltar and him have nothing in common beyond that.

Or maybe he thinks it'll be easier to pull off his insurrection and take power if Baltar is in office. I'd expect him to be right along Tyrol at that Union meeting.

Ubiquitous · Post by **Ubiquitous** » 2006-03-12 07:57pm

Three things:

- Wow, they didn't destroy the Pegasus overtly - they just took all its crew.

- So pissed off that I saw a spoiler last week in a thread that announced that Baltar would be President - kind of spoilt the first half of the episode!

- This has to be one of the most dramatic plot twists that I have ever seen. S3 will be very interesting - but sadly by the time it is released I will no longer have net access, so this very well might be my last BSG for a long time.

FSTargetDrone · Post by **FSTargetDrone** » 2006-03-12 08:00pm

Skylon wrote:Or maybe he thinks it'll be easier to pull off his insurrection and take power if Baltar is in office. I'd expect him to be right along Tyrol at that Union meeting.

Well, we have a whole year's worth of possible situations where Zarek could disappear into. He could be involved with a criminal underground of some kind, a member of an as yet unseen resistance to the rule of Baltar not affiliated with Tyrol, etc. I suppose he could have been killed, but I will not be surprised to see him again. Otherwise, it seems a rather abrupt death of the character, but then again, we can't put it past the producers.

Uraniun235 · Post by **Uraniun235** » 2006-03-12 08:26pm

Ubiquitous wrote:- So pissed off that I saw a spoiler last week in a thread that announced that Baltar would be President - kind of spoilt the first half of the episode!

Seriously. Thanks a lot to the assholes who can't see a distinction between speculating with information up to the events specific to the presently aired episode, and full-bore spoilers.

Lonestar · Post by **Lonestar** » 2006-03-12 08:35pm

That NOS Guy wrote:
I wonder what Galactica Boomer is going to think of Tyrol now

Yeah, I'm wondering that too.

Post by **Vympel** » 2006-03-12 08:42pm

mmar wrote:"Adriatic" was also mentioned.

It's a ship that's already been mentioned. It was part of the Rolsin faction that went to Kobol. It has ship-to-ship missiles.

StarshipTitanic · Post by **StarshipTitanic** » 2006-03-12 08:49pm

Vympel wrote:
mmar wrote:"Adriatic" was also mentioned.
It's a ship that's already been mentioned. It was part of the Rolsin faction that went to Kobol. It has ship-to-ship missiles.

I wonder if the writers will press it into military service. It would be cool to see ships other than Galactica and Pegasus fighting.

Post by **Vympel** » 2006-03-12 08:54pm

The latest video blog is hilarious- Katee Sackhoff complaining that she's going to be fat by the time Season 3 starts was gold!

FSTargetDrone · Post by **FSTargetDrone** » 2006-03-12 09:21pm

Jason von Evil wrote: Tasty critters: The fact that a vendor was selling what appeared to be meat, seems to indicate that the survey teams were in fact wrong about the lack of animals.

It will be interesting to see if any of this animal life will be shown. Is there any mention of humans from the 12 colonies coming into contact with alien life of any kind? If it ever has come up in any episode, I can't remember it. Something tells me we aren't going to see a lot of forehead aliens in BSG (thank the maker), but some depiction of some living alien animals wouldn't be too bad.

Then again, maybe that vendor was selling some sort of plant matter? I didn't get a good look at it.

Braedley · Post by **Braedley** » 2006-03-12 09:26pm

I didn't read the first of the thread because there were 12 fraking pages before I even watched it, so I appologize if this has been brought up already.

I was watching the episode again when I thought I saw collateral damage form the Cloud Nine explosion. So I go back and frame by frame through it, and sure enough, at least 3 other ships bite the dust, including at lest one cargo ship. I also think a shuttle or raptor gets taken out as it was approaching Cloud Nine. I may go back and get sme screencaps later.

StarshipTitanic · Post by **StarshipTitanic** » 2006-03-12 09:29pm

Braedley wrote:I didn't read the first of the thread because there were 12 fraking pages before I even watched it, so I appologize if this has been brought up already.

I was watching the episode again when I thought I saw collateral damage form the Cloud Nine explosion. So I go back and frame by frame through it, and sure enough, at least 3 other ships bite the dust, including at lest one cargo ship. I also think a shuttle or raptor gets taken out as it was approaching Cloud Nine. I may go back and get sme screencaps later.

No one has provided any screenshots of the ships blown up, so please do go ahead.

RedImperator · Post by **RedImperator** » 2006-03-12 09:43pm

There was definitely a small shuttle approaching Cloud 9. A container transport and what looked like two passenger liners went down, along with the camera (:lol:).

StarshipTitanic · Post by **StarshipTitanic** » 2006-03-12 09:46pm

RedImperator wrote:There was definitely a small shuttle approaching Cloud 9. A container transport and what looked like two passenger liners went down, along with the camera (:lol:).

I'm pretty sure the freighter was the Geminon Freighter of original fame. Interestingly enough, it was also destroyed in Galactica 1980.

I loved that reference to the miniseries when the Armistice Station's camera got knocked around.

Post by **LadyTevar** » 2006-03-12 10:04pm

Looking at that screenshot reinforces my idea that all ships able to land did, and the rest were left in orbit.

Braedley · Post by **Braedley** » 2006-03-12 10:47pm

Okay, so first the shuttle gets it, then this unidentified ship goes down. Next comes the frieghter, followed presumably by two passenger liners.

I appologize for the craptasticness of the pics, I just don't have time to force Photobucket into keeping the images at their original resolution and quality.

StarshipTitanic · Post by **StarshipTitanic** » 2006-03-12 11:06pm

The first one is probably a shuttle, given it is bright white.

The second ship is a Colonial Movers-type.

The third is also a Colonial Movers-type. Are you sure it's not the second ship?

I can't tell what the one on the left is in the fourth pic, but the right one is definitely a mining ship (note the three bright dots that form the flat "hub" of the film can segments the ship is made up of). Are you sure that the lower right ship was destroyed? It looks far away enough to have been merely obscured by the blast debris.

RedImperator · Post by **RedImperator** » 2006-03-12 11:17pm

StarshipTitanic wrote:The first one is probably a shuttle, given it is bright white.

The second ship is a Colonial Movers-type.

The third is also a Colonial Movers-type. Are you sure it's not the second ship?

I can't tell what the one on the left is in the fourth pic, but the right one is definitely a mining ship (note the three bright dots that form the flat "hub" of the film can segments the ship is made up of). Are you sure that the lower right ship was destroyed? It looks far away enough to have been merely obscured by the blast debris.

It's definitely destroyed. It shatters a few frames later. The mystery ship is a container transport (Colonial Movers type), and I suspect it's the same ship we see destroyed in the next cut.

FSTargetDrone · Post by **FSTargetDrone** » 2006-03-12 11:42pm

Is it possible there was a ship or ships behind the Cloud 9, between it and the planet, out of view?

Assuming all the ships that survived were able to jump (it looks as if they all did, but frankly I would have preferred that some had been left behind because the jump drive failed due to lack of maintenance, etc.) we can compare that number next season with what is known to be an accurate count (whatever that is) before the Cloud 9 takes the others with it.

It's definitely destroyed. It shatters a few frames later. The mystery ship is a container transport (Colonial Movers type), and I suspect it's the same ship we see destroyed in the next cut.

Yes, there is a jump cut in the POV that's a closer view of one of the smaller ships being caught up in the blast.

Jason von Evil · Post by **Jason von Evil** » 2006-03-13 12:25am

Anyone have a picture of "fat Lee"?

Uraniun235 · Post by **Uraniun235** » 2006-03-13 12:34am

Post by **Vympel** » 2006-03-13 01:35am

He's not really "fat"- just "chubby"- that's enough to make the bloke look like absolute crap though.

Jason von Evil · Post by **Jason von Evil** » 2006-03-13 02:27am

Looks like female ejaculant is high in calories.