2 posts tagged “battlestar gallactica”

The following is a geeky rant...

Watching Battlestar Gallactica last night, I immediately thought of Seinfeld when Ellen referred to the twist. Ron Moore's podcast of the episode confirmed that it was indeed a homage to Seinfeld.

My high school government teacher used to bring in clips of Seinfeld episodes. (Not the twist-like episodes but the soup nazi-like episodes.) He would play them between clips of CNN and 60 Minutes. It was actually one of the best classes from my mediocre public school education.

The season premiere of Battlestar Gallactica was dark and intriguing. Everyone has their reasons for the path they are walking down. It is a scary world on New Caprica. On the surface some of the choices seem wrong, but you have to know the details of where the characters are coming from before judging. Tigh had his eyeball ripped out of his head, and he thinks human scarifice is the only way to defeat their foe. Ellen is feeding information to a cylon but she has proven in the past that she will do what it takes for her own survival. It was more surprising that she actually used this connection to free Tigh. I'm not sure if I buy Starbuck's quick change of heart which is why it will won't surprise me when it turns out to be a rouse.

Why do they feel the need to always show fat kids eating? Yes, Apollo is excessively large, but he doesn't need to be eating to prove it. The bathroom scene was enough.

I also had a dream about Battlestar Gallactica. That's what I get for watching the episodes twice before going to sleep.

The trailer is a little cheesy with the song and flashes of ridiculous text but I still watch it and go "Wow!"