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Battlestar Gallactica?

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NotQuiteCockney · 26/09/2006 21:39

Anyone else getting drawn in? I've just finished S01e05, and finding it pretty compelling. Almost like a replacement for Buffy etc ...

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NotQuiteCockney · 27/09/2006 21:39

Other than Tigh and Gaius, they don't even seem to have regional American accents, do they? They all just sound like TV Americans. No Southerners, nobody from Brooklyn. There are vague references to specific colonial accents, but still ...

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lemonaid · 27/09/2006 21:42

Well, my mother's 60 and I only found out a couple of weeks ago that she's technically Canadian, so it's not something she's particularly gone on about. In fact, that's a remarkable keeping-quiet-about-something performance by anyone's standards.

lemonaid · 27/09/2006 21:43

[scared emoticon] at idea of being related to cod...

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NotQuiteCockney · 27/09/2006 21:51

Oh, no, sorry, she can't actually be Canadian then.

The thing is, one of the primary qualities, the absolutely essential quality of being Canadian is, one must feel compelled to count anyone even vaguely Canadian-esque, as Canadian. For example, Alexander Graham Bell. He was from Scotland, then he lived in Canada, then in the US. But we count him as Canadian! We even count the invention of the telephone, which happened in the US, as a Canadian invention. Because we are sad and pathetic and desperate to be recognised as not just that pathetic empty bit north of the US, where they say "eh" all the time.

So, obviously, if your mum really was Canadian, in even the vaguest possible sense, she a) would have said she was Canadian and b) would have been wearing those stupid maple leaves all the damn time, so you wouldn't have just noticed now.

Ahem. Apparently Canadians annoy me.

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NotQuiteCockney · 29/09/2006 12:02

I'm near the end of Series I now.

I'm hating Tigh's wife, and the whole "Is she or isn't she" schtick. If she is a cylon, then they're really pulling the "any sexually active woman is a cylon" thing - all we need is that Black girl who's dating the President's aide to turn out to be a cylon, and every single woman on the series who has sex is a cylon.

But it is a good show, I'm still pretty engaged. I just want Tigh's wife to choke to death on her own vomit soon. Or someone else's vomit, I'm not fussy.

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trying2bgood · 29/09/2006 14:04

Can I just say, I am a fan and the second series is even more compelling than the first which I have to say I was not sure about. Am now hooked and the ending is just amazing as it really makes you want to see the third series!!! Enjoy!

and the theme tune is great

WideWebWitch · 29/09/2006 19:13

Tigh's wife is vile, agreed. ha ha ha, god, is any woman who has sex labelled a cylon? What about Starbuck though, she's not. Maybe

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NotQuiteCockney · 29/09/2006 19:29

Well, quite, they imply Starbuck might be one. Is there anyone who absolutely isn't a Cylon? As of where I am, nearly end of Series one, nobody has been tested negative for being a Cylon.

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WideWebWitch · 29/09/2006 19:30

Not even the captain bloke?

lemonaid · 29/09/2006 19:38

I think we can be pretty sure Gaius isn't a Cylon.

Given one big Series 2 plotline, I can think of one other person who absolutely can't be a Cylon, because otherwise a particular Cylon plan doesn't make sense. In fact, given a similar plotline along the same lines that's clearly being set up for a future series involving another character, that person can't be a Cylon either.

Is that confused and rambling enough for you?

WideWebWitch · 29/09/2006 19:45

lemonaid, wot? Spill, I can't remember. You can always add spoiler and type it at the bottom for people who don;t want to read it

lemonaid · 29/09/2006 20:56

Have CATed you (the spoiler thing never works for me). Although on second thoughts maybe a spoiler thread... here

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NotQuiteCockney · 29/09/2006 21:00

Oh, thank you for starting a separate spoilerish thread. Will be caught up with you lot soon enough (have finished first series now), but would rather not have spoilers before then!

The televisionwithoutpity folks have been v useful for missing details etc.

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NotQuiteCockney · 29/09/2006 21:22

One of the medics at the very start of series 2 had a v posh English accent. So there are some accents, aside from Gaius Girlyboy and that drunken Canadian.

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NotQuiteCockney · 02/10/2006 14:21

Oooh, and an Aussie news reporter person. The accents are just piling up.

I'm nearly half way through the second series. Enjoying it, but it does seem a bit crammed in, far too much happening all at once.

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NotQuiteCockney · 04/10/2006 11:22

OMG, there is far too much happening in season 2. Why couldn't they spread out the plot a tiny bit? It's dizzy-making! What is wrong with these people?

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FloatingHeadOnTheMed · 05/10/2006 22:20

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NotQuiteCockney · 06/10/2006 12:43

The second season is completely insane.

I've found another accent - the mad engineer CO has a southern US accent.

How far in are you?

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mrsflowerpot · 06/10/2006 12:53

Oh I love this series.

The last few episodes of the second series really bring all the insanity together - cracking end to the season. My problem with season 2 was they made some big leaps with some of the characters that either came from nowhere or were a bit clunkily done.

Off to look at the spoiler thread now...

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NotQuiteCockney · 09/10/2006 06:59

Ok, I'm finished series 1 and 2, but nobody is talking about them on the spoiler thread! Series 2 is insane, and I'm not that impressed with the "jump ahead a year and end on another cliffhanger" thing.

I liked them wandering around in space getting attacked, and jumping every so often. I want them to go back to that! (Oh, but if they could kill Mrs Tigh in the occupation, that would be fab ...)

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lemonAIIEEE · 18/10/2006 07:15

Bumping for Ouisie

Ouisie · 18/10/2006 10:01

Thanks lemonAIIEEE! Love all the comments - actually the news reporter chick is actually a Kiwi but her accent seemed to be all over the place ( I love these American shows where they can't be bothered getting an Antipodean to do the role so they just make up the accent!) We are half way through Season 2 and DH has just gone to check out the website for BG The Resistance! Am off to read the spoiler site....

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