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Cylon Deathfest on Battlestar Galactica

For those of us who have gotten sick of scientist-cum-messiah Baltar's sermonizing, Friday's episode of Battlestar Galactica, "Faith," was a welcome relief. Instead of watching a sweaty dude in a shiny robe preach to a room full of Lilith Fair lady ninjas, we got to watch an asskicking Starbuck court danger and cylons. Plus there were views of the cylon Base Ships that we've never seen before — and that looked seriously awesome. For BSG fans who like the whole character development thing, there was plenty of that too. A lot of the humans (and cylons) are having to face their mortality for the first time. And it's not always pretty. More »

6:30 AM on Mon May 12 2008
By Annalee Newitz
4,016 views, 88 comments

Latest by kolacek: Anyone here old enough to remember + notice the similarity between Baltar sermonizing on the radio and the Bay Area's Dr. Gene Scott? He was a fairly disturbed TV preacher on channel 36 in the 70s and the more »

battlestar galactica recap

Hugh Hefner vs. Robert DeNiro on Battlestar Galactica

Hope you enjoyed yet another "everybody is more psycho" episode of Battlestar Galactica on Friday, complete with ten percent more nervous breakdowns and a bit of sartorial madness. "The Road Less Traveled" also brings us the return of a certain creepy Cylon, who makes all the weirdness even weirder. And then there's the ongoing mystery of why everybody is so sweaty on the poop ship Demetrius. Wouldn't it be cheaper to keep them cold in space rather than cranking up the heat? Spoilers ahead. More »

6:30 AM on Mon May 5 2008
By Annalee Newitz
5,766 views, 76 comments

Latest by Paganmoon: Isn't the hybrid in the same type of goo? I'd say it's the hybrid emerging. more »

battlestar galactica recap

A Giant Bag of "What the Hell" on Battlestar Galactica

I like watching sexy ladies torture sweaty men as much as the next person, but Friday night's Battlestar Galactica took that scenario way too far. Called "Escape Velocity," the episode delved deeply into Baltar's religious beliefs and Tyrol's post-Cally bitterness, but was also packed with enough randomly-generated sadomasochism to fill a bag of holding. Is there a way to wash your eyes out with soap? You'll want to know after enduring several scenes with lines like, "Pain is pleasure," and "I want the pain." Spoilers ahead, if you can bear it. More »

6:30 AM on Mon Apr 28 2008
By Annalee Newitz
8,454 views, 117 comments

Latest by x40sw0n: @dangrgirl: I am well aware that wiccan is not directly related to christianity but occassionally practitioners use similar terminology (to LaVey). I just wanted to make sure that I didn't offend any wiccans since I wasn't referring to them. more »

battlestar galactica recap

Cylon Civil War and Rough Sex with Starbuck

Things are getting awesomely ugly on Battlestar Galactica, with the humans squabbling over sex and the justice system while their arch-enemies the Cylons march towards all-out bot-on-bot civil war. One of the more stylized, surreal episodes of BSG, last night's "The Ties that Bind" was full of weird camera angles and blurred-out backgrounds that perfectly capture the mental disintegration of several major characters. And one person's life takes a seriously unexpected turn in a scene that had me yelling "HOLY CRAP!" at my monitor. You guessed it: spoilers lie ahead. More »

9:12 AM on Sat Apr 19 2008
By Annalee Newitz
10,640 views, 99 comments

Latest by lava: I guess not. more »

battlestar galactica recap

Cylon Politics Get Out of Control

Last night's episode of Battlestar Galactica was one of the best in a very long time — better, by far, than the season premiere last week — because we got to go further inside the Cylon social system than ever before. And it wasn't just gooey computer interfaces and creepy threesomes with Baltar. At last we're seeing the gripping political conflict of the New Caprica episodes again, only this time around the Cylons are breaking into warring factions rather than the humans. It turns out the Cylons are as divided as the humans over what direction they should go (literally and figuratively). Some, like Six, want to follow "the one true god" and find their mystical destiny; others, like Brother Cavil, prefer the pragmatic rationalism of war. Spoilery recappage ahead. More »

4:05 PM on Sat Apr 12 2008
By Annalee Newitz
9,163 views, 139 comments

Latest by themidnighter: @Moeskido: I'm with you guys. While the ideas are there -- A cylon civil war is a cool idea, Starbuck and Helo out on a search for Earth is a good idea from a plot perspective -- little to more »