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    Battlestar Galactica Movie Reveals The Cylons Never Actually Had A Plan

    New Clips Reveal The Cylons' Devious Plans For Humankind

    Racy New Battlestar Galactica Pics Reveal The Cylons' Plan. And Jon Favreau Talks Tony Stark's Relationships.

    Just How Uncut And Uncensored Will BSG's Final Cylon Revelation Be?

    Plan On Getting The BSG TV Movie On DVD — Or Wait A Few Months Longer

    One Character on Heroes is Dying, Another May Make the Move to Lost

    BSG TV Movie Will Explain Boomer's Steamy Fling With Cavil

    Olmos: The Plan Won't Be the Last BSG Movie

    New Trailer For BSG's "The Plan" Explains Exactly What That Plan Was

    Robotics Scientists And BSG Cast Members Agree, We're All Doomed
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    Image of AngriestGeek AngriestGeek
    10/24/09

    In reply to Battlestar Galactica Movie Reveals The Cylons Never Actually Had A Plan
    I walked away when the conclusion was "Jeebus" and haven't looked back. Nothing I've read here is going to encourage me to change that. #battlestargalactica
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    Image of Klebert L. Hall Klebert L. Hall
    10/24/09

    In reply to Battlestar Galactica Movie Reveals The Cylons Never Actually Had A Plan
    "We also discover that the Cylons never really had a "plan" at all"

    Hey, just like the writers!

    Does that mean the writers are anti-human skinjobs? It would certainly explein some things...
    -Kle. #battlestargalactica
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    10/24/09

    @Klebert L. Hall:

    Hmm... can't make the edit work.

    "explain".
    -Kle. #battlestargalactica
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    Image of Alessar Alessar
    10/26/09

    @Klebert L. Hall: Yeah .... the series didn't just go off the rails, the tran rocketed off the tracks and exploded at the bottom of the ravine like the horse-drawn carriage in Van Helsing. I don't care a fig about this new movie. There isn't a retcon in the universe big enough to save the series unless the entire last half of the last season is a fantasy going through the mind of someone about to pull the trigger and kill herself. #battlestargalactica
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    Image of Guang Guang
    10/24/09

    In reply to Battlestar Galactica Movie Reveals The Cylons Never Actually Had A Plan
    Not gonna watch it. Watching the last season of BSG was depressingly painful. I wanted to find out what happened, figuring that it all would make sense in the end...but that didn't happen.

    It was pretty obvious that the story-arc writer didn't have a plan, and if he didn't have a plan, how are the Cylons supposed to have a plan? #battlestargalactica
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    atrus123 promoted this comment Guang was starred Guang was unstarred
    Image of Bill-Lee Bill-Lee
    10/24/09

    In reply to Battlestar Galactica Movie Reveals The Cylons Never Actually Had A Plan
    "...watching it will leave you with more questions than answers." Good. I hate it when science fiction shows need to explain everything. I don't need an explanation for every little detail or a plot line for every Cylon article of clothing. Although a movie from the point of view of Number 6's underclothes would be awesome. #battlestargalactica
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    10/23/09

    In reply to Battlestar Galactica Movie Reveals The Cylons Never Actually Had A Plan
    The irony of BSG of course is that the fans had far better plans than Ron Moore in the end. This is what has made LOST fans so faithful is the mutual engagement and respect between the fans and the writers. For BSG, it was "let's avoid any logic and reasoning because the fans have already come up with a better scenario, so we can't go there." #battlestargalactica
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    Image of okeribok okeribok
    10/24/09

    @ceti: you are right and it makes me sad. #battlestargalactica
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    Image of KaiUno KaiUno
    10/24/09

    @ceti: Could you share please? What was the sane solution they avoided to thwart the fans? #battlestargalactica
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    Elizabeth Weinbloom promoted this comment KaiUno was starred KaiUno was unstarred
    Image of byers byers
    10/23/09

    In reply to Battlestar Galactica Movie Reveals The Cylons Never Actually Had A Plan
    Thanks for posting spoilers in the title of the article and posting it on the main page. Appreciated. #battlestargalactica
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    Image of franklinshepard franklinshepard
    10/23/09

    @byers: Seriously? The title of the article is just a snarky joke. If you read the article, obviously the Cylons do have a plan; Annalee just doesn't think too highly of it. #battlestargalactica
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    Image of MargaretMoony MargaretMoony
    10/23/09

    In reply to Battlestar Galactica Movie Reveals The Cylons Never Actually Had A Plan
    Fuck, is Ron Moore's plan then for me to hate him? #battlestargalactica
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    Image of dnwilliams dnwilliams
    10/23/09

    In reply to Battlestar Galactica Movie Reveals The Cylons Never Actually Had A Plan
    It felt disjointed. It revealed things I didn't want to know (Boomer receiving direct orders from Cavill rather than being pre-programmed), and neglected to cover things I would've liked to have known more about...

    The TV cut might actually be better because they'll have to drop whole scenes. I do feel like it's the Simon episode we never had though. I always thought that actor's performance was great in The Farm and was shocked when his role didn't grow. If they stuck to Simon and Anders it would've been good.
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    MISS MERCY STREET promoted this comment Edited by dnwilliams at 10/23/09 6:44 PM dnwilliams was starred dnwilliams was unstarred
    Image of hESC_teratoma hESC_teratoma
    10/23/09

    In reply to Battlestar Galactica Movie Reveals The Cylons Never Actually Had A Plan
    The plan for the plan: make some more money with minimal budget, show a bunch of boobies and one penis (circumcised).
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    Image of MargaretMoony MargaretMoony
    10/23/09

    @hESC_teratoma: Whoa... That detail, is scaring. #battlestargalactica
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    Image of twophrasebark twophrasebark
    10/23/09

    In reply to Battlestar Galactica Movie Reveals The Cylons Never Actually Had A Plan
    "Battlestar Galactica Movie Reveals The Cylons Never Actually Had A Plan"

    Well, neither did Ron. #battlestargalactica
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    Image of gorehound gorehound
    10/23/09

    In reply to Battlestar Galactica Movie Reveals The Cylons Never Actually Had A Plan
    I agree.This film was made for fans.I watched it last night and you would not get it unless you watched BSG.
    There were some really cool FX shots that I enjoyed.There were a lot of small clips from the show unfortunately so that is a drawback.There were some holes filled in as you stated above and there were some weirdness too that makes you think.
    the cavil and simon part also could of meant that cavil knows (we know that) but maybe simon thought he might be a cylon ?
    I think that the cavil model is just plain broken in the head.He is insane but has power.And he is evil and hates all humans.I think he just wanted to kill the whole lot of us so only the machines would be left and free from the human virus.
    that is right we are the virus to the machines ? #battlestargalactica
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    Image of jeremydeananderson jeremydeananderson
    10/23/09

    In reply to Battlestar Galactica Movie Reveals The Cylons Never Actually Had A Plan
    Wait, so they WANTED to kill the final five? They wiped out 99.9% of the human race and just coincidentally, all five of the final five lived?
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    Image of Cash907Censored Cash907Censored
    10/24/09

    @jeremydeananderson:
    So much for machine efficiency, am I right? #battlestargalactica
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    Image of InfiniteMonkey InfiniteMonkey
    10/23/09

    In reply to Battlestar Galactica Movie Reveals The Cylons Never Actually Had A Plan
    It answered some questions and filled in some much needed explanations of the how's and why's but it really didn't further anything at best.

    This just made me want to...errr...i don't really know. LOL!!!! #battlestargalactica
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    Image of cletar cletar
    10/23/09

    In reply to Battlestar Galactica Movie Reveals The Cylons Never Actually Had A Plan
    I always thought the plan was "let's kill all the humans."
    You guys thought it was going to be more nuanced than that? #battlestargalactica
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    Image of psychiccheese psychiccheese
    10/23/09

    @cletar: More specifically, the plan was to kill the final 5 at once, leaving the entire human race as collateral damage. Somehow, they managed to fail at even killing a single one of the final 5. #battlestargalactica
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    Image of Srynerson Srynerson
    10/23/09

    In reply to Battlestar Galactica Movie Reveals The Cylons Never Actually Had A Plan
    Someday, when I have a child, I will watch BSG with them. And, when we get to the mid-season 4 break, I will say,

    [Insert child's name], you have a choice. We can stop here and now with the dead Earth. Or we can go on and find out what Ron Moore thinks the ending of the series should be. I can't make that decision for you. You have to choose for yourself. But be warned, once we go forward you cannot unsee what you will see and you cannot unlearn what you will learned. No matter how much you long again to return to the irraditated ashes of the dead Earth, there is no turning back. You will have to live the rest of your life knowing Ron Moore's final vision of the series. Choose wisely.... #battlestargalactica
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    Image of cletar cletar
    10/23/09

    @Srynerson: Also, child, you can't unsee Star Trek V, or the Phantom Menace. There's a world in which the Star Wars universe contains no characters named Jar Jar, and another, grimmer world...well, choose wisely. #battlestargalactica
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    Image of Lassus Lassus
    10/23/09

    @Srynerson: If only this level of drama from BSG-watchers was actually fiction. #battlestargalactica
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