Yay, Battlestar Galactica is back!

[locker_monster]

So, how come after a year away, the premiere for season four of Battlestar Galactica is only one hour? I think we deserve two hours, thank you very much.

I'm just going to admit this upfront: I've never been overly fond of Kara. She's a fine character, but I'm not prone to bouts of "OMG! Starbuck!" when she's on screen. It feels silly that they played up her death; it seemed so obvious that she would be back. You don't kill off super popular characters unless you're stupid (or mean). I do find it interesting that she's at odds with everyone. Earth is over here but the fleet is going this way. I hope they explain why and how Kara knows they're going the wrong way and no weird, flighty answers like "She's special" or something. You need a better reason than that. Also, Kara doesn't mention when she's orbiting Earth, seeing any satellites. If it were modern day Earth, there would be satellites. So either Earth is still inhabited by dinosaurs or, if they're lucky, people who have yet to invent high-tech technology. Or Earth is inhabited by a super advance race of humans that they don't need technology. ;-) As long as they don't do Galactica 1980 when they get to Earth, I'll be fine.

I guess they're taking their time with the plot of the secret Cylons. Ron Moore has stated they're "special" Cylons and I really hope "special" translates into something cool. So was Anders triggered? I thought he might have been uploaded with a program he would spread to the other three. If the four of them start doing weird things I guess we'll know. :-) Seems a bit amazing that the Cylons only managed to take out one ship in the entire fleet and it was only really a mistake. A raider blew up and hit the ship. It looks like they didn't bother to remind us the viewer of Laura's dizzy moment just as the fleet jumped into the nebula last episode. Her dizzy spell is oddly similar to Kara's dizzy moment whenever the fleet jumps away from Earth. A connection? Would give the two of them something to discuss instead of shooting each other.

Yeah, and pulling a gun on Laura is totally going to stop the fleet from jumping. Likely Adama's going to throw her into the brig after this. And does anyone else find it funny that Lee takes the time to ask Adama, "So, is Roslin still staying in your quarters?" Considering that scene was all about Kara's return and how Lee doesn't question why, that line really sticks out. Is it just there to tell us Laura is going to be in Adama's quarters so when Kara is looking for her we can all shout at the screen, "She's in Adama's quarters!" Or was that just me? :-D

And Baltar finally cut his hair! My god, his hair hasn't been that short since the miniseries. He looks less like Jesus now and he's got his crazy harem of worshipers. I'm just waiting for the moment he starts to believe he really is a messiah or something. He's wearing a ridiculous robe in the promo pictures.

Now I'm just waiting on Ron Moore's podcast commentary to appear. I really enjoy those. Those and David Eick's video blog. I just love how everyone just plays along and says bad things about David Eick. :-)

Comments

[newnumber6.livejournal.com]

Huh, when they talked about someone staying in Adama's quarters, I thought they were talking about Starbuck, actually, since they said "until they can find a place for her" (since her place would have been given away, having been dead for a few months).

[locker-monster.livejournal.com]

I think what Adama said was about Laura staying (in his quarters) until her treatments were done. I didn't quite catch what he said, but I assume she's getting additional treatment for her cancer aboard Galactica.