Feel like reliving the bizarre twists and turns of Battlestar Galactica without, you know, actually having to watch it again? College Humor has put together a handy (and fake) retro RPG that handily condenses the series' most memorable plot points (and holes). Oh, and: Spoiler warning. Duh.
Feel like reliving the bizarre twists and turns of Battlestar Galactica without, you know, actually having to watch it again? College Humor has put together a handy (and fake) retro RPG that handily condenses the series' most memorable plot points (and holes). Oh, and: Spoiler warning. Duh.
Reader Comments (18)
Posted: Jan 6th 2012 12:31AM (Unverified) said
Yeah, no Kidding. Surviving one viewing of the new series was almost more than I could stand. I think I'll pass on any and everything Galactica for awhile, thank you very much though.
Posted: Jan 6th 2012 12:32AM (Unverified) said
I thought it was a fan made game.
I'm sad now :(
I'm sad now :(
Posted: Jan 6th 2012 12:47AM ShadowOp814 said
OMG, I almost lost control of all of my bodily functions when I saw this...
+23 being a closet BSG(the good series) fan
-5 cool points
-10 depth perception...
+23 being a closet BSG(the good series) fan
-5 cool points
-10 depth perception...
Posted: Jan 6th 2012 12:51AM TaengtheHero said
Excellent! Now I actually don't have to watch any more of that Horrible series than I already did! God bless you, College Humor. Now I'm going to go back and watch the original one, a.k.a the one that made sense and didn't suck.
Posted: Jan 6th 2012 2:44AM StClair said
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Posted: Jan 6th 2012 9:31AM Startingline13 ArmlessOctopus said
That was aweeeeeesome
Posted: Jan 6th 2012 10:14AM AwesomeTown said
I loved that series. That video was perfect. Made my day.
Posted: Jan 6th 2012 10:47AM EvilCartographer said
I tried, multiple times, to get into that series via Netflix.
Then I said, to hell with it, and tried, multiple times, to just read through the Wikipedia page.
That video is the first time I've actually made it to the end of the series.
Then I said, to hell with it, and tried, multiple times, to just read through the Wikipedia page.
That video is the first time I've actually made it to the end of the series.
Posted: Jan 6th 2012 11:31PM TaengtheHero said
@EvilCartographer Exactly. It felt like every single episode could be summed up by two people sitting in a room, facing each other, and continually asking back and forth, "Are you a Cylon?"
In a word, this series was BORING
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In a word, this series was BORING
Posted: Jan 6th 2012 10:54AM andrewpoe said
Anyone notice how the cliff at the end looked suspiciously like the one from Final Fantasy VI?
I want more College Humor RPG's. They need to be REAL games.
I want more College Humor RPG's. They need to be REAL games.
Posted: Jan 6th 2012 12:58PM (Unverified) said
Wow, no love for one of the best TV series of the last ten years? I have watched it clear through (inc. Razor and webisodes) about three times now. Yeah, sure some of the early plot arcs changed when the show became a series, and again when it looked to have a few years to tell a bigger story. Maybe some of the ending feels a little too convenient for some, didn't bother me at all as it did build on things actually hinted at throughout and then tied everything up neatly. The first season drags a bit when you've seen it all before, but most people seem to agree that the show continually gets better as it goes. Love it or hate it, I guess.
Posted: Jan 6th 2012 5:54PM Drakkenfyre said
The reason it changed so much was because they had NO idea where it was going. The writers admitted they had nothing written out past the miniseries, and the show was written on an episode-by-episode basis. The entire end series was pulled out their ass to end the show.
The same thing happened to LOST. The writers wrote it as they went.
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The same thing happened to LOST. The writers wrote it as they went.
Posted: Jan 7th 2012 3:55PM (Unverified) said
@Drakkenfyre My point was simply that I don't think it lessens the show that they wrote it that way. You don't need a 4 year arc for a mini series that you have no idea how will be received. The writers' strike gave them a chance to look at the show objectively and so the ending stretch was rethought (from what, who cares?). Unlike Lost they didn't go for a big twist ending (and fail), and the true resolution was breaking the "cycle" of creating and dominating another intelligence. Does it matter that they pulled it out of their asses if it doesn't undo or diminish the best moments of the series (or their meanings)?
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Posted: Jan 6th 2012 5:03PM Jenks said
Mega spoilers-
The Lee weight gain/loss plotline that they sum up with "press a to forget this plotline ever happened" actually culminates with by far the greatest sequence in the entire series, liberating New Caprica. Sacrificing the Pegasus was insane, but barely even memorable compared to Adama jumping the Galactica into the atmosphere right above the battle to launch the vipers (JUMP!). The only thing that I can remember even coming close is the Adama/Cain assassination plots in Resurrection ship.
The Lee weight gain/loss plotline that they sum up with "press a to forget this plotline ever happened" actually culminates with by far the greatest sequence in the entire series, liberating New Caprica. Sacrificing the Pegasus was insane, but barely even memorable compared to Adama jumping the Galactica into the atmosphere right above the battle to launch the vipers (JUMP!). The only thing that I can remember even coming close is the Adama/Cain assassination plots in Resurrection ship.
Posted: Jan 7th 2012 11:51AM isotrex said
Baltar states one of the on-going quotes from the series, "This has all happened before, and it will all happen again." This leads the viewer to believe that one day soon, modern humans will develop their own type of cylon, and those Cylons will rebel and a new war between humans and machines will occur. -wikipedia
I believed the Sarah Connor chronicles then the Terminator happen next. LOL j/k.
I believed the Sarah Connor chronicles then the Terminator happen next. LOL j/k.
Posted: Jan 7th 2012 4:03PM (Unverified) said
@isotrex It's no stretch to see the Terminator timeline as a repetition of the cycle, Olmos himself seems to think Blade Runner could be part of the cycle. For me I loved the notion of the repeating events because it changes the new BSG from being just a reboot of the original to perhaps being a prequel of the original (as the "original" Galactica doesn't find earth until AD 1980). Similar people and events, somehow separated by millions of years and trillions of miles.
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