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I somewhat envy that you're discovering all this for the first time... IMHO, don't watch Razor until you've finished S3, i.e. follow broadcast order. There's a minor spoiler to the end of S3 otherwise if you watch Razor first.

Since I'm actually bothering to re-watch G1980 in order, I haven't gotten to Return of Starbuck yet, keeping it I suppose as the "dessert" to redeem the rest of the irredeemable dross I'm ploughing through, so apologies if I've gotten any details wrong. Not far to go... As an aside, I'd...

I've actually been re-watching Galactica 1980 recently, for the first time since it's original airing :b Short answers Hugh, if you really want them, is that "Troy" is the kid formerly known as Boxey, Dillon is a new character, it is set apparently about 20 years after original Galactica...

I thought Zarek had raised some song and dance about how it was unforseeable that someone so far down the succession (46th, if I remember correctly) would actually assume the Presidency, and therefore her legitimacy (probably in the moral, rather than legal, sense) was questionable, and hence an...

Not Galactica-A? :D

I agree. Even on Earth, pre-"globalization", historically the different isolated civilisations advanced in different areas at different rates (IIRC, for instance the South American Indians that built Macchu Picchu in Peru never invented the wheel, which makes their achievement in building that...

Perhaps the difference is that the Admiral was, like himself, simply a surviving high-ranking military officer, and he could justifiably take the view that he was simply going against the view of one person, albeit one that outranked him, whereas Baltar's election on the settlement platform was...

Agreed. Probably no different from what we'd call a "battlefield commission", she can do the job, more or less proven herself under fire (at least on C-in-C, not literally on the ground/in the field), and even without people leaving to settle on New Caprica there would have been attrition in the...

I may have missed it, but come to think of it, there was no actual indication in the show that Tyrol and Callie were together and that Tyrol is the father. Of course, it is the natural assumption, which I am making too, but just to play devil's advocate, there was no actual confirmation IIRC...

Oops. Kinda forgot about that, seeing as the Cylons were walking around Caprica City enjoying a pleasant day at the cafe... but seriously, even then, I'd think at least a recon to see if anything useful was left might be worthwhile, unless of course the resistance was already able to report that...

Wow. Mind-blowing stuff. They weren't kidding when they said they'd take the show somewhere entirely unexpected. Whilst it was a bit of a disconnect -- eh, "One Year Later", WTF?!? -- I can't say I disagree with the direction they took. I suppose it's a measure of the goodwill that Moore...

Possible, though I'd guess they deliberately didn't increment the number, precisely because the baby is half-Cylon. Having said that, if anyone else in the fleet was paying attention, they might notice the discrepancy, since the cover story is that the foster mother who lost her baby in...

It just occurred to me, and I don't think it's been discussed before, though this is a minor nitpick: the Galactica is no. 75, yet the Pegasus, ostensibly a newer ship, is no. 63. What gives? (Wikipedia suggests Galactica was amongst 2 or 3 battlestars that formed "battle group 75", which if...

I suppose from the perspective of loss of life we saw (or can be attributable) it is accurate, but what I mean is that it's hard to believe that after going head-to-head with basestars, the Pegasus didn't lose anyone else, whether Viper pilots, or crew on board when the Pegasus was hit by those...

If that's accurate, it surely isn't. They didn't lose a single Viper in that furball? Or any casualties to explosions or decompression when the Pegasus took hits? That seems rather too much good luck. I was wondering, though, when "the number" was evident behind Roslin's shoulder, whether...

And the weasely fellow (Leoben?) is "5". Great episode, even if there wasn't a single space battle. It does suggest that Caprica Six and the former Galactica Boomer might be the starters of a Fifth Column within the Cylon ranks. It's fascinating that a Cylon can have a human "in her head"...

Thanks for the information Hugh. I guess both instances show what the primary focus of the ship/boat is: on a boomer, it's to deliver the nuclear missiles, so that's the priority, whereas for a carrier, it's aircraft operations. Both make eminent sense. Good point Todd, that Apollo might have...

Promoting Apollo instead of Tigh made sense, since Tigh does not want command, but I guess there aren't any more senior officers on the Pegasus? What happened to the original Pegasus CAG? And no doubt this will sow future discord amongst Pegasus crew, that the Galactica CAG is now their CO, and...

Didn't miss it, must have plain forgot the details. I can be quite bad that way. Still, that still leaves a lot of variables: presumably the fleet can get its hands on a Raider, but not a transport, so any pilot going there would either rescue just a handful of survivors (actually, can a Raider...

Grrr, lost my post due to some snafu, this is a re-type:-

My bad, I now see I misread your question. Weren't the humans at war with each other previously? Which might be why they made no efforts to find Kobol, other "distractions" kept them busy. Otherwise, one gets the impression that some sort of religious taboo was also at play. In addition...

Kobol was the planet they landed on in Home Part 2, where they found the "starmap" courtesy of Apollo's Arrow that actually gave indication where Earth is (whereas before Adama was "bluffing"). Given that the Cylons were (and indeed still are) in close pursuit, they couldn't simply stop there...

Shame that the experts on Rome don't seem to watch BSG... where's Joe DeMartino, Michael BA? Another "name" which occured to me: Gaius Baltar. "Baltar" is obviously carried over from the original, but why the first-name "Gaius", which is quite unusual? The most famous "Gaius" in history...

My spoilerised comment, which had to do with a character's name, got me thinking: any significance to other names not carried over from the original? For instance, Boomer is Sharon Valerii, Valerii being the Roman male plural of Valerius, anglicised to Valerian. There was one Emperor...

Although probably strictly accurate, I would think it might have more to do with their respective COs, Adama (and for that matter Tigh) having actually fought the Cylons in the first war, whereas Cain (despite her higher rank) and presumably Fisk are a little younger and therefore had not...

I just finished reading The Da Vinci Code (OK, OK, I'm waaaay behind time...)considering the importance of the Rose Line, variously spelt Rosslyn or, yes, Roslin, I wonder, is it a coincidence that Madam President's name is Roslin? This was one character whose name did not carry over from the...

Fair point Adam, but I'd then ask, wouldn't that actually make them even more paranoid? Such that any unfamiliar face wandering the hallways and out of uniform (to exclude Galactica personnel transferred to Pegasus) raise suspicion immediately? And much less one now trying to leave Pegasus...

Count me as another who's surprised with the total lack of security onboard Pegasus. I've always been curious as to how hopping from ship to ship works. They addressed this (sort-of) when commenting that Cloud 9 is a "free port", suggesting that people come and go at will, but surely when it...