Mark here...we are switching gears again for a new series and taping our nerd glasses together for some Battlestar Galactica. We decided to get out of high school and switch to a totally different kind of series. With that in mind, we're settling in for a brunch of herbed baked eggs, maple syrup bacon, latkes, toast, and fresh strawberries. Also, we have some special guest star bloggers with us, our friends Jeff and Emily! They've been kind enough to host us. On to the series...
Starting off we are watching the Mini-Series, which serves as a pilot for the whole series. The beginning shows us a star system of humans inhabiting 12 colonies, conveniently named after the signs of the zodiac. The humans of these colonies had created robots called Cylons who eventually rebeled against there masters. Fast forward 40 years and the Cylons are launching a surprise attack against humanity, aided by the fact that they are now able to look like humans. We first see the Battlestar Galactica as it is about to be retired and turned into a museum. But it is quickly put back into service and ends up being the last Battlestar to survive the Cylon attack, due to the fact that its systems are all designed to not be hooked up to a network, and therefore not affected by the Cylon cyber attack. The Battlestar is commanded by Adama, played by Edward James Olmos. Conveniently, his estranged son is back in the picture for the museum unveiling and becomes a member of the crew after the attack.
Separately, we are also introduced to Laura Roslin, secretary of education and 43rd in line to the presidency. After the attack she becomes president and provides a nice counter point to Adama's military-focused personality. In the end, she is who convinces Adama to abandon the fight and focus on preserving the species.
Emily here...
I'm so happy to be a guest blogger, especially on BSG! We quickly learn that the Battlestar Gallactica is about to become a museum, and that the Cylons were no longer a threat. Lots of crew members are kissing Captian Adama's ass ("Oh, it was such an honor to work with you, Adama...") and he's dreaming of vacation. While the crew of the Battlestar is getting ready for retirement, on Caprica there is a hot Cylon going around breaking hearts and breaking necks. Oh, and she destroys all humankind, while she's at it. We are led to believe she is a serious scientist, but she wears crazy see-through clothes that are inappropriate for serious science, or any workplace, actually.
Fast forward: Caprica is destroyed, Gallactica is not going to be a museum, Adama becomes head military dude. Adama's son, Lee, comes to the ship bringing lots of daddy issues. Lee's hair always looks perfect, even after taking his helmet off. Roslin's a hot cougar who takes charge. I see some serious sparks between the senior Adama and her!
We meet some Cylons. They look like humans! There are 12 of them, just like there are 12 Colonies, and very similar to the 12 apostles, maybe? 12 is a magic number.
At the end there's a huge reveal (that I will keep) and the humans are on a mission to find Earth. Will they find it? Probably not, since Captain Adama reveals to Roslin that he made that shit up, there ain't no Earth that he knows of.
Jeff Kwong here! So I made this killer toast for bunch. I don't go the usual sliced-bead-in-a-toaster route. No sir. I make a habit of never getting sliced bread first of all. You gotta go whole loaf. Sliced bread mean one of two things, stale bread or preservatives, and neither of those things are worthy of serving in the Kwong house. I start with a slice of hand cut bread, slightly thicker than the width of a standard sandwich slice. Next I toss that on a hot, buttered griddle pan. After it develops a golden brown surface, I flip that bread over and dry toast the opposite side just long enough to give it the slightest crispy surface. The toast comes of the heat and I give it a sprinkling of sea salt and coarse cracked pepper. EVERYONE was raving about how good it was and personally I found it kinda distracting while I was trying to watch BSG. Oh well, I've seen it before. It's as good as the first time around, but this time I'm full of spoilers. *SPOILER ALERT* None of the main characters die in the miniseries.
Laurel here...The toast was amazing! I already have a bone to pick with this series...Starbuck. This character is supposed to be a tough girl but she is SO over the top it's super annoying. She walks with a swagger, has a mean glare on her face, and to top it off she smokes a cigar at the end of the episode. It's totally unecessary. The fact that you are a super good fighter pilot makes you pretty tough already, so all that other stuff just makes you seem like a bad, insecure actress. And like Emily said you are probably not allowed to be smoking on a spaceship.
Mark here...if it was the apocalypse, I would smoke on a spaceship, rules be damned!
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