Poll: How do you like your BSG?

Okay, so it was a pretty slow turnout for the "How Do You Like Your BSG" Poll, especially given that the poll was up for almost a month. In any event, the statistics seem to show that we like our BSG in any which way we can get - some completionists, some opportunists, some high definition enthusiasts, and many a combination of some or all of these.

Will buy Complete Series DVD set	4 (22%)
Will buy Complete Series on Blu-ray	5 (27%)
Even though already own other seasons on DVD	5 (27%)
Waiting for a good deal on CS on DVD	0 (0%)
Waiting for a good deal on CS on Blu-ray	3 (16%)
Own some other seasons on DVD	2 (11%)
Do not own any seasons on DVD	1 (5%)
Own all seasons on DVD (so far)	6 (33%)
Will get individual seasons on Blu-ray in August	0 (0%)
Will slowly acquire individual seasons on Blu-ray	1 (5%)
Will slowly acquire individual seasons on DVD	1 (5%)
Will only be buying 4.5 DVD on July 28th	2 (11%)
Will get 4.5 Blu-ray on July 28th	1 (5%)
Will eventually get 4.5	2 (11%)
Do not plan on buying any BSG DVDs or Blu-rays	1 (5%)

Total Votes: 18

Poll: Caprica

How did we like the Caprica pilot? In general, we liked it, but I think it will be hard pressed to live up to our beloved BSG. A good amount of people were impartial or even disappointed with it, but some or holding off on an opinion until we get a better look at the series when it airs in (January) 2010. Some haven't even seen it yet, and a couple of us were outright repelled by it. Here's the final result of the Caprica poll:

Loved it	16 (27%)
Liked it	13 (22%)
It was just okay	12 (20%)
Didn't care for it	5 (8%)
Detest it	2 (3%)
Haven't seen it yet	4 (6%)
Might get around to seeing it	3 (5%)
Don't plan on seeing it ever	4 (6%)
Awesome FX	9 (15%)
Horrible FX	2 (3%)
Not sci-fi enough	5 (8%)
Just enough sci-fi	7 (12%)
Saving opinion for 2010	7 (12%)
Waiting to watch until series airs	5 (8%)
It sucked me in	6 (10%)
Couldn't make the leap of faith	7 (12%)
Wild with anticipation for more	7 (12%)
Made me uninterested in series	5 (8%)
Generally intrigued	12 (20%)

Total Votes: 58

Look out for the new BSG on DVD poll! (It doubles as a countdown to July 28!)

Poll: The Finale

And what a finale it was. Some loved it, some hated it, some felt both ways about it, but what's for certain is that everyone who watched it has many different feelings and opinions on how BSG was tied up. The overwhelming majority of votes were in favor of it being an epic ending to an epic series. Most of the positive choice in the poll got the most votes, but some of the most negative registered as well, and no choice was not voted for. That says something for (at least a drop in the bucket) the range of feelings and opinions about the series. Here it is for the record:

Epic	62 (42%)
Epic fail	9 (6%)
Bittersweet	39 (26%)
Deus ex machina	12 (8%)
Satisfying enough	13 (8%)
It had moments	16 (10%)
Unsatisfying	10 (6%)
Total let down	4 (2%)
Both great and awful	17 (11%)
Perfection	33 (22%)
More than expected	31 (21%)
Less than expected	12 (8%)
Completely unexpected	14 (9%)
Predictable	2 (1%)
Both predictable and unexpected	17 (11%)
Unrealistic	4 (2%)
Poetic	34 (23%)
I'm even more confused	5 (3%)
My imagination figured it out	14 (9%)
Everything was explained	8 (5%)
Made the series more memorable	35 (23%)
Contradicted the series	2 (1%)
Unsettling	9 (6%)
Still undecided	5 (3%)

Votes: 146

Look for a Caprica vote up next!

Poll Results: Kara and Piano Guy

I thought it would be interesting to leave the polls up longer than a week to see if any progress in the show might change the answers, but it didn't seem the case for Piano Guy and Kara. We still have 3 hours of the finale to go. I wonder if we'll get any solid answers at all!

Piano Guy drew a ton of responses, and many seem to believe he is indeed both Kara's father and Daniel. A good amount believe Piano Guy is simply Kara's father (in some shape or form?), and I was happy to see that some agree that he might be one of the humans who helped create Cylons (thus adding a respect for artistic creativity in an otherwised frakked universe). Is he just like a head 6? Cylon projection? Something that manipulates all of us?

Piano Guy is Kara's father	13 (22%)
Piano Guy is Daniel	5 (8%)
Piano Guy is both Kara's father and Daniel	34 (57%)
Piano Guy is a Cylon projection	8 (13%)
Piano Guy is like Baltar's Head 6	7 (11%)
Piano Guy is a vision from the Angels	4 (6%)
Piano Guy is a ghost	1 (1%)
Piano Guy is a simple hallucination	6 (10%)
Piano Guy is proof that Kara's lost it	3 (5%)
Piano Guy is "something that manipulates all of us"	7 (11%)
Piano Guy is one of the Colonial Gods	5 (8%)
Piano Guy is/was a human who helped create Cylons	5 (8%)

Votes: 59

Kara! It's astonishing how many people are convinced that Kara was Cylon all along. I personally voted for "Still 100% human", even though it's hard to imagine that's possible. An equal amount believe she is Cylon since her return (after "Maelstrom"), and I guess I'm willing to go with that, since there aren't really any other ways to explain it. There should have been a fourth option there however, that Kara is now an "angel", or something mystical to that effect. I'm thinking of throwing up a new revised Kara poll just for that possibility.

Kara is part Cylon since she came back	5 (17%)
Kara was always part Cylon	19 (65%)
Kara is still 100% human	5 (17%)

Votes: 29

Piano Guy LOL Cat by SciFi forum member didymos1120

Poll Results: Boomer and Baltar

Baltar and Boomer polls are now closed! But there are new Kara and Piano Guy polls up now.

Here are the results:

Not much happened with Baltar in STWOM (In fact nothing happened with him I believe), but here's whatcha'all thought of him since "No Exit". It seems like a pretty close vote as to Baltar's ability to change, with some thinking he has already but most thinking he will never change. A good amount of people also think he is slowly changing though. That Baltar will help bring the humans and Cylons together won the most votes of all, so here's to high hopes for Baltar!

Baltar has changed	3 (13%)
Baltar is slowly changing	7 (30%)
Baltar is exactly the same	4 (17%)
Baltar will never change	8 (34%)
Baltar is the dying leader	2 (8%)
Baltar will incite a revolution	2 (8%)
Baltar will quell a revolution	3 (13%)
Baltar will help bring Cylons and humans together	10 (43%)
Baltar will be exiled from his groupies	2 (8%)
Baltar will strengthen his groupies	2 (8%)

Votes: 23


Boomer didn't come up much in the last episode either, but since the events at the end of Deadlock, most people beleive Boomer is still sticking with the Cavil plan. However, a relatively close second is that Boomer is independent (yay!). There are also those who still beleieve in love (even if it's among Cylons), and an equal amount are saying "What the frak is going on?" over and over again. Nobody thinks Boomer is against Cavil, but I secretly do, and I'm surprised I didn't vote for that...

Boomer is still a Cavil ally	7 (38%)
Boomer is against Cavil	0 (0%)
Boomer is independent	5 (27%)
Boomer will be assasinated	2 (11%)
Boomer will rejoin the fleet	2 (11%)
Boomer will join the 6s and 8s	1 (5%)
Boomer will fall back in love with Chief	4 (22%)
Have no idea what's in store for Boomer	4 (22%)

Votes: 18

Polls

Some new polls are coming right up, and this time they will be character polls and what we think some of the key players might be up to as the series finale marches to the end. Make sure to look down the left sidebar to see them all.

As for the previous polls, here are the results...

Most of you loved "No Exit", but at the same time it looks like it took some time to digest. Most are thinking Anders is coming back, while there were a few doubters, and it's also the same with using Cylon technology on the ship - most think it's a good thing while there are a few doubts. The Daniel portion of the poll was a little iffy, and some thought he might be Tigh and Caprica's baby, while a couple think it's someone else, but there weren't a lot of votes either way on that:

Loved it - 12 (54%)

Liked it - 1 (4%)

Still digesting it - 5 (22%)

Confused - 3 (13%)

TMI - 1 (4%)

Anders is a vegetable forever - 2 (9%)

Anders will come back - 7 (31%)

This is all so convoluted - 1 (4%)

This all makes perfect sense - 1 (4%)

Wait, what? - 7 (31%)

BSG fixed with Cylon tech = good - 9 (40%)

BSG fixed with Cylon tech = bad - 2 (9%)

Feeling unsure about Cylon tech - 3 (13%)

Daniel is Tigh and 6's son - 2 (9%)

Daniel is someone else - 3 (13%)

Votes: 22

Dollhouse shows mostly lukewarm feelings, with a love and a hate in there too. Most will continue watching to give it a chance though:

Loved it - 1 (14%)

Liked it - 5 (71%)

50/50 about it - 2 (28%)

Hated it - 1 (14%)

Not sure how I feel yet - 2 (28%)

Intrigued - 3 (42%)

Will continue watching - 4 (57%)

It's bound to fail - 1 (14%)

Haven't seen it yet - 1 (14%)

Votes: 7

The "Blood on the Scales" poll was just fun. It had the most votes for "Best yet" (yay!). Most agree that Gaeta and Zarek are gone for good, and the ownage winner was Chief in the duct system:

Best yet - 5 (26%)

Second best yet - 4 (21%)

Tied with Notion - 3 (15%)

Least favorite so far - 1 (5%)

Undecided - 2 (10%)

Sweetest reunion EVAR - 6 (31%)

The wrath of Roslin owns - 11 (57%)

Gaeta and Zarek = ded - 11 (57%)

Gaeta and Zarek = not ded - 1 (5%)

Quorum = definitely ded - 9 (47%)

Anders can't be ded - 5 (26%)

Anders really can't be ded - 7 (36%)

Gaeta's song sorta makes sense now - 5 (26%)

Where the frak now? - 5 (26%)

Chief in duct system owns - 8 (42%)

Chief is Jack Bauer - 5 (26%)

Adama and Romo owns - 7 (36%)

Romo is a pimp - 5 (26%)

And he owns - 4 (21%)

Votes: 19

More Polls!

So, I messed up the "Blood on the Scales" deadline by making it two weeks from the air date instead of one. We'll just leave it up there then, but check out two new polls for "No Exit" and Dollhouse. Just make sure to scroll down to find them all, and they will all be multiple choice as usual.

Colonial Dispatch 2.8.09

I was just reviewing "Blood on the Scales" over at Hulu, and it seems they may have found a genius symbiosis in advertising. Even though I'm pretty sure the Air Force ads are being shown when you watch anything on Hulu, the fact that they show it with Battlestar couldn't be more perfect. I was never really the type to join the military, at least not until now that it's kind of a little late in the game, especially to start pilot training - but oh man! How frakking cool would it be to fly those jets like they were frakking Vipers?!?

The enhanced version of "Blood on the Scales" isn't on Hulu right now, and I haven't checked SciFi.com because I've decided not to listen to the commentaries until the series has played out.

I also noticed that they had the web exclusive "The Hatch" up at Hulu and Sci Fi Wire. We'll post the Sci Fi Wire version here:



Maureen "The Watcher" Ryan comes through again for us fans, and as much as I want to be suggestion-free from the commentaries, I can't help reading the interviews she's been gracing us with. This week, for 'Blood', Maureen brings us Talking about 'Battlestar Galactica's' 'Blood on the Scales' with writer Michael Angeli. The obvious spoilers should be expected.

io9 caught up with Aaron Douglas at NYCC Friday, and shook him down with a Q&A about Emissary and BSG (okay, mostly BSG). It's spoilery as in it's suggestive of how you might feel by the end of the series, and it also tells us what will be explained in more depth as the series draws to a close. Okay, warning finished. Now read or watch the video and adore the awesome Office meets BSG t-shirt Aaron is sporting.

io9 also reports on the NYCC Emissary panel, with the promo video. No glimpses of Aaron in the promo, but I love ludicrously high-concept stuff!

IGN checked in today from NYCC and gave a little bit of the scoop on Joss and Tahmoh's Dollhouse panel.

Billy lives! In our hearts at least, but Paul Campbell is reported to have taken part in a very interesting tree-planting ceremony in the Yucatan. Read all about it at PR-USA

SciFi Wire has an interview with author Eric Nylund about the new 4 issue comic series Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War. Issue number one is currently in stores, and I promise a review one of these days soon. In short - a big double thumbs up! I think I'll refrain from posting the generally negative review over at IGN, so if you wanna read it you'll have to dig it up yourself :D. Comic Book Resources has the rundown from the Dynamite Comics panel at NYCC, which discusses some of the BSG projects.

Katee Sackhoff talks to Dose.ca as she gets buff for her role in Lost and Found. Don't forget to watch Katee in Nip/Tuck this Tuesday at 10pm on FX.

Kate Vernon talks briefly to The New York Daily News and mourns the show and the end of her work there.

Totally crazy Trylon Viers to be viewed at io9! Read down the comments in the article for a video interview and test drive with one proud owner.

So, I'm really bummed that the Cylon Detector app available from iTunes really is only for the iPhone and not the Touch. I have the latter which lacks a camera with which to utilize said app, even though they say you can use it on the Touch using a stored photo. What the frak fun is that? If you do have an iPhone though, here's the iTunes store link. I'll just have to live vicariously for you.

Take a virtual tour of the Galactica at SciFi.com. It's fun, and I just spent way too much time exploring.

Something many a BSG fan may have pondered is the impact of all the nuclear arsenal and the resulting consequences of their use in the Battlestar 'verse. Being a fan of apocalyptic themes myself (not that I want them to happen!) and more recently an addict to the game Fallout 3, I've been learning up a little more on the subject of a nuclear holocaust, kind of inadvertently. Some have asked why the Cylon-human alliance didn't even try to make a go of it on Earth, since the radiation was "slight" and 2,000 years old. We saw vegetation there, did we not? Will McCarthy posted a rather brilliant post over at Sci Fi Wire discussing what the possibilities might have been with some real-world science. Check out How we'll survive Battlestar Galactica's radioactive future, and when you're done with that, stop over at the Next Big Future blog to check out Brian Wang's research and analysis on the subject in the post The Science of Nuclear War Effects and Battlestar Galactica. After that, I recommend you rent The Day After Tomorrow and get that survival sled packed! Include lots of chocolate ;)

On to the less heavy stuff...

As you may notice, there's a new "poll" up (in parenthesis because the polls here are a little less than normal, and are mostly a fun way to interact). Most of the polls here are left to multiple choice... just an FYI. Here are the results of the last poll, recorded down in history:


"So far... Notion, Soul, Oath"

Good, better, best	1 (7%)
Best, better, good	3 (21%)
Other combo	2 (14%)
Frakkin blah blah	0 (0%)
Humans are dumb	2 (14%)
Viva la Revolution!	0 (0%)
Frak the Revolution	4 (28%)
Told too much in 'Notion'	2 (14%)
'Notion' made more questions	3 (21%)
Good balance of Qs and As so far	0 (0%)
Who dies next?	2 (14%)
Everyone	1 (7%)
No one (of consequence)	2 (14%)

Votes: 14

Frak the Revolution it is!

This is from an old-ish post over at Geek Crafts, but for all you knitters - check out the BSG Nebula hat! Also known as the "Mandala" by pattern contributor quirkyknitgirl.



The quote o' the week from Roslin:

"I swear it. I'm coming for all of you"

Colonial Dispatch 1.26.09

BrickCon 2008 is getting a little recent boost in recognition for the Battlestar Viper hangar complete with 35 models and variations of Vipers composed of LEGO bricks. See the pics at Gizmodo and DVICE.

Could the new Obama administration be too happy-shiny-hopeful for Battlestar? io9's Annalee Newitz asks "Is Battlestar Galactica Relevant in the Obama Era?".

Kandyse McClure talks to SciFi Wire about her role in Children of the Corn.

Also at DVICE - A steampunk Cylon contest! The winner will be announced by the March 20 season finale, which leaves you plenty of time to submit your Cylon! Details

A little about Angel of Death's Zoe Bell who will costar with Lucy Lawless in the upcoming web series.

How Caprica differs from Battlestar, and how it's the same from SciFi Wire.

And the last SciFi Wire bit for today is - Ron Moore talking about his directorial comeback in "A Disquiet Follows My Soul".

Yet another interview with Ron and Kate, this one from Media Blvd Magazine.

The latest from Mo "The Watcher" Ryan: 'Battlestar Galactica' veterans move on to 'Caprica'

A couple of not so recent videos from Access Hollywood's Dish of Salt blog: Tahmoh Penikett talking about the end of BSG, and Tricia Helfer on the end of the show.

Battlestar gets nominated for a Golden Reel for music editing in the TV category. Yeah, I'm pretty pissed about the SAGs too.

io9 deciphers parts of the "Cylon Bible".

Here's what you thought of "Sometimes a Great Notion" - No haters or non-believers here!:

Loved it - Sheer perfection	10 (45%)
Very good, but we'll see how it looks after the show finishes	8 (36%)
Hated it	0 (0%)
Too depressed to comment	2 (9%)
Feeling rather 50/50 about it	3 (13%)
Haven't seen it yet	0 (0%)

22 Votes

New poll coming shortly!

Gaeta and Dualla it is?

Closing at 26 votes, the poll shows that Dualla shippers have their work cut out for them. Could Gaeta or Dualla really be the final Cylon? I'd love to hear from Dualla voters as to why they think she's the one.

Otherwise, holding solo at second place is the glorious Romo Lampkin (of whom I think is a great candidate, but I have doubts that he's the one), and we have a 4 way tie for the bronze with Ellen Tigh, Tom Zarek, Zak Adama (w00t?) and Kendra Shaw. An honorable mention goes out to Captain Louanne Katraine (may she RIP) who stands alone at 4th place. Remember people, she did die of RADIATION POISONING! Cally, Racetrack, and Elosha came in next, followed by the trailing pack of Bulldog, Kara's mom Socrata, Husker's wife Carolanne, Crashdown (would be awesome but highly improbable), Boxey (gotta LOL), Billy (*cries*), Seelix, and the one and only Doc Cottle.

What? No Jammer love? What about the halfsie kids; Hera Agathon and Nicky Tyrol?

Before I post the final results for archival purposes, here's a profound LOL Cat I whipped up for my number one FC choice:

Dualla	7 (26%)
Gaeta	7 (26%)
Romo	5 (19%)
Cally	2 (7%)
Hotdog	0 (0%)
Jammer	0 (0%)
Cottle	1 (3%)
Ellen Tigh	4 (15%)
Seelix	1 (3%)
Tom Zarek	4 (15%)
Billy	1 (3%)
Kat	3 (11%)
Boxey	1 (3%)
Crashdown	1 (3%)
Racetrack	2 (7%)
Nicky Tyrol	0 (0%)
Hera	0 (0%)
Admiral Cain	2 (7%)
Zak Adama	4 (15%)
Carolanne Adama	1 (3%)
Jaycie McGavin	0 (0%)
Socrata Thrace	1 (3%)
Kacey	0 (0%)
Kendra Shaw	4 (15%)
Showboat	0 (0%)
Elosha	2 (7%)
First Hybrid	0 (0%)
Hybrid	0 (0%)
Bulldog	1 (3%)

Dualla? Really?

Gaeta	2 (18%)
Dualla	5 (45%)
Zak Adama	3 (27%)
Leoben	0 (0%)
Caprica Six	0 (0%)
Muffit	1 (9%)

Seems as though the poll is telling us people think Dualla is the fifth? Surprised I am! At least Muffit got a vote. I demand a recount. New poll with different choices coming soon.

So say... some of us!