Lucky finally watches BSG: TOS! Heavy Drinking recommended!

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#81

Thanks, but I am already thinking about trying to get something I wrote published. Keeping it anonymous, I had the good fortune to have a writer that won an award for having his book turned into a film help me with my writing—he is a strong advocate for veterans. The award? Not so sure. Us swamp Yankees don’t really care to much about that craaap—we are barbarians after all. I think it was an emmy though. It’s good enough to be published, but I am debating if I really want to share it with the world since it is pretty personal. I plan to do the next segment this Thursday or Friday—heavy drinking, as always, is encouraged for this viewing. I hope a few of y’all will join in. Watching BSG: TOS, is helping me get through the hiatus, despite the cheese factor.

That’s for sure. Certainly a beautiful lady.

Yup, that’s my bad there. Honestly, I was going to comment on it, but Baltar stole that scene. I completely agree with you that RDM handled this much better.

#82

Previously on original Battlestar Galactica
Episode One
“Saga of a Star World” PART ONE
“Saga of a Star World” PART TWO
Episode Two
“Lost Planet of the Gods” PART ONE
“Lost Planet of the Gods” PART TWO
And this week’s episode:
“The Lost Warrior”

Merry Christmas to all! Since this is BSG: TOS and near X-Mas—in which I have already had one relation tell me I should have just died “over there”—heavy drinking in encouraged, though not by minors (yes Boxey, ShadowAce, and Mactopia, I am looking at you. Wait till you’re older!). In fact, if you can guess what Canadian beer I am drinking now, I will design you a special prize. Hint: I live in New England, fairly close to Montreal, so that limits the choice right there; regardless, special beer geek points to the first person to guess right! As always, please forgive any typos! Any who want to participate—Casilda, looking at you—are encouraged to do so. I will bravely suffer on.

00:26 Episode recap—looks frightening like a western. I love westerns, but this doesn’t look the good sort. Lowering expectations.

4:09 Episode opens with Larry trying to get another confirmed “Adama kill.”

6:04 Okay. 1) WTF? Other planets with humans? 2) My grandfather was an insane WWII pilot, till cancer killed him. I used to fly with him, and he would do crazy stuff like stall the plane’s engine on purpose. There is a reason that to this day I fear heights. Apollo’s landing? BS. Gramps would not approve.

8:26 Puppis? If I ever name any child of mine Puppis, I hope he grows up to kick my [sorry barb].

10:00 Who let little Boxey into CIC? Okay, it actually turns into a semi-moving scene with Starbuck, Boomer, and PapAdama looking after the kid.

14:19 Allright, this is kinda cool: a centurion named “Redeye” is shaking down the locals for tribute.

14:59 And Lo, the circle is complete. Uncle Bootes shows up to confront Redeye with his western cowboy hat.

15:41 LMFAO! Redeye—the centurion—rides away on his horse.

20:40 LOL. Okay, this is a bit cute. Did I just say cute? Someone, please shoot me. Boomer, Starbuck, and the rest of the Viper pilot’s–including Mario–are playing cards with Boxey, and they are gambling with jelly beans.

26:52 Apollo attempts to make friends with Redeye. Redeye is growing on me. A lot of mo-frackers have tried to kill him, but have been unsuccessful.

30:10 I just saw a pony. One of the things I love about living in a small New England town is how no one bats an eye at my neighbor that really wanted to buy his daughter a pony. He did so and converted his garage into basically a barn, in the center of town. Around here, we don’t much care, one way or the other. But get one of you New Yorkers up here, and y’all be fussing. Oh, Puppis—LMAO—is missing. Apollo goes to track him down.

31:58 Lupus=wolf, by the way.

33:44 Old Tigh doesn’t say craap, but he will drop the feldercarb bomb. Feldercarb: is there a more insane made up cuss word?

38:40 Old redeye kills uncle Bootes. Apollo breaks every ones guns so that Redeye doesn’t kill them all. He is turning into quite the pacifist.

43:05 Showdown between Apollo and Redeye, in front of the salon! Who will win? Safe bet is on Apollo. Western elements in a scifi film, if handled right, can be brilliant, but in this instance, it’s laughable.

43:33 Oh snap! Apollo outdraws Redeye!

46:00 Apollo is picked up by Boomer and Starbuck, whilke flying out Puppis’s dead father’s Viper.

The end. Very weak episode.

Feldercarb: 1
Mounds of delicious looking jellybeans: 3
Viper swoops and shoots raider: 0
Stylish capes: 0
Metal pipe beatdowns: o

#83

Montreal? Molson’s? Jeebus, dude, that’s like the Heineken’s of Canada. Or the Bud of America. Might as well grab a Fosters…

#84

Negative

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#85

I’d take a Moosehead over Molson’s any day, eh.

#86

That is not it either…

#87

Well what the frak is it? Lucky’s bathtub gin? (“Ol’ Redeye”)

#88

Actually I wasn’t guessing. :slight_smile: Just stating preference. Other than Molson the only other beer that I’ve heard of from Quebec was named something like Columbia…not sure that’s right. Pretty sure it starts with a “C”.

#89

Guess I’m coming to the party late so here’s my random-ish BSG TOS thoughts.

Athena is okay, but my heart belongs to Sheba.

Even though some of the episodes are corny there are some stellar ones. Some really dark ones, too, once Iblis shows up.

#90

Lucky,

You write some funny stuff. I am enjoying it. I actually like the old series a lot but if I wrote the stuff you are, I would have a metal pipe beatdown on myself for being too hard on the show. Understanding where you are coming from as far as opinions go, it makes your comments funny . . . I laugh, and laugh, and laugh, . . . .

I do have one . . . incredibly weak . . . defense for the old show’s filmwork and repetitive effects: How long did RDM have to prepare and film TNS? 2, maybe 3 years? Glen Larsen went from preliminary plot summary to air in 6 months. If you watch the bonus features, you will see that the actors were actually given lines for story plot . . . when they arrived on stage! If it seems that TOS was put together with string and bubble gum, that is because it probably was.

BSG is an excellent theme and story line. This show is only cheesy and corny because (IMHO) there was not time to do it correctly. ABC wanted to capitalize on the Star Wars popularity as soon as . . . frakking . . . possible and in their rush to go to air as soon as . . . frakking . . . possible, ABC came up with the felgarcarb that was mixed in with what I think is the best theme plot for SCI FI of all time.

RDM is to be complimented for bringing the story to a higher quality level, but if you ask me, I think that Bryan Singer and Tom DeSanto could probably do as good a job in their own sort of way. All this assuming that it does not get rushed. Think about all the months that we had to wait in between seasons. That was so we could get the story in a better production. Rush this plot, . . . and all you get is Felgercarb.

-Ethan

#91

Since no one guessed, it is Labatt Blue, my favorite beer. Around these parts, people practically buy me a lifetime supply of it, and it is really a good beer.

Thank you for the feedback, Ethan. I am actually almost embarrassed to admit this, but I do actually think BSG: TOS had some good ideas. Also, despite the piss poor dialogue he is given, I think Richard Hatch as Apollo did a great job. In fact, so far, I would say he is the star of the show. I hope I have not offended you—and it sounds like I have not—with my remarks on the show. Thank you also, for enlightening me on how the actors received their lines. That blew my mind!
Merry Christmas and happy New Year,
–Jake

#92

Pshaw! Every ten year old boy knew that Dirk was the real star.

#93

I don’t know, he sort of has been grinding on my nerves. However, I did think it was cool when he lit his cigar of a centurion’s armor. I would say he is my second favorite character so far.

#94

Lucky,

If you are going in the queue that I think your watching, I suppose the next episode would be The Long Patrol. This is one of my favorite episodes and it is a primarily ‘Starbuck’ episode. Without spoiling too much, I like that Starbuck gets something in this episode that no colonial pilot has had before, and its awesome!, as far as the original story goes.

I hadn’t thought of it this way before but maybe some of the reimagined plot could be a ‘nod’ to this episode, The Long Patrol. Look for it.

Also look for the line, “What sort of offense is ‘Stahrbuckken’?” . . . Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahah . . . .
:cool:

You may have mentioned this before, but do you have a regular schedule for your rewatches? This is one Frack party I may be interested in . . .

Ethan.:cool:

#95

Lucky,

There is something else that I think is interesting though about Richard Hatch. I read an interview with him somewhere online (probably www.richardhatch.com ). This was an interview that he did before the reimagined series aired. He said that he really enjoyed doing the Apollo character, but he had also really wanted to do another sort of character. As this character was described, I couldn’t help but think it was exactly like Tom Zarek.

Funny, Richard Hatch is a lucky actor, he got to play his two favorite roles . . . and both are in the ‘Galactica’ universe . . . so to speak.

Ethan:cool:

#96

DARN IT! I was gonna guess that but then I came to your reveal! :frowning: Being in the Detroit area, I am well familiar with “Blue”!

#97

Well, I try to watch an episode once a week, though I am not always able. Also, I am following the episodes that are in order on my DVDs, though I am not sure it’s the correct order—I certainly hope it is. There isn’t really an “official” frack party for these, but my hope had been that if anyone wanted to participate that they would watch or comment on episodes around the same time on this thread. However, if anyone wanted to skip ahead, I certainly wouldn’t mind. I don’t believe there has been enough interest for an official BSG: TOS frak party…

I am off to watch the next episode.

Yup, the “Blue.” I happen to like it. I firmly believe that you have to drink whatever is good, wherever you are living, i.e., don’t drink Heineken in the US because it sucks, but do drink it in Deutschland, cause it’s good there. Or Corona in S. Texas, and so on. Here in New England, it’s the Blue.

#98

You don’t get Yuengling up there?

#99

Previously on original Battlestar Galactica
Episode One
[postcount=1"]“Saga of a Star World” PART ONE](http://forum.galacticwatercooler.com/showpost.php?p=105209&[CENTER)
“Saga of a Star World” PART TWO
Episode Two
“Lost Planet of the Gods” PART ONE
“Lost Planet of the Gods” PART TWO
Episode Three
“The Lost Warrior”
This week’s episode:
“The Long Patrol”

Lucky’s Recap in 60 seconds. Frack, feldercarb, and stylish capes—It’s BSG mo-frackers! Cylon[z] were created by Lizards, man was created by who knows what. Don’t ask me, I don’t want to start any religious wars. Boxey’s dog is scary, and Serina was hot. She died. Don’t call female Viper Pilots “girls,” please. Kobol is in Egypt, and bad dialogue abounds. Never trust a Baltar, and we need more Cavil, which is to replace the cowbell. Vipers swoop and shoot, and Mama Mia! It’s a me, ah Mario! No, wait, it’s Jolly. Redeye isn’t just a website, it’s a Cylon whom never rode off into the sunset. Who shot first? Apollo.

Before anyone criticizes any of my typos, please take a moment to reflect on the fact that it is impressive that I am able to both drink and type.

00:26 Recap. Looks like more humans on other planets. Christ on a crutch, we get around, don’t we? What will survive a nuclear holocaust? Roaches and humans apparently—wasn’t that on “Mythbusters” recently? Starbuck captured? This will be interesting, though not a first for him.

3:14 The Galactica is crossing the red line. GOOD GOD, WHAT THE F*** IS THAT??!! Sorry, it’s just nightmare Alf, I mean Muffit II. Note to the CIA: forget water boarding; just use Muffit II for interrogations. The damn thing will scare the crap out of anybody. I may just be freaking out due to an episode I watched on “The Twilight Zone,” where a mannequin came alive and started killing people. I was probably too young to have been watching that one. Sorry, I go off on tangents fairly easily.

3:50 This is actually pretty decent of Apollo. He only knew Serina for a short time, but he and PapAdama have adopted her son, Boxey, as their own son and grandchild.

9:00 LMFAO. Starbuck is stuck on the Rising Star. He is attempting to date two women at the same time. One of them is Athena. She is eating what appears to be tofu, dyed blue… It appears obvious, but I will go ahead and say, I fully expect this to blow up in Starbuck’s face. If it doesn’t, I will be impressed.

11:07 LOL, so close, but Starbuck is caught. Now he is off to investigate some life signs.

11:50 Starbuck’s Viper has an advanced computer installed to increase output. He says it’s “felgercarb.” That means shit. Why don’t they just say shit? Probably have to keep it rated PG, and they can’t do that if people keep saying shit. By the way, this rewatch is probably no longer rated PG. Shit. [so very sorry, Barb]

12:50 Nice. Starbuck doesn’t realize he is flying unarmed till he leaves the Galactica.

14:10 LOL. The computer, CORA, is flirting with Starbuck.

15:15 CORA: “Feel better, honey?” You know, I read a lot of science fiction, but I have never read, heard, or imagined an AI conversation like this. It’s actually somewhat funny. Starbuck finds ancient crafts closing in on him…humans? Dun dun dun….

15:25 We see one of the pilots. It’s either a conquistador or Abe Lincoln. I will let you know which, when more information is available…

15:38 Someone please enlighten me. CORA: “…and scare the pogees out of him.” Does pogees mean felgercarb, I mean shit? How the hell am I supposed to keep up with these cuss words? Shit. [sorry barb]

16:57 Starbuck damages the conquistador/honest Abe’s shuttle. He goes to check up on him. Watch out for cannons and john wilkes booth.

17:40 Holy craaap! Stand down on the cannons and john wilkes booth—Starbuck has found the Irish! I am going to be halfway mature and not make an Irish joke, but only point out that I could (lighten up, I am half Polish, and quarter Native American [not mentioning the other ¼ which shall remain unnamed], so I get the ethnicity jokes often enough as it is). No seriously, the dude is talking in a Hollwoodified “Irish” accent.

20:00 Irish knocks Starbuck out with a booze bottle. Again…never mind… Anyhoo, Irish takes off with Starbuck’s ride.

22:10 Baltar!

24:15 Starbuck takes Irish’s ride, which he left. Imagine a thief riding a tricycle up to a Ferrari, and stealing it. Then the Ferrari owner has to use the tricycle left by the thief, to track the thief.

24:31 Abe Lincoln/Conquistador attempts to shoot down Starbuck, again. Bring back the cannons and john wilkes booth.

25:36 Starbuck is forced onto Abe’s planet. It looks like Dune! No, look out for the Bene Gesserit, Starbuck! Fear is the mind killer! (I probably got that wrong, but if I did, FT will probably correct me.)

27:00 Starbuck is in prison with the Irish, but not “Irish.” Hope you are all tracking me here. Oh, and they are all drinking booze.

27:38 Irish women: “What kind of offense is Starbucking? Sounds Interesting.” LMFAO. Okay, this is officially my favorite BSG: TOS episode so far.

28:03 Irish women: “Come on now, what is Starbucking?” LMFAO!

32:50 Apollo and Boomer find Starbuck’s stolen Viper. Now, how cool would it be to have your own Viper prop sitting in your driveway? If only I was rich.

35:00 For reference: The Irish=decedents of the criminals who tried to aid the colonials, and smuggled felgercarb, by which I mean stuff, not shit. They are still considered criminals, even 700 years later. Abe’s people=the guards. Think caste system, but your only option is to be a guard or prisoner. Larry!

36:51 Say one thing about PapAdama, say he’s not shy about sacrificing his son. The BSG retreats, stranding Apollo and Boomer.

37:00 [shivers of terror] Muffit II appears! [/pure terror] Yes, I did it! (see CIA, Muffit II is the ultimate interrogation tool).

39:00 irony: All the prison doors are unlocked. The Irish could have escaped at any time. Starbuck looks like he is going to leave.

40:40 The Irish go Ape-Felgercarb (Ape-Shit) crazy on Abe’s people.

43:00 Aww. Abe’s people and the Irish are one big happy family now. All it took was Larry and company showing up. Starbuck, Apollo, and Boomer, are all reunited. I predict a Viper swoop and shoot™ in Larry’s future.

43:30 Damn colonials, leave Larry alone! [/crying]

44:00 As predicted, Viper swoops and shoots raider™

46:00 Yay! Just like the Simpsons, everything is back to the way it was.

46:40 Capes!

47:00 Looks like BSG picked up the Irish and Abe’s people! And with them, Earth’s location! The end!

Possible evidence for Lucky having Terets(sp?): 4
Lucky’s heritage is called into question…by himself?! 1
Stylish capes: 3
Muffit II sightings: 2
Pipe beat downs: 0

#100

You forgot “Shoots and scores!” in your summary.

I had forgotten the “Starbucking” dialog. That’s probably the precursor to Tigh’s “Starbuck-buck” bit.