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I'll be the first to point out all the very annoying flaws on the Alpha, no doubt. I'd kill for some ratchet joints and some ball-jointed hips on the Alphas. But c'mon, when you combine these two birds together, they make one sexy bitch!

I know I shouldn't be an ass about the "improvements" to the CMs. BUT... Why didn't they improve the Legioss by making its head be able to turn left and right? And for the fighter combo, they can say they that they reduced the gap between the two parts, but there's still two other glaring flaws remaining in their improved combo: Again, I'll give them the gatling gun. But I'm happy with what I got with my Toynami (engineered by Aoshima) Betas.

So if ol' Tyrol crash-landed on a peninsula in the northeast portion of Asia (and found a whole cavalcade of Eights there), would he consider it a blessing or a curse? Regarding the alternate endings, I understand the whole "Hell hath no fury..." stuff. But I would have found it rather hypocritical of Ellen to get all bitchy about Tigh impregnating a Six. I mean how many people in the Fleet did Ellen have relations with? And even though Tigh knew he was a Cylon, he sure as hell didn't realize that Ellen was still alive. As for the crash landing bit, that would have been a little too hokey. What would they have done about the rest of the fugitive fleet? They still had Raptors, and we have seen them jump inside the atmosphere before. So, the idea that they would have been "forced" to settle on our Earth would have been unfounded. And what if there were still bad-guy Cylons around? It'd be kinda obvious where the humans winded up when you have a big-ass Battlestar chilling on the surface.

Was it ever confirmed that Seelix and Anders got it on? I always got the impression that there was some sexual tension between the two (at least on Seelix's part) but that nothing was ever really consumated. I wonder what the over/under was on Baltar frakking a native down on Earth.

They're a lot lower on the production learning curve now, so they're incurring less costs, which means they can charge less for the combo. And yes, this is just a wild guess on my part.

Down here in So Cal, we call the Apocalypse by another name: "light percipitation."

The real question is: which ones? ************************************* Woe are us!! First, the Economy hurls its wrath upon us, then BSG leaveth our Friday nights empty and hollow, and NOW THIS!! Loud are the wails and lamentations of the Macrossites. The Hory Froating Head hath turned his head away from the people. . . for one of their leaders hath gone astray. The people's sacrifices of Tab B's, broken shoulders, and MPC's are but a meager recompense to His disembodied Head. The Head sees TRUTH. His eyes have seen a leader-mod fall willingly into the valley of darkness. This leader doth comport with the enemy. He hath suckled on the forbidden fruits of Ariel and Janice. He hath defiled the sacred elixir of Yoshinol, whoring it out for a wretched bag of Gold that Only Brings Dischord. Repent, I say, REPENT, Roy Focker!! . . .Or face the wrath of Decalture, like your sempai before you!!!

They still need to improve on that fighter combo. Though, I wouldn't mind jacking that gatling gun.

SOMEONE FEED THIS MAN A PINEAPPLE SALAD........STAT!!!!!

Not sure if this poster's synopsis is completely accurate, but here's the link: http://www.trekbbs.com/showthread.php?t=86852. Duke, can you confirm if this summary is correct? Personally, I don't like the idea of EVIL Ellen. I thought the more motherly and serene aspects we saw onscreen after her download made her much more interesting. Plus, without her on the good side, we would have never got those great scenes between her and Cavil arguing on the baseship. As frakked up and as ruthless as Cavil was, those scenes helped to flesh out why Cavil hated being a skinjob so much (puns intended ).

^^Daddy. DADDY!! I'm gonna fly dis cool paper airplane outside on da' street! Daddy: ..............

Plus, it plays on the whole faceless, unknown enemy bit. And from a filming standpoint it would make for some interesting, "artsy" scenes, especially if the faceplate is reflective. You could do scenes where CC is talking or pursuading someone to join his cause and that someone sees their distorted image/reflection in CC's faceplate. It's ARTSY and full of SUBTEXT!!! Seriously though, my only hope at this point is that the powers that be are delaying the release of Resolute until after the film for marketing and/or "hedging their bets" purposes.

I'd expect nothing less from a student of the Roy.

Yeah, we've mentioned the BSG-Macross parallels a couple of times here and there. But unless Anders or Kara were singing All Along the Watchtower during the final assault, you can only take the comparisons so far.

or the faceplate?

I'd love it even more if they were killing cats!!

^^Correct scale, but it's the old Version 1. They may not have been perfect transformation, but you can still get some good poses out of the old 1/60 Version 1's.

Don't forget that you'd need some sort of decal paper with white backing or a printer that prints white ink.

What about this signature pose of Ranka Chan?

Flexidisplays. Was there ever any doubt?

My sentiments exactly. That's the thing about the spiritual and mystical side of life: it refuses to be easily explained away, even with all the science and additional understanding we can throw at it. That spiritual and mystical stuff has a funny way of forcing you to accept it and deal with it on its own terms. And sometimes you just have to take a "leap of faith." Now, I'm not gonna stand here and say that everything was perfectly planned out by RDM and company. But for the most part, you gotta give them credit. They didn't always shy away from the where they could take the story. Our heros weren't always the finest example of human beings out there. In fact, they could be just as downright ugly and violent as the Cylons. And God bless them for showing the Galactica looking like she took the massive beating that she did over the years. After the New Caprica drop and the passage to the Algae planet, she never did look the same again. For those of you complaining about what we got, don't forget: this series could have been so much worse. We could have gotten Star Trek Voyager.

I like your list, but I'd probably remove the creation of the Blackbird and throw in the time jump from the Season 2 finale. That was a ballsy and creative move on their part. My personal Top 5 Character Moments of the Series: Honorable Mentions: * Sleeper Agent Boomer popping a couple caps in Adama - Shocker of an ending. All of the fallout from this one act (both in terms of story and for the characters) gave us a ton of story fodder for the first half of Season 2. * Baltar's "You know, I do know a little something...about. . . farming." - An appropriate bittersweet ending for this character (and Caprica Six's) story arcs. 5. Roslin hearing Leoben say "Adama is a Cylon," taking the briefest of moments, and straight-up ordering the sucker to be spaced out the airlock! (Season 1) It was the first moment where the President showed she could a be tough-as-nails, hard-ass. If anyone was wondering whether the President had any kind of backbone in her, this was the moment that put all doubts to rest. 4. Dee telling Commander Adama to reunite "the family" (Season 2) Adama choosing Dee to be a sympathetic yes-woman/sounding board. Dee unexpectedly stepping up to the plate, having her finest moment in the series, and reminding the Old Man of exactly what he should do. 3. TIE between Adama growling "Walk out of this cabin while you still can" (Season 1) and "I know what you are; you're my daughter." (Season 4) The best quotes/scenes showing how strong that bond is between Kara and the Commander/Admiral. If it was anyone else revealing their role in Zack's death, Kara wouldn't have gotten out of Adama's quarters unharmed. The other quote from a few episodes ago was exactly what Kara needed to hear during her time of self-doubt and confusion. 2. The looks of acknowledgement, approval, and pride between Lee and the Commander at the end of The Hand of God (Season 1) No words, no dialogue. Just a couple of knowing looks between a father and his son. Considering all the sh*t that went down between them before the fall of the Colonies, it was nice to see them sharing a genuine father-son moment during a joyous celebration. 1. Tigh killing Ellen down on New Caprica (Season 3) Tigh showing himself to be the hardest bad-ass around. Ellen pouring out her guts and heart, telling Tigh exactly why she did what she did. The two of them sharing a drink, as they've done a million times before. Only this time. . . it ends adruptly. This was a gut-wrenching and raw scene that made Tigh into one of the most compelling characters of the last half of the series.

^^They only said that the Cylon side-story would air some time in the fall. No specific date or anything though. The other thing to remember about the finale is that these folks have been cooped up in their ships for who knows how long now. I'm sure a wee bit of cabin fever is coming into play here. I can also see a good chunk of the survivors preferring the change of pace, especially since the planet is a nice, warm, lush place with "more animals than the 12 colonies put together" (as Roslin put it). I'm sure the idea of eating fresh steak instead of algae paste would appeal to a lot of the Colonials. The other thing too is that if the "bad" Cylons ever rolled on by this Earth, they'd probably just pass over the planet without a second look. I mean there's no sign of Colonial ships orbiting the planet. No sign of a large, metropolitan city with skyscrapers and such. And the technological level of the people down below is nowhere near the level of a space-faring society. No need to nuke them back to the stone age, since they're practically at that level already! Granted though, this theory would go to hell if one of the folks forgets to turn off the Colonial transponder on their Viper or Raptor (ala dead Starbuck).