No Exit (Hulu)

No Exit on Hulu:


No Exit recap:


The intro from No Exit:

There Will Be Blood on the Scales

Enhanced with Ron Moore's commentary.

A Week on Earth

Revelations on Hulu.

Perrin at TV Fodder has written an opus of an in-depth review of Revelations well worth the read.

Daniel Martin in The Guardian wrote after viewing the finale:

Anyone who thought the story might end with the ragtag Colonial Fleet finally finding Earth has been suckerpunched right out of the airlock. After a tense episode of Cylon revelations and hostage deadlocks, the euphoria of the Admiral's announcement to the fleet could be matched by only one thing.

And that was the magnificent tracking shot at the end where they get down to find their new home to be a burnt-out nuclear ruin.

And was that supposed to be the Brooklyn Bridge at the end?

Even more so than war, BSG's major theme has been faith - and since they had nothing left to believe in, the human survivors found themselves clinging to a religious myth of "earth". Nobody believed it existed: Adama used the scriptures as a carrot to give his fleet hope. It only became apparent that maybe Earth did exist when the spacefarers opened themselves up to a world beyond their reason. Not that BSG is a religious show: Maureen Ryan writes an excellent column on the Chicago Tribune site, reckoning that the revelation reinforces the central theme of our show: "that salvation doesn't necessarily arrive in the manner in which you expect it."

...After four years of awesome performances from Edward James Olmos, the scene where his entire world collapsed when discovered Colonel Tigh, his closest ally - had been a Cylon all along has got to be one of the best of all.

At Chud.Com, Natalia Castro proves that it's never too late to get into BSG:

Last tuesday, I finally saw the mid season finale of Battlestar Galactica. It took me a long time to become a fan of this show but slowly and quite painlessly I got there, and this episode sealed the deal for me. Needless to say, I was impressed. Very impressed.

Other finale reviews from Brittany at The Two Cents, Cory Johnson of 411mania, A recap quiz from GeekSugar and some reviews from Sci-Fi Haven by Chris McQuillan and Samuel T. Cogley (who used to be an attorney of some renown.)

It's been over a week since the finale, and does the final tracking shot, which I think is destined to go down as a classic, still resonate with you?

Full Ep: S4 x 09 "Guess What's Coming To Dinner"

The full episode is up on Hulu and Scifi.com.



By the way, "Mojo" has posted a new entry about BSG's digital effects, this time discussing the shots from the episode above. He's also got some footage up of a favorite shot that had to be killed for time.

Two Unrelated Things

For everyone out there wondering why "Guess What's Coming To Dinner" is not on Hulu yet: looks like Hulu has posted a schedule. It reads:

"Guess What's Coming for Dinner Part 1"
Airs 5/16/08 - Available on Hulu 5/25/08

"Guess What's Coming for Dinner Part 2"
Airs 5/30/08 - Available on Hulu 6/7/08

"Sine Qua Non"
Airs 6/6/08 - Available on Hulu 6/14/08

"The Hub"
Airs 6/13/08 - Available on Hulu 6/21/08

These titles and air dates are not all correct (take a look at SciFi.com for the accurate list), but you get the idea. Lag time, bbs. Lag time. One assumes the lag is the same for SciFi Rewind.


Although I am neither gamer nor lesbian, the BSG-lovin' grrls of Lesbian Geek in Australia asked me for an interview (was it something I said?)...and I obliged. They have also recently posted about BSG crossing over with both THE X FILES and THE L WORD.

[Photo via Salon]

Full Ep: S4 x 08 "Faith"

The full episode is up on Hulu and Scifi.com. Note that the episodes are going to expire on both locations, they are not staying up indefinitely. S4 x 03 "He That Believeth In Me" just got yanked from both sites; now the only way to see it is with commentary here. *As of 12:30pm EDT today, the commentary link is not working. But have faith.



I'm putting a few impressions in the comments here. I have questions, if any of you can answer without feeding too many future spoilers, come on down...

TGIF: Enhanced ep and other goodies

Some fun vids have popped up:

Part 2 of Lucy Lawless' fan Q&A, embedded below.

A new videoblog, "Space Cowboys," in which BSG "superfan" Brad Paisley and his band do a little cosplay and have a little fun with Aaron Douglas on the BSG set. Lucky, lucky, lucky.

An "enhanced" version of the full episode "He That Believeth In Me," overlaid with Ron Moore's podcast commentary. All podcasts for the first four episodes are now available.

For whatever reason, Hulu is listing "He That Believeth In Me" as expiring in 12 hours. TBD how long full eps will remain on Scifi.com. It's all a grand experiment this year.

Speaking of experimentation: there is more news this week on the NBCU and Apple/iTunes front. Apparently NBCU has begun streaming ad-free Quicktimes of some TV shows (including classic BATTLESTAR GALACTICA) that will play on iPhones and iPod Touches. Streaming only? A resounding MEH.

S4 x 07: The Road Less Traveled

The full episode has been posted on Hulu and SciFi.com -- this was a fantastic ep with quite the cliffhanger ending for a mid-season show.



Wow.


(Don't forget you can switch to full screen mode by clicking the embed and opening in a new window.)

You talk like we’re different…but you know we’re not.

Here is the full embed of BATTLESTAR GALACTICA S4x06 "Escape Velocity" which is up on Hulu and SciFi Rewind. FYI for any Hulu n00bs: on the full episode embed, you can click the Hulu screen to open vid in a separate window, where you can switch to full screen mode. But that won't work to watch the shorter clips below.




And now, for some of my favorite clips.

I had been looking forward to the Six/Tigh scenes that, based on all the pre-season advertising, were coming soon. Funny – until now, I never realized how much I miss Ellen. Six, clever as ever, subtly lets Tigh know right away that she understands what is going on...


When they are finally alone together, with the cameras off, things get even more interesting...


Poor Cally. It came as a complete - albeit kind of welcome - shock that this show would ever bring up Tyrol and Boomer again. And we thought he was over her! Or is this just the booze and pain talking? Any way you slice it, Tyrol's rawness here is intense…with a well-done moment of hallucination tucked in to boot (see Jane Espenson’s new blog entry for more on that).


This was another great ep for we members of the Callis/Baltar cult. There were plenty of fraktastic moments: Tory playing with him under the front credits...desecrating the temple and casting out the old gods...Roslin visiting him in the brig...his interaction with Lee and being "lifted by his faith" by HeadSix in the hallways of the ship...but for this clip reel, only the best will do: God loves us as we are. Perfect.


Baltar forgives his sins, the cylons' sins, humanity's sins, with one lovely speech. The scientist, who became the traitor, who became the politician, who became the puppet dictator...is now the messiah?

Pulling out for the bigger picture on this episode, I really enjoyed the parallels set up between Tory/Baltar discussing sin, guilt and perfection, with the Tigh/Six discussions of pain allowing cylons to gain the clarity needed to feel guilt/sin. One could interpret the religious parallels here in several ways -- not all of them particularly flattering to religion.

This certainly felt like one of those low-key eps that makes a lot more sense after some of the bigger season arcs unravel. You will watch it again on DVD a year from now and think, "OMG THIS EP WAS SO GOOD? Why didn't I see it back then?" I've had, erm, a lot of experiences like that with serialized shows.

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Since I missed running clips last week of S4x05, "The Ties That Bind," due to being at NY Comic Con, I've added them here.

RIP, Callandra Henderson Tyrol. This was such a great scene, Nicki Clyne. You will be missed.


Pretty much every woman on the show was giving me the creeps during this episode - even Roslin. Much of what gave Roslin her more sinister perspective was suggested by Zarek in this conversation with Lee as he prepares to join the Quorum.


The first Demetrius scene reminded me and a few friends of Moby Dick, Mutiny on the Bounty, etc. Starbuck continues to be disturbingly portrayed as a sinister mystery. I especially like that shot from Anders' perspective looking upwards...at Captain Bligh?


This scene gave me the chills, both its framing and content:


Several fan friends have mentioned the similarity between this Starbuck and the Buffy who has been unwillingly yanked out of heaven and returned to earth in BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER season 6. An interesting and fitting comparison.

I’ve seen a lot of mixed and/or frustrated discussion and reviews of these two eps – not surprising since both are short on action and long on set-up/ground-laying. Character details and plot setup, without ships-n-splosions, can make the natives restless. Even BSG composer Bear McCreary felt the need to mention this in last week’s blog entry. This week brings a Mark Verheiden-penned episode that looks to be heavy on the Demetrius…and Leoben. *rubs hands together*

Meanwhile, as io9 points out, fandom speculation is moving along full throttle...and Verheiden has answered fan questions about last Friday's ep.

S4x05: The Ties That Bind

Full episode embed:



I'm off to NYCC now, and I definitely will need to rewatch this ep since the sound at the con screening last night was terrible. I missed a lot of the Quorum and basestar discussions. But wow, great ep.

You slay me, you really do, Gaius.

Here's the entire episode "Six Of One" (S4x04) on Hulu.




And below are clips of some of my favorite parts...

Kara's got a good point here, despite her beyond-the-pale behavior.



Oh, wow. What Gaius Baltar fan would not chuckle with glee to watch James Callis make the most of this golden opportunity -- not to mention the fascinating music metaphor Gaius uses here, and the sixth sense he and his NotGaius seem to have about Tory. 50 kinds of fantastic.

And like Alan Sepinwall asked - are we going to next get a scene where NotGaius and NotSix talk to each other in someone's head? That WOULD be nifty.


A collective sigh was heard across the internet when this scene came on: Strip Triad with Racetrack and HotDog?



Toasting absent friends... *tears up* Meanwhile, Adama reconsiders Aurora. C'mon Bill, do the right thing!



Like Marc Bernadin says, Adama IS a mean drunk. But he also has a good point here. An amazing, devastating scene. Roslin and Adama are both so hardcore, and this debate makes their disagreements over Baltar's trial seem like hopscotch on the playground.



There were so many fantastic scenes this week, it was hard to cut it down to just these five. I loved the Centurion revolt, and Lee's goodbye scene with Kara as well (especially bittersweet now that it appears these two will be separated for quite some time). The hybrid's speech about 8 minutes into the episode continues to haunt me - it means SOMETHING. Bear McCreary chose two of my favorite scenes to discuss in detail on his blog, which is a good read as always, if you enjoy juicy details on scoring the show.

McCreary also mentions that there are just a few more tickets to his BATTLESTAR GALACTICA concert next Tuesday (tonight's show has been sold out for some time). According to Katee Sackhoff in her Cort & Fatboy interview last week, concert host James Callis will be singing! I hope one of you out there will attend and let us know how it went!

S4 x 03: He That Believeth In Me

Written By: David Weddle & Bradley Thompson
Directed By: Michael Rymer


Hulu full episode embed:


In addition the ep is up at SciFi Rewind, and downloadable for purchase at Amazon Unbox (PC/Tivo only).


Also on Hulu today:

The first new videoblog I've seen for this season, a discussion of BIONIC GALACTICA. ;) Yo, way to spell Rymer's name wrong, guys.



The first part of Lucy Lawless' fan question Q&A video. Let's hope EJO and Hogan did theirs as well (as previously promised by SciFi).



My three favorite clips from this episode are embedded below. Great stuff!


The harem cult...Make sure to crank the volume so you can hear the mumbled comment at the end.


Welcome home?



Two different conversations going on at the same time.