Monday, November 17, 2008

Another Coming Out Party?

Ain't It Cool News has posted some intriguing tidbits about BATTLESTAR GALACTICA's final set of mid-season bridge webisodes:

From one of our most reliable sources ever:

The new Battlestar Galactica webisodes "The Face of the Enemy" start going on line next month. Two recurring male characters are revealed to be gay.

One hears the first webisode was shown at some sort of Producers Guild event or something. Full-on making out was apparently part of the fun!

Who are the recurring males? Gaeta, whose very name has “gay” in it, never seemed too interested in the girls – but perhaps that’s too obvious?

My money’s on Tigh and Tyrol. Remember how sore Tigh got when he found out the chief was secretly boning Boomer? (source post/SPOILER ALERT)


We here at Sitrep can not only confirm this info -- we can give you a bit more. If you'd like to know for sure which two characters will be sucking face on screen in the webisodes, check out the comments section (SPOILER ALERT).

Sitrep is also hearing that the webisodes will premiere online in mid-December, though the Sci Fi Channel has yet to make any announcement. Last week The Futon Critic posted the webisodes are to be broadcast on air January 15.



78 comments:

  1. Yup, it's never-gets-any-action Gaeta... finally getting some on-screen love from communications officer Hoshi.

    Enjoy your spoilage, and let the slashfic commence!

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  2. My guess (as is most of fandoms) was Gaeta, but I was trying to figure out who his significant other would be. Hoshi has had so little screen time, I hadn't thought about him. I hope they address the relationship in the series as well as the webisodes.

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  3. Keep in mind asta, that stuff they don't have time for in the series, sometimes can only be done in webisodes. Separate stories.

    I bet this won't be in the series, because they have way too much other storytelling to cram in there.

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  4. Wooh, I was worried for a moment that this would be another retcon, but this is actually satisfying.

    Kudos, writers, Kudos.

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  5. It makes sense with Gaeta. I was wondering if they were going to address this anymore beyond Cain.

    He's always been such a mystery to me. I've wondered if the writers don't know what to do with him, or if he's just a small side character.

    Either way, great spoilerage!

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  6. Please update the link to Ain't It Cool News to indicate that it contains a Spoiler Alert!!

    They have updated their site and reveal the spoiler. :-(

    Thank you!

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  7. Pegasus and USS Enterprise both have communication officers named Hoshi? That's odd, or is it? :- }

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  8. Even if it doesn't make it to the series, this is very cool. And nice to finally have some gay BSG characters who aren't, you know, evil.

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  9. I'm looking forward to this a LOT now. I mean, webisodes? Eh. Webisodes that just might reach into unexplored territory for the show in a satisfying way? YES! After the tasteful handling but actually pretty cliche Cain/Gina pairing, I'm excited for something that will definitely explore it. Bravo.

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  10. thanks for the post!

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  11. Great that the show is going to feature some male gay characters, I like that.

    But...making it Gaeta...I mean, with that name, I kinda wished they had chosen someone else.

    I'm already getting sick just thinking about all the lame references to "Gayta" that will flood the interwebs.

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  12. I am such a spoiler junkie.. but I guessed this one and now I feel smart!

    The gang at "TV Without Pity" should be enjoying this as well.. I think their BSG recapper( who is amazing) guessed it as well, a long time ago, although I might be remembering incorrectly..

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  13. Got to be Geeta surely. Interesting article as to who the last cylon might be. Head over to my blog to see the link:

    http://jamesjacob77.blogspot.com/

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  14. I'm gay and all, but don't find this pairing particularly alluring. Haha, but I can't wait for the webisodes in general.

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  15. It's not really very edgy to toss this thing into the webisodes where no one will see it. Cowards.

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  16. @brooke: No one will see it? What do you mean?

    EVERYONE watches those things.

    And once it all goes to the DVDs, does anyone really discern between plot in the webisodes and series plot? It's all part of the same meal when I'm at the dinner table.

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  17. doooood, those are totally the two characters i guessed it would be. :)

    good for gaeta! the guy needs some lovin'.

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  18. Finally! Gaeta gets some lovin'. And maybe we could get some more crazy Quiznos' commercials that say something like "Hot Boy-On-Boy brought to you by Quiznos. MMM-MMM TOASTY!"

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  19. Gotta give Gaeta something after the whole amputation thing!

    Like the "Overturn 8" image. My friend Aaron designed that.

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  20. Good thing they are leaving it out of the actual show. Not sure why this should be included anywhere. Just another effort to look politically correct just for the sake of being politically correct. What a waste of time!!

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  21. Um, I hate to break to you, but regardless of what the California Supreme Court rules or Arnold does, a Constitutional Amendment can't be overturned as "unconstitutional." The courts have no authority in the matter. Not that a little issue like that has ever stopped the ACLU...

    This strikes me as a silly and unnecessary plotline. I had to chekc my calendar to make sure it wasn't April 1st.

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  22. Silly? Unnecessary? It strikes me that this is Battlestar doing what it does best; taking real world concerns, putting its unique situation's slant on them and letting drama emerge.

    In any case I'll wait to see the webisodes before judging their merit. It may not even be critical plotwise - it might simply be an incidental acknowledgement that gay romantic relationships exist and that there's nothing wrong with them.

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  23. @Delow24
    What makes you think its simply political correctness? Maybe they're genuinly concerned about the absence of healthy gay relationships on screen and feel that the imbalance needs to be redressed.

    Furthermore it might simply be that they needed a romantic relationship to from part of the webisode plot. Other romance subplots may have been critised but it's telling that, as a whole, their plot worthiness has rarely been questioned.

    Your assertion that a gay relationship must be onscreen soley for political correctness seems to be an assertion that having only heterosexual relationships is not a different kind of political correctness.

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  24. Unfortunately your argument does not have merit. We are constantly bombarded with the homosexual agenda. Even to the point that it is disproportional to the actual incedence in society. There have been long running shows dedicated to the cause, and I feel that I wind up seeing two people of the same sex kissing on some show almost every week. Battlestar has even used this type of situation before in Razor. Tell me how this is cutting edge anymore? It seems they are just running out of ideas for people so they just turn the roulette wheel to get a plot device. Maybe it is good the show is ending after this season.

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  25. Oh, and heterosexual relationships are not a political correctness agenda item. It is just a fact of nature. Without those type of relationships none of us would be here.

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  26. @delow24

    The reason it seems like there are two same-sex individuals kissing on tv almost every week now is because it is finally something which is socially accepted enough that writers can create these storylines at all and show the actual diversity which exists in the world.

    You say they're doing this because it is the politically correct thing to do right now... so I'm assuming you had a similar reaction when it was a female that became president? That was something which was obviously done to show how much more equality exists in their society than we have today.

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  27. I hope that Quiznos gets to bring us this late breaking revelation when the show stats again in January.

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  28. Oh, Delow24, what, pray tell, is the "homosexual agenda"--and why can't I find it at Barnes and Noble? Is it online? And your "feeling" that you see two people of the same sex kissing on television each week must mean you're watching the L word and Queer As Folk a lot. In other words, what the frak are you talking about?

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  29. Wow this turned into a gay vs straight argument real fast. Anyway does any one know when these webisodes are set im assuming its after 'revelations' but is it official.

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  30. There was a post-season joke reel that circulated at some point in which Felix clearly indicated he's gay -- it was a joke, but it's quite possible that the actor has known all along that his character is gay -- for example, he's probably secretly in love with Baltar when they are working together early on -- the joke worked because it was entirely plausible.

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  31. Anonymous,
    I am not sure what your point is on the woman president. Women have been in leadership positions in various countries well before this country was even discovered. Note Queen Mary I of England, Mary Tudor Queen of France, Queen Isabella of Spain. These are only the leaders of the 1500's. How about Cleopatra of Egypt? Just because we have not elected a female does not mean there is not equality in our society. That is the problem with all of these writer types. They have to break down situations to some perceived "inequality" that exists in our society. That is just bunk. Anyone can get at least close to the presidential level if they play their cards right and make the right decisions for themselves.

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  32. At the point in this series, there is no dramatic potential in a gay relationship in and of itself. The lesbian relationship in Razor was no big deal until Helena found out Gina was a Cylon. The sex scenes in this series are incredibly unerotic anyway.

    Ronnie and Davey are just pandering to what audience remains.

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  34. ooh! I'm smart too! i guessed Gaeta before I read on! couldn't guess the 2bd though...

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  35. Who are the recurring males? Gaeta, whose very name has “gay” in it, never seemed too interested in the girls – but perhaps that’s too obvious?

    Well, the adolescent sniggering sure is. And one thing I've got to say for RDM and DE is that they've created a show that brought the misogynistic, homophobic wing of SF fandom all the way out of the closet.

    We are constantly bombarded with the homosexual agenda.

    No, delow, on BSS we're "constantly bombarded" with the "heterosexual agenda" -- and some of that pretty damn ugly, unless you consider as "normal" the behaviour of rapists like Alistair Thorne and the sadistic sex play it was very strongly implied New Caprica-Cavil engaged in with Ellen Tigh. It's also pretty explicitly stated in 'Black Market' that many women in the RTF are routinely prostituting themselves for food and medical supplies.

    Baltar spends most of the first season having sex with a psychotic hallucination (or an "angel of God", if you're so inclined) -- which sure sounds like jerking off in my book -- and then uses a sexual fantasy to disassociate himself from being tortured. (Don't even get me started on the nymph squad...) In fact, is there a woman on this show -- besides lesbian Admiral Cain -- he hasn't at least tried to get his leg over?

    Starbuck is so screwed up, she treats her husband as a sex toy, and will frak Lee but won't get divorced and live with him honestly and honourably because that's against her religion. (Guess the sacred scrolls don't prohibit adultery.)

    Of course, to a certain mindset that's just life. Gays and lesbians have a "lifestyle", and any depiction of it in pop culture is part of an attempt to advance an "agenda". Tbe only problem is -- it's much like the Cylon plan. It's pretty damn hard to find any evidence it exists at all.

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  36. for example, he's probably secretly in love with Baltar when they are working together early on

    I get where you're coming from, Eric, and I know it's not a homophobic place but you know what kinda fraks me off about that reading? Remember Gaeta tries to murder Baltar, and when ol' "butter fingers" fails to pull that off, he lies under oath when Baltar's life is quite literally on the line.

    I don't want to pile on Ron -- because he's in a no-win situation where gay characters are concerned on the dark and twisty world that is BSG. And "hell hath no fury like a closet queen scorned" is a damn sight less interesting than Gaeta as someone who put all his trust in the hands of the worse possible person in the universe. And he, quite literally, almost got flushed out a launch tube for his troubles.

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