doubledge
August 8th, 2008, 12:50 PM
First things first:
I should explain the scope of this document, source of information, credibility, etc.:
The following statements, opinions and views are my own, and are in no way connected to or associated with any of the legal owners, producers, writers, directors, actors, staff members and/or crew of the television series “Battlestar Galactica”.
What I am, is a somewhat loyal and diligent fan (maybe addict would be a closer match) of the show, which is currently in the mid-season break of season 4. Like everyone else, I’ve been anxiously waiting for the disclosure of just who is the “Final” or “Fifth” Cylon since the end of Season 3, where the identities of 4 of the “Final Five” were revealed. In fact, this mystery has dominated the bulk of Season 4, and it’s becoming painfully obvious that the producers of the show are milking this one for everything they can get.
So, like all of you, I’ve been tuning in every week, greeted with opening statements promising that “All will be revealed” – blindly believing that and doggedly following along only to be somewhat unceremoniously dumped off here, at what, “mid-season break”? What mid-season? Or, better yet, “Mid-Season, WHAT???” WTF: SGA’s mid-season break lasted 2 weeks, but over here in BSG land, we gotta wait until 2009 for the airing of the final 10 episodes of Season 4. UGH! How much more do we have to endure? Can anybody say “CARROT & STICK?” (LOL – don’t get me wrong – I still think this show is by far, the greatest sci-fi endeavor ever, whether it be TV series or movie, and I’m in for the duration).
How I got here: My somewhat unorthodox methodology “revealed”
It’s safe to say that since the end of Season 3, one of the most popular pastimes of all BSG fans is speculating on the identity of “The Final Cylon”. In my case, I guess I’ve been doing it somewhat excessively. Maybe even subconsciously. (in fact, I had this latest epiphany at 2am in a semi-conscious state, waiting on my cappuccino machine to do it’s thing. Normally, I voice my latest “best guess” to my 14 year old son, who watches with equal enthusiasm, but is complete burnt out when it comes to entertaining my latest ramblings on this identity scenario: he’s had to endure ‘em all! I’m not exactly sure just how I came upon this one when I did – as I mentioned earlier, I wasn’t fully conscious as the time. In fact, I wasn’t really aware that I was actually doing it – plugging in different characters and reviewing the results. Since episode 10 aired, that list has been considerably shortened, now that we’ve received the latest “hint” (only 4 of the 5 are in the Colonial Fleet).
Anyway, I think I was humorously speculating the arrival of Dirk Benedict as a gust star, when this other unlikely character somehow slipped in, and MAN! It was like the $100,000,000 Jackpot machine just hit!. Lights! Bells! Whistles & Gongs started going off – no, seriously, that’s what it felt like, as I came to the realization of just how perfectly this one works. How many mysterious unexplained scenes that the writers used over & over for no other apparent reason then to leave us all in the dark – or in some other murky gray place that they could easily leave only to bring back at the conclusion of this season. The resulting effect would be (is) startling. You know, one of those puzzle pieces that ties it all up so well, that you wind up slapping yourself in the head for missing the perfectly obvious. They went well out of their way to mark the fact that “something don’t quite add up here” or “what the frak was that excessively long camera shot of “so-in so” for: filler? Don’t think so!
Bear with me.
WARNING! The following opinions MAY contain spoilers: READ THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK
This scenario works out so well that it would be hard to believe that it wasn’t completely thought out and pre-planned. In fact, if I’m wrong about this, it would be a huge missed opportunity. Don’t see any other one working out with the rippling effect this is gonna have:
O.k., enough of this yada, yada, I’m just gonna blurt it out. The Fifth Cylon is (drum roll, please!) none other than one Ellen Tigh! And, by the way, she’s not dead. In fact, she never was! Consider this: No Cylon is capable of intentionally killing a member of “The Final Five” – something in their core programming just won’t allow it. Saul Tigh could no more kill Ellen than the Raiders who confronted Anderson could kill him. The Raiders, even as low as an intellect as they hold, did have the advantage of knowing that they were in fact Cylons – something that Saul Tigh had no clue about. Compound that with the fact that Saul is one of the “Five” as well. Then you might want to add in all the rest of the following confusion that followed during the escape from New Caprica: No one hung around to verify that Ellen was actually dead. Too busy escaping. Think about it – Saul had to take care of this by himself – nobody else present. Her last words were something like “I’m so tired – I just want to go to sleep”, and that’s exactly what happened. Either the amount of poison administered was effectively reduced, or maybe just switched for a harmless sleeping pill by Saul, in a trancelike state of Cylon subconscious override.
I could go on and on with this scenereo with questions like "Why didn't we see more about Saul loosing his eye"?
BUT THIS IS ALL JUST IDLE SPECULATION - GUESS WE'LL JUST HAVE TO WAIT TO SEE IF I'M EVEN CLOSE!
I should explain the scope of this document, source of information, credibility, etc.:
The following statements, opinions and views are my own, and are in no way connected to or associated with any of the legal owners, producers, writers, directors, actors, staff members and/or crew of the television series “Battlestar Galactica”.
What I am, is a somewhat loyal and diligent fan (maybe addict would be a closer match) of the show, which is currently in the mid-season break of season 4. Like everyone else, I’ve been anxiously waiting for the disclosure of just who is the “Final” or “Fifth” Cylon since the end of Season 3, where the identities of 4 of the “Final Five” were revealed. In fact, this mystery has dominated the bulk of Season 4, and it’s becoming painfully obvious that the producers of the show are milking this one for everything they can get.
So, like all of you, I’ve been tuning in every week, greeted with opening statements promising that “All will be revealed” – blindly believing that and doggedly following along only to be somewhat unceremoniously dumped off here, at what, “mid-season break”? What mid-season? Or, better yet, “Mid-Season, WHAT???” WTF: SGA’s mid-season break lasted 2 weeks, but over here in BSG land, we gotta wait until 2009 for the airing of the final 10 episodes of Season 4. UGH! How much more do we have to endure? Can anybody say “CARROT & STICK?” (LOL – don’t get me wrong – I still think this show is by far, the greatest sci-fi endeavor ever, whether it be TV series or movie, and I’m in for the duration).
How I got here: My somewhat unorthodox methodology “revealed”
It’s safe to say that since the end of Season 3, one of the most popular pastimes of all BSG fans is speculating on the identity of “The Final Cylon”. In my case, I guess I’ve been doing it somewhat excessively. Maybe even subconsciously. (in fact, I had this latest epiphany at 2am in a semi-conscious state, waiting on my cappuccino machine to do it’s thing. Normally, I voice my latest “best guess” to my 14 year old son, who watches with equal enthusiasm, but is complete burnt out when it comes to entertaining my latest ramblings on this identity scenario: he’s had to endure ‘em all! I’m not exactly sure just how I came upon this one when I did – as I mentioned earlier, I wasn’t fully conscious as the time. In fact, I wasn’t really aware that I was actually doing it – plugging in different characters and reviewing the results. Since episode 10 aired, that list has been considerably shortened, now that we’ve received the latest “hint” (only 4 of the 5 are in the Colonial Fleet).
Anyway, I think I was humorously speculating the arrival of Dirk Benedict as a gust star, when this other unlikely character somehow slipped in, and MAN! It was like the $100,000,000 Jackpot machine just hit!. Lights! Bells! Whistles & Gongs started going off – no, seriously, that’s what it felt like, as I came to the realization of just how perfectly this one works. How many mysterious unexplained scenes that the writers used over & over for no other apparent reason then to leave us all in the dark – or in some other murky gray place that they could easily leave only to bring back at the conclusion of this season. The resulting effect would be (is) startling. You know, one of those puzzle pieces that ties it all up so well, that you wind up slapping yourself in the head for missing the perfectly obvious. They went well out of their way to mark the fact that “something don’t quite add up here” or “what the frak was that excessively long camera shot of “so-in so” for: filler? Don’t think so!
Bear with me.
WARNING! The following opinions MAY contain spoilers: READ THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK
This scenario works out so well that it would be hard to believe that it wasn’t completely thought out and pre-planned. In fact, if I’m wrong about this, it would be a huge missed opportunity. Don’t see any other one working out with the rippling effect this is gonna have:
O.k., enough of this yada, yada, I’m just gonna blurt it out. The Fifth Cylon is (drum roll, please!) none other than one Ellen Tigh! And, by the way, she’s not dead. In fact, she never was! Consider this: No Cylon is capable of intentionally killing a member of “The Final Five” – something in their core programming just won’t allow it. Saul Tigh could no more kill Ellen than the Raiders who confronted Anderson could kill him. The Raiders, even as low as an intellect as they hold, did have the advantage of knowing that they were in fact Cylons – something that Saul Tigh had no clue about. Compound that with the fact that Saul is one of the “Five” as well. Then you might want to add in all the rest of the following confusion that followed during the escape from New Caprica: No one hung around to verify that Ellen was actually dead. Too busy escaping. Think about it – Saul had to take care of this by himself – nobody else present. Her last words were something like “I’m so tired – I just want to go to sleep”, and that’s exactly what happened. Either the amount of poison administered was effectively reduced, or maybe just switched for a harmless sleeping pill by Saul, in a trancelike state of Cylon subconscious override.
I could go on and on with this scenereo with questions like "Why didn't we see more about Saul loosing his eye"?
BUT THIS IS ALL JUST IDLE SPECULATION - GUESS WE'LL JUST HAVE TO WAIT TO SEE IF I'M EVEN CLOSE!