tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post8891668402487447807..comments2024-03-27T08:49:38.786-03:00Comments on Siskoid's Blog of Geekery: Battlestar Galactica #4: The Lost WarriorSiskoidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-38808486374777989612018-07-13T09:54:51.154-03:002018-07-13T09:54:51.154-03:00I remember this one well. And yes I did get a sen...I remember this one well. And yes I did get a sense of Trek deja-vu from it.<br /><br />Sadly the "lone viper pilot lost" will continue to Galactica 80.Timothy S. Brannanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02923526503305233715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-84208419337353178372018-07-04T18:39:58.953-03:002018-07-04T18:39:58.953-03:00Sweeet... it's over thirty years since I watch...Sweeet... it's over thirty years since I watched the pilot, I guess.Brendoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10913031340103600964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-77102879896090259852018-07-04T18:35:46.878-03:002018-07-04T18:35:46.878-03:00The show's canon (as per the pilot episode) is...The show's canon (as per the pilot episode) is that the Cylons were lizard-like and built the robots as servitors/soldiers. The Cylons died out, but their machines lived on and adopted the name.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-83689369101686467682018-07-04T18:33:24.707-03:002018-07-04T18:33:24.707-03:00Aww, NICE! The story of how the Cylons were design...Aww, NICE! The story of how the Cylons were designed:<br />https://darthmojo.wordpress.com/2008/09/17/true-cylon-history/<br /><br />The "Actor in a suit" was the limitation. I was wondering why such an iconic cool look was abandoned in the re-imagining. The old look wasn't necessary anymore.<br />Eat your heart out, Vader! These guys are the coolest looking sci-fi characters of all time.<br />Chrome is just sweet to the eyes... Brendoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10913031340103600964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-24666186686525791932018-07-04T18:22:42.124-03:002018-07-04T18:22:42.124-03:00Yay for Wikipedia! It tells me they became robots ...Yay for Wikipedia! It tells me they became robots because the censors were concerned about violence. Here's the passage about the novel: <br />"In the novelization of the series pilot, the Cylons are described as a militaristic, reptilian race which has been conquering its way across the galaxy. The novelization is written by Glen Larson, the series creator, who originally intended the Cylons to be an alien species; and, in fact, dialog which was later edited out of "Saga of a Star World" illustrated this point. However, network censors were concerned about violence, so the Cylons became robots. By this time, two novels had been written describing the Cylons as multibrained aliens, so the Cylon Drone was invented to justify all the robots dying on-screen. As living, organic beings, the original Cylon troops could be promoted through the surgical implantation of a second brain. When a Cylon was elevated to Imperious Leader, he received a third brain." Brendoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10913031340103600964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-5110002052434480082018-07-04T17:55:05.142-03:002018-07-04T17:55:05.142-03:00This episode is a major memory for me, I loved it ...This episode is a major memory for me, I loved it HUGELY at the time. I can't even remember why, it was something about the Cylon... Perhaps it was the gunslinger face-off or something.<br />I'll have to watch it to see if it jogs the memory. Bought the set a few years back but still haven't watched it- though my kids did.<br /><br />I've got the BSG annual which was a treasure at the time 'cos it had photos of the cyclon ships and the vipers, unavailable anywhere else in those days. <br />In the background articles I remember it saying clearly the Cylons were lizard-like creatures who had fused themselves into metal bodies, fixing the emotions and obedience etc, just like Cybermen. It was a weird thing to see that in later episodes they, or at least some of them appeared to be just machines. <br />Just as well, the thought of finding a dead 'un and having to carve out rotten meat to disguise oneself as a cylon had no appeal. <br />Luckily I was never called to do such a thing. Brendoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10913031340103600964noreply@blogger.com