Mike DeWolfe : The Daily Edition

IO9 has shown off some interesting spoilers. This isn't about spoilers, but about geeky projections. During the Olympic Torch Run, I ran into the sister of one of the supporting players. She said that her brother (I'm not going to out her), makes it to the fifth episode, then he and bunch of other characters (maybe people at Graystone?) all get tossed from the show. Killed or laid off in Graystone downsizing: who knows, but I took it as the former. If so, then they get to "Know Thy Enemy" which airs on March 12th. Esai Morales has hinted that there will be a large time shift in the future of the show. The chronology runs like this: Year -69: William Adama is born. Year -58: Episode 1 of Caprica. Year -52: The Cylons revolt (now revealed as the worst ever case of a girl with Daddy issues). Year -40: The Cylon War ends with the arrival of the Final Five. Year 0: The Fall. Humanity gets nuked and it's literally a 1-in-a-million chance that anyone survived (ie. 5...

I have been a geek of BSG since 1978. In the 80s, I winced at disco flashbacks. The new series took a while to grow on me; and now I love it. With tonight's mid-season finale, Revelations , out there, I thought I'd share some of the my BSG thoughts. Survivor Count With 40,000+/- survivors, this isn't a society or a nation. It's Duncan. Duncan, BC parcelled into spaceships and launched into the void. Everytime I watch an episode I think, "this is Duncan in space with a modest nuclear weapons capacity." Earth For a few years ago, I've wanted to make a BSG video. They land on Earth. They look around. They see a sign. It reads, "Moved to the Firefly Star System. Follow at your Goram Peril." The Final of the Final Five Deanna (Lucy Lawless), said that the last of the five was not in the fleet. So this give me two options: President Laura Roslin (who was not in the fleet at the time of the statement); or Admiral Helena Cain (who seems like someone wort...