Spoiler Tag Everything Got To Do With Original Series Please

User45701

Spoiler Tag Everything Got To Do With Original Series Please

I Just think it would be a good idia for those that haven't seen the originals because i didn't know that things would happen......

Also barry aldweels spoiler in Episode 7 topic sucked because now i have an idea of what will happen, its not barrys fault when he posted it, it was spoiler taged.
It was 5uspect`s fault because he quoted but he left out the spoiler tags.

Its not relay fair on those that are relay enjoying BSG but haven't seen the orginal

Also Mod(s) please make this topic a sticky or elce include it in the charter so people wont forget

mcgarnicle

User45701 wrote:

Spoiler Tag Everything Got To Do With Original Series Please

I Just think it would be a good idia for those that haven't seen the originals because i didn't know that ...(spoilers removed).

Also barry aldweels spoiler in Episode 7 topic sucked because now i have an idea of what will happen, its not barrys fault when he posted it, it was spoiler taged.
It was 5uspect`s fault because he quoted but he left out the spoiler tags.

Its not relay fair on those that are relay enjoying BSG but haven't seen the orginal

Also Mod(s) please make this topic a sticky or elce include it in the charter so people wont forget

Maybe you should put spoilers on your own little revelations up there, not everyone has access to season 3.

User45701

mcgarnicle wrote:

Maybe you should put spoilers on your own little revelations up there, not everyone has access to season 3.

Edited, sorry

Johnny Storm

The original series was shown in 1978 FFS!!! Its a bit late for spoiler tags dont you think?:p

ixoy

Johnny Storm wrote:

The original series was shown in 1978 FFS!!! Its a bit late for spoiler tags dont you think?:p

Given that a fair number of posters were yet to be zygotes at that point, I don't necessarily unfair..

I actually agree it's a good idea to spoiler tag the original's main plot points, if the new incarnation intends on hitting the broad points of the original (maybe even so far as to remake Galactica '80 - wouldn't that be cool!). It's not as if the original is widely shown on TV anymore and it hasn't attained the level of widespread knowledge of something like "Star Wars". Wouldn't hurt really and could help some people to be more surprised by plot developments.

Goodshape

User45701 wrote:

Edited, sorry

Check again, there's still some Season 3 info in there

Pegasus death

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Don't really mind the original series 'spoilers' too much myself, I've never really expected anything I hear about it to happen as such in the new show. Some of it does but still, I wouldn't consider it a spoiler, more of a "this is something that could happen" type thing.

Peace

The writers aren't simply sticking to the same plot as the original. What would be the point in that.

User45701

there are some simularties i mean i heard about what happened between baltar and cylons in the original and i didn't have any idea what was going to happen now i do

thelordofcheese

for a while i thought he was talking about not putting spoilers for future episodes in the threads prior to that episode... which is probably a good idea.

Overheal

Are the gallactica episodes available on YouTube? Such things are legal (trust me, Ive bloody well checked) because they are just copied from Television broadcasts. Ive already found pretty much everything from 24 to Stargate on there, so I was wondering if you've seen BSG on there?

I ask here because I which to express that mutual greivance that not everyone has seen everything to date: Im still back at Season 2 Finale, and some people are further back than that.

Johnny Storm

Let me review and summarise the salient points of the Original BSG for you.

1) Col Tigh is black.
2) Athena is Apollo's sister.
3) Starbuck is a man.

I hope that clears things up for any ill-informed zygotes who are frequenting these boards. :rolleyes:

mcgarnicle

Johnny Storm wrote:

Let me review and summarise the salient points of the Original BSG for you.

1) Col Tigh is black.
2) Athena is Apollo's sister.
3) Starbuck is a man.

I hope that clears things up for any ill-informed zygotes who are frequenting these boards. :rolleyes:

Before being so snide you might want to look into just how many plot similarities there are between the old and new BSG. OP has a point that these should have spoilers if they are likely to crop up again.

Rev Hellfire

Overheal wrote:

Are the gallactica episodes available on YouTube? Such things are legal (trust me, Ive bloody well checked) because they are just copied from Television broadcasts.

Well if you've checked they must be legal. :rolleyes:

Johnny Storm

mcgarnicle wrote:

Before being so snide you might want to look into just how many plot similarities there are between the old and new BSG. OP has a point that these should have spoilers if they are likely to crop up again.

Why dont we just put everything in spoilers just in case?

EDIT: PS I'm not trying to be snide or in any way make make it personal. My opinion is that using spoiler tags on a 1978 TV show is silly, IMHO.

Barry Aldwell

Putting something from an episode which has yet to air in spoiler tags: Definitely

Putting something from a later episode in an episode specific thread, in spoiler tags: Definitely

Putting something about a show that has been finished for 28 years in spoilers: Silly. The show is finished. It's not going anywhere, nothing is going to change about it.

HOWEVER!: A policy of identifying which series a thread or post relates to in either the topic, or a warning at the top, would stop people from "accidentally" hearing what happened, and also help avoid confusion (easy considering the number of characters, ships and episodes with the same name in both series)

That way, people who want to know about the 1978 series can go watch it, and those who don't can just ignore posts/threads that are marked as relating to it.

mcgarnicle

Johnny Storm wrote:

Why dont we just put everything in spoilers just in case?

EDIT: PS I'm not trying to be snide or in any way make make it personal. My opinion is that using spoiler tags on a 1978 TV show is silly, IMHO.

Are you missing the point on purpose? Nobody has said spoiler tag everything.

The point is that people are talking about certain plots from the original series that have come to pass in the new series ie.

baltar joining the cylons, the Pegasus being destroyed and the colonials finding cobol

with this in mind it is a fair point to ask that previous series details be kept in spoilers.

Not so much in case people someday decide to watch the original series but because there is a fair chance certain plot lines will move into the new series.

Johnny Storm

Dude, the point I was trying to make in my earlier snide reply ("Tigh is black" etc) is that just because something happened in BSG V1.0 does not in any way mean it is going to happen in V2.0.
As an example, in the interview which is posted in this forum with David Eick he says that he had no particular preconception as regards whether

the Pegasus

should survive or not.

As regards whether I am missing the point on purpose, when were you talking to my wife ????

Anyway, I'm really not looking to have an argument with my fellow BSG fans!

User45701

Barry Aldwell wrote:

Putting something from an episode which has yet to air in spoiler tags: Definitely

Putting something from a later episode in an episode specific thread, in spoiler tags: Definitely

Putting something about a show that has been finished for 28 years in spoilers: Silly. The show is finished. It's not going anywhere, nothing is going to change about it.

HOWEVER!: A policy of identifying which series a thread or post relates to in either the topic, or a warning at the top, would stop people from "accidentally" hearing what happened, and also help avoid confusion (easy considering the number of characters, ships and episodes with the same name in both series)

That way, people who want to know about the 1978 series can go watch it, and those who don't can just ignore posts/threads that are marked as relating to it.

A better way would be to say "Original BSG, Possible Spoiler : XXXXXXXXX"

That way people who don't want to see it don't and those that do want to see it do see it

Johnny Storm

User45701 wrote:

A better way would be to say "Original BSG, Possible Spoiler : XXXXXXXXX"

That way people who don't want to see it don't and those that do want to see it do see it

That's a good idea!

And here's a little note to anyone who hasn't seen BSG V1.0, the sad truth is that its really fairly crap. The opening two hour ep was enjoyable and then sadly as it went on it got worse and more desperate. IMHO only the first ep (and a very few others) is worth seeing

iguana

I will happily spoiler any mention of the original bsg series if User45701 will confine himself to only discussing the show Heroes in the Heroes thread instead of complaining about the tv mods decision. From now on every time User45701 brings a feedback issue into the thread I will pm him a major plot point from the original series.:D

User45701

iguana wrote:

I will happily spoiler any mention of the original bsg series if User45701 will confine himself to only discussing the show Heroes in the Heroes thread instead of complaining about the tv mods decision. From now on every time User45701 brings a feedback issue into the thread I will pm him a major plot point from the original series.:D

Ye but now that you have said that i just read any pms from you
Also u never know i could be a crazy psycho and try to come kill you at the next board beers

iguana

User45701 wrote:

Ye but now that you have said that i just read any pms from you
Also u never know i could be a crazy psycho and try to come kill you at the next board beers

I'll just put the spoiler in the title and take my chances on the pyscho thing.;)

Boston

User45701 your posts are the single reason I don't read this forum. You demand rules but lack to ability to use any common sense in regards your posts. Cop on to yourself would yea.

User45701

LiouVille wrote:

User45701 your posts are the single reason I don't read this forum.

Your Loss

LiouVille wrote:

You demand rules but lack to ability to use any common sense in regards your posts. Cop on to yourself would yea.

My posts make sense

LiouVille wrote:

User45701 your posts are the single reason I don't read this forum.

Wait a min...... You must have read this forum if you responded to one of my posts.

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Anyway this is all getting a little off topic i don't think asking to spoiler tag a spoiler is that much to ask

Boston

Grand, if thats your attitude expect to read OS spoilers when ever relavent. Asking people to do something and hten being a prick about it, well done.

User45701

LiouVille wrote:

Grand, if thats your attitude expect to read OS spoilers when ever relavent. Asking people to do something and hten being a prick about it, well done.

This has gone way off topic but i still have to respond to that.
I asked people to "Spoiler Tag Everything Got To Do With Original Series Please"

This does not apply to you as you aready said

LiouVille wrote:

User45701 your posts are the single reason I don't read this forum. You demand rules but lack to ability to use any common sense in regards your posts. Cop on to yourself would yea.

Also its in the forum charter it says that you must spoiler tag spoilers and there are very similar events in the original BSG and the current BSG so things fro the original series are considered spoilers

Boston

User45701 wrote:

Also its in the forum charter it says that you must spoiler tag spoilers and there are very similar events in the original BSG and the current BSG so things fro the original series are considered spoilers

You're not a moderator. I don't read this forum regularly became people liek you don't have an ounch of cop on.

Hey the cylons kill baltar in the orginal series. I'm not spoiling this series of BSG.

User45701

FAO LiouVille

That was not very nice of you it would have been much simpler for you if you had just put me in your ignore list as i have now done with you.

I don't know why you would post that.

Calibos

Speaking of Old Series Spoilers, I just can't wait till they remake the flying motorbike episodes and the Space scouts ones for the new series, Ohh ohh and the WWII V2 rocket time travel episode.

:D

Talisman

Calibos wrote:

Speaking of Old Series Spoilers, I just can't wait till they remake the flying motorbike episodes and the Space scouts ones for the new series, Ohh ohh and the WWII V2 rocket time travel episode. :D

You speak of Galactica 1980 which is not the Original Series referred to by User45701 and as such does not require the dreaded spoiler tags. :cool:

Personally I don't see the point in spoiler tagging references to the original series.

User45701

Talisman wrote:

Personally I don't see the point in spoiler tagging references to the original series.

Its for those that didn't see the original series and don't want things spoiled for them.

monkeyfudge

LiouVille wrote:

Hey the cylons kill baltar in the orginal series. I'm not spoiling this series of BSG.

Actually... DISCO BSG

That only happened in the movie version they edited together out of the pilot. When the series ended he was still alive if I remember correctly.

Talisman

User45701 wrote:

Its for those that didn't see the original series and don't want things spoiled for them.

An inadmissable excuse in my opinion. It's not like it's not available on DVD (It's heavily discounted in the HMV sale) and only resides in the memories of old folk who remember tv programmes from the 1970s.

Johnny Storm

Talisman wrote:

... old folk ....

Watch it, pal.

User45701

You see from what i hear from people that have seen both is that the new one is better so why would i see the orginal if it will spoil parts of what is a great TV show

Barry Aldwell

You assume that the new series is following the old series exactly, or has promised to follow it. It is not. They have used the basic premise, and have borrowed certain events from the original series, but by no means all of the storyline. Just because something happened in the old series most definitely does not mean it will happen in the new one.

Of course, you wouldn't know this, because you refuse to even listen to people who talk about the original series :rolleyes:

User45701

I know that not everything is the same but the Pegasus event in season 3 was the same and so was the whole baltar thing in season 3

I just don't want anything spoiled for me its not that much to ask is it?

Vokes

What's the point, you're never gonna watch the old series.

Or if you do, you'll be bored silly after the first 2/3 eps and quit it.

Boston

Stop spoiling the current series and we'll consider not spoiling the orginal. You just said Pegasus suffers the same faith it did in the orginal series. Cop on you tool and stop spoiling the current series.

Barry Aldwell

User45701 wrote:

I know that not everything is the same but the Pegasus event in season 3 was the same and so was the whole baltar thing in season 3

I just don't want anything spoiled for me its not that much to ask is it?

For the benefit of those who HAVEN'T seen season 3 so far, I'm going to put the S3 related elements of this post in spoiler tags

The above is not so. Both events are handled completely differently in both series

(okay, slight comparison that the Pegasus held off the cylons so the Galactica could escape, the mission was different in both cases though). In the new series Baltar is a human who mistakenly assisted in the destruction of the colonies, and ended up taken prisoner on a Basestar.

In the original series, Baltar is very, very evil indeed, and defects to the Cylons to actively assist them in tracking down and destroying the human fleet.

Flaccus

Johnny Storm wrote:

Let me review and summarise the salient points of the Original BSG for you.

1) Col Tigh is black.
2) Athena is Apollo's sister.
3) Starbuck is a man.

I hope that clears things up for any ill-informed zygotes who are frequenting these boards. :rolleyes:

Also

4) Boomer is a male viper jock, black, and is starbucks best mate.
5) Jolly is alive as well and guess what, is a fat dude.
6) Boxy who we never saw much of in the new series 'cause alot of his scenes in Season1 were cut, is the adopted son of Apollo and Cassiopia in the original series. (who died).
7) Serena is a viper jock from the Pegasus who sort of competes with Starbuck. Reminds me a little of Cat.
8) There are a total of 24 episodes in the original series, the 1st 3 known as 'Saga of a Starworld' was made into a feature film, which I remember seeing in the Carlton cinema in Limerick to this very day. Scenes were debuted for Irish audiences on the late late toy show a month or so before the film hit the big screen
9) BSG 2 : Mission Galactica was the follow up to BSG the movie and was shown a couple years later. This was where Pegasus was destroyed. At this point the TV series had not been shown over here.
10) Galactica 1980 the series with Troy and Dillon (Apollo and Starbuck wannabees) is generally regarded as sucking badly, including the handful of spinoff movies made not long after they got to earth. (Conquest of the Earth comes to mind).