H and Zohar came up with a theory about the mythology of Battlestar Galactica that I won’t share in full because it’s too complicated (it involved flowcharts), but from which I would like to enter into the record the following predictions (which are due to H and Zohar, and not me):
- Starbuck is a pseudo-Cylon, reverse-engineered from or secretly devised by some of the “Final Five” (aka Earth Cylons) as a colonial super-soldier. All of the people who would have known this (except maybe some version of Ellen) were killed in the attack on the Colonies.
- Starbuck’s Earth Cylon biological roots will account for the fact that she was downloaded by some still-active resurrection center on Earth. (Or maybe Earth Cylon resurrection technology is advanced enough to download anything and everything, which would account for the “resurrection” of Starbuck’s Viper.)
I would simply observe the following: isn’t it interesting that the tribes of humanity number 13 while the Cylon models number only 12?
[UPDATE, post episode 4.17, “No Exit”] A point for me, I think, on the numerological prediction. Of course, anybody who can count to eight has been wondering what happened to seven since Season 2, at least.
Procrastiblog 
SPOILER ALERT
http://geektalkstech.com/tyrol-strikes-again-reveals-cylon-history/
So something of my theory maybe right after all.
Comment by Zo — February 13, 2009 @ 12:23 am
Why is my ICON a swastika?
Comment by Zo — February 13, 2009 @ 12:23 am
0) Hi, Zo!
1) I’m not going to look at that. I’m getting more than my share of spoilers from RDM’s podcasts.
2) The identicon algorithm scans your brain and produces a precise graphical representation of your personality. In your case, it is a festive purple swastika. The algorithm doesn’t lie. 😉
Comment by Chris — February 13, 2009 @ 9:23 am
We are not amused!
Anyhoo… 🙂 Well at least Leah is out of Top Chef… but double elimination next time? my prediction, is Carla and Stefan as final two.
Comment by Zo — February 14, 2009 @ 10:37 am
You see, you change your IP address, and now you’re a teal quilt.
They’ve had 3 in the final round the last 2 seasons, so expect that to be the case this year too. I’m definitely betting on Carla and Stefan, flip a coin for the third… I hope it will be Fabio, only because I really detest Hosea.
Comment by Chris — February 16, 2009 @ 12:35 am