Earth (spoilers probably)

paudemge · February 23 2009, 06:02 PM

So is the Earth in BSG, our future or past? I'm not sure we got a good glimpse of the continents, so i guess it could be many many years in one direction of the other.

Admiral Buzzkill · February 23 2009, 06:07 PM

I'm think that it takes place in the not-too-distant future. Probably sometime around next Sunday, A.D.

The Evil Dead · February 23 2009, 06:21 PM

...There was a guy named Joel, Not too different from you or me. He worked at Gizmonic Institute, Just another face in a red jumpsuit...

SeerSGB · February 23 2009, 06:30 PM

paudemge wrote:

So is the Earth in BSG, our future or past? I'm not sure we got a good glimpse of the continents, so i guess it could be many many years in one direction of the other.

Both and neither....

If they follow up with this and lock it down as both our Earth and having happened at some point in our history, I'll be disappointed. I kind of like the whole idea of it "It's Earth cause the 13th tribe called it Earth; so for the sake of BSG it's Earth" angle to it.

Admiral2 · February 23 2009, 06:30 PM

The Evil Dead wrote:

...There was a guy named Joel, Not too different from you or me. He worked at Gizmonic Institute, Just another face in a red jumpsuit...

He had a good job cleaning up the place...

Admiral Buzzkill · February 23 2009, 06:36 PM

This is one of the many "mysteries" of BSG that I'll be more satisfied if they don't address.

MetroKid · February 23 2009, 07:16 PM

Admiral2 wrote:

The Evil Dead wrote:

...There was a guy named Joel, Not too different from you or me. He worked at Gizmonic Institute, Just another face in a red jumpsuit...

He had a good job cleaning up the place...

...but his bosses didn't like him, so they shot him into space!

GeorgeKirk · February 24 2009, 12:01 AM

My opinion:

Of course, I could be wrong.

Candlelight · February 24 2009, 12:17 AM

paudemge wrote:

So is the Earth in BSG, our future or past? I'm not sure we got a good glimpse of the continents, so i guess it could be many many years in one direction of the other.

Put it this way:

It's a tv show. It's not our universe. We didn't come from the stars, we evolved here.

The way it's implied in the show is it isn't our Earth, or if it is, it's our far future (after we leave here and find Kobol, and start the ball rolling).

cultcross · February 24 2009, 12:20 AM

GeorgeKirk wrote:

My opinion:

Of course, I could be wrong.

An interesting idea, but of course it doesn't begin to make a lick of sense - you'd have to explain massive reversals in technological progress, followed by quietly following the same route forwards again.

Candlelight · February 24 2009, 12:29 AM

cultcross wrote:

GeorgeKirk wrote:

My opinion:

Of course, I could be wrong.

An interesting idea, but of course it doesn't begin to make a lick of sense - you'd have to explain massive reversals in technological progress, followed by quietly following the same route forwards again.

That and the fact that Gaeta confirmed the star charts were a match to the old records, which match our constellations and star systems.

Mitty · February 24 2009, 05:57 AM

[quote=Candlelight;2646203That and the fact that Gaeta confirmed the star charts were a match to the old records, which match our constellations and star systems.[/quote]

Yep, but Gaeta turned into a rebelious mutineer, maybe he was lying?

Phily B · February 24 2009, 06:40 AM

Meh, I love BSG but the idea that every single part of our planet was nuked and was no longer liveable. Bullshit.

CaptainHarlock · February 24 2009, 07:27 AM

* I only hope that there are our Earth, in the past or in the future. The idea of an alternate universe is much let down.

bryce · February 24 2009, 10:58 AM

MetroKid wrote:

Admiral2 wrote:

The Evil Dead wrote:

...There was a guy named Joel, Not too different from you or me. He worked at Gizmonic Institute, Just another face in a red jumpsuit...

He had a good job cleaning up the place...

...but his bosses didn't like him, so they shot him into space!

Then they sent him cheesey movies, the worst they could find...

(This will eventually lead him to making "robot friends", because all this has happened before and will happen again...)

February 23 2009, 06:02 PM	#1
paudemge Captain	Earth (spoilers probably) So is the Earth in BSG, our future or past? I'm not sure we got a good glimpse of the continents, so i guess it could be many many years in one direction of the other.

February 23 2009, 06:07 PM	#2
Admiral Buzzkill The Man Location: Defying Gravity	Re: Earth (spoilers probably) I'm think that it takes place in the not-too-distant future. Probably sometime around next Sunday, A.D. __________________ I had steak and a loaded baked potato for dinner on Sunday. As a steak I enjoyed it a lot, but as macaroni and cheese I thought it was disappointing.

February 23 2009, 06:21 PM	#3
The Evil Dead Vice Admiral Location: 1123, 6536, 5321	Re: Earth (spoilers probably) ...There was a guy named Joel, Not too different from you or me. He worked at Gizmonic Institute, Just another face in a red jumpsuit... __________________ "I want to see gamma rays, I want to hear X-rays, and I want to smell dark matter. I’m a machine and I could know much more." - Cavil, Battlestar Galactica

February 23 2009, 06:36 PM	#6
Admiral Buzzkill The Man Location: Defying Gravity	Re: Earth (spoilers probably) This is one of the many "mysteries" of BSG that I'll be more satisfied if they don't address. __________________ I had steak and a loaded baked potato for dinner on Sunday. As a steak I enjoyed it a lot, but as macaroni and cheese I thought it was disappointing.

February 24 2009, 12:01 AM	#8
GeorgeKirk Commodore Location: Gainesville, FL	Re: Earth (spoilers probably) My opinion: BSG takes place thousands of years in the past, and the "Earth" they found at midseason isn't the planet we're standing on. In the finale, they will land on this planet, name it Earth, and it will be revealed that the human race to which we belong is actually a human/skinjob hybrid race. Of course, I could be wrong. __________________ "Elmo: he's like Glenn Beck for children. But I repeat myself."-Lewis Black

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February 24 2009, 05:57 AM	#12
Mitty Vice Admiral Location: RIP Lis Sladen.	Re: Earth (spoilers probably) [quote=Candlelight;2646203That and the fact that Gaeta confirmed the star charts were a match to the old records, which match our constellations and star systems.[/quote] Yep, but Gaeta turned into a rebelious mutineer, maybe he was lying? __________________ I'm being extremely clever up here and there's no one to stand around looking impressed, what's the point in having you all? - The Doctor, interrupting a very important conversation.

February 24 2009, 06:40 AM	#13
Phily B Fleet Captain Location: United Kingdom	Re: Earth (spoilers probably) Meh, I love BSG but the idea that every single part of our planet was nuked and was no longer liveable. Bullshit.

February 24 2009, 07:27 AM	#14
CaptainHarlock Lieutenant Commander	Re: Earth (spoilers probably) * I only hope that there are our Earth, in the past or in the future. The idea of an alternate universe is much let down.