Talk:Miniseries, Night 1/Archive 1: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 13:29, 11 November 2009

For previous discussions, see this archive.

Major Revision Complete

In keeping the miniseries to fit the episode summaries, I have revised this article with the larger details of the episodes, breaking it down by the events from each night as it was aired in the U.S. The analysis has been removed from both, as most of it has been answered or discussed in the series article, Battlestar Galactica (RDM). Any links to Miniseries will redirect to Miniseries, Night 1. The questions section is shortened to the central questions generated by the miniseries only, and minimizes discussion of regular series names and events to keep the article from becoming confusing to new viewers (although most links are updated to their current article). --Spencerian 15:29, 25 October 2006 (CDT)

Main Fight

When Helo and Sharon are fleeing from the missles to Caprica, their Dradis pops up with multiple formations of various Cylon and Colonial signals and they say "I think we've found the main fight". Can anyone make out what the markings on the Dradis say? They might show Squadron designations or even ship names. Commander Mazien 19:16, 1 December 2006 (CST)

I'll look into grabbing a cap, if one avails itself to me, though I honestly doubt it. -- Joe Beaudoin ^{So say we all - Donate} 20:55, 1 December 2006 (CST)

Update: Unfortunately, all I was able to make out on the DRADIS displays were "Enemy Squadron" and "Viper Squadron". Nothing unique to warrant an article. -- Joe Beaudoin ^{So say we all - Donate} 21:11, 1 December 2006 (CST)

Thanks anyway. Commander Mazien 05:46, 2 December 2006 (CST)

Cast section

Whilst Miniseries, Night 2 has a cast section, where's this article's? DrWho42 11:51, 13 October 2007 (CDT)

The Miniseries is really one three-hour show, even if you can clearly tell the break point. Two cast sections would be unnecessary duplication. --Serenity 11:57, 13 October 2007 (CDT)

Theatrical Version

I DVR'ed the HD version of the Miniseries on UniversalHD back in July and just recently watched it (my life as been crazy). It is introduced as the "theatrical version" with a TV-14 rating. I didn't really see any difference with it than the DVD version. Did anyone else view this version? --FrankieG 13:04, 12 December 2007 (CST)

"Night"?

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Is "Night" supposed to be the miniseries title? Where does it say so? I haven't been able to corroborate this.--Dvd-junkie 12:18, 11 November 2009 (UTC)Reply

My response is here. -- Joe Beaudoin ^{So say we all - Donate - Battlestar Pegasus} 13:29, 11 November 2009 (UTC)Reply

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-== Reason for Expansion ==
+:''For previous discussions, [http://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Miniseries%2C_Night_1&oldid=58598 see this archive.]
-The [[Mini-Series#Analysis|analysis]] section needs to be expanded.  I began working on it earlier, but never got around to finishing it.  Obviously, anyone (including yours truly) can add their thoughts later on. -- [[User:Joe.Beaudoin|Joe Beaudoin]] 17:05, 2 May 2005 (EDT)
+==Major Revision Complete==
-== OK, Now It Needs to be Condensed ==
+In keeping the miniseries to fit the episode summaries, I have revised this article with the larger details of the episodes, breaking it down by the events from each night as it was aired in the U.S. The analysis has been removed from both, as most of it has been answered or discussed in the series article, [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)]]. Any links to [[Miniseries]] will redirect to [[Miniseries, Night 1]]. The questions section is shortened to the central questions generated by the miniseries only, and minimizes discussion of regular series names and events to keep the article from becoming confusing to new viewers (although most links are updated to their current article). --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 15:29, 25 October 2006 (CDT)
-I've begun the slow process of truncating this page to help in reducing it below the 32K preferred limit as well as to make the page less cumbersome to read. Information or speculation that has been answered ''ad nauseum'' has been removed. Questions that now have answers were updated. Ancillary information available en masse from other articles was trimned and links added. I created a new page for an empty link as well.
+==Main Fight==
-I think the two larger sections should be reviewed further and cut down. Likewise, the dialogue and notes may stand a cut as well. [[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 13:32, 25 Aug 2005 (EDT)
+When Helo and Sharon are fleeing from the missles to Caprica, their Dradis pops up with multiple formations of various Cylon and Colonial signals and they say "I think we've found the main fight". Can anyone make out what the markings on the Dradis say? They might show Squadron designations or even ship names. [[User:Commander Mazien|Commander Mazien]] 19:16, 1 December 2006 (CST)
+: I'll look into grabbing a cap, if one avails itself to me, though I honestly doubt it. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 20:55, 1 December 2006 (CST)
+: Update: Unfortunately, all I was able to make out on the DRADIS displays were "Enemy Squadron" and "Viper Squadron". Nothing unique to warrant an article. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 21:11, 1 December 2006 (CST)
-:I'm looking into breaking down this page into some logical subarticles today. Main page links should remain fine; this will be the parent page. I want this page to look more like the episode pages in terms of plot summary, and then take the extended analysis and behind-the-scenes information to separate subarticles. More images will help as well, perhaps adding Lowdown information with behind the scenes, a long-asked for article. I will be using elements from other parent-child articles to make this work. We should be generally pleased with the results. --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 09:18, 26 January 2006 (EST)
+Thanks anyway. [[User:Commander Mazien|Commander Mazien]] 05:46, 2 December 2006 (CST)
-::I'm concerned about this. Are you convinced that it's impossible to summarize further? And if we have to split the article, I'd like to point out that Night One/Night Two is the most logical way to do so. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 11:04, 26 January 2006 (EST)
+== Cast section ==
-== Cylon ==
+Whilst [[Miniseries, Night 2]] has a [[Miniseries, Night 2#Cast|cast section]], where's this article's? [[User:DrWho42|DrWho42]] 11:51, 13 October 2007 (CDT)
+:The Miniseries is really one three-hour show, even if you can clearly tell the break point. Two cast sections would be unnecessary duplication. --[[User:Serenity|Serenity]] 11:57, 13 October 2007 (CDT)
-I thought that the original Cylon Centurion was in the museum, not a cylon basestar. --[[User:Blacklight|Blacklight]]
+== Theatrical Version ==
+I DVR'ed the HD version of the Miniseries on UniversalHD back in July and just recently watched it (my life as been crazy). It is introduced as the "theatrical version" with a TV-14 rating. I didn't really see any difference with it than the DVD version. Did anyone else view this version? --[[User:Gougef|FrankieG]] 13:04, 12 December 2007 (CST)
-:They both are. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 01:15, 1 October 2005 (EDT)
+== "Night"? ==
-::Alright, I'll make the neccessary changes in the nod section then --[[User:Blacklight|Blacklight]]
+Is "Night" supposed to be the miniseries title? Where does it say so? I haven't been able to corroborate this.--[[User:Dvd-junkie|Dvd-junkie]] 12:18, 11 November 2009 (UTC)
-== Structural Consequences ==
+: My response is [[Talk:Miniseries,_Night_2#.22Night.22.3F|here]]. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 13:29, 11 November 2009 (UTC)
-"That nuclear hit will come back to haunt them later; there will be consequences to what happened to the ship structurally when it took that hit"
-:Are they referring to the episode [[Water]] or some other consequence not yet realized? [[User:Rocky8311|Rocky8311]] 02:08, October 19, 2005 (EDT)
-::Water, almost certainly. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 02:17, 19 October 2005 (EDT)
-::I disagree in part. The water storage was above the flight pods, and Boomer's charges were planted from within, where an explosion would do the most damage since the water would magnify the shockwave. The show has not yet dealt with the fate of the starboard flight pod, which was converted into the museum but is not depressurized. Perhaps with the resources of Pegasus, Galactica will manage to reactivate the starboard flight pod--and maybe not a moment too soon if problems are still occurring from the hit on the port pod. --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 15:02, 2 December 2005 (EST)
-==Move==
-Can we ''please'' move this to Miniseries or Mini-series? The intercaps are driving me insane. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 19:47, 14 December 2005 (EST)
-: I concur. The [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/mini/updates/ SciFi Website] uses it as if it were not even a proper noun: "''Battlestar Galactica'' miniseries scheduled to air..." I think, at the least, we should move it to "Miniseries". Maybe, though, we should move it to "Miniseries (RDM)" or "Miniseries (2003-2004)". I realize there's no conflict, but there is for the seasons (which might should be "Season 1 (RDM)", etc.) and I like consistency. --[[User:Day|Day]] 01:56, 17 December 2005 (EST)
-::No need for (RDM), I think. "Season 1" doesn't even need it, since a TOS Season one article would be entirely redundant with the main TOS article anyway. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 02:05, 17 December 2005 (EST)
-== "Episode" Data Template for this Article? ==
-The miniseries doesn't quite fit with the elements of the new episode template, but it certainly could use it to condense all the statistics as well as make this page look like the deservedly important page that it is--in effect, "episode 0." Can we rig a unique episode table just for this article (and maybe, the TOS opener as well) to condense the data here to fit the format of the series episodes? --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 16:49, 9 January 2006 (EST)
-:Must... apply... template. Wow. The guest stars alone would crush the normal template. The TOS "episode 0" (Saga of a Star World) fit fine into that box, but it had a very small guest star list, and fit in many other ways more neatly into the "episode" box. I guess if you left off the guest stars, the other mini-series data elements would line up ok with the template. The question would remain (as it does with Saga of a Star World) what you would put on the "previous" line. I put "None" for TOS, but it could theoretically point to the series home (but that seemed redundant with the "episode of" at the top of the template. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 16:59, 9 January 2006 (EST)
-::A quick "demo" (preview might be more precise) looked pretty good. Thanks to the gigantic TOC, the template doesn't have much of an impact on the layout, and some of the clutter at the bottom gets cleaned up. My demo lacked the Guest Stars, though (as I figured it would be overwhelming). --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 17:11, 9 January 2006 (EST)
-The one-off episode data table that Undc23 implemented looks pretty sweet. My only thought would be that any information contained in the episode data up top need not be retained in the stats section down below. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 08:39, 26 January 2006 (EST)