Random thought that occured to me
 

Remember the count down to the FTL jump to Ragnor station?

As I was listening to the count down it occured to me that the seconds seemed longer than a normal second. So then I thought, OK these are centons. Cool, we never knew how long a centon really was! They're about 2 1/2 seconds each. But we never heard the term centons in the mini. (OK, I guess I did miss some things from the original)

Anyway, I just thought I'd point it out cuz I'm watching part two again.
:D
Is this good discussion fodder? Cuz I dunno. :confused: Maybe I've had too many beers...

:salute:

I never noticed the seconds were longer. did thet call them seconds? I know they said hours and days and years, but I don't remember them saying seconds. I'll have to rewatch it.
It'll be cool if they say centons in a series/or sequel.
:cylon:

They oughta tweak that lil part, just for ol time's sake. It IS just TV for Christ's sake!

Re: Random thought that occured to me
 

Its a TV thing :). Whenever a TV or movie plot has a end of the world countdown (usually for a bomb) it always takes longer in real time than what the countdown is. I've seen one minute countdowns literally take five (or more) minutes not including commercials.

It's just a dramatic thing. :)

Time measurement/Galactican slang
 

I'll be honest, I actually like that they got rid of some of the unusual language. I never did figure out sectons, centons, mili-centons, sectars and such - it didn't seem to be consistent. I tried to generate a chart, but that just seemed to confuse me further.

I also noticed that "felgercarb" was gone <not gonna miss that one> but "frak" was present and accounted for - and still Starbuck's favorite word. ;) Come to think of it, I hear that one a lot in the real world, so maybe that's why they went ahead and kept it.

I think the reason they left it out was to prevent dating the series. Looking back, some of the language that I thought was so cool when I was 8 just seems kinda silly now. Maybe that's just me. The mini seemed to be directed at a more adult audience, which works for me now. My 8 year old was NOT impressed - thought it was very boring. I gotta work on that kid.

-Crys-

Show the 8 yr. old the original, might be more their speed. (sexy robots don't usually float an 8 yr. old's boat, for example. Tin cans flying clamshells on the other hand..... :D ) ;)

Re: Time measurement/Galactican slang
 

"Frak" sounds vaguely obscene in English. "Felgergarb" sounds like "fiddle-dee-dee"--something a maiden aunt would exclaim. English expletives have always been Germanic, short, and to the point.

according to the script ...........there were seconds, years,
days ........not sectons, centons, or Yearhrons ......

Damn metric system.

Re: Random thought that occured to me
 

And all the Lords of Kobol said "AMEN!!!!!!!!"