Okay this also confuses me: the basic complaint I'm hearing from you guys is that I shouldn't pay attention to public statements the writers made about the writing process, because "knowing how the sausage is made" (as Ron put it) shocks people.

I mean, bad example: if on Next Gen, a write revealed that one of their…

....you blame the failure of Caprica on some sort of fan backlash against it?

The show failed because it was hastily produced and filled with production problems; even the head writer Jane Espenson later complained that she felt the project got unloaded on her.

...okay you've brought this up multiple times: while it is…

What's wrong with William Adama's eyes?

Kennex gets results, damn it!

Seriously, though, this review summed up everything I was thinking and I couldn't have said it better.

It felt sort of like a "test season" and the writers have better ideas but the network is forcing them to take it slow.

Actually I hated the fanficers more than most, but Scifi.com didn't bother to hire administrators or moderators for its own forums.

Regardless, let's backtrack and simplify:

Ignoring any of the production process,

Given that Cylons are normally sterile unless it's a rare Hybrid, and Tyrol had a son, do you honestly…

HC is being a lot more polite than you are.

You're confusing the points: while BSG established that there are Cylon sleeper agents, the fact that Tyrol *fathered a child during the show itself* ruled him out as a Cylon....then they did an obvious cheat which was simply not believable.

Let's back up for a minute I'm honestly confused:

What I say is that they…

I don't think ratings reflect, quality, don't get me wrong - and a lot of it was that Scifi stupidly didn't include DVR or the new booming DVD market.

But even RDM on the forums would at times admit that the Nielson numbers are down (even if they don't accurately reflect how many people are watching) — which is why…

I hardly think this is the first time that the X1 has been attacked by a pteranodon.

Actually, Moore himself would address criticisms that the ratings were down by openly explaining that it was a "prestige show" whose primary purpose was to win major awards, so Scifi Channel could claim it had Emmy-award level shows and not just wrestling.
And they were *really* aggressively pushing for the show to…

...those are in no way comparable. Picard was turned INTO a cyborg, while with Tyrol, they stated that *retroactively*, he was ALWAYS a Cylon. Don't you see the difference?

....that last part sounded oddly specific.

I didn't feel cheated by Rise of the Machines. It had many flaws and wasn't equal to the first two, but at least it had a strong ending.

That's your answer to everything. It's not going to happen.

Given that time travel is an inherent part of the Terminator mythos, the idea of doing a Back to the Future, Part II style parallel storyline sequel isn't entirely crazy.

I mean think about it: one of the big questions since even the first film was about the nature of the "time loop" that seems to exist:

!!! The Wachowskis to make more Matrix films?!!!

When will this fearful slumber have an end?

Fundamentally, you can't get around the most egregious example: Tyrol couldn't be a Cylon because he had a son and Cylons are normally sterile....unless his child was a very rare and super-special Hybrid child.

But this would have broken Ron's own in-universe rules and narrative.....so he ham-fistedly said "uh, I…

Tangent: It is spelled "Roslin"....you've been consistently spelling her name "Rosalin".