Maybe, the cylons are XX light years from Earth and are picking up broadcasted 60’s music. Maybe, they were to be triggered when they got a certain distance from Earth (by “All along the Watchtower”). In other words, If the BSG universe is happening in our time, they are about 40 to 50 light years from Earth.

What do you think?

As for the theory on the 4, Funny how it went along the line of what Radimus said just now.

I have not seen the original BSG (growing up outside the US and all), but the first thought crossed my mine with the 4 was that they may be the chosen ones, the Guardians of some kind. i.e. Like a secret society, a group of people passed the knowledge about the path to Earth down to the next generation in secrets, buried that in people’s memories only to be triggered on when they get close enough to Earth. Hence, Starbuck growing up “special”. Chief’s parents were historians. Etc.

Just a thought. :)

For some reason they are “protectors” or “guardians” or perhaps even guides or “observors” of humanity, and therefore their dissassociation from the other cylon models.

I’d expect a last minute save by some mysterious glowing ships or some other related event

I did read that the selection of that song in particular was very important. There’s gotta be a clue in there somehere

These archetypes are all rolled into a poem that can be read with equal profoundness either forwards *and backwards*. So the choice of song seemed very logical to me since it delves deeply into the heart of the BSG that Moore has created.

I also had no complaint with his adding lines of the dialog into the action as the characters focus on the song. It reminded me of the way you squint to focus on words on a page that is _almost_ in focus. As the words came clear to them the song becomes clear to us.

I didn’t care for his trippy music that accompanied it. I kept feeling like I wanted to hum along (is the viewer the Fifth Cylon in this scenario? Interesting idea.) but I couldn’t get with the tune they were using…it never gelled as “All Along the Watchtower” for me until I heard the words…and even then it wasn’t the familiar AATW that my mind craved.

“And I saw another angel ascending from the rising of the sun, having the seal of the living God; and he cried out with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was granted to harm the earth and the sea, 3 saying, “Do not harm the earth or the sea or the trees until we have sealed the bond-servants of our God on their foreheads.”

Makes a little more sense given that there were four of them, seemingly hand-picked to destroy Galactica from within. Is Starbuck the other “angel?”