Proxy for BSG webepisodes

September 6, 2006 1:44 AM

How can I watch Battlestar Galactica's new web episodes in the UK? (They are not available in your region ).
posted by srboisvert to computers & internet (8 comments total)

Use an anonymizing proxy, like The Cloak, that's located in the States. That'll make you appear like you're coming from the States.
posted by maschnitz at 1:48 AM on September 6, 2006

Ah, wouldn't you know it. Doesn't work for me. I think the scifi.com Flash movie viewer gets confused.

The idea may yet be sound, though. For example, you could find a translator, like Google Translate. Use it to translate the page from English to Spanish. It'll have the same effect as the proxy. Since the page is all images, it doesn't translate a thing. It'll take a while, since the whole movie has to go via the translator first.
posted by maschnitz at 2:05 AM on September 6, 2006

Cloak doesn't seem to work.
posted by srboisvert at 2:10 AM on September 6, 2006

The first one was on Youtube last night. Ah, still is.
posted by Dipsomaniac at 3:21 AM on September 6, 2006

I should have said, just search Youtube for "Galactica webisode" and it should come up first. At least, until Sci-Fi gets snarky.
posted by Dipsomaniac at 8:59 AM on September 6, 2006

Or hit up one of the bazillion bittorrent sites. Or even Usenet. It's all over the place.
posted by drstein at 10:52 AM on September 6, 2006

At least, until Sci-Fi gets snarky.

The NYT says SciFi is uploading its one-hour series recap to YouTube, so it'd surprise me if the channel went after any of the promo webisodes appearing there. Seems they know it's not the time to get snarky.
posted by mediareport at 9:37 PM on September 6, 2006

As of this morning, however, the 1st webisode was gone. Luckily it's all over BT.
posted by Dipsomaniac at 4:45 AM on September 7, 2006