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Why Sci-Fi's Sexiest Robot Couldn’t Stop Channeling Marvel’s Deadliest Hero
By Chris Snellgrove
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Ronald D. Moore’s Battlestar Galactica reboot has a well-earned reputation for being a very serious show. Sure, there are moments of levity here and there, but the series never loses its endlessly grim dark tone.
That’s understandable, of course: the show follows the last surviving members of the human race as they flee from extinction at the hands of relentless robot killers. When your TV show is about a slow-rolling apocalypse set in space, there’s not much room (even in the vacuum) for jokes and laughter.
However, Moore has a pretty quirky sense of humor. If you look closely enough, you can find some hilariously off-kilter references to other media that are sure to make you laugh.
In the episode “Litmus,” for example, has a scene in which brilliant, egocentric scientist Gaius Baltar is threatened by the version of Six that lives in his head. As viewers, we’re supposed to take the threat very, very seriously. But that’s hard to do once you realize that she is quoting the Incredible Hulk right to the man’s face!
The Incredible Six
This bizarre Battlestar Galactica tale will require a bit of frakkin’ context. In the show, there are multiple versions of Six, the statuesque Cylon played to sexy perfection by Tricia Helfer. The most mysterious version is one that lives inside Baltar’s head: it frequently talks to him and offers surprising advice from time to time.
In “Litmus,” for example, Baltar decides to destroy the Cylon detector because he thinks it has made him a target. When she learns of his plan, though, Six tells the scientist, “You’re gonna complete the project, like I told you.”
To this, a defiant Baltar says, “Really. Will I? Or what?” A visibly angry Six then gets in his face to utter something quite intimidating. “Don’t make me angry, Gaius. You wouldn’t like me when I’m angry.” At least, the line is delivered in an intimidating way.
It’s tough for audiences to be scared, though, once they realize the hilarious truth. Six is inexplicably quoting a line made famous by Bill Bixby when he played the titular lead of the Incredible Hulk TV show. Later, Mark Ruffalo would do a callback to this line in Avengers, when he tells Captain America, “That’s my secret, Cap. I’m always angry.”
A Marvel Of A Woman
So, what’s a goofy line from a goofier Marvel show doing in Battlestar Galactica? Nobody knows for sure, but it seems a safe bet that Ronald D. Moore or others on his staff were big fans of the old Incredible Hulk TV show. That’s because we get at least two more homages to this classic television line.
In “Six Degrees of Separation,” Six repeats the “don’t make me angry” part when she threatens Baltar again. Later, in “Collaborators,” there’s a bizarre dream sequence where Sx says, “Don’t make me angry,” only for Adama to complete the quote: “You wouldn’t like her when she’s angry.”
There you have it, you frakkin’ toasters: Battlestar Galactica might be a fairly serious show, but it’s filled with silly homages to the goofiest line in Marvel history. Of course, what makes this tale even stranger is that, canonically, the events of this sci-fi show take place long before the advent of our own modern civilization.
That means that Tricia Helfer’s character isn’t actually quoting the Incredible Hulk. She might (given that this “Head Six” version is seemingly immortal) be the one who inspired Bill Bixby to say it in the first place!
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Samsung Wide Fold design revealed in leaked images
Samsung‘s upcoming foldable phones have been revealed in a leak again, but this leak is different, because it comes directly from Samsung.
Android Authority dug through Samsung’s new One UI 9 software and discovered images of Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8, as well as the entirely new foldable phone which will probably be called Samsung Wide Fold.
Don’t expect photographs; the images are just simple graphics, but they do tell us a lot about these new phones. In particular, the Samsung Wide Fold looks significantly wider than the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8, which looks really skinny in comparison.
That’s a large cover display.
Credit: Samsung/Android Authority
The images also reveal that the Galaxy Z Fold 8 will have a triple rear camera, while the Wide Fold will only have a dual camera on the back.
Hello, skinny.
Credit: Samsung/Android Authority
The designs are in line with previous leaks, renders, and mockups, including the dummy units that surfaced in late April.
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Samsung’s Wide Fold is widely (no pun intended) expected to clash with Apple’s rumored, upcoming foldable iPhone, which will likely have a similar, wide design. This design might make the phone feel a little clunkier in the hand, but should pay off when you unfold it, as you’ll get something akin to a small tablet.
As for the Galaxy Z Fold 8, it looks more or less unchanged compared to its predecessor, the Galaxy Z Fold 7.
The rumored specs for the Samsung Wide Fold include a dual, 200/50-megapixel camera, a 10-megapixel selfie camera, a 5.4-inch cover display, a 7.6-inch foldable display, a Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chip, and 12/16GB of RAM.
The Galaxy Z Fold 8 will probably have similar specs as the Z Fold 7, but it should get a larger, 5,000mAh battery, as well as 45W charging.
Samsung is likely to unveil its new foldable phones in July.
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Parents on Instagram, Facebook: Expect a big message from Meta
Amid the second phase of a high-profile child safety trial in New Mexico, Meta is announcing new measures designed to ensure teens on its platforms are subject to age-related protections.
Meta announced in a blog post Tuesday that parents in the U.S. on two of its social media platforms, Facebook and Instagram, will receive a notification with details about how to check and confirm their teens’ ages on the company’s apps.
All users that Meta has identified as a parent, not just adults who supervise a Teen Account, will receive the notification. The notification will include a link to a blog post Meta published a year ago on how to talk to teens about the importance of providing their correct age.
Meta hopes to raise parent awareness of age confirmation on Instagram and Facebook.
Credit: Meta
Meta also announced that age-detection technology will roll out to 27 countries in the European Union and Brazil. Additionally, the technology will apply to U.S. Facebook users for the first time.
In April 2025, Meta began using AI to identify teen users who listed an adult age in their account. The technology re-assigns those users to Meta’s Teen Account product, which the company says has more stringent safety protections.
In the fall, independent experts who tested Teen Accounts published a report alleging that the product doesn’t work as advertised. Among their findings, the researchers documented instances in which the guardrails failed to prevent inappropriate contact with strangers.
EU says Meta hasn’t done enough to prevent minors under 13 from using Instagram and Facebook
On Tuesday, Meta said that its AI technology would begin to analyze user profiles for “contextual clues” of their age, simplify the process for reporting suspected underage accounts, and strengthen its ability to stop underage users from opening new accounts.
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Meta noted in its blog post that it believes lawmakers should require app stores to verify user age and provide that information to apps and developers.
Meta back on trial
Meta lost the first phase of the New Mexico trial in March when a jury found the company liable for misleading consumers about the safety of its platforms and endangering children. The suit was filed by the state’s attorney general.
Meta has been ordered to pay the maximum penalties for each violation of New Mexico’s consumer protection laws, amounting to $375 million. The company has said it plans to appeal the decision.
In the bench trial, New Mexico’s Department of Justice is seeking injunctive relief requiring Meta to pay additional damages of $3.75 billion and implement specific changes to protect children.
The proposed policies include effective age verification, blocking children under 13, limits on end-to-end messaging encryption for minors, and permanent bans for adult users who engage in or facilitate child exploitation.
Last week, Meta threatened to shut its platforms down in New Mexico in response to the state’s demands.
“Many of the requests are technologically or practically infeasible and would essentially force Meta to build entirely separate apps for use only in New Mexico,” the company said in its court filing, according to The Guardian. “Therefore, granting onerous relief could compel Meta to entirely withdraw Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp from the state as the only feasible means of compliance.”
In court on Monday, Meta’s counsel Alex Parkinson reiterated that stance, arguing that granting the state’s injunctive relief in full would “genuinely make it untenable to continue offering Meta’s products” in New Mexico.
State Attorney General Raul Torrez said that Meta is putting advertising revenue and profit ahead of the “safety of children.”
“We know Meta has the ability to make these changes,” Torrez said in a statement. “This is not about technological capability.”
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Jimmy Kimmel breaks down 1 hour of Trumps unhinged Truth Social feed
To illustrate just how truly bizarre a place the president’s Truth Social feed is, Jimmy Kimmel spent a couple of minutes breaking down what Trump posted between 11pm and midnight last Friday.
“At 11:13 he posted a thinly veiled, but definitely racist note about House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, followed two minutes later with a warning to Iran that said ‘I have all the cards’, holding a bunch of Uno cards — which is a game you win by having no cards,” says Kimmel in the clip above. “This is what happens when you don’t play with your children.”
Summarising the president’s posting habits, Kimmel goes on to reference a recent Daily Beast article that claimed Trump could only have gotten a full night’s sleep five days in April, based on his feed.
“Last month he posted an average of 18 times a day,” says Kimmel. “If you had a relative who was posting 18 times a day, you’d be worried about him, right?”
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