BSG 1978 Fans Watch Battlestar Galactica The Miniseries for the FIRST TIME
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The Target Audience are watching Battlestar Galactica The Miniseries for the first time!
THE JOURNEY HAS STARTED! EPISODE 1 REACTION - ua-cam.com/video/LpthvWxOORw/v-deo.htmlsi=aVK5z0LEZ4Ufq52B
Please do a episode by episode season by season reaction like you are with star trek I've been wanting this
If they thought this was dark, and had hard decisions, one day you'll look back on this as the happy times.
We are continuing! Battlestar Galactica Season 1 reactions coming soon!
I like how you guys missed that the official killed at the Armistice Station at the beginning had a picture of his wife and son on display.....Boxy. Also if you check out the deleted scenes....YOU WILL LOVE SOME OF THEM!
Hell yeah!
Outstanding! Prepare for a journey unlike anything in Star Trek TOS or TNG, although you'll find that certain elements of BSG that gradually emerge over the course of the series are relatable to classic Trek tropes. It's a serial rather than episodic story, lengthy but with unexpected twists and turns (the writers love to subvert expectations), laced with dark drama and tragedy but interspersed with moments of breathtaking beauty and heart. The character arcs are complex and compelling, and the acting is consistently stellar. Finally, this watch will require patience, as BSG constantly puts new questions in your mind as it grudgingly answers old ones, until the last puzzle pieces ultimately fall into place in the three-part finale.
By the way... One thing you guys will have to figure out as you work your way through BSG is how to deal with the half a dozen or so extended versions of key episodes. These are basically director's cut versions that were included on the series' Blu-ray release. So far as I know, only the shorter original versions of these episodes are available on streaming video.
Because of this disconnect, your Patreon members who want to see your complete BSG reactions and own the Blu-rays will likely advocate that you also purchase the Blu-rays (heck, some of them will probably offer to buy them for you), and that you view the extended versions while they watch along. However your other Patreon members who want to see your complete BSG reactions but only have access to the streaming episodes will likely ask that you view the streamed original versions, so they can watch along without having to buy the Blu-rays.
There's no right answer so you'll just have to work it out with your Patreon members. FWIW, FunnyLilGal released reactions to both the extended and original versions of these episodes to her Patreon members. Her editor Xander apparently started with her full-length reactions to the extended versions and cut each of them down to create full-length reactions to the original versions, so that members could choose to watch either.
@@MongooseTales it was expected but shocking on the final reveal one last suprise in the final episode
The blonde cylon (with Baltar) was played by Tricia Helfer and it was her first time acting. Just perfection.
It is implied that she killing that baby was an act of compassion, because she knew what was coming.
Name is a Spoiler. She’s unnamed in the Mini-Series.
Yeah it was stellar casting.
not the first time, just her first big break that didn't go to bad.
she was technically cast as the female lead in Jeramiah, studio liked her, showrunner didn't and got her removed after the first episode was filmed.
@@Abstract852 Jeremiah was very good, a shame it was canceled.
She was in an episode of CSI before Galactica but yea this was her first major role.
2004 Battlestar Galactica was one of the "Gold Standards" of television at the time. It stands with The Sopranos, The Wire, Mad Men and Breaking Bad. The music, the acting, the directing was top shelf sci-fi. This show is as unpredictable as a series can get. One day you love a character. The next day you'll feel like they are a devil. Battlestar revolves around the gray center of morality. And it is a masterpiece.
I'd add the Expanse to that list. It's the first science fiction show since BSG that has earned a cherished spot in my heart, so that says a lot. The space battles in the Expanse are without equal on the small screen, too.
Let's go! This series will blow your minds. Just be really careful with spoilers! There are a lot of surprises throughout the series.
Great job guys. Love the channel. If you can squeeze BSG into your schedule I promise you will not regret it. Keep up the great work. "So say we all."
So say we all!
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You're sitting at 94 likes an hour before it even premieres. I think you have your answer.
This is a very popular show and I'm sure you'll get enough likes to continue watching.
Big, huge request: when you start watching the episodes, after the first scene, just after opening credits, they will show VERY spoilery cut of the episode. Please just close your eyes or look away when the drums start and until they end. You cannot imagine how badly this spoils each episode!
Soo... what does "well" mean? Just asking for a friend. 😂
This series won multiple Peabody awards as some of the best sci fi ever put on television, and Adama actor James Edward Olmos got to speak at the U.N. You need to watch this series all the way to conclusion. It’s dark, but one of my favorite series of all time. I might watch TNG way more often as comfort food and love the bright colors and optimism always, but BSG 2.0 is top quality in every department.
@@notmee2388 10k-15k would be nice, but even at that level it could be mostly our current audience and the point of starting a new series would be growth. Probably looking at 20k+ to make us start the show this summer.
The first episode of the ongoing series sets the tone and becomes like crack. You’ll want to binge it all. I was an OG BG fan but this series won me over.
You are going to get a lot of surprises if you continue to watch this show!!
I hope this video is a great success and you feel encouraged to fit in the rest of the show, would really love to see your guys react to this now (hard to believe sometimes it's over 20 years old now)
YES! YES! YES! (Battlestar Galactica Yes movement in full effect!)
Nice. I'm 53, so I remember the original TV show. When this 2003/4 version came out, I wasn't sure what to expect. To this day, I still affirm it is the single greatest Sci Fi tv show of all time. Hope you enjoy...
The new BSG is one of the best Sci-Fi TV series. It gets extremely dark, and getting attached ti any character will lead you to depression before the end. It's the one Sci-Fi show that the final episode has left me in tears.
Absolutely worth watching the whole series. Ronald D. Moore, from TNG and DS9 was the showrunner for BSG. And yes, he was committed to breaking all the Star Trek Universe rules. I am a huge Trek fan and absolutely loved BSG as its opposite cousin.
The unique music, like most things in BSG, is meant to be very different from what you might expect from typical space opera (Trek, Wars, etc), easily setting it apart from what especially at the time might have seemed overdone or obvious, like people just thought there was only ever one way of presenting stories like this.
Most things about BSG are challenging traditional space stories of the time in ways I won't spoil, but that's part of why I was hoping you wouldn't get to this show for a WHILE.
The music makes a big change for the better from the mini to the regular series. They bring in heavy hitter Bear McCreary to take over and the regular series has an outstanding soundtrack!
Long time Trek and Star Wars fan, since the originals, and loved BSG back when I was a kid. That being said BSG 2003+ is perhaps the best sci-fi series of all time.
Please keep going with the series. It changed my life. It'll change yours too. Plus you'll get a butt load of subscribers, myself included.
"Stands With a Fist" (Mary McDonnell) from the movie Dances With Wolves was the only one I knew when this show aired.
There's an actor from Blade Runner in there, too 😊
BSG the new series has one of the best and emotional endings to a TV show ever (IMHO)
This is where my major crush on Grace Park (Sharon "Boomer" Valerii) began with Kandyse McClure (Anastasia Dualla) a VERY close second!
Booomer all the way! I even named my computer B00-M3R in her honor.
Yep. Pretty ladies!
Thanks for posting. As a 55 year old OG BSG fan who watched it real-time broadcast on Sunday nights, it's fascinating to hear your takes, like you said, in flipped. I'm astounded that you were even able to live under a rock through the entirety of the new series! LOL But I hope you continue to watch, enjoy, and share. From your reaction of the miniseries, I'm confident that the rest of the series is going to blow your mind and you're going to love it.
Oh and the miniseries score, good as it is, was composed by someone different than the full series. The full series score IS AMAZING. Bear McCreary did an amazing job for the full run. One of my favs.
I just rewatched this miniseries about a month ago. Holds up. Still awesome.
The lore of Battlestar is that everything that has happens before will happen again, as it is often said in the show. But in each new iteration of the universe has people playing slightly different roles in it. That lore naturally opens the door for endless reboots and it still fits.
Get ready to get REAL familiar with Ronald D Moore, you're entering the Ron Moore era of trek right now. TNG, DS9, the TNG movies, BSG, For All Mankind...he's responsible for a lot of great sci-fi/space tv stories.
Oooh, yes!! I’ll be back tonight. I got into the reboot when it came back after its mid-season-two hiatus, when they had a full marathon of the series up to that point. I was hooked immediately! During its run, a local radio station was discussing the best female-forward tv series. People were calling in with old shows like Kate & Allie, but I called in with BSG. The hosts had never watched it, but I defended it as a great show that really highlights women characters at all levels of society, passing the Bechdel Test just about every week.
YES!!
Loved this show. Especially what it became in its time, in the real world political context.
The guy who played Baltar in this series did a bloody fantastic job. You need to watch the whole series and i'm sure you'll come to agree that all the characters where brilliantly portraid.
Had to have binged this show at least 5 times in my lifetime.
this is how you reboot a show
Just at the start of the video but I grew up watching re-runs of the original in the 80's & the re-booted series was incredible! U have no idea what ur in for. Did u notice the opening shot on the Galactice intoduces the ship, the main characters & the plot with no edits at all. This series was expertly cast & shot with artistry. Oh and the first shot through the roof on Caprica showing the flying vessels have a Firefly included in the shot as homage - the SFX team that created their unique shooting/rendering space-craft SFX techniques on Firefly brought their expertise to BSG.
Oh I so hope you watch the series, your in for a great ride on one of the best written sci-fi shows of all time. The characters have so much development
Ooh, what about Galactica 1980? It’s a sequel to the original show and aired January - May 1980, lasting 10 episodes.
It is BSG, despite being the red headed stepchild of the franchise.
Galactica 1980 was terrible, but it did introduce human looking Cylons.
@@reedcockrell8126 Did you happen to see Richard Hatch’s idea for the continuation of the series, “BSG: Second Coming”
Bsg miniseries was the first 2 part pilot in history to get a larger audience for part 2 than it got for part 1. That is what clinched moving forward with the series.
Night one drew 3.9 million viewers. Night two drew 4.5 million.
Oh man, you guys have gotta watch the rest. One of the all time greatest sci-fi series ever made. Some of the twists and turns were controversial, but I love it all so much 🥲
The series is great! I have rewatched it twice now.
As a big Star Trek as well as Babylon 5 fan I have to say: this is one of, maybe the best SciFi show ever.
I don't think you should compare it to the classic Battlestar, that was a great show about Space-Heroes, tbhe modern Battlestar is a show about Characters, character growth and conflict between characters ... much more than it is SciFi
and while the classic show had the orchestral soundtrack, the new show replaces it with something actually more grecian. and the space battles may not impress them at first, but they get better and better, rivaling the mass battles in tng and even star wars. all without resorting to the light effects of phasers and lasers.
Ya'll not ready for this show. by the time it wraps up I was screaming at the TV like it's a collage football game. Wife thought I was nuts.
Great reactions for a great show. You definitely need to watch the entire series.
Fun fact. In the early scene with Laura finding out about her csncer, the Firefly ship is seen in the window.
45:12 The original show did have Starbuck find a clue of seeing a map of Earth's solar system in Episode 5: 'The Long Patrol'.
Spoiler alert.
@@UESide How is it a spoiler alert? Josh and Alex watched the old show.
@@OpenMawProductions Spoiler: Battlestar Galactica 2004 is based off the older Battlestar Galactica. [Gasp!]
MUST watch the whole series... It was developed by Ronald D Moore, and per your commentary, he did in fact work on star trek TNG series, and he loved leaving his episodes on cliff hangers.... the original airing played in full when it first premiered
This series is amazing, hopefully the video does well enough for you to do the entire series. It's my favorite of all time, easily.
Thank you for this great reaction !
I hope you will react to the whole series !
Thank you again and have a great day !
I was hoping for Babylon 5, but this was the next one on my list. :)
Someday... Someday.
@@TriarchVisgroup Hopefully!
Aww, don't be so harsh on the botanic ship girl, I liked her.
"Baltar doing Baltar things", LOL. They definitely should turn "baltaring" into a verb.
Just to relate my own personal experience. When the show first aired the emotional wound of 9/11 was still extremely fresh in the public mindset. It seemed we were all suffering from PTSD and the show spoke to us.
I was younger but watched the 70s version first. They are both good.
Minor easter egg - in the scene when Roslin learns she has cancer, one of the ships seen through the window is the Serenity from Firefly.
All the actors were perfectly cast for what they did but the one that I really like is the actor that played Adama. I can't remember his name, which really bugs me, but one of the reasons that I really liked him is on the actual TV series, there's a scene where he's rapid firing a gun from the hip and if you actually watch his eyes, he never blinks or flinches once when he's shooting. If you've ever shot a gun, you'll know that blinking and flinching is a natural human response and the fact that he was able to overcome that natural response shows just how much he's actually shot guns before.
Well new sub here for BSG.
I know you said you are going to watch, but based in the video "it will depend on how this goes", looking back normally 5-10k views, BSG 7 days 22k views. Yea you'll be back, and you will love this show. There are plenty of nods to the original but it really is its own show.
I like the difference in reactions to the destruction of Caprica in the two versions.
In the original, the civilians are furious with the military, angrily demanding to know where the Colonial fleet was and why didn't they protect them.
But in this, the civilians are simply terrified of the nukes exploding around them and just want to escape.
Though different, both reactions seem perfectly valid and understandable.
This series is a must watch.
As a lifelong Star Trek fan since the early 1970's I must say that this version of Battlestar Gallactica is far more interesting than even TOS was. The really cool thing about this show is how many surprises they throw in, in virtually every episode. This is one of the greatest TV shows (not just Sci Fi) ever made. I think you will agree once you start watching the show. And this version blows away the original version of Battlestar Gallactica that I watched on TV as a kid.
My only concern is that if they watch the BSG reboot alongside TNG, that BSG might overshadow and impact their enjoyment of TNG. Since, BSG is better than TNG, imho. And since, they are planning on watching ST: DS9 after they finish TNG, it might be a better fit to twin DS9 with BGS instead. Since both series are more similarly matched in terms of their tone and story-telling. But either way, there's no chance they don't enjoy the BSG reboot, whenever they decide to watch it. Like you said, it's undoubtedly one of the best shows made. Oh, and I also watched the original BSG reruns as a kid growing up in the 80s.
@@reactions5783 Yes I agree that BSG 2004 is way more entertaining than TNG overall. But I bet they will continue to enjoy both. But BSG can become extremely addictive. Especially to the first time watcher. They may have a problem of not wanting to sneak in watching episodes before they do the actual review. Unless they do a whole bunch of episode reactions in a row.
I had SO much fun, watching you two speculate, and kept saying, "Oh, gurl...." and laughed to myself. "If you only knew." This entire thing is AMAZING. And when you get done, watch "Caprica," the pre-quel. If you don't end up... damn. I will hold off. No spoilers...... BTW, framing, I am 56, dad the OG Sci-Fi fan, who got me hooked, starting with Star Trek and Space: 1999. And then, there was the original BSG, and the reboot of Buck Rogers. Dudes. I have experienced the fulsome history of this genre. You are in for the most amazing ride. I promise.
Oh, btw, the original Baltar, I hated that mo-fo. As a gay kid, I was just realising what people thought about people like me in 1978. I can't find it right now, because I can't recall the news guy's name, but one of the major networks did a "special" allegedly on gay men in America. The reason why people were supposed to find some guys funny, and others evil, was based on the hidden homophobia. Baltar, the guy who played him, was gay, and acted campy in his role, like "Uncle Arthur" in "Bewitched." Those guys were all I had to reference back then. That sucked. We were either predators, or the butt of jokes, as "feminine." Sounds like how people on the Right still think today, huh? Sci-Fi always gave me hope, or at least diversion. Trek gave the hope, till the more recent series, which try too hard for action over inter-cultural and personal character development. BSG, the reboot? It gives me hope to be re-booted, I wanna be a Cylon. Upload me. I need a new body about now.
P.S. THE SOUNDTRACK, THO. Just sayin'.
This series was running during the wars in iraq and Afghanistan. So the writers incorporated alot of elements of what was going on on the real world at the time. In my opinion the mini series was basically 9/11, and the series was the war after. It really was a brilliant show. I believe it even won a Peabody award or two, which is pretty prestigious. I hope you guys give it a shot, it only gets better.
I have the Blu-ray box set and rewatch every few months. If you liked the pilot mini series you’ll love the rest. They keep the original idea but not trapped to it or just copy. The reboot has more grit to it (the rag tag fleet) rather than everything being clean.
Lots of character development all the way through all seasons with some flashbacks for context.
The shaky cam style took a a few episodes to get used to but works and is usually only in action shot to pull you in to being part of it.
I can’t believe it’s 20 years. The CGI doesn’t look dated or forced.
This is a fantastic reboot a truly great show.
The series has a GREAT SCORE, also I understand that you have a schedule and its hard to squeeze a nother full show, but I think this one is one of those that deserve the time, is worth watching. Regarding science fiction after the 90's star trek this show was huge, it was fot tv scify the equivalent of the original SW for science fiction movies.
The speech at the end is one of my favorites. So say we all!!
Watch for cameos from other series ships in the background (the Firefly, Enterprise-D and the Millennium Falcon, IIRC…)
Had a previous comment but looks like UA-cam ate it so not going to go back through the spiel I had, but wanted to also comment that I don't know if you picked up on it or not but Adama's speech at the decommissioning/retirement ceremony was not the one he had planned. He went off script (not in reality, but in so far as his prepared remarks) after his confrontation with Lee.
BSG 2005 is one of my favorites for character acting, some really good performances throughout the show and the minimalist music was extremely unusual for the time for this type of show.
28:00 Nice pickup. I've seen it many times... Missed it every single time.
Six and the baby; in her mind, it was a mercy, since she knew what was coming (well, in progress, really); note her face- she was NOT happy, but felt it was, again, a mercy.
"This is what we do. We're the best..." DUDE, not even close. I mean, yeah, you wanna pump up your guys, but let's be real- the old arse ship heading into retirement isn't the primo posting, and not where the best of the best are getting assigned.
The "hacking"; Six gained access to the CNP (Colonial Navigation Program; think Space GPS) and put a backdoor into that. Now, imagine how many connected systems GPS is connected to right now... and what that being a hacking vector would mean (especially to an antagonistic AI).
Boxey's dad? He was the officer in the first few minutes before the title (if you look at the photos on the desk)
And wait until you watch 33 (the first episode) - oh, you ARE going to, we know you are. Even if you don't "react" to it, you're not sleeping on it after that pilot...
I’m watching your Star Trek reactions, and liked this one too. If you react to the other episodes from bsg I would definitely watch!
The re-imagined BSG series is one of the best sci-fi shows ever made. You guys replay need to watch is.
This show is incredible.
This is one of the best SciFi series of all time. I loved the original series, but this is way different and on an entirely different level.
I did not like the character change when I heard it but she pulled it off beautifully. The 78 show the the 04 show are so very different but I love them both for very different reasons
As with many, I saw the ‘78 series right after Star Wars came out so it was great to have the ‘new’ type of sci fi on TV. Although I think it was hindered by the formula format of every other Glen Larson production and most 70’s and early 80s TV series that were more of the weekly episodic style with a lot of happy, slap on the back endings.
I think the best way to look at this is, like others have said; Reimagined, not re-booted.
The names and general premise is all that is used and comparing anything to the original will detract. It pays homage where necessary but this is more gritty and I don’t think its meant to be futuristic. Kinetic weapons instead of lasers and other grounded issues, like you mentioned with the ‘end of the world’ talk. This telling just seems much more dire and hits home that 50,000 out of billions are all that remain. I never got that from the ‘78 series. It’s like today’s Earth was attacked and only 1 small town is all that remains and they deal with that type of reality.
Hope you decide to watch the series!
This version is a MUCH better series.
Mary McConnell always reminds me of Stands With a Fist from Dances With Wolves.
I hope you guys watch the series it’s Fantastic
I felt the same as you when i first started watching BSG. I was a huge fan of the original. I loved your reaction to the Boomer reveal. I will say this, you are going to miss out if you do not watch the entire series. I have watched it through and through probably half a dozen times. There are some filler/slow/stupid episodes. But they are far and few between in my opinion. There are two movies Razor and the plan. Theres a viewing order where you fit those in. I promise you will not be dissapointed
Richard Hatch is in the series eventually. Won't say when or for how long.
If you liked the original Battlestar Galactica you would probably like a similar show called Buck Rogers in the 25th Century. It was created by the same guy and ran at around the same time. Several props and stages were used in both. Buck Rogers and Battlestar were THE sci fi shows of my youth. We watched Star Trek too but that was older.
The CGI team was fresh off of Firefly. Everything they did was state of the art, then & they continue to improve.
Ronald D Moore broke into the industry with TNG but was part of the DS8 writing crew. He's ex-navy & wanted it to be real military.
Watch the next episode. It ratchets up the stakes and tensions, tremendously.
This is a cynical universe and that greatly directed the characters and plots as the show unwinds.
Bear McCreary comes in with the regular series, creating a great score for the rest of the run.
The skin jobs come from Galactica 1980. It's the only plot point to carry over from that atrocity. It was a budget consideration but, the bullet heads play their part. The Cylons are really interesting.
All of them.
"I'm Katee... I play Starbuck. I know. Deal with it."
-Katee in a carpool interview, from 2003.
Based
It helped that Katee Sackhoff seems like a very down to earth, fun person and the writing was very good.
funny the grinding on non-CGI in shots using CGI. They shot the pilots in the mockup vipers and then digitally composited that over the background of being in space.
I've seen this multiple times and I've never caught that Jolly reference.
The, sadly, short lived Caprica is worth checking out as well!
There'll be a ton more space battle and sort of dog fighting as the show progresses. The CGI improves a bit over time. Also, one of the most greatest, gansta sci/fi space battles/maneuvers of all time, happens in this show (in a later season). That shit is pretty epic, you'll know it when you see it...
I've seen this but could never get past the fact that Starbuck a cigar smoking, womanising, gambling prankster was recast as a cigar smoking woman. It just fell flat from the beginning. Then all the humour was lost because most of it was focused around Starbuck and his antics.
As someone who, as a kid, grew up watching Buck Rogers, Flash Gordon and Battlestar Galactica... Katee as Starbuck threw me... for about 30 seconds. Probably less. She did a great job, imho, bringing the vibe of Starbuck to the screen.
I have been wanting to research Battlestar Galactica!
C'mpn, when was the last time you heard a score that was nearly all percussion?
Yes watch Battlestar Galactica 2.0 maybe I'll like it better the second time. I have a new respect for Star Trek TNG after watching it with you guys.
❤It's in my top 5 sci-fi series.😊
YES!!!YES!!!YES!!!
This shown had flaws, but they IMO were minor and this shows entirety had me on the edge of my seat. There is a reason it won so many awards for being one of the best drama's on TV at the time. Enjoy fellas, if your reaction to this first episode is any gage you are going to have one helluva time.
The first episode of the actual series is one of the most intense hours of TV ever.
Indeed
That was some of the most intense shit I have ever seen... and it's crazy to think how far ahead of the curve it was when it comes to this Second Golden Age Of Television.
Make no mistake: you will sincerely miss out on an incredible experience if you don’t watch the whole series.
SO SAY WE ALL.
So say we all.
So say we all.
Not really
SO SAY WE ALL! SO SAY WE ALL! SO SAY WE ALL!
No great score? Get ready for one of the most brilliant series scores in all of television history. Bear McCreary is a genius. It will come to light beyond the pilot. Incredible award winning score all the way through the series.
The Miniseries was scored by Richard Gibbs. McCreary scored the Series which took it to another level.
@@Yggdrasil42 yes, where it really begins to shine, but it’s nice to see some of the building blocks for it in the miniseries. It’s just fun to watch the guys discuss the score so underwhelming when we know what it develops into as the show progresses.
"There is no music in Battlestar Galactica" - I love the behind-the-scenes extras on the DVD sets, especially the one featuring Bear himself, where he tries to convince the cast that there actually Is music in the series.
All spoof, of yourse, but really great fun.
@@jenssylvesterwesemann7980 And/or that he's actually on the show...
They're going to get to love those drums they thought so poorly of at first
Ronald D Moore, who worked on The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine, was the head writer and show runner for this show.
Fun fact: Moore (I think) was saying they didn't intend to have earth animals be part of this world but the line from the little girl about chicken pot pie snuck in. Heh.
I must have watched the commentary at some point. I remember him commenting about how good that extra in the cockpit of Colonial One was. The dude in the background has no lines and is never the focus but really sells it.
Dudes. You HAVE to watch the whole series.
People HAVE to watch the video!
@@targetaudience I have about 9 minutes left.
@@earth2saka Lol! Nobody will unsub and riot, but they should. In fact, somebody should sue them if they don't watch it, or--maybe--get a new law passed that requires reactors to watch it.
This is one of the all time great sci fi series. It must be watched. It must be.
@@Bagofsoup SO SAY WE ALL
As a fan of the original Battlestar Galactica, I was totally excited when I heard about the Miniseries in 2003. It surpassed all my expectations and I rate the Miniseries as well as the 2004-2009 series very highly. It is one of my all-time favourites. It is a benchmark series for current sci-fi shows to aspire to be.
Edward James Olmos has got to be one of the best actors around. His “So Say We All” speech at the end of this is so iconic.
AND a bit improv'd; he literally pulled that reaction out of the rest of the cast
This show is without a doubt one of the greatest Scifi shows of all time. It has aged so well. You would be doing yourselves a huge disservice not watching it. I'm sure you'll get around to it. I'll be around for it whenever you have the time to continue!
In my opinion this was the best TV ever! You MUST continue with the series! YOU MUST!
People have to watch the video then!
@@targetaudience Watch it in your own time... it's you that will miss out if you don't.
We hope views are great for you, but this is sci-fi at its finest, either way. It’s dark, but you’ve got to see it all the way to its conclusion to enjoy the journey.
So say we all!
Katie as Starbuck was a HUGE controversy. Personally I think she pulled it off great.
Yep. I was a young girl in love with the guys - Starbuck and Appolo - on BSG 1978. It was a bit difficult to ignore the recast as a woman, but she was fantastic in the role. For me, the series was more "reimagined" (although it stuck to the mythology and basic characters etc) , than a simple "remake". When Star Gate tried to capture the darkness and mood of BSG 2004 in their remake it did not succeed , So, it was a lot more than just one element that made BSG 2004 as great as it was.
It was a big deal because it was one of the 1st major swaps, funny enough it was also one of my favourites. Who didn't come around to Kara real fast?
@@marysweeney7370 by the time Stargate universe came out the aesthetic of dark and gritty handheld camera etc was already old hat. It came across as a pale imitation of BSG which was too bad because the premise was really cool
@@m.e.3862 Perhaps. I wasn't thinking of whether the aesthetic was old hat (but you've given me something to think about). But, anything would have been a pale imitation of BSG. I actually didn't like SG1 being transformed from what it was to something dark. It was precisely because of SG1s positivity, can-do attitude, traditional myth and adventure along with its humor that I liked the original so much. Who could be better than the SG1 team and General Hammond of Texas 😄
@@marysweeney7370SG1’s charm was that it was SO Canadian, at times I expected them to apologize for shooting someone. Take that away and you’ve removed what made it so lovely to watch.
The Miniseries came out in 2003. 9/11 and the war on terror will have taken a huge influence on the writing.
9...... 11!
Not really. Ronald D Moore made sure to avoid any influences from outside events. I've never understood the claim that everything after 9/11 was heavily influenced, since it wasn't. Only series based in the real world, usually ever mentioned anything. Usually it was the War in Iraq, and usually only then it was a passing mention. The Sopranos mentioned the War in Iraq a few times, but that was due to what was going on in the show at the time.
@@My-Name-Isnt-Importantafter 9/11 things were paranoid of the other. this series captured that perfectly without reference 9/11 because you didn’t have to be that on the nose because we all lived thru it
@@My-Name-Isnt-Important "Donald D Moore made sure to avoid any influences from outside events."
I dunno. At the time, seeing Galactica crew members jettisoned into space seemed like a definite callback to Twin Towers victims leaping to their deaths to escape the fire.
@@Chou-seh-fu They're in space though. If a ships hull is damaged that is what would happen, due to the vacuum.