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UNEDITED EXCLUSIVE: Battlestar Galactica Season 1 Episode 1 "33" REACTION!

🕑 Added 2023-06-16 00:56:26 +0000 UTC

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MrEvers

Seems this got unlocked before the 2nd part of the miniseries

Timothy Nikiforovs

Ahh, had no idea. Took me forever to figure out that Nooch on the discord was Stef.

MisturSmith

I've been here all along I just recently changed my display name away from Andreas

Timothy Nikiforovs

WHAT!!! He emerges from the discord and enters the ligh....I mean patreon!!

Hok'Tar

74 episodes and the miniseries. For me 72 episodes are bangers with only 2 filler episodes. That's how good this show is

MisturSmith

HOT CYLONS IN YOUR AREA

Lady Beyond The Wall

lol me neither!

Timothy Nikiforovs

Now I'm never going to be able to think of this aspect of the show any other way

Lady Beyond The Wall

Your comment about Six being like pornographic malware is fucking hilarious. 😂

Timothy Nikiforovs

You're killing me with "Col. Thigh"🍗😁 Just remember, how many ties would Col. Tigh tie if Col. Tigh could tie ties? 33 is one of the most solid series premiers you could ask for. Sure there's some cost cutting at play with a lot of the battle scenes from the miniseries reused minus the green nebula/gas giant/thing in the background, but it does such an excellent job selling how much the humans are up against the wall after fleeing the colonies. 5 days without sleep AND running your ass off the whole time is just nuts. They also managed to squeeze in a lot of character progression spread out among the cast. We see the evolving dynamic between Starbuck and Lee, how Adama and Roslin are dividing leadership of the fleet, how Tigh is stepping up as XO, and of course how much Six seems to enjoy making Baltar look certifiably insane in front of everyone. Maybe he is, maybe she's just a hallucination his subconscious cooked up to help deal with the stress and guilt. Destroying the Olympic Carrier is on the surface an easy decision. It was pretty clear that the ship or someone on it was responsible for the cylon pursuit, so it's either lose one ship or lose the fleet. Still, that's 1300 people out of just 50k left, so even from a detached position of leadership, that's a tough call. Moreover though, I don't envy Lee being the one to down the ship. "I gave the order, it's my responsibility" "I pulled the trigger. That's mine" As you noted, the dialogue is is really tight and doesn't waste time getting to the point. There are many shows that talk about "I was just following orders" being a poor excuse for taking part in some terrible deed, but this scene really distills that sentiment into this pure statement of culpability and it just works so well.

Kevin R.

This is one of the best first episode of a show. No, actually this is one of the best episodes of television of all time imo.

Martin Nicholls

Intro is safe, the bit after the intro with the drums is usually spoilery depending on your tolerance to spoilers, usually, though sometimes it can push the boundaries.

Timothy Nikiforovs

Or at least skip the ending of it. The rest is fine to watch. It does change later. There's a new theme, and an interesting aspect of the intro that keeps a running count of how many survivors are left in the fleet.

MisturSmith

We told him in advance, and let him decide for himself. Its how we all watched it when it first came out, so its the intended watching experience. But whether he wants to skip it or not is ofc up to him.

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Also just for a heads up, The Colonels name is Tigh, as in “tie your laces”. Forgivable as there’s MANY characters.

Failwhale34

I think I’ll skip em moving forward 👍🏽

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I’m surprised you were given the go ahead with the intro, it shows a collage of scenes from the upcoming episode, pretty spoilerful.

Thomas Menard

The memorial wall scene hit really close to home. Remember this aired only a couple years after 911 and the tragedy of losing so many loved ones was still fresh.

Failwhale34

Off 2 a great start :)

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I know what I’m watching after work!! I absolutely adore this series, it’s my “perfect series”, I think you’re going to love it. It’s the only series I hold up there with SG1 and pre-Whittaker Doctor Who