Battlestar Galactica 1x11 Reaction | Colonial Day 

The reason for the "oversaturation" of the scenes on Caprica is because you're on a planet that just suffered a nuclear bombardment just a few weeks earlier. The environment is screwed. It's done on purpose to make the viewer feel uncomfortable.

Old timers like me are specially fond of Tom Zarek, in part because the actor (Richard Hatch) played Apollo in the original series ~1978. After that series was cancelled Hatch spent years trying to keep the legacy of BSG alive, trying to reboot the series, do a sequel, or a spinoff movie -without success. Like in the original BSG, the character of Apollo always tries to do things “by the book”, while Zarek is the oposite: he wants to change the book, or follow it only when it is convenient. In the end, Richard Hatch played Zarek in more episodes than he did Apollo in the original series. He died of cancer a few years back. R.I.P.

Minor nitpick, but there’s a continuity error in this episode. When his gun falls off the briefcase it has a silencer, but when it’s picked up the silencer is gone.

Funny coincidence, I just got home from where this episode was shot (including the indoor locations).😆Roslyn is speaking to the delegates from the floor of the concert hall, and I was on that same stage just two hours ago.

Sharon-2 never claimed to be Boomer. She answers to Sharon. In the episodes leading up to the reveal at Delphi Spaceport, she'd been trying to prepare him, even suggesting at one point that maybe not all Cylons are equally indoctrinated. The implication to me was that she hated lying to him, & wanted to come clean. Helo's conjecture has an element of truth. While Humanoids aren't actually cloned humans, the best metaphor for them & their society is "a society of clones." What would relationships be like when people are mass produced? This early in the show, it's still deliberately vague what the Humanoid Series is. We eventually learn more. We learn (hinted) how they name themselves. Ellen Tigh is extremely ambitious. Her main character fault is that she's constantly trying to push her husband beyond his comfort level; when Tigh is fully aware of his level of competence. He knows he's operating at his limit. Cloud Nine is an interstellar civilization's equivalent of a top of the line luxury cruise ship. I'd imagine that before the Colonies fell, it took its wealthy passengers on leisurely tours of colorful nebulae, with stops at resort planets along the way. (Galactica movie Blood & Steel takes place on a resort overrun by Cylons.) I loved how we saw Boomer's "safe date," Lt Gaeta, at the dance on Cloud Nine, since obviously she can't be with the enlisted man that she truly loves. My personal theory about the Humanoid Series is that each model has a common personality matrix, which gives each member the same basic personality traits; but that, otherwise, they're like the sort of identical twins which sometimes share thoughts, & frequently think alike. I also was totally convinced by this point that Cylon Boomer had basically "gone native," which is why she'd done such a shitty job at sabotage. She desperately wanted to be human.

Many of the names (people, things, planets and tribes) are yet another layer of quality writing in this series. And there are reasons for it. They're not at the forefront but the choice of names contribute to the richness of the grandly-scaled Battlestar mythology. Even a search of "symbolism of 6 in numerology" (or any other number) reveals some fun things about Cylon models.

One final suggestion you combine the final parts of season 1 into one vid. :D Cannot wait to see your reaction - be prepared, the opening montage for the next episode is straight-up art.

If your interested in Tom Zarek's back story, their's a comic book called Battlestar Galactica: Zarek published by IDW (I believe.) It is an "adaptation" of Zarek's in-universe book "The Revolution Within." I'm fairly certain it has no spoilers beyond his debut episode.

I always found it interesting that Zarek's path to power is utilizing the very democratic government systems that he wants to topple. If not for Adama and Roslin adhering to Colonial law and recognizing his election to the Quorum, he'd be stuck on the prison ship for the rest of his life.

Carmen would be a great detective.

Get Calvin to watch S1 on his own and bring him in for S2!

This is where Roslin screwed up. By taking Baltar as her VP, she unknowingly set into motion a chain of events that she'll later regret.

I like your new intro @3:15. Maybe I just didn’t notice it before.

And here is the other potential for weakest of the season. For me at least. It's important to explore this side of the fleet, but it is, as Baltar puts it, rather grey. That whole subplot with Valence kinda went nowhere? He was an assassin, but we don't know who for really, or who killed him. As for the Caprica filter, keep in mind, that is a nuked planet. The filter is there more for the messed up atmosphere than it is the fact it's an alien planet. Oh, yessss. Almost forgot, the one news commentator at the start in the middle of the other two is played by David Kaye, most well known as the voice of Megatron in Beast Wars back in the 90s. I don't really have much to say about this episode, TBH.

Gaius went into politics for one reason only. Himself. Nothing noble about that.

This episode kind of made me dislike Roselyn and her government. Look at the 'luxury liner' ship they are on which is all rolling fields and trees. A competent leader would have every square inch of that ship planted with food crops.

starbuck looks stunning, doesn't she? and bolter - as the vice president of the clowns! real bill clinton judging by how often he has his zipper down!

Capitalism didn't fail society. In fact all 12 colonies were thriving when they were attacked by a non-capitalist society.

This is not my favorite episode but is certainly one of the bottom 5. Apollo and Starbuck act like bullies. They don't seem to really care about freedom of speech for everyone other than themselves and their kind. They don't seem to understand what a democracy is and that the military is supposed to protect the rights of everyone. Laura just wants to be a dictator and Gaius just through a rock into her plans. Good for him. How the h=== does she know that Zarek is behind "it" what ever the "it" is? The guy had not tried to shoot anyone. How does she know she was the target, if he indeed had a target? That Gaius won means that there actually there was a tie. It will not be easy for her to govern such an evenly divided society, or rather, it should not be easy. To have to make compromises by talking with the opposition is a hallmark of a healthy democracy. There are just so many unethical and anti-democratic thing in the episode that it has to be in the bottom 5.