Battlestar Galactica Miniseries Part 2 Blind Reaction! 

BOOMER WAS THE LAST ONE WE EXPECTED BECAUSE OF BOXEY! JEEZ. Also this was supposed to come out tomorrow, woops enjoy it a day early

Interesting point is Colonials are polytheistic. Every time they speak of religion they reference multiple gods, even when swearing: "Gods damnit", "My gods" . Cylons are monotheistic and they all reference a single god.

It's not really emphasized but if you watch closely, Boxey's dad is the Colonial Fleet officer sent to Armistice Station in the beginning

We know 4 out of the 12 models now. Number Six, Leoben (the guy on the Ragnar station), Doral (the reporter), and Boomer.

I loved the old show, but the Battlestars were aircraft carriers in space with just as little armament of their own. Once the Galactica started firing here, I thought: "Now this is a BATTLEstar."

The Cylon was quoting Adama: "The day comes when you can't hide from the things that you've done" was something Adama said in his retirement speech when Lee was flying and he was ostensibly giving the speech but he was really talking to Lee. Adama looked shocked that the Cylon quoted him, that he somehow knew Adama had said that.

So who's a Cylon? Welcome to our paranoia! 😁 I second the call for a whiteboard containing your hypotheses about who might be (and why). It will be super fun to reference as the show continues!

Baltar dealing with his "Cylon Syphilis" (Six) is one of the many highlights of this series 😎👌

FYI a number of scenes where improvised by the actors in the moment, ie the chiefs speech to his deck crew, Adama's "so say we all" speech (the looks of surprise on the other actors was genuine as they had no idea what was going on. Neither did the director but he decided to let it run).

Your paranoia over who is a Cylon is perfect and was a major point of the board game (super fun btw), to the point where me and my friends called it Baseless Accusation.

Gaius and ticket #47: he clearly was thinking how to swindle that lady ("i didn't do anything"). But by admitting the truth he gains the moral high ground amongst the rest of survivors, if made to stay behind. Lucky for him, Helo is a good dude.

I’ve been to a number of Sci-fi conventions with the BSG cast has been in attendance. It’s always been amazing. Every time it’s ended, EJO (Adama) has gifted us with the chant: “So Say We All!” And each time getting louder and louder! By the last one, the walls and floor are reverberating awesomely with the sound and all the while feeling as if I’m a crewman on the Battlestar Galactica! ❤

The 2003 Galactica originally aired as a miniseries on the SyFy (then SciFi) Channel over two nights. Season one came out a year later. There were things that were references to the original series that didn’t make it past the mini-series.

Great reaction guys! The big cylon female reveal at the end was Sharon "Boomer" Valerii and she's Number 8!

“Nooo not Boxy’s mom!” 😂😆😂” A note for you guys going forward: speaking as someone who was completely and utterly gobsmacked by Tricia Helfer’s (Number Six in the red dress) hotness on my first watch through the show, it’s easy to miss how amazing an actress she is-but she’s SO GOOD. And seriously I feel like a teenage boy every time she’s on screen so sometimes it’s hard to focus on anything other than how gorgeous she is, but her performance as Six is one of the most top-tier jobs I’ve ever seen in any piece of sci fi media to this day. Y’all are in for such a ride.

The cool looking botanical ship was originally the main ship in the environmental sci-fi movie Silent Running (1972). The model was reused in the 1970s Battlestar Galactica tv series and now again in this series.

I am glad you not only like the show, but that the discussion was so passionate and... we barely started.. There are episodes in the series which will outshine the mini-series by a lot, also there is a really decent movie - BSG Razor you will have to see somewhere during the 3rd season. I am always envious of people watching the show from the beginning. My first experience were two random episodes of season 3 and only when I have seen them and the quality of the show shocked me the way it managed to deal with certain, very hard subject I've decided to see everything from the start. And after that I've realised I've seen a part of the miniseries years earlier and stupidly ignored BSG for 2-3 years. Tiny explanation - Lords of Kobol are the gods - the civilisation is polytheistic, which makes the monotheistic Cylons different also when it comes to this factor. Religion is a major subject in the show. When it comes to the battles in space I think it is somewhere between Star Wars and the Expanse - realistic enough to make us afraid of space and how difficult it is to live onboard, but much like Star Wars when it comes to fighters, dealing with gravity etc. I personally judged the Expanse overall better than BSG only when it managed to show all those excellent battles in season five. Before that I cnsidered BSG the best depiction of war in space. To this day I think that it deals with one factor better - war in space can be so terribly beautiful - like raging sea waves can be beautiful. I am certain you will enjoy the next episode. After all this time it still might be one of top 5 from the entire series in my opinion. It is crazy to notice how many minor characters, even background actors with one line, will become important during the series. Take care and so say we all!

If you go back to the space station that was set up for humans and Cylons to meet up the officer has pictures on his desk. The picture of his son looks to be Boxy

God I wish I could go back and watch this show for the first time again. Just starting it again for the fifth time, best show ever made.

Loving how enthusiastic the convo at the end is, my type of nerds!

Buckle up, buttercups, because you've just got to the top of the hill and the rollercoaster is about to start rolling down...

"IS THAT HELO?!"🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂😅🤣😂😁😄😃😀😄😃😀😍 THIS IS GOING TO BE SO AWESOME.... You've only finished the mini series and you're already obsessed with figuring out who is a Cylon. It is too early to say this but I'll make the heads up anyway. In future seasons there are longer director's cuts of some episodes. Check your disks ahead of time. There is one director's cut a lot of fans care for less than the shorter episode that aired, but trust me, all the director's cuts should be your pick. There are also BSG movies that aired between breaks. So again, your discord crew should give you advance notice what to watch when. Myself I say watch them in broadcast order. Have to say it: the design work for BSG is so FRAKKING cool. The base ships.... the Cylon raiders.... the epic Centurian robots. Speaking of Centurian robots there was an authorized, limited edition life size sculpts. 6 ft. Tall. I'd say look for pictures on the web, but there's a risk of you running across spoilers. So don't. Still they were life size, highly detailed sculpts. Every home should have one. For the low, low price of $10k. I so wanted one... By the time I kinda, sort of got interested in getting one... they were all sold. Helo is a dood.

5:13 tyrol's line here about how that guy is outnumbered 2000 to 1 is one of my favorite lines in the series

They show was such an adventure with so many plot twists and turns. Lots of questions about morality and spirituality. It's a brilliantly written series.

It's nice to see you guys discovering what I consider to be the best television series ever. I was too young when the original BSG aired, so I can't compare, but this one is tops for me.

The original Battlestar Galactica was created by Glen Larson after the publication of Erich von Dainaken's "Spaceships of the Gods."

You guys are in for SUCH a ride. 🤘🏻😄 This show is incredible.

The President has the Authority. The military commander has the Power. That is how it always has to be.

I like that Boxy kid... I think he'll go far in this series

The Galactica was the last of the 12 original Battlestars created for each of the 12 colonies for the first Cylon war. The 12 colonies are named after constellations from their religious texts.

Another thing that may or may not be considered spoiler-y ... The show runners (Moore and Eick) didn't have a detailed plan for the story arc, particularly in the later seasons. The series wasn't based on books to follow; they were making it up as they went along. The two did post-episode podcasts where they would talk about enjoying writing themselves into a hole and then figuring out how to get out of it.

Glad this came out today! Your discussions are so much fun to listen to. You might have fun making a video of predictions that you got wrong at the end of the series! I'd watch it! Get ready for one of the best Season 1 Episode 1 shows in science fiction history! To get people to wo watch the show Sci Fi had it up in it's website for free as a promotion to get people without the network to watch it then subscribe. It's that good.

Helo on the planet, pointed to Baltar and say 'Hey you'.... at which point Baltar thought he was being singled out for something. He was considering (at least in my head) stealing that woman's number, but when Helo called him out, he all of a sudden said 'This woman has the number'. Helo picked him out for being Baltar the genius etc.....

You guys are going to love this show. So many plot twists and OMG moments.

Thank the gods the guy in the middle is there to check the guy on the left.

Doral (PR guy/Cylon Baltar accused) is also the one that gave so much pushback about Roslin taking charge on the Colonial Heavy after the attacks and making the call to leave the sublight ships behind to jump to Ragnar.

You guys have so many amazing tears and cheers ahead of you. Enjoy what is arguably one of the greatest shows of all time. This show will change you. That is all, for reckoning 🎉

Everyone sees six killing the baby as some cruel murder and it seems that way when it happens but I think she was clearly trying to spare the child from nuclear fallout and war. It was meant to be a mercy.

Great reaction! Normally I can't stand group reactions but you somehow make it work really well. This will be fun!

Actually this is the third of 4 Battlestar series. The original in the 70's, Battlestar 1980's ( which was bad), your current BSG you are watching now and then a prequel called Caprica... also a couple of TV movies as well.

"So say we all" = "Amen!"

@Mikey What the hell mate, did you just called the Galactica a steam ship!!??? Bro show some respect to the old girl. This shit cut deep I can tell you that much. :) Imagine the difference between the Nimitz class and the Ford class carrier. The latter is the cutting edge tech, requires less crew due to automatization, more prepared for modular upgrades, better power generation, increased sortie generation, etc... but that doesn't mean the Nimitz class is not something that could easily lay waste to entire countries and wholesale wipe out navies if it happened feel like that on that day. I've left a lengthy comment under the previous vid that explains a lot of the stuff that never really addressed in the show, like ships, weapons, etc... It contains no spoilers, mostly explains some of the military stuff in the show that comes handy and can only pickup from other sources. I'm so glad you guys enjoying this show, its so entertaining to watch you getting hooked and having your mind blow. The next episode is arguably the best first episode of any show. ( definitely the best I've ever seen ). James Callus' ( Gaius Baltar ) and Tricia Helfer's ( Number 6 ) scenes are hysterical. He steals every scenes he is in and their chemistry is off the charts together. Shoutout to Tricia, this was her real acting role and you will see how amazing she is. She can convey so much emotion with only a look or a slight change of expression on her face its amazing to watch as she gets the hang of it later. I think she is one of the standout in this show watching her growing into her character is such a joy. Not to mention, just simply watching her is a joy that woman is stunning. Same with Katee Sackhoff, she said "Eddie" ( Edward James Olmos - Adama ) told her that she was an inch away from being legendary in this role at the beginning but she needs to fully commit to the scenes and give it all she got. She always gives credit to him for giving her tips like that and helping the younger actors along. The acting in this show is phenomenal but they had a great material to work with. These characters are really complex, nobody perfect and their motivations and actions makes them extremely relatable. In regards to the ladies in this show. This is how you write outstanding female characters. Nobody cares about genders in this show, the girls are badass and interesting without the need to dumb down every male character around them to make them feel that way. They are everywhere, being a simple deckhand, serve in the CIC, literally one of the best pilot in the fleet or the President herself. They are not being treated in any way different than the guys around them, all of them doin' their job they just happen to be women. They especially prove this point when you learn that Starbuck was a male in the original TV show but Katie killed it so hard nobody gives a fuck about it, she owns that character. It's so refreshing when you compare this show to most other crap that comes out nowadays. Thanks to the old TV format of 20+ episodes / season there are "filler" episodes ( ghawd some of them are so good I could take seasons of those lol ) that are relatively quiet and they use them to develop the characters and their relationships. I stand by my opinion that BSG is still the best sci-fi show ever made. Oh, and pay attention to the music from now on. It was kinda lowkey in these two episodes but Bear McGreary will start to go off the rails in the show and his work is phenomenal.

Boxey in this series was based on a similar character from the original 1978 Galactica series. In the original he was the son of Serina, a reporter on Caprica who witnessed the Cylon Attack that wiped out the colonies. Over the course of the first several episodes (two story arcs) Serina fell in love with and married Captain Apollo, then was promptly killed off by the Cylons. As a result, Boxey was adopted by Apollo and - as was typical of sci-fi shows of the 70's and 80's - along with his robotic daggit (Colonial term for a dog in the older show), spent the series getting involved in various adventures, stowing away on dangerous missions, and being responsible for saving the Galactica a time or two. When Galactica was re-imagined in 2003, it was planned that this Boxey would serve a similar role in the show - think Wesley Crusher on TNG - but this series took a much darker and more realistic approach to the subject matter than the 1978 series did and the writers increasingly had trouble finding ways to fit Boxey into the ongoing plot. As a result, he appeared little during the first few episodes and then disappeared from the show entirely. This Boxey actually appears more in the deleted scenes of the first few episodes of the actual series than in the broadcast episodes themselves.

I always thought that Number 6 killed the baby as a “mercy killing”. She knew what was about to happen and was sparing the baby any upcoming trauma. It’s the adults that she didn’t care if they suffered.

I don't know that I'm right, but my thought about why Number 6 killed that infant was because she's somehow developed a small bit of compassion. She knew what was coming and wanted to spare the child from any possible pain from it. I could be way off, though. It's been a long time since I watched the show.

Did you notice when talking to Adama that Leoban always talked about a singular god, and never the gods that the Colonials worship?

In space, you don't need wings.

Boomer is on Galatica. Another 8 is on the Basestar. Head 6 is in Giaus head. Several 6s are on the Basestar. Leoben was on Ragnar. Leoben on the Basestar. Dorel was on Galatica, Ragnar, Basestar.

Think of the concepts of “transpermia”, and the so-called “ancient astronaut” theory. The idea that life begins in one planet, and then it is transferred to another planet. In BSG there are multiple inhabited planets colonized by ancient humans. 12 known colonies, plus one legendary lost colony called Earth. Legend? Mythical? The colonial humans have gods with the same names as in the old mythologies on Earth; perhaps a remnant from a mysterious common past.

Many thanks to Mikey, Joe and Mike! 💪🆚🦾 The adventure is just beginning. ෴ Since y'all mentioned it, I loved the 1978 series. I was 10, so it was like custom made for me... especially after STAR WARS (1977). It had some similarities to what you're watching now, but overall, rather different (no "skin-jobs", only "toasters"), mostly episodic, very juvenile (I actually think the 2003/2004 version was the most adult I'd seen sci-fi even attempt up to that point). The details that they do bring over from the original were very thrilling for me and I loved conveying that knowledge to my husband when the show was fresh. Keep watching, keep enjoying!

Listening to these great reactions reminds me just how God's damn frakking awesome this show was! So Say We All

The working title for the original was "Adama's Ark." Also in the original series they saved all the children and started a school on the Galactica. When this series left the children behind, that was a sign, this is not you fathers BSG.

Subbed… enjoy the ride guys

I personally think that the 6 killed the baby out of a mercy, because she knew that Caprica was going to get nuked in a couple of hours, as when she was walking away she seemed to be a bit upset. Welcome to the game of 'Who is the Cylon?!' The Lords of Kobol are mythical religious figures. The Colonials refer to them in a godly way....

The way i think of it is that each cylon model has its own 'program" and its "soul" is like data, but contains not just memories but the whole personality. More will be revealed.

tickling all the algorithms.... gotta love that final reveal.

Does humanity have the right to survive as a species? Based on how these humans act, that's a very good question. Certainly the Cylons don't think so. Maybe we don't.

yall are in for a ride and I can't wait maybe I'm just biased because I love this show but goddamn it still holds up so well, 20 years later

Caprica Six in Baltar's head is very complicated to define at any time, her origin and nature was a heated debate when the show was airing.

Boxy is a call back character from the 1970s series, the writers hated having to put him in because its was corny 'family friendly' crap the money people forced them into. forget him they write him out right after the pilot episode.

In 70's BSG, Boxey had robotic dog & was more important character. Other big differences is that Starbuck was played by Dirk Benedict & Boomer was played by a black dude.

"Oh cool! A botanical ship!" Ohhh no. Boxie was a character from the original series and he was given a robot dog so they could sell to kids. He was not popular and this version did not test well. The original Battlestar Galactica (1978) was heavily influenced by the ancient aliens theory and was a direct response to the success of Star Wars. It was originally planned as three TV movies and the pilot was even released to theaters. So much money was spent on the pilot that they had to save money for the rest of the season and led to the cancellation.

Subbed for the Expanse, staying for BSG!

FTL in this unvierse is like Battletech, Event Horizon or the wormhole drive from SG. It folds space on itself and they jump from point to point. It just has limited range I guess. Really in general this show is pretty old school which makes sense given the original was in t he70s. A lot of the gun designs, ship designs, the uniforms, and stuff like that have a distinct 70s/80s feel to them that popped up in scifi back then, even with as much as they modernized it.

You guys are so focused on Boxey. LOL. He was Apollo's stepson in the original series.

Great reaction and a day early to boot! Gotta love that Boomer reveal at the end.

Gaius Baltar is a narcissist. 2 narcissist characteristics: 1) They are only out for themselves. 2) They don't suffer from guilt. The guy he implicates as a cylon was just a convenient patsy. He needed a way to make people aware of the cylon device attached to the dradis console without implicating himself as a cylon collaborator. The explanation he gives Colonel Tigh as to why the guy was a cylon was a complete fabrication. He didn't know the guy he was putting off the ship was a cylon or not. I took the 12 cylon "note" as intelligence collected by their intelligence organization and disseminated fleet wide. If you ever see the movie "The hunt for red october", the communication style used in the movie to communicate orders/intelligence to the submarines very much resembles that printed communication handed to Adama on board Galactica.

Baltar is trying to cover his ass, cause if they knew what happened with the defense grid, he would be executed .

The Cylon God is the God of Abraham and Isaac, basically. The Colonial religion which is centered on the Lords of Kobol is based on the Greek Pantheon. The Lords are the 12 Gods of Olympus.

As a quick note on whether they’d jump before Lee and Starbuck made it, since it comes up more than once: Galactica cannot jump until it’s fully retracted the flight pods (which cuts off landing access). The goal was to beat the retraction, not to hope they’d give them 30 more seconds.

22:49 if you change your mind, there is actually a great fleet command game called Battlestar Galactica: Deadlock that takes place during the first cylon war

In the scene where Gaeta is talking with Baltar about the program, Gaeta says the Galactica HAS the CNP - but since the Galactica doesn't have networked systems, the Cylons couldn't hack into the computers

yay,Part 2!

The lords of kobol iirc are the gods, or at least the big ones of which I think zeus is one of the them. Also an FYI the colonies are the 12 colonies of kobol (officially the United Colonies of Kobol)

Noddles are space food BSG, Star Trek & The Expanse

The reason the crew looks worried at the initial FTL jump, is because they were "jumping beyond the red line" (past safe distance), in order to get to Ragnar Station in a single jump.

Always amazed at how good Galactica is at point defense, and how shitty Cylons are at close quarters combat. Their basestars are comparatively weak compared to battlestars. To me this has always spoken to the nature of the Cylons, lacking imagination and focusing on one purpose, which was to wipe out the colonies. They never conceived that they would have to come into close combat with battlestars. This is how Galactica was able to beat them over and over. Poor Boxey…we barely knew ye. 😂😂

you picked up on the clyons talking about god singular, but if you notice the humans talk about the gods plural

Original series Boomer was male and not a sleeper agent. In fact no sleeper agents and no human looking Cylons.

Worth considering that Gaius' Head Six told him about the Cylon device in the CIC... if she is just a figment of his imagination, how does she know things that Gaius doesn't know? Or at least isn't conscious that he knows.

this is tot continuation of old BSG it is more like dark reimagination. So no need to watch old show to have some continuity with this one other than for fun. There are just some easter eggs that you can notice while watching this one tho. Like old visuals for Cylons that looked like toasters. :)

9:45 to put a face on the people they are abandoning. It may be the right call, but you need to be aware of the cost. that's how I think of it. 17:58 this is a great cut! 21:58 That it is, Joe. That it is! 37:16 It was the other way around, Gaius was considering claiming the ladys ticket as his own but Helo (the other pilot) noticed him and gave up his seat for the genious. it was only after there were eyes on him that he said the lady had the right number. 41:08 had he not known I think he would have freaked out seeing first Cylon centurions and then a copy of himself. He knew.

The Galactica miniseries was such a bang for those of us that had seen the original in the 70's. Adult, darker, smart, so full of posibilities that it was a pity that the writters didn't have a plan for the story and were making things up on the way all the time

Most of the main human characters in this series were developed from characters in the 1978 series, which includes Boxey, but oddly enough Chief Tyrol is a completely original character.

This is known as the good times.

i love the moments when Galactica unleashes all its firepower!and it's just one old ship!just imagine what the new generation battlestars are capable of,and how things could have turned out if the cylons hadn't figured out a way to disable the armada !..

So say we all!

16:00 fyi, that guy is a HUGE fan of Gaius if you know what i mean,

You could even say this is the third BSG series. Cause there was a follow up show to the original called Galactica 1980.

I love when Laura talks about her cancer and how thats the one thing she's thinking about. Showing, at her core, she's just as selfish as Gaius was when faced with his treason. And as stated, its a very human reaction.

No spoilers… but you’re going to be debating what “Head Six” is for some time…

Zach Adama dying here is a callback to Zach dying early in the Original Series, starring music star Rick Springfield. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-10Omecnu6p0.htmlsi=q3THN8jTnunp8N2h

You're made to be paranoid about who is a Cylon.........just as the writers intended.

6 loves Baltar. The Cylons are a lot more human than they realize. Doral, the Cylon they left behind was trying to persuade the civilian ships to stay rather than jump away so that they all would be killed. The Doral model of Cylon as far as humans are concerned, is like the honeybadger. They don't give a fuck.

Cool!

You’ll be hard pressed to find BSG episodes that AREN’T bangers.

u guys r so late to the party it only gets better

Boxey was a character from the original (1970s) series. He does not reappear at all in this series.

This is actually the third series. There was a 1980 version that sucked even more than the original 70-s version.

let me preface this by saying that I have seen this show, and thus know about what happens. (at least some, It was a while ago and it's a little vague in my memory) what I am about to say may have been colored by this fact, but I believe this was my thought during watching too: the only significance to why there are 12 human cylon models is that there are 12 colonies.