If you've ever seen BSG.. this is totally, 100% accurate. I don't know what I would have done if I had started watching it when it was airing. You cannot watch just one episode.
I love how she screams. Years ago while watching the orignal run of ST:TNG cliffhanger of 'Best of Both Worlds', when Riker says "Fire" and then it goes to To Be Continued. . .(3 months later) I did pretty much the same thing.
BSG is one of the best shows in the universe. I'm introducing a friend to it this summer, and I think I'm actually more excited for an excuse to rewatch.
This reminds me so much of me and my husband. I can't count the number of nights we have WRONGLY stayed up until 5 am just watching great stuff on t.v. A couple of weeks ago it was a Downtown Abbey marathon. So fun....I love him.
There have been MANY times since the beginning of this show when I've felt like Fred &/or Carrie was hiding nearby, gathering skit ideas from my day-to-day life (which goes to show you how truly relatable these weirdos are)! This sketch was almost embarrassing in its familiarity... Ironically, I had fallen into a Battlestar Galactica rabbit hole, myself,(that is how it happens) several months prior, when SyFy was celebrating it's 25th anniversary. As a result, those intense opening (recap) notes put me into a semi-fuge state... Also, about 15 years ago (when VCR's were still pretty common & Blockbuster had yet to go under), my ex & I rented "Twin Peaks" (I had been too young to watch it when it had originally aired). Since the series was spread over multiple videos, we'd watch one & race back to drop it off for the next in line. Problem was that the store had CLOSING hours. And then SOMEONE ELSE had rented the video we needed (this prompted phone calls to other stores in the area). By this time, I had called into work "sick", twice. Eventually, we got our viewing back on track & OF COURSE the VCR broke! So, at 3am, we drove to Walmart to replace it... I'm here to tell you that when you get sucked that deeply into a show is ZERO logic involved...
I watched BSG when it was on air weekly, but I just got into Twin Peaks. It was hard enough NOW to not drop everything and marathon that show without stores and old tech getting in the way. Your questing makes total sense to me : )
The mechanical hum of muted machine gun fire is satisfying, as is the crimson discharge from vacating Cylon raiders arcing across rock, Viper canopy or through empty space. Nothing but the rain of enemy debris is sounding off these windscreens. Roll the hard six. So say we all.
I once missed 6 days of work (where I am the boss) because of BSG. I lived in PJ's, only ate chinese delivery, and kept saying "Starbuck wouldn't (blah blah blah)" ... it was a huge problem. The best problem I've ever had in my life.
I understand for the joke you had to watch a 45 minute episode but watching the series proper before watching the miniseries is sacrilegious. Though I'd argue that 33 is one of the best episodes and an amazing series opener. It sets up the stakes, it shows they're not afraid to just kill whoever. Brilliant piece of television. Am I taking this too seriously? Probably. I am an insanely huge fan of BSG. Along with West Wing it's another show I watch on a yearly basis.
'just the first episode of the next season' became my mantra during this last week when I watched the miniseries and all four seasons back to back. SO MUCH OF AWESOME. And now I find out that there's a couple of other spin-off series and movies :D
I skipped the miniseries at first too and my first exposure for some weird reason was 33. But holy hell what a first impression that gave me. No regrets.
I understand now ...... Aubrey Plaza, who appeared in "Portlandia", around the same time (2011) did a very short video for Parks & Rec where she is supposed to describe the show in 30 seconds .... and she totally describes "Battlestar Galactica" .... mystery solved
That show was addictive. it took me about the 3rd episode to get hooked. Most shows nowadays are inferior to Battlestar. I would say Game of Thrones is the Medieval counterpart in terms of realism.
Ha ha ha ha... Now with GoT tied up the scary truth of this becomes apparent. Both were brilliant series, until the writers killed them with nonsense and stupidity.
@@kennethfharkin BSG wasn't great in the last season, GoT last season (but season 6 onward really) was so bad it actually ruined the entire show. I'll never be able to rewatch it knowing what its all leading up to.
Battlestar Galactica, you just can't wait for the next episode. It's that f---ing good. Syfy like you've never seen, like God himself would come down from heaven & want to watch.
haha i recently went through this with supernatural. i just kept going out and buying more seasons. i had university exams coming up but i just couldn't stop watching it.
This is only a SLIGHT exaggeration. It happened 20 years ago during a Twin Peaks VHS marathon. It started out as a mild reluctance to watch the pilot at 9pm, and snowballed into the wee hours of the morning saying "Ok, just ONE more!!!" several times.
"You know who would never call? Like; Starbuck... Starbuck isn't that dependent on people..." This is so freaking true... I really couldn't sleep! -__-
This is so very true!.... you try to make up for the empty space in our lives by watching Caprica....but its not the same... and to make it worse it was cancelled right when it got intense....
@minimatt37 No, Mr. Ditkovitch (a name homage to original Spiderman artist Steve Ditko) was played by Elya Baskin, who also portrayed Russian cosmonaut Max in the 2001 sequel 2010.
yes. it has great character development and at first you think, this is kinda soapy, but there is a reason. It just gets more and more epic. so say we all.
Just FYI Danny, writer Ron Moore who was instrumental on making DS9 the show that it was, BSG is his baby. So I would say absolutely check it out if you haven't. Now of course, it isn't Star Trek, it's not at ALL built on idealism, but it's definitely well made and got great ideas!
rotfl!!! I CAN relate. ;p My younger sister lent the dvds to my brother-in-law (married to older sister) who called her 24 hours later, late at night, saying "I'm getting my men." cause he knew my younger sister had the next season dvds. lol!
