BATTLESTAR GALACTICA | Season 1 Ep 5 | You Can't Go Home Again | REACTION | Get Frakked 

Yeah, while it isn't required viewing for this show since this one stands alone, being familiar with the original series adds so much flavor to watching this one with little details like that, seeing the original designs in the museum in the pilot, the tracers used by the Vipers and Raiders being colored the same as the lasers fired by their TOS counterparts, Zarak saying "Captain Apollo" has a nice ring to it when his actor was the original Apollo, etc.

The wing waggle is a pilot thing dating back to WWI. It still survives as a gesture of communication to be used when comms aren't available. Mostly used as either an attention-getting gesture 'look at me', or sometimes as acknowledgment or salute.

LOL Well put, so true!

EJO kills it with the intonation of his voice and facial expressions; absolutely SELLS it every damn time.

@@Robotrik1 They better keep the narwhals ready at all times

He has big “kid who tattled to the principal” energy when he comes in the room with her

In all fairness, it wasn't that hard an argument to make. On one hand we have the survival of the human race...

I mean, honestly? Tigh and Roslin were *right.* Now of course it all worked out and she was rescued. But doing the same math from the miniseries that this is for the species, we have to leave the sublight ships behind? Any pilot, other than Kara or Lee, would have been deemed acceptable losses by Adama. Roslin forced them to face that.

@@matthewteague623 It is true Roslin and Tigh were clearly right but sometimes this is a battle that must be fought. Lee and Adama were bouncing their personal feelings off each other and got lost.

when mom gives you the mom look, you shut. the frak. up.

The Orville before Babylon 5?!?!? Oh no. Just no.

Babylon 5 = Pioneer of long form storytelling, CGI and true space opera on TV The Orville = Fox doing Seth McFarlane a solid for all the money he made them with Family Guy by funding a grown man’s Star Trek TNG cosplay/fanfic

Of course you are entitled to your opinion sir/madam

@@TroyConvers5000 Actually the upscaled fx on the current streaming versions hold up fairly nicely, although I’ll concede you really see the progress we’ve made on things like particle fx and physical modelling. When a ship explodes it can be a little jarring to modern eyes to see it break it into quite small number of parts. I also agree that Peter Wragg and his team did an amazing job on RD with an often miniscule budget, and who doesn’t love a quality miniature shot (I miss miniatures so much). But B5 churned out tonnes of FX shots per episode on a similarly lacklustre budget with infant tech and at the time it was truly cool to see. I stand by my Orville comments though. Each to their own, but I really tried to give it a fair shake when it came out, sticking with it for the entire first season but really struggled with it. It never seemed to able to make up its mind as to whether it was a Seth McFarlane comedy/loving Star Trek parody, or a genuinely earnest Star Trek homage/sci-fi. Every time it jarringly pivoted from a lowest common denominator penis gag to a genuine attempt at answering some big philosophical question I was left with whiplash and shouting “What ARE you?!” at the TV 😂 That’s not an unfair point about Blake 7, I was never a fan but see what you’re saying about a pre-B5 sci-fi series with a through line. That said, the BBC pioneered a lot of stuff that took US television a while to catch on to, and I was more talking about the US self-contained episodes syndicated series model. I will say though, for someone who claims B5s CGI has now rendered it “unwatchable” for modern audiences, Blake 7 made the worst FX shot in B5 look like Villeneuve’s Dune 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Anyway, was only after a bit of light hearted fun and gentle sparring, and something in your tone seemed a bit put out so I’ll return to my corner now. Although question my encyclopaedic knowledge of sci-fi at thy peril friends haha! Much love

Babylon 5 Its where it all began. Its Lord of the Rings (the book) in space

This show hasn't even begun to frak with them yet. It's all to come.

​@@alextaylor1705indeed - so many years later - and still one of my favorite series (another great writing show that went on basic cable TV is Mr. Robot)

Enemy Mine is a seriously underappreciated gem.

@@kevenpinder7025 Agreed! I would love people too discover it a bit.

It's been a while, but IIRC, I think Enemy Mine shared a few very interesting story elements with Ursula K. LeGuin's "The Left Hand of Darkness".

She's also amazing in the crime show "Major Crimes".

@@TroyConvers5000 The Caprica show never got the support it deserved.

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And before anyone says: “Chernobyl: Hold my beer” Yes I know, but c’mon now. This one is make believe

The season finale 😳😳🥺

I'd say 33 hit at least a 2 or 3 on the stress meter.

They have no idea what they have gotten themselves into ! 😉

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This is so not Trek that it is actually designed from the ground up to be the anti-Star Trek, zigging here where Trek zagged. The show runners had just come off Voyager when they began BSG and wanted to make this show as opposed to how safe Trek is as possible@@TroyConvers5000

Wow! Jamie Bamber must have been about 9 years old when his son was born.

It's been a while since I watched, but I don't think the number got added to the opening credits until Season 2.

Yeah, worst thing you can do is ask for a callsign. It tends to be an in-joke among your squadron about something you fucked up doing at some point. There's a military adventure book I read years ago where someone on a carrier asked for a callsign and made the request that it wasn't something stupid like "Dog Balls" or anything like that. So for the rest of the book, Dog Balls is a recurring part of the support team.

Generally, call signs are a lot like teenage or grade school nicknames, kinda almost clever and generally reminding the named about something they'd probably rather forget or at least not be reminded of. So it's kind've a privilege for someone in real-life to allow someone outside the military to refer to them by their call-sign. It's a way of distinguishing the family you go into war with from everybody else.

Basically because without it, the videos will be (and have gotten) blocked. The enforcement of copyright blocks is... spotty at best. Some channels get a lot of passes, some get hit every single time.