UNCUT REACTION - Battlestar Galactica S1E12 - Kobol's Last Gleaming Part 1
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Caught up, I’m’m ready for Innerspace. Look forward to joining you guys for season 2 I don’t want to miss an episode from now on.
please do season 2!
the music on this episode is breathtaking
"I thought we were just sparring." "That's why you don't win." *"I don't believe it." "That is why you fail."
Babylon 5 is definitely one of those. Basically the top 10 episodes of the first season are in the final 11 episodes.
Yeah, I do love Babylon 5 almost as much as BSG, but it takes a while to get going. The other big issue for modern viewers is the bad CGI Babylon 5 has, especially early on. It could really use a Star Trek treatment of redone VFX to avoid people shutting it off and not giving it a chance just because of the 90's CGI. I haven't really rewatched it for at least 15 years because I've been holding out hoping that they'll do a version with updated visual effects.
Echoing the others here that I sure hope you keep going with Seasons 2+. It's been really great rewatching along with you, haven't seen these since they aired. Let us know of there's something we can do to help make your decision!
The Adamas sparring is WAY BETTER than anbo-jitsu
But ambu-jiitsu magically resolves all daddy issues!
An episode of setups An episode of payoffs This has all happened before, this will all happen again
Another great reaction guys! Looking forward to hearing what you think about part 2 and so hoping the viewer response and your enjoyment has been enough to carry you into season 2 because it genuinely only gets better from here on!
BSG isn’t perfect, but they do really good season finales every season. One if the big criticisms of Star Trek is that characters are static season to season. BSG does a really good job of changing the status quo and characters motivations or at least progressing them. Hoping you stick with it!
Regarding Lee getting on Kara's case: 100% he's feeling jealous. But during his diatribe he mentions a Major she slept with, someone of a superior rank. Why is that relevant? Because Baltar is now the Vice-President and thus, part of the military hierarchy. President's are Commanders-in-chief of the military, they hold military power. As do their Vice-Presidents. Baltar is now part of the military structure and outranks Starbuck. And as we know from Boomer and the Chief, such a relationship is both against regulations and one with a power imbalance. And Lee, as Kara's commanding officer, is in charge of disciplining her when she disobeys orders and regulations. But that's not really why he's mad at her, just how he's justifying it. It's cause he's jealous.... Except, Kara having a power imbalance within a relationship in the military is also what she had with his brother Zak. She was her instructor, he her student. And what happened? Her against regulations relationship blinded her to her duty and led to Zak's death. Something Apollo only found out about less than 2 months ago. So he's jealous, he's mad about Zak and he's her superior officer who has to discipline his screw-up underling. Veeery nuanced scene. It's like an ogre. And then there's William Adama. Way back at the start, he put his trust in Roslin to keep his secret about Earth and to let him control military matters. In this episode, Roslin betrays his trust by telling Starbuck the truth, and going over his head on a military decision. That's betrayal 1. Then Starbuck questions him, goes against her duty and the relationship they have and sides with the President. That's Betrayal 2. Finally: "You do not take your hair-brained ideas to the XO without first going through me." Vs. "You do anonther end-run around me, I'll snap you back so fast you'll think you're a first year cadet." The echoes, the echoes.
One of my favorite moments of the episode was Starbuck responding to Apollo with “yes sir” instead of her usual sarcastic remark. Stuff like that makes the world feel real.
This episode was full of little gems. The face on six after having watched them in bed really tells you a lot about her, and Boomer's scenes with Chief, Gaius and alone with the gun were great. Plus, the frantic scene on the raptor was well done. A lot happened to set up the next episode, which is a 10 out of 10.
I'm still crossing my fingers that you guys continue - the second season gets even better.
Heck yeah it does!
Nice thing about not having seen this show in 19 years is everything old is new again. I've enjoyed these last few episodes, not knowing (remembering) most of what is going to happen. I feel like I'm right there with you guys. This is fun.
I seem to recall you mentioning that you gave up watching it the first time but are enjoying it more this time - am I remembering that right?
Okay, so this episode title does kinda spoil that it's a part 1, but since it's not a season ender, nor is it a huge twist ending, but more of a mid-way act break, I think that's okay.
We didn’t look at the titles when we watched
ok getting ready after a busy day to sit down for this one, your faces in the thumbnail are everything I had hoped to see.
This is by far been like the craziest year of my life with necessary yet completely necessary trips to the hospital. I am woefully behind on watching BSG here, However, my current situation keeping me off my feet for the next 10 days I’m gonna get caught up soon Revisit this week