I'm on the start of a fourth total watch of this incredible series. As I remember my three previous trips, I'm amazed at how instantly we feel that we know this human society even as we learn the structural basics of the colonies, and we feel the mysterious link connecting them to the real world around us, NOW. Watching this first part of the miniseries each time, I'm caught up in the suspense of the devastating attack on all of the human colonies, and remembering the 9-11 attacks on the US too. I look forward to enjoying this harrowing fabulous tale of ourselves one more time.
2 Reviews
Episode 1
Prismark1011 September 2020
I think there were several shrugged shoulders when news came that the the campy late 1970s sci fi show was being remade.
This mini series spun off to a regular series. It is a gritty take on the original series with its roots on 9/11 and the war on terror.
It is set in a universe where robots went to war with its human creators. Now after a 40 years truce, The Cylons have taken human form, Number Six (Tricia Helfer) is a beautiful woman that enables a surprise attack on the 12 colonies.
Only an old ship on its way to be decommissioned, Battlestar Galactica survives.
The first episode of the two part series introduces the story and characters. Maybe there are too many characters and some of the lines are too portentous.
There is world building going on, the episode gets going once the attack happens. Now the episode shifts a gear as the humans realise it is a battle for survival.
This mini series spun off to a regular series. It is a gritty take on the original series with its roots on 9/11 and the war on terror.
It is set in a universe where robots went to war with its human creators. Now after a 40 years truce, The Cylons have taken human form, Number Six (Tricia Helfer) is a beautiful woman that enables a surprise attack on the 12 colonies.
Only an old ship on its way to be decommissioned, Battlestar Galactica survives.
The first episode of the two part series introduces the story and characters. Maybe there are too many characters and some of the lines are too portentous.
There is world building going on, the episode gets going once the attack happens. Now the episode shifts a gear as the humans realise it is a battle for survival.
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