Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance (2006) User Reviews

Fills the gap, not necessary to watch

[movies-648 · 7/10 · 14 November 2006]

They were decent, The Resistance webisodes. You can find them @

Can't put the url in here w/o getting an error...so I broke it up...just copy and paste into your browser both lines (in order):

http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video /index.php?cat=webisodes&vid=29339

They aren't necessary to fill in the story line, but were fun to watch and added/enriched Season 3's opener...total time is about 2:45/webisode, so about 25 minutes or so when watched together.

Basically, starts on new Caprica and, as the title infers, is about The Resistance. Lots of action, good dialogue, interesting stuff. But again, not necessary to follow the show.

OK little webisode promotional affairs

[bob the moo · 12 May 2009]

Here on IMDb I prefer to review TV shows by the season rather than episode by episode. Some people disagree and will review each episode but for me I struggle to have much to say about each 20 or 40 minute chunk of TV and find that the individual seasons are easier to appraise. So my problem here is that these webisodes essentially amount to about 15 minutes of viewing and were primarily designed as promotional pieces to tease fans about the return of Battlestar Galatica for a third season. I came across these having already started season 3 though, so this aspect of them was sort of wasted on me! What they do deliver is a certain amount of filling in of the gaps for a couple of the smaller characters within the resistance on occupied New Caprica.

Watching them having already seen the first few episodes means that they have more meaning than they would have done had I watched them first (as I was supposed to do) and they do distract in this way. They are fairly basic though and the online quality detracts a little from the normally impressive delivery in the series proper. The tight focus maybe fits with the characters moving into season 3 but it also hurts it because the viewer is interested in this new world that was created as season 2 ended but yet we are prevented from seeing very much of it – which again I guess is part of the tease that they were looking for when making them.

Worth seeing as a bridge between season 2 and 3 if you are getting into the show because they are a "completists" thing more than a necessary part of viewing the show, but don't expect much more than a certain amount of expansion around two of the minor characters in the first stages of season 3 who, to be frank, didn't need a lot of expansion or explanation narrative-wise.

Unlike Razor, this is pretty good

[taelru · 10/10 · 14 October 2018]

For some reason my 10/10 rating carries over, but I would rate these short episodes 7/10. They are essential viewing for any fan, I just wish they were released in HD.

Watch these between Season 2 and 3.

Forgettable filler episode

[Horst_In_Translation · 4/10 · 15 April 2015]

"Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance" is a 2006 mini-series consisting of 10 episodes (5 minutes max, usually shorter) that was made to create a bridge between two seasons of the original series. It runs for roughly the length of a usual episode and features some of the main characters of the show. Thumbs up for that as it's not a given. Some shows ("Walking Dead", I think) include random mini-series that do not feature any of the main players. The action includes the rise of new life, the death of old life and some moral questions about the connection between arms and holy places. Director Wayne Rose was assistant director on the original series and made a whole bunch of webisodes, also between other seasons. Writer Ronald D. Moore wrote a lot of these too, but also, even better, also some episodes of "Battlestar Galactica".

My favorite episode is the one where they are mourning for the blonde woman that died. All in all, however, I was not wowed enough so that I would feel a need to watch "Battlestar Galactica" anytime soon, maybe also because it is not really my genre. It's a good watch for huge fans of the show, but not a must-see by any means.