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As developed by sci-fi TV veteran Ronald D. Moore, the “reimagined” Battlestar Galactica is exactly what it claims to be: a drama for grown-ups in a science-fiction setting. The mature intelligence of the series is its greatest asset, from the tenuous respect between Galactica’s militarily principled commander Adama (Edward James Olmos) and politically astute President Roslin (Mary McDonnell) to the barely suppressed passion between ace Viper pilot Lee “Apollo” Adama (Jamie Bamber) and the brashly insubordinate Kara “Starbuck” Thrace (Katee Sackhoff), whose multifaceted character is just one of many highlights in this first season. Picking up where the miniseries ended, season 1 opens with colonial survivors beginning their quest for the legendary 13th colony, planet Earth, while being pursued with clockwork regularity by the Cylons, who’ve now occupied the colonial planet of Caprica. The fleet’s hard-fought survival forms (1) the primary side of the series’ three-part structure, shared with (2) the apparent psychosis of Dr. Gaius Baltar (James Callis) whose every thought and move are monitored by various incarnations of Number Six (Tricia Helfer), the seemingly omniscient Cylon ultravixen who follows a master plan somehow connected to (3) the Caprican survival ordeal of crash-landed pilots Karl “Helo” Agathon (Tahmoh Penikett) and Sharon “Boomer” Valerii (Grace Park), whose simultaneous presence on Galactica is further evidence that 12 multicopied models of Cylons, in human form, are gathering their forces.

Episode 01: 33
Great opener into the season. And sometimes I wished the writers would have done that during the second part of the third and the complete fourth season. The Cylons are a feared nemeses and especially in this episode there is no way out of this misery. The Cylons are always there and ready to destroy the surviving humans, without even to have a big battle. Under these circumstances, the Cylons wouldn’t have a problem to win.
The episode began great, but then I was wondering how fast the viper fleet came out of the mess of vipers versus Cylons and could return to the Galactica, without having to fight more Cylon ships (suddenly they had a big distance to the Colonial fleet). Apart from this continuity problem the rest of the episode was just awesome. Nobody slept for days, Baltar is about to get burned, and only the Gods are saving him, and then the deal with the Olympic Carrier – superb and thrilling. If I would have seen that storyline for the first time, I would have chewed on my nails. I just wished the story could have been a bit longer. Only Lee, Adama an Roslin trying to work with their emotions about the Carrier, were a bit short in this episode.
That the writers chose to follow Helo on Caprica is a bit awkward. I don’t know what to think of this story, especially with the writers once mentioning, they didn’t know what to do with Helo until the second half of the first season. So for now it just looks like a B storyline, when the Galactica doesn’t have any more interesting storylines, you always can increase Helo’s screentime.
By the way: The little jokes about Sharon being a Cylon, just because she doesn’t look tired… The begin of a wonderful storyline. 8,5/10

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Forty years after the Cylon Wars, humanity’s deadliest enemies have reemerged with a vengeance. In a sudden, devastating nuclear attack, the Cylon robots – who have now taken human form – wipe out billions of people and destroy the cities on every of the Twelve Colonies. Only a handful of Colonial forces are left to shepherd the few survivors to safety. Commander William Adama (Edward James Olmos), the highest-ranking military officer left alive, reactivates the Battlestar Galactica to once again face humanity’s greatest nemeses.
Outnumbered and outarmed, Adama reluctantly concedes that the newly sworn-in President Laura Roslin (Mary McDonnell) is correct – this battle was lost before it had begun. With no choice but to flee, the ragtag fleet of survivors and humanity’s only hope set out in search of the mythic 13th Colony of Kobol … a legendary planet known as Earth.

Part 1
Well, let’s start the rewatch of probably one of the most interesting sci-fi shows in the history of television. Whether fans liked or hated the series finale (I don’t care, and it is in four seasons). And let’s s start with the 2003 mini series, which is an awesome experience for many reasons.
I’ve watched a few episodes of the original series and I already see myself watching the complete old series, as soon as I am finished with the four seasons of the remake, but during the first 90 minutes it is obvious the remake is going to take a complete different direction – already beginning with the Cylons looking like humans, as Six (Tricia Helfer) stated to Baltar (James Callis).

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