#bsg rewatch

[spockvarietyhour]

Battlestar Galactica "Saga of a Star World"

[leodanbrock]

Restart the clock. 33 minutes. BATTLESTAR GALACTICA 1.01 - "33"

[justonemorewallflower]

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I interrupt everything to post this haha. This is very random but this is one of the small scenes between Kara and Lee that I find so stinking cute. I lowkey forgot about it until I re-watched the show for the second time and I had actually laughed out loud at it because I initially found it to be so dorky/cringey of Lee to do. And I'll still admit, it is, with yk the typical "after you" thing, but I definitely find it a lot more cute now especially with Kara's expression and smile. I was literally gushing over it as I made this gif the other night (an embarrassing amount- I'm okay I promise...) but just like everything about it ugh. It's such a small and mundane gesture but just gah, he's a gentleman ❤️❤️

The way Lee turns and looks directly at her, holding his gaze steady on her as he says it. The way he says it too almost like he's flirting. The way he doesn't care that the President and his father are literally right next to her. The way she meets his gaze for a moment and then smiles so excitedly yet softly like she just got a compliment from her crush (ofc half of that is also because they just found the Tomb of Athena but like come on you can't tell me that that smile was only because of that and Lee's gesture had nothing to do with it). Just ugh. This is such an underappreciated moment between them and it's so cute.

That is all, I just wanted to take a moment to gush about them ❤️

[myfesteringcesspool]

I guess I’m reviving this tumblr. After years of not posting and just lurking, I just started rewatching Battlestar, for the third time. Seemed like the time, with the state of the world. Forgot how clean and young they all are, and how hard it is to watch characters I know won’t make it through.

I just got remarried this summer after single parenting it for 8 years. At dinner tonight I asked my husband, “Have you watched Battlestar Galactica? I can’t remember.”

He laughed and was like “I did a capstone paper on it for one of my college classes.” 😍

So we are settling in for a rewatch.

I do love how they have terrycloth towels even though everything is efficient and minimal.

[frakyeahbattlestargalactica]

It was begun again.

Rewatch number five, I think.

[divinemissem13]

I kind of can’t believe that Baltar’s Cylon detector wasn’t to just frak everyone in sight and see if their backs light up.

[sourfall]

On this rewatch, I’m surprised to find my fave minor character is Doc Cottle. Man’s an icon.

[redrikki]

Battlestar Galactica Rewatch: Mini series

You can thank @beatrice-otter for this. Her recent bsg fic had me reaching for my dvds when I realized how much I'd forgotten.

The mini series introduces the titular Battlestar Galactica, a 50-year-old ship under the command of Bill Adama, just as it is set to be decommissioned and turned into a museum. His estranged son Lee and Secretary of Education Laura Roslin are both in attendance. Then, everything changed when the fire nation, er, cylons attacked. Laura becomes president, assembled a fleet of civilians, and they set of with Galactica in search of earth and safety.

Initially airing in 2003, the show often gets described as post 9/11, but on rewatch it feels more cold war nightmare scenario to me. The visuals are mushroom clouds, not crashing jets. Laura's swearing evokes LBJ's and the scene with the little girl on the ship is basically a Barry Goldwater commercial. The only things that really scream 9/11 is the memorial wall and the planes halted in transit.

In my first watch, I remember being moved, but on rewatch I'm not feeling it. The problem is that it's so fast paced there are really only two quick moments with Dee in the hallway and Billy talking about his family where you get a hint of the weight of it. The show gives more to the ship board deaths. Over all, the show is so focused on the fight for survival that it never lets the characters or audience really sit with the grief.

Mini series does a good job introducing the various characters: Laura, Bill, Kara, Lee, Saul, Gaius, Boomer, Tyrol, and the rest of the gang. The fact they shoehorn Tyrol and his deck gang into everything that requires non-coms makes sense in terms of managing casting, it does get ridiculous.

The problems of Bill Adams's leadership which will haunt him throughout the show are on full display. He plays favorites in ways which undermines unit discipline and cohesion and ignores problems until the day comes he can't hide from the things he's done.

Laura's leadership strength of ruthless, clear-sighted pragmatism are also on display. Her flaw of riding roughshod over everyone is there too, but since everyone who fights her in this is clearly wrong, it's easy to miss.

From a Doylist perspective, having Leobin as the only one in the station makes sense as a way to introduce Adama to human-form cylons, but from a Watsonian perspective the fact the station is in-manned makes the Colonial Fleet seem dumb and incompetent.

This has been much debated, but I think Caprica killing the baby was an accident. She is fascinated and it's all an experiment. She doesn't care she killed him, but she didn't set out to do it.

Bill gives a great speech. So say we all!

[divinemissem13]

Down to the last four episodes of my BSG rewatch so…

Reblog if you've ever cried over the death of a fictional character

[onetrueartform]

“By your command.” Miniseries over.

[virginiaisforhaters]

me, as a teenager: god I hate gaius baltar

me, as an adult: god I hate gaius baltar

[spockvarietyhour]

Cylon Freighter, "Saga of a Star World"

[leodanbrock]

"But always remember, I have your heart. I can always rip it out of your chest if I need to."

BATTLESTAR GALACTICA 20 Year Celebration Challenge favourite dynamics: gaius and six

[justonemorewallflower]

Another something I made the other day. I like this one more.

They're the pros at invading each other's personal space, ESPECIALLY when they're angry at each other. Like goddamn, can't even stay away from each other when you're on bad terms, can you? Lol

And I love how it's not just one of them either who's guilty of that, it's both of them which makes it all the better.

While Kara is definitely good at ignoring him sometimes, there are a good amount of times when she's angry at him and immediately closes the distance between them, making a point to get in his face, like when they're arguing about stims.

And he's done it too, a particularly good example when he goes to talk to her after he finds out she slept with Baltar. He approaches her and keeps his distance but follows her around, though eventually he initiates standing close to one another, eventually standing right across from her. And then the punching each other...

And then when he comes by to talk to her later, still angry, he immediately decides to stand right in front of her this time.

And Kara during their fight in Unfinished Business... just goddamn.

I could rant about them for days but alas, this is an edit post so I'm going to refrain from saying anymore beyond that I will never stop posting about them istg, at least for a long while. I love them too much <3 they're probably the biggest ship obsession I've ever had.

[stellacadente]

It's Starbuck!

BATTLESTAR GALACTICA 1.05 You Can't Go Home Again

[divinemissem13]

Every few years I think it’ll be a great idea to rewatch BSG… because I guess a few years is enough time to forget that it is the most stressful television show known to man. 😬 😩

But it’s also so, so, so frakking good. ❤️