Battlestar Galactica - First Jump

[@twentysevenlitres]

I never noticed that before - they go to all the trouble of pulling in the flight pods, then when they show the shot of the actual jump, the pods are fully deployed!

[@rottenfist220]

They said ahh who gives a frek :))

[@TommygunNG]

Good catch.

[@cmj0929]

Probably just an oversight from the VFX team they got better at it in the actual series

[@FuturesInPastTense]

Boy, I hope somebody got fired for that blunder.

[@dogwalker666]

The original Galactica didn't have retractable landing bays.

[@CavemanCBB]

At first they are so careful and it's such a big deal. After a few years of war their like, "Just push the dammed button and take us somewhere".

[@1DerangedWarrior]

in all fairness, time provides the answer to this. How would you react with no homeport for repairs and replen. Nowhere to call home any more. And all you can do is run & hope whos chasing cant find or catch you. All you have done is run for months/years without any of the support you require to keep things in working order wether that be yourself or what you need to use?

[@CavemanCBB]

@@1DerangedWarrior Yeah, I wasn't criticizing it. I'm just trying to say after years of war with no back up or repairs they just did what they had to in order to survive.

[@KENOMAN1969]

To be fair, the ship was a relic that was about to become a museum, not a functional battlestar. The equivalent would be to have the entire current navy wiped out and all you have is an old world war II battleship on which your entire survival is dependent. Just getting the engines going and the ship moving would be a celebration worthy event.

[@1DerangedWarrior]

Eithier way, She did herself proud & can now rest with a watchful eye over the newer version of humanity as it finds its feet & goes forth to the stars again. Somehow sending her off into the Sun just seems right & to this day years after watching this show still brings a small tear to my eye

[@Ateisthortlak]

after doing this hundreds of times in episode "33" they got all used to it very quickly.

[@NickDavisAltworld]

It was a big deal because they weren't quite certain if Galactica would actually make the jump. Since the old tub hadn't used its jump engines in decades.

[@DrendarMorevo]

Moreover *no one* (in the colonies) had really plotted a jump in decades.

[@icecold9511]

​@DrendarMorevo Most ships were jump capable. They wouldn't build that unless it was useful. Probably very well plotted jumps, and less distance. And Callie talked as having experience with it. "I always hate this part."

[@DrendarMorevo]

@icecold9511 yeah, they were kinda vague on it, but they had been using pre-plotted jump points and accepted routes, so it was the first time anyone had done a non-pre-plotted jump in decades. Thats why they're all so thrilled that not only did they jump successfully, but that they popped in *exactly* where they meant to.

[@Hans-gb4mv]

@@DrendarMorevoThat's not true, You even had a bunch of commercial ships that are jump capable. Why build those with that capability if you're not going to use it. And I can't imagine that the military doesn't do readuness drills periodically where they also jump. It would be like saying: we're not expecting to go to war soon so we won't teach our soldiers how to fire a gun and our pilots how to fly aircraft. You need to keep your skills current, you don't have time to relearn them when shit hits the fan

[@Rowrin]

@@Hans-gb4mv I imagine like most commercial ships and airlines today they stay on well regulated and pre-planned jump paths. It would be quite inconvenient for ships to be jumping in and out of commercial shipping lanes where there might be other traffic. Even today, drone pilots need to pre-authorize flights in non-class G airspace. I imagine the process would be something like: ship sub-lights out of port to some defined orbit for jumping (kinda like how planes taxi to a runway). Then they perform a jump to a specified area where they are scheduled and expected to arrive as to not interfere with other ship traffic, and where prior warning can be given about any obstacles / debris in the jump location. Followed by them sub-lighting to their destination. Captains/ships very likely would not have authority to just jump where-ever they pleased at any given time / it would probably be fairly regulated and documented with their analog of our FAA and flight control centers.

[@williampilling2168]

I loved the shot of how tiny the ship looked against the backdrop of space.

[@michaelbrown17]

Looks amazing, would of been so easy to show it appear normally on the screen. The distance shot showing the vastness of space and then zooming in but not too much to emphasise that for all of its size it’s nothing compared to space. Clever things like this really set this series apart from anything else and I’ll be honest has yet to be beaten (the expanse probably getting closest).

[@vonstreckerz]

It's the Final Frontier after all

[@moteroargentino7944]

And to think that ship is essentially a flying small town, each fly pod was around 4 times bigger than a modern supercarrier (in volume).

[@Dan250]

When you know what the first and last jump of the Galactica looked like, you may get a strange feeling.

[@crimsonninja6995]

The juxtaposition of Gaeta carefully putting the key into the drive for the first jump and Starbuck jamming it in and twisting it for the last is perfect.

[@icecold9511]

​@@crimsonninja6995 I always thought that key was ridiculously fragile.

[@Hans-gb4mv]

@@icecold9511 I always thought that key was ridiculous

[@nigelhall6714]

A master class in terms of production and writing.

[@dijoxx]

Please

[@KYoss68]

Dammit. Now I'm going to have to go back and watch this show again.

[@alexmcaruthur6966]

I’ve watched this show 3 times still never gets old

[@spicydeath82]

good luck. it's not streaming anywhere. it's supposed to be on peacock, but they removed it in december. no you can only buy it.

[@ofidiotabagista5259]

Where there's a will there's a way. ☠️

[@Kris.G]

it's worth watching it twice, after you know who the final five are. There are scenes that make you think "oh you clever bastards"

[@volstron]

​@@spicydeath82 currently streaming on Amazon Prime

[@theshlauf]

I like how the first jump is this big event that carries a lot of weight. Wish they could have kept that feel after the mini-series.

[@cheradenine1980]

They didn’t have fracking time after this!

[@jeffreyknickman5559]

In universe, it was her first jump in 20-22 years as stated by Tight. Nobody was sure it'd work. After this they had more experience. IRL, scenes like this are usually cut for pacing - neat to watch but they slow the story down. Star Trek did the same thing with the Enterprise-D and her saucer separation.

[@AndyRenwick1]

​@@jeffreyknickman5559was this because FTL jumping was rare in general for all colonial ships or because FTL jumping was rare only for Galactica since it didn't need to FTL jump for its missions?

[@thelordchancellor3454]

@@AndyRenwick1rare for Galactica because she was one of the oldest ships in the colonial fleet and by this point was a decommissioned museum ship. During the first cylon war she jumped as much as any other colonial warship, if not more.

[@zeb9302]

Yeah, it felt like more of a big ship-wide procedure, instead of just pushing a button and off they go. I get that they couldn't slowdown the action every single time, but I think they could have found a middle ground where they are frantically getting the ship ready while under attack before finally jumping. Or if they're not under attack, Adama gives the order, there's background action and stuff happens while there's important dialog in the mean time, then "are we ready? Jump!". There's ways to do it.

[@eagle404s]

For many years in the U.S., FLT navigation was often referred to as ”warp” due to the influence of Star Trek, but I think this film is the first to visualize the navigation method called ”jump”.

[@jimmyhunter1810]

I also like the fact that it isn’t necessarily comfortable for the people making the jump.

[@OptimusWombat]

Star Wars always referred to "making the jump to light speed" or "making the jump to hyperspace", albeit in BSG "jumping" from point A to point B is instantaneous whereas in Star Wars it's more akin to travelling a course from point A to point B over a period of time.

[@OptimusWombat]

In the Dune universe, FTL jumping is similar to what we see here in BSG.

[@Thane36425]

Star Trek was warp bubble that moved through real space, which is why ships at warp could be tracked. Star Wars jumped into another dimension where light speed wasn't a factor. The kind of jump in BSG, Dune, and others is a kind of folding space, or some such. Most FLT is some variant of these.

[@kevinganje3356]

@@OptimusWombat In the Dune universe, they fold space, like two spots on the opposite ends of a piece of paper, then that paper folded together so that the spots are now next to each other. The recent Dune movie illustrated that perfectly in one shot where you can see thru the open ends of the Guild Heighliner, in the far end there's a completely different sun visible. The Heighliner is simply a conduit through which other craft can go from one location to the other as the Guild Navigator has folded space around the Heighliner.

[@GaiusMarcus]

Awesome use of perspective to define scope and scale

[@bodiless99]

His 10 second countdown takes over 26 seconds.

[@BoeBins]

Time dilation

[@timonsolus]

Then it wasn't a 10 second countdown. It was just a countdown from 10.

[@atomsmash100]

That's nearly half a "centon" 😂

[@fatfreddyscoat7564]

Space seconds

[@bjb7587]

Light seconds.

[@ecbrown6151]

I chuckled when he ran across the bridge to check their position. Really? A full compliment of bridge crew and that’s not someone’s job?

[@ptonpc]

From what I remember it's not a full compliment of crew. She was being turned into a museum ship, the crew were sort of the dross who didn't have any other postings at the moment.

[@Trek001]

@@ptonpc Well, not quite the "dross" you claim... A lot of them came to _Galactica_ after the incident over the Armistice Line involving a Black Ops mission aboard _Valkyrie_ a while before the Colonial Holocaust. We know that as it failed and Adama returned to _Galactica_ he must have brought them along with him when he returned to his command

[@peterkotara]

At the very least one might expect to have that information available at every console, as is pretty much standard in most modern bridge operating systems.

[@rvaughan74]

@@peterkotarayeah Galactica isn't even close to "Modern" even for when the show aired in 2005. Purposefully so. Anti-Cylon no cross networked systems countermeasures and all that.

[@peterkotara]

@@rvaughan74 I've worked on more advanced fishing vessels

[@SpaceJazz3K]

Never noticed the continuity error that the viper bays are still open in one shot.

[@Kokubetsu]

I believe they literally mentioned it was a fuckup on the part of the SFX department.

[@kmoecub]

Me either, but when it was first aired I was sick with Pneumonia and rather high on Codine cough syrup.

[@LD1971]

This is no1 tv show for me. Absolutely love it.

[@michaelwilson3077]

The shots of people getting ready for the jump are happening simultaneously, not consecutively.

[@colinwright3828]

Movie mistake....the landingpods were out when it jumped

[@stephenbyrne2170]

1:05 I thought Galactica's pods always had to be retracted before warping.

[@Kokubetsu]

It's an infamous mistake lol

[@stephenbyrne2170]

@@Kokubetsu Oh yeah? Then how do you explain why they always retracted the pods before every warp? And why the last jump to Earth broke the poor girl's back?

[@Kokubetsu]

@@stephenbyrne2170 I'm saying this was a mistake on the part of the special effects department. They forgot to retract the pods for the show's first jump.

[@stephenbyrne2170]

@@Kokubetsu oh

[@ooljimboloo]

they even show therm retracting in the clip and miss it like 30 seconds later

[@Primal2229]

So glad that someone finally clipped this scene. Little easter egg damn near no ever caught. 29 seconds you may have to use your > or < keys to flip to the frame but when the key is turned... The Galactica is apparently powered by Apple xD

[@maxwellhouse750]

Blue rods make everything cooler.

[@mikekopack6441]

Never noticed it before, but there's an error in the editing. The external view of the Galactica just as the jump is happening shows the flight pods out...

[@michaelminch5490]

I did notice that. Whoopsie.

[@SagiQuarion]

This show was great at giving you the relative scale of space. Love it.

[@defdaz]

The orbit shown on the screen most definitely isn't geosynchronous but so what. So good!

[@michaelmiller3012]

They said they were in geosynchronous orbit with the Ragnar Anchorage... i.e. the actual station in the clouds below.

[@kawafahra]

1:04 continuity error - flight pods not retracted

[@davidgraves9548]

Landing bays retracting for the jump but when they show the jump, the landing bays are extended.

[@eligebrown8998]

This reboot was great and was glad to see it got the ending it deserved after so many years.

[@stevenrn6640]

The reboot was unwatchable as it was filmed in vomit vision. God. Get a steady cam.

[@GlamorousTitanic21]

Now that I go back and watch this scene I notice that the VFX team forgot to jump the ship with the pods retracted, which in universe would have caused tremendous structural damage to Galactica’s hull integrity. For those reading who are new to BSG and have no idea why the pods have to retract, the main reason is because Galactica’s lack of a networked computer system doesn’t allow for the computer to make the calculations necessary to create a jump bubble big enough to encompass the entire battlestar with the flight pods extended, without borderline ripping the pods off the ship in the process being partly outside of the bubble. So the Galactica has to retract her pods into the hull to create a more compact ship that fits inside the jump bubble.

[@Kokubetsu]

Is that the actual canon reason they have to retract the pods? What's the source?

[@GlamorousTitanic21]

@@Kokubetsu I first heard it on this video. The channel Science Insanity uses the best canon info available, so it’s best to try and ask them where they heard that information, but it does make a lot of sense given how the universe in BSG works. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z6icnqCNqLeIea8si=9KLclfWthFLTHt7o

[@steve4247]

I miss the show and I miss BSGO. This had a big place in my heart.

[@jntaylor63]

I can not believe that they are rebooting this amazing show so soon.

[@peterkotara]

"Put a chick in it, make her gay and lame"😂.

[@jonnyb70]

1:05 you know I could swear they pulled in the docking bays before they jumped and yet,

[@lionsjourney29]

It’s the BEGINNING OF THE FRAKKING SERIES. sorry, I mean if we wanna get kooky, apparently Sulu on the Exelcior was feeling like taking a few years stroll back to base and went from the Beta Quadrant to the Alpha quadrant at full impulse power. And in Star Trek TOS and movie 5 the Connie class Enterprise can travel to a mission on the outer galactic edge/rim and also get to the center of the galaxy in a manner of days if not hours. But a century later the Intrepid Class Voyager fastest ship in the fleet would need about 75 years at constant max warp to reach the outer edge of the Alpha Quadrant and the Federation. The Miniseries was just laying down the ground work, and basic rules and premises but relax the final battle to flee the colonies they follow the rule of retracting pods.

[@adelestevens]

Traveling through hyperspace ain’t like dusting crops, farm boy. Without precise calculations we could fly right through a star or bounce too close to a supernova, and that’d end your trip real quick, wouldn’t it?

[@kimnice]

In real life it would be impossibly unlucky to end up inside a star or anything after a blind jump. Space is empty. There's a distance of tens of millions of kilometers between every object and your ship is only 1,5km long.

[@The_Irish_Wolf]

@@kimnice While the risk may be low, it is not 0. In the vast majority of cases, there is no reason to jump without calculations. Also the first comment is a star wars reference Xd

[@Warhorse500]

Don't cross the streams....

[@unfundedopportunities7278]

He also "made the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs"

[@uss_04]

I credit BSG’s popularity at the time to how Halo Wars describe Slipspace as “Jump” and how they “Spun up their FTL drives”

[@ThailandOutsider]

As in the top down strategy game?

[@daddystu7046]

The old girl still had some life left in her yet.

[@aceman67]

Anyone else notice the VFX gaff when they jumped? The flight pods were extended.

[@lionsjourney29]

It’s the first jump sequence, they probably added the retracting pods stuff in the battle to give Starbuck a chance to make it back to base before they jump. Actually, it makes no sense for the pods to damage the ship in open configuration. But makes combat sense keeping the bay closed till you need them less a colon runs in at the pods and strafe them.

[@charlesphillips1468]

Right, so they never did that the rest of the series anytime they jumped. I don't remember any countdowns or even the sorts of effects that they showed inside the ship at the moment of jump in this one scene.

[@tobiaswolfe152]

Series pilot vs during actual series...

[@kylerstorm9260]

i think it’s just that trajectories are hard, you have to factor mass, gravity, and momentum, etc. - almost like launching a rocket from Earth, it’s a lot of math. but when you start doing it daily, it just gets easier.

[@rscottr]

They didn't continue with the dolly zooms. Not sure why.

[@Subo23]

Wish they hadn’t wasted Gaida, he was responsible for saving so many lives

[@kylerstorm9260]

he wasn’t wasted, he just didn’t get a happy ending which is realistic for most wounded vets, unfortunately. Gaeta’s character arch was supposed to make you sad and uncomfortable

[@dakariszulu]

Can we talk about that flyby of the the Galactica jumping with the flight pods open?

[@deathstrike]

For anyone interested, it appears that ships were not the only things jump capable in the BSG Series. Ragnar Anchorage is said to be the remains of the command station Diadalos used in the First Cylon War. The station itself had jump capability so it could be deployed in locations either too difficult, or too bothersome for the Cylons to truly want to attack. Like their Basestars (Cetus Class) it was a massive mobile station that provided supplies, support, and docking for Battlestars and other vessels. Minimal weaponry, more dependent on its contingent of fighters (MK 1 and MK 2 Vipers and Raptors) and Battlestars in the vicinity for protection. Source: BSG Deadlock (game) so non canon.

[@deathstrike]

Edit: Minor correction Space Station Daidalos.

[@Kokubetsu]

What source states that Cylon Baseships are "Cetus-class"?

[@deathstrike]

@@Kokubetsu My apologies, it's a misspelling of "Cratus Class".

[@deathstrike]

Source for Cratus Class m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGacnaVsf7RpfaM&pp=ygUUQlNHIGNldHVzIGNsYXNzIHNoaXA%3D

[@Kokubetsu]

@@deathstrike I know what that is. It's basically a "boss" unit from Deadlock.

[@markdavenportjr5129]

What an amazing series this was! I would love to watch it again but not on freaking peacock eew. ;(

[@dennisyoung4631]

“You is in the Void, now. Is you crazy yet?”

[@rscottr]

If I recall they don't stick with the dolly zoom for the jumps beyond the first few episodes. Anyone know why?

[@GatchamanG4]

I think i remember watching somewhere that it was a VFX blunder. DOH!!

[@dannyhemphill3327]

Greatest TV show I ever watched

[@dtranger]

They retract the landing bays to jump and then when they jump they’re out again.

[@highlander723]

something tells me they were about to get a whole lot of practice...

[@Phoenixesper1]

Love how the first jump the key is so delicately placed in the ignition. By the end of the series their jamming that thing in like a well worn dildo.

[@willie417]

After the Great Cylon chase across the galaxy, months later, when their azz is on the line, it get us out of here NOW JUMP!!!

[@MarvelousLXVII]

Man what a great show! Is anyone streaming it?

[@robertrafford6068]

Getting ready for the new show I gather.

[@joshjenkins3815]

Hang on a second, she jumped with the pods open!

[@chrisholdread174]

VFX mistake

[@Totttty55]

What they did to Nicki Clyne was unforgivable. Her cute little 'I hate this part' drew me into this episode and the whole series. Nicki, I hope you're doing well

[@devtrash]

"first jump" girl in hanger: "I hate this part"

[@fmcgoohan]

The best show ever!

[@Valehass]

Continuity error at 1:04, never noticed it before.

[@charleshemphill6923]

This is the greatest show ever written hands down. Done during a pansie writers strike non the less.

[@flecktarn5429]

Nice

[@annavariumful]

Funny how that 10 second countdown takes about 26 seconds :)

[@rammigraterammigrate3533]

Looks like another month of Shakeycam galactica shorts

[@Jim-hw2ss]

Wait, wears buck rogers and twiki??

[@markgc65]

jump prep retract the pods. clip of jump pods are out. stupid unforgivable error.

[@sw-gs]

Because in original script draft scenes were in different order and also had different meaning. Galactica's pods were blocked and stuck due to modifications of being a museum ship. Tigh was shocked during dialogue when Adama ordered to jump with pods out istead of retracted, because last ship that tried to do FTL jump with pods out during war with Cylons was ripped apart (it added more gravitas and danger to first FTL jump). Then show execs told to change pods so they retract as they want toys to do that as well. So show crew rendered scene of pods retract inside ship but they had already rendered scene of Galactica jumping with non-retracted pods, so they used it hoping that noone will notice.

[@NorthForkFisherman]

@@sw-gs Ah, they so do NOT know how picky sci-fi geeks are. WE MISS NOTHING!

[@awedelen2]

This show was spectacular.

[@commandosolo_193]

i always thought the key would break, looks so flimsey

[@unfundedopportunities7278]

I never understood the reason for retracting the landing bays. The Pegasus never did that. Makes it more 'streamline' in vacuum?

[@solandri69]

My engineering hand-waving explanation would be that it increases the structural integrity of the ship. Kinda important when the ship had been stripped down to become a museum piece, and you want to maximize its chances of surviving a jump. After the jump you can do inspections to see what areas have developed cracks and will need reinforcement, before you can jump with the pods extended.

[@admiralshadowofasunderedst3068]

​@solandri69 If I remember correctly, it's because galacticas jump bubble is not big enough

[@joelsims98]

I forgot the Galactica could jump to lightspeed

[@stevegordon5689]

Are they folding space it seems instantaneous.

[@solandri69]

Oh yeah they are. If you haven't watched the series, I highly recommend it (the ending is a bit of a letdown so I consider it optional). One of the best scenes is when they jump a battlestar from orbit into atmosphere, launch fighters as the ship is plummeting, and jump back just before it hits the ground.

[@danielv1098]

Don't understand why this jump was such a big deal. They have FTL ships in commercial fleets, so not a unknown thing, and this shop had it so must've used it before?

[@Kokubetsu]

I got the impression FTL is normally only something used in emergencies-especially if we're talking civilian ships. Normally, most travel in the BSG universe was within their own 4-star system.

[@michaelmiller3012]

@@KokubetsuThe mini-series script clarified the jump situation with Galactica - the concern was that the ship's jump drives hadn't been used in decades and in the script there was a joke that there were probably rats living in the relays for the jump drive system. Other ships had jump drives and used them from time to time, but not frequently.

[@e4d578]

Didnt this guy teach calculus in aome highschool before being a captain?

[@dwmyersjr]

LOL they had just retracted the pods, but the actual jump shows pods fully extended. Continuity?

[@mikedrake5738]

Bears, beets battlestar galactica

[@TheMisterBlackJack]

Primer salto y primer fallo. Según el canon de la serie, la GALACTICA, no puede saltar si tiene las bahías de aterrizaje extendida. Pues bien, están extendidas.

[@workerdrone970]

Restarted the series a couple weeks back. Holding up very well. The political side of the show is, in fact, spot-on with quite a bit of the crap happening today.

[@scottpoerschke8807]

The bridge seemed smaller in the series

[@Jaseford]

Part of it is that the CIC is much darker in the series. The shadows make it seem smaller.

[@emptyal5341]

How s l o w was that countdown? Ludicrous

[@ColinMcNulty]

Slowest 10-1 countdown in TV history. 😁

[@ronroth8788]

Quote: "I hate this part...."

[@generaldvw]

What possible reason could there be to make another series of this completly told story😅

[@SenileOtaku]

It wasn't 'woke' enough for modern Hollyweird.

[@troyjollimore4100]

Money. And to give the fans another helping of a show they’d loved.

[@kevinmalanik862]

First time ever.. extra says "I hate this part..."

[@AnotherGlenn]

I stopped watching TV right after this series. I do not regret my decision.

[@2QRh6g1I]

Nice to know 10 centons = 30 earth seconds

[@ibrundle]

Saul mispronounced Gaeta’s name!

[@peterkotara]

how did they measure seconds in the battlestar galactica universe?

[@DavidLLambertmobile]

Wasn't it sectons? Or was that the 1970s version?

[@kylerstorm9260]

countdowns can be at whatever speed you want, idk why so many people think it has to match the passage of seconds. the first time you heard a countdown was probably your mom/dad saying “i’ll give you to the count of three” and it absolutely made no difference to anyone if the count was faster/slower than 3 seconds

[@peterkotara]

@@kylerstorm9260 My parents were not typically trying to force my mass through the fabric of space/time 😁. For obvious reasons, a countdown is always set as T minus X, where X = timevalue, the final countdown is always called out in seconds (typically starting at 10). You are thinking of giving a child "to the count of X". Where time between X = whatever the hell you feel like, this method is rarely used by the military 😂.

[@peterkotara]

@@DavidLLambertmobile Apparently, Sectons' were a week, Centons were a minute, and Microns were "less than 1 second". The countdown here seems to be measured in units of 1.8 seconds🤷.

[@SenileOtaku]

But it didn't shed it's coating of ice when it exited the Jump... kzbin.info/www/bejne/rIKqc2CmZ76rrKM

[@adamrussell658]

By my measure, each count in their countdown is 2.6 seconds. Metric time?

[@kylerstorm9260]

whoever told you “countdowns are required to match the passage of seconds” lied to you

[@Adiddy927]

Ragnor was the mobile shipyard. If it was still operational it could have been a big asset to Galactica and the fleet

[@kylerstorm9260]

it’s stuck in an ion storm, how are they supposed to get it out of there? how is it mobile? did you watch the show?

[@Adiddy927]

In deadlock it was the mobile shipyard. It’s been decommissioned for a long time and the colonials use it for ammo dump

[@mohd.tahauddin9001]

The second greatest sci-fi show ever produced after The Expanse!

[@daschossi]

49.759

[@johnnyshinnichi1785]

When they do a countdown on TV, why do they always leave more than a second between counts? Really annoys me.

[@kylerstorm9260]

who told you countdowns have to match the passage of seconds? the first time your mom/dad said “i’ll give you to the count of three”, you understood you had until they counted to three, not exactly 3 seconds. you’re annoyance is caused by your own confusion.

[@jonsumisu9016]

I don't think I'm confused. When there's a countdown to a launch, they countdown in seconds. A countdown has to be in a measured unit that people understand, otherwise it's pointless.@@kylerstorm9260

[@VinceLyle2161]

If all it takes is a dolly zoom, why are we not not Proxima Centauri already?

[@kilted911]

So one second on Galactica is three seconds here? That was a long ten second seconds.

[@hegyesipeter5457]

"I hate this part." Title says it is the first jump

[@paul_andrews]

First jump of the Galactica - there was a whole fleet until then.

[@squamish4244]

FTL drives but they haven't solved aging...or alcoholism. Two things that they have already identified at least the basic causes of and potential therapies for...like...starting a few decades ago. Science fiction is full of hilarious anachronisms.

[@TheDementation]

I remember watching this for the first time, and thinking, what a bucket of shit this show is.

[@peterluna]

Maybe you can reupload with the fucking motion smoothing enabled. This looks cheap videotape

[@jamesbutler8821]

Always hated the Galactica bridge. It looks like a telemarketing center. Lots of people with screens who are never referred to, screens all over the place that no one appears to monitor or could, unless they walk around. Goofy

[@troyjollimore4100]

Combination of reality compared with narrative imperative…

[@jamesbutler8821]

The more I think about it, the more goofy it is. It looks like one of those things which they have for call in telemarketing shows. "Look, Lee, the phones are ringing, they must REALLY love our low, low price of 9.99 for this blender"

[@troyjollimore4100]

@@jamesbutler8821 I know, right? I mean…look at doors. And WHEELS! They’re so old and overdone. They need a rethink! Something new and revolutionary! I mean, these ones work functionally and all, but… total Boomer-think, amirite?

[@luciaceba4640]

even IRL control centers have lots of screens and controls, look at submarine, airtraffic control, cargo ships, mixing desk for a live concert etc etc.. s

[@michaelmiller3012]

They never show the bridge of the Galactica in the show. The room shown is CIC (Combat Information Center). According to Ron Moore's series bible description of the Galactica, she has a bridge... with windows, even. It is only used when visual reference is useful, such as docking at a crowded shipyard.

[@UmbrellaWatch]

I prefer the original sorry... I couldnt watch this hot mess.

[@sivinbliss]

The worse soundtrack ever...a far cry of what made this popular in the 80s. So boring ...

[@DrunkenJinger]

Girlstar Dramatica. This series was pure woke garbage. Good riddance

[@admiralshadowofasunderedst3068]

How the hell was it woke stop trying to assign modern politics to a show over a decade old.

[@briandeschene8424]

This reboot was so lame.

[@Kokubetsu]

I loved the series and I thought the original BSG was cringe.

[@Whatsupeiththestupidhandlebs]

Damn shame they ruined this show with their woke agenda. That’s why as soon as I saw the change in characters I turned it off mid first episode and never watched again.

[@satan.is.my.copilot]

You're obviously joking, but there are probably a lot of conservative SJWs out there today that really would stop watching it over some kind of made up cultural grievance. I really can't imagine what that would be with this show, but I'm sure they could make up something stupid. What a bunch of whiney old snowflakes. Peaceout.

[@comicmoniker]

​@@satan.is.my.copilotIt's so hard to tell anymore, right? Poe's law coming in hard

[@troyjollimore4100]

LOL!!! ‘Woke’ as compared to… What?

[@NickDavisAltworld]

You keep using that word, except I don't think you really know what it means.

[@troyjollimore4100]

@@NickDavisAltworld "You keep using that word. I don't think it means what you think it means..." - Inigo Montoya