Battlestar Galactica | Welcome to Galactica

Commander Adama walks the halls of his ship as he prepares to give his last address.
Mini Series PART 1 - After a 40-year armistice in the war between the Twelve Colonies and the Cylons, the latter group launches a surprise attack with a goal of exterminating the human race, wiping out virtually everyone in the Twelve Colonies.
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[@jamessharpe406]

"You'll see things here that look odd, or even antiquated..." *Colonel Tigh walks by...

[@mcrazza]

Did the writers know back then that Tigh was a cylon?

[@AlanGHecht]

@@mcrazza No. Ronald Moore didn't come up with the idea for the final five until the third season.

[@gabrielpaige3514]

Colonel Tigh is definitely antiquated and odd!!!

[@lisawillis8227]

He, that was not lost on me. Oh, if only they knew how antiquated.

[@gabrielpaige3514]

@Stripey Arse Too true, aka Bear Frakking McCreary!!!!! And not the other guy Richard Gibbs. Bear McCreary is better than him!!!!

[@andysimmons2648]

I forgot how well written the introduction was. It set the scene, introduced excellent characters and started a brilliant story without making it an exposition dump. They don’t do sci fi like this anymore.

[@hansmuller1175]

Just watch the expanse

[@noahheide6316]

Expanse is great sci-fi

[@KermitTheArchitect]

@@noahheide6316 Expanse is great, but its nowhere near Galactica level.

[@carlvincent3462]

yes - and it establishes perfectly how much of a leader (and loved) Adama is - the story would not work without it

[@BoopSnoot]

They don't have treadmills in the future? Running in the hallways for exercise seems both adding to congestion and a safety hazard.

[@kornchen7400]

I like that a cylon is the tour guide :)

[@RichardTheContentWhisperer]

SPOILERRRRR

[@tammymartinez7488]

Funny when Doral says hi to tigh. Maybe he was subconsciously saying hi to another cylon???

[@tammymartinez7488]

Richard duh? BSG has been our for a while not much of a spoiler

[@willbricksproductions]

Honestly true

[@Thoughmuchistaken]

@@tammymartinez7488 I still haven't watched it. But I've seen too many of these clips now.

[@exexpat11]

Today, as a Naval Tradition, whether a ship is going into mothballs, turned into a museum ship, or broken apart ships are brought back to their highest standard before their decommissioning. It helps determine if they go into the ghost fleet (ready reserve) or if they are turned into razor blades. I decomm'ed two ships when I was in the Navy.

[@13Xerro]

6 minutes and I've got the itch to watch BSG all over again.

[@macross25]

Do it!!! 🤣

[@artiek1177]

So say we all!

[@TheLoneWanderer79]

All this has happened before...

[@oqasho.]

I love how for about the first 3 minutes of tens of people moving around the ship is actually shot in one continuous shot with no hidden cuts. It's easy not to pay attention to this stuff when you're just watching a story and that's okay.. you're not supposed to notice these things and pay your attention to the story and performance. But when you do take a step back and notice it, it makes the show that much more impressive.

[@dhabu9017]

Came here to say this; I watched the show and loved it, and still didn't notice that was a single take. Awesome setup and execution.

[@3adgamd3r]

I love how the colour of the panels change as the series goes on, this is most noticeable in the CIC, where in S1 it’s a clean white/blue, and by S4 it’s a yellowed/orange

[@jemdragons3120]

Whoa i never noticed that. Mustve been all the blood

[@patrickwalsh7088]

She was such a beautiful ship. Galatica and halo’s Pillar of Autumn would be my most favorite ships.

[@fuckyourhandles077]

Normandy from Mass Effect, Galactica & Pillar of Autumn.

[@patrickwalsh7088]

Jeremy Kidwell Woe I can’t believe I forgot the Normandy. Thanks for reminding me!

[@fuckyourhandles077]

@@patrickwalsh7088 no problem sir have a good day. N7 for life!

[@patrickwalsh7088]

Jeremy Kidwell This is my favorite comment on the citadel.

[@shaysilverlocke6228]

I prefered the UNSC Everest, Valiant Class Super Heavy Cruiser, flagship of Admiral Preston J Cole, however, Galactica is one of the top 10s, I do prefer the look of the Valkyrie Class Battlestars from the reimagined BSG series.

[@filthycasual8187]

Happier days. Before the Cylons nuked the Twelve Colonies. This show and its predecessor will never be forgotten. So say we all.

[@robertosantos-vx6pn]

so say we all.

[@retrosquadchannel2.050]

So say we all.

[@dennismatula650]

So say we all

[@thehantavirus]

@@dennismatula650 I always wondered if cavil kept a ressurection ship close enough to the colonies just in case the final 5 bodies would somehow die, even before the attack. He surely cant afford to lose such precious assets. or he already a downloaded body somewhere else already.

[@brettkahn19]

So say we all

[@Zoomer30]

Fun fact: The producers were constantly telling the production teams to save money. They wanted them to be more efficient and to "cut corners" to do this. They really harped on this. As retaliation, the props department made that decision that all papers would have the corners cut off. Every sheet of paper (hell, even the hard cover books) had the corners cut off 😂

[@erwinmatic5062]

I always found it odd how a futuristic civilization would cut the corners off paper. Turns out it's an inside gag. Thanks for the little fun fact.

[@johnmcternan4157]

They regretted doing this in hindsight, Ron Moore said that they had to do this for 5 years to keep consistency and it became very costly at the printers.

[@nicholaspowell7029]

It was also a nod to the original show.

[@SuperVstech]

Zoomer30 where did you hear this? All the corners were off of all papers in the original series, and the movie/miniseries...

[@Kelbourg]

@@SuperVstech Even youtube thumbnails have corners cut

[@benji888578]

The miniseries originally aired in two parts on two nights, it gained more audience the second night, which is extremely rare, usually smaller audience for part two of typical miniseries. This made it easy for the go ahead for the continuing series.

[@thegothicprince2218]

That opening drum line always gives me goosebumps.

[@Nexus-6]

Whelp, looks like it's time for another series re-watch. By the Lords of Kobol, I fracking love this show!

[@PumpkinHoard]

I would love to, but Netflix removed it a few years back....

[@Nexus-6]

+NorfookianJesus It's currently available on Amazon Prime, at least here in Canada.

[@Madferreiro]

Here in Brasil too.

[@grumpyfiveoh]

Syfy.com has it. Also the Battlestargalacticast podcast with Tricia Helfer

[@sl3102]

So say we all!

[@j4kelc]

"I'm coming for all of you" -President Laura Roslin

[@Beowulf1222]

"Old and antiquated" - Tigh walks by

[@robertmartin9029]

Looking back you can guess at the emotions that Adama must have felt when he opened the picture. Pride at the respect of his crew and sadness about the loss of his family to death(his youngest son), divorce (his wife) and anger (his other son who blamed him for the death of Zack). I am sure that painting really hit him harder than he let on.

[@JackMacLupus]

Such a wonderful touch of Chief Tyrol and his crew to bring back the Commanders MKII as a gift.

[@moteroargentino7944]

Always loved how Galactica's crew looked like a family. With it's ups and downs, but they felt human.

[@power2084]

thank you Captain Obvious

[@SewerRatie]

"...Galactica represented Caprica and was first commanded by Commander Nash" - Haha... nice to see Silas Nash appear in Blood & Chrome! I think the drum intro for Galactica in the score for B&C references this scene too. I was so lucky to have seen the mini when it first aired as I was completely unaware it existed and had somehow missed all announcements and marketing for this show. I know it's only 5 minutes in but even by this scene I could tell this was gonna be something wonderful and amazingly different to anything we had seen before. Forever grateful and congrats to all involved.

[@firestorm165]

If you haven't checked out Battlestar Galactica Deadlock I heartily recommend it. The writers were on their A game on that one and watching both generations of Galactica open up on those toasters is just plain glorious

[@m1garandMUSIC]

same here. i saw it only because i was still watching reruns of stargate sg-1 and atlantis

[@jondorsey2043]

That little lyrical play between Adama and Thrace, as a sort of protocol ritual, is soo good. Made the callback at the end really hit home. I forgot it was in the pilot.

[@arnoldsherrill6305]

I don't think any of us at the time when we first saw this had any idea what kind of impact this show would have on not only television., but also on the lives of everyone who watched it or participated in the making of it

[@251spartan]

This is one of those series, you need to at least watch, once in your life, because you will not regret having done so.

[@troyroberts6578]

"...the world-famous Battlestar Galactica." Seems like a strange comment when there are quite a few worlds out there.

[@PumpkinHoard]

Perhaps it's only really a famous ship on Caprica.

[@eliasarndt6400]

Well, originally the twelve colonies were all supposed to be on the same planet (named Kobol) but they changed that during production. Maybe this line is holdover from that version.

[@usul573]

To be fair, world, wer eld, just means "age of man". Earth also pretty much just means ground.

[@marijanewernsman6134]

Yes, I listened very closely to hear if Doral said “worlds-famous,” but nope. It would have been an easy way to get the audience’s attention (for those of us who never saw the original).

[@F40PH-2CAT]

Galactica represents Caprica and those are probably Caprican media.

[@Xemptuous]

This is so smart to keep cycling various video clips of the series periodically on KZbin. It really helps bring back the memories and remembering why this was one of the best movie series ever made (if not the best in my opinion). Glad to be able to relive these moments thanks to your channel and your work. Keep it up.

[@jordanrocksdj]

Unfortunately, there will only be so many more clips of Galactica before there are no more.

[@jondorsey2043]

Couldn't agree more.

[@falcon3268]

0:00 the opening shot of the moon with the corner torn out of it, does anyone else think of the Coneheads movie when they were leaving Earth?

[@CoolsBreeze]

I loved how Galactica looks so new and clean at the start. By the end the ship looks so beaten and broken.

[@eb49273]

What do you see audience?.........Nothing but the best show ever made!

[@PeBoVision]

I think it's time for a re-watch... I've been watching a few, but this clip did it for me. Olmos' Adama is so believable, even here, in the opening minutes of the show.

[@edinthecouv]

"This was a helluva ship once...." - Capt Kelly

[@firestorm165]

That hurt

[@artygunnar]

They all look so young and happy and have no idea what is coming to happen to them!

[@AGH331]

"It's my honour, Ltd. Gaeta ... oh, almost forgot: you're sentenced to death by firing squad. Enjoy."

[@edinthecouv]

Adama: Starbuck, what do you hear? Starbuck: Nothing but the rain. Adama: Then grab your gun and bring in the cat. Starbuck: Boom, boom, boom!

[@lisawillis8227]

What did that mean? Nothing but the rain Grab your gun and bring in the cat?

[@edinthecouv]

@@lisawillis8227 In this episode when the fleet escapes the nebula concealing Ragnar Station, the vipers are deployed to protect the civilian ships and engage the raiders. In the fighter battle Adama contacts Starbuck and says "Starbuck, what do you hear?" she the hears debris hitting her cockpit canopy and says "Nothin but the rain." apparently it a way of saying return to base.

[@lisawillis8227]

Edward Seifert thank you for clearing that up.

[@IiangHau]

Not really explain it though. The battle is after this scene. This scene is first conversation about it. Meaning unknown. The battle scene convesation is use by Adama try to knock/snap Starbuck back to reality, where she too deep in battle emotion where actually everyone is been call back "home".

[@mikevanroy9356]

And Apollo became the cat.

[@LDrumsOhio]

I watched this live in 2003 and had a group of friends over with my Sony WEGA Trinitron and Surround Sound System like the nerd I am. We were all blown away by the mini-series, and knew it was going to be something different. The opening dropped you in but helped you understand the world, the language, the main characters within a few minutes. Some of the dialogue, sound design, camera work, and visual effects were pretty literally never seen before at this quality before BSG on non-premium cable television.

[@chevalierjd]

I miss this show so much. I loved the original as a kid, and loved the reimagining just as much as an adult. Totally bridged those times of my life and I was just happy to watch both series.

[@xxxlonewolf49]

The sets are amazing...the love & respect the crew shows for Adama & the Galactica.

[@PaulCashman]

Absolutely brilliant one-take opening. Still leaves me in awe.

[@mikevanroy9356]

What makes this scene so great is when it aired all the audience knew would happen is the miniseries. We didn't know the miniseries would kick off 4 seasons. So it's great to look back and see they had a long-term plan for these characters.

[@SamnissArandeen]

Welcome to Galactica and to five seasons of the best TV ever aired.

[@DrLynch2009]

Four seasons.

[@tienshan9819]

It's interesting how different the cinematography and style is between the miniseries and seasons 1-3, and then between those seasons and season 4.

[@richardpoliah3632]

So well written opening.....he says "antiquated" and points to Col Tigh as he passes hinting to who he really is (to be known 3 seasons later!).

[@carlvincent-ud5qn]

everything about this show can be described as "simply better". its simply better than what came before it, the script the sets, the music

[@personatodo]

One of the best one take sequence ever. A brilliant way to introduce each character of the miniseries, well written and performed.

[@Yerflua]

"As I was saying, form follows function." Natural words for a Cylon.

[@christiansoldier1968]

I wonder if giving a Mark II Viper as a retirement gift exceeds the $300 threshold.

[@Trek001]

Well, she was in a scrapyard Deckcrew most likely got it for the metal value

[@christiansoldier1968]

All hail the DRMO!!@@Trek001

[@tonyfelder1206]

At first I didn't know what to make of this remake, but I was still remembering what the original series was like. After the miniseries aired part 2, I was hooked like everybody else.

[@ahmedmaniyaruni4300]

This and the expanse are by faaar my favourite sci-fi show humanity has created.

[@ChaoticBattleCamel]

Ahmed ManiyarUni In a day when Star Wars died and picard failed, they don’t make them like they used to. I couldn’t agree more with you .

[@germanmemewarveteran4702]

stargate is also nice

[@chrisdefresne3235]

Cries in Firefly

[@Tap-a-roo]

That is one of the most thoughtful gifts I've ever seen in fiction, or real life, to give to someone.

[@SuperLuminalElf]

BEST Dramatic Science Fiction Series ever MADE. BAMM!!

[@RayMKlll]

"Husker" The First Mark II to appear onscreen, and the last Viper as a whole to launch from Galactica... it's poetic in a way...

[@W1ckedRcL]

Katie Sackhoff was smokin hot as Starbuck. BSG was a great show.

[@misterangel8486]

Welcome aboard cadets.. Now start repairing the dents and scratches you punched into my flightdeck with your noob landing, a viper is not a shuttle dammit 🚀😎😂 *and don't give that excuse you got a bad gimble... Just dont* 💫😉

[@lukeproud6393]

God, everything’s so... clean

[@marcboss6]

Lt Gaeta’s arc man. So good

[@StewArt61]

Still the best sci fi series to come in a long time

[@blacktronpavel]

Oh the feels. I love this show so much. It’s time for my nth marathon rewatch of the series.

[@smoketinytom]

Always worth it. You tear up at the end of the rewatch.

[@scottcox379]

Awesome Share ; great opening plot, and intro. I love this whole sequence.

[@nizarific001]

Got so into that, that I clean forgot I was watching a clip on KZbin and got a proper shock when it ended.

[@joeyeve2643]

Great series.... as long as you stop watching half way through.

[@schimmelnewkirk]

Joey Eve Agreed. Too many poor decisions towards the end. Killing off great characters is one thing, but having them be senseless deaths (Dualla) or require characters to seem to change into a different character (Gaeta) is what bothered me. Still love the show, but elements could have been handled better.

[@kerimbozkurt3301]

I think it is one of the best opening for a series, I loved the soundtrack on this scene as well, it was on repeat for a long time

[@nerdygamerguy8378]

I still think we should have had a miniseries of Adama's earlier years fighting the Cylons, no not Caprica let alone Blood/Chrome.

[@michaelforsythe4335]

Show is so unique. The writing is incredible. I'm currently devouring 'Caprica'........ a very worthy successor.

[@wadearendsee4430]

Galactica was so clean at the start

[@Jeromus1970]

All the great writing on this series and my favorite line is still at 1:28.

[@dangerdoberman]

I remember watching this show when it was new and waited every week for a new episode. Still a great show! >:0

[@MasterX25]

Such an amazing show. I wish it had a couple more seasons, but I'm glad the show ended on a high note, on it's own term.

[@michaelcollins6790]

I'm just smiling so wide watching this.

[@mikevanroy9356]

"The world famous Galactica" "Which world? There's at least 12 of them."

[@invictusrei]

Obviously Caprica...he even says it represents Caprica.

[@concernedcanadian6683]

Looked like the Fonz in his younger days..

[@user_16309]

In the commentary of the mini-series, Ron More (I think) says the same thing.

[@TymersRealm]

Every time I see that pic, I entirely agree.

[@hardwing]

An amazing beginning to an amazing show!

[@seancairns9749]

still one of my favorite shows. funny, i just started watching it. again...

[@Sailor-Dave]

"Whaddaya hear, Starbuck?"

[@yamamancha]

Don't know why these started popping up to recommendations but it does make me want to rewatch the series (again).

[@James00151]

I love it when she says “boom boom boom”. Gonna be plenty of that, alright.

[@sgtjarhead99]

I'll be honest. The original pilot movie/episode didn't completely thrill me. Looked great, but story moved a bit slow and some of the character changes/motivations were a bit hard to get used too. Basically, I could take it or leave it. When the series came out, I didn't catch it until a few episodes in when word of mouth got back to me as to how great it was. Glad I went back to it. One of the greatest SciFi series ever made.

[@satish8299]

If this tv show airs again, well people become entertained and schocked and fascinated how good these show is, it is a family show.

[@DartzIRL]

It'll never be that clean again.

[@ThatGen2Taco]

That was an awesome ONE SHOT camera footage for the first 3:45 seconds.

[@ryans413]

Love the music in this scene

[@definitelynotadam]

The best Sci-fi series ever

[@happisakshappiplace.6588]

Time to dig out the DVD's :)

[@anthonyhernandez1572]

I just read about the reboot/expansion

[@Necromonger69]

It's the Drums, the godamn drums!

[@WildCharger]

Adama claiming he hasn’t seen a Mark II in 20 years but the museum was literally chock full of them, implying he didn’t even once visit that museum the entire time he’s commanded that vessel - can’t say I believe it

[@jackstecker5796]

My favorite is Starbuck's, "MAKE A HOLE!" If you know, you know. Pretty much any vet, or vet's spouse, or kid, or pretty much anyone who has lived near a military post, knows that that's a polite way of saying, "GET THE F**K OUT OF THE WAY!" I'm also consistently surprised how many people know what, "Where's the head at?" means. Aside from one young lady, who took umbrage because she thought I was soliciting for, well, you know what.

[@ListenToGlobal]

3:18 this moment still cracks me up 🤣 I miss BSG so so much, it is one of its kind.

[@Matt-dk3wl]

Well... Now I gotta go watch it one more time :)

[@Roughneck8]

Admiral Adama looked like Fonzie when he was young.

[@calebw3864]

Wonder how different it would've been if Adama had jumped out to Armistace station, would that have provided sufficient warning?

[@Revkor]

no. the virus was well in. even if alerted most of the fleet will be helpless

[@MasterJediDude]

That’s what I was wondering. They might have been able to alert all systems of a pending attack. And they might have been paranoid enough to scrub their network for viruses. It could have stopped “some” of the carnage.

[@CorgyOntoppya]

Aside from FTL and artificial gravity, we could pretty much make this ship with today's tech.

[@dreamer2260]

Not the fully self-contained and pretty much self-sufficient life support systems. An the artificial gravity and propulsion are a pretty big deal aha.

[@Palpatine001]

If only they jumped to that station to see where one overdue officer went.... Then again we wouldnt have a series now would we :-O

[@alduintheanti-dragonborn]

"Alright, where's that officer- Oh frak!"

[@danmichaud5506]

Even if they werent torn apart by a basestar fleet, they wouldve only gotten information of an imminent attack, nothing about the CNP backdoor that wiped out the entire fleet, and as such similar events would've transpired

[@hekkoCZ]

@@danmichaud5506 That information of the attack could have actually condemned Pegasus! If they had rushed to get Pegasus operational, it may have made it vulnerable to the backdoor, too.

[@rc59191]

Man I miss staying up late at night as a kid when my family was away just so I could catch episodes of this and Gundam Wing.

[@tacticalderpy2077]

All this has happened before, and will happen again Me: *Hits replay*

[@volkhen0]

Watching it and eating beets. Am I Dwight Schrute?

[@Ryan_Christopher]

Ah yes, our first viewing of those backwards tank tops on top of tee shirts. I was Active Duty at the time and remember thinking, “Boy if I wore any part of my uniform like that, I’d catch all sorts of hell from the sergeants.”

[@splatoonistproductions5345]

Oddly I was watching this very episode when this came out

[@pizzedahff3127]

3:09 And we first see Tiigh.

[@alduintheanti-dragonborn]

Wait a moment did that guy say "This ship, the last of her kind, was constructed over *50* years ago"?

[@aidanjohnston7505]

Yes, the First Cylon War was about 10 years and she was there at the start of it. There were 40 years of peace before the second war began.

[@alduintheanti-dragonborn]

@@aidanjohnston7505 Oh, now I feel stupid.

[@marcwanagas1234]

Little homage to CVN-65 Enterprise there.

[@alduintheanti-dragonborn]

@@marcwanagas1234 The carrier?

[@MaddRamm]

Chief looks like a skinny kid that far back. I need to rewatch all of this.

[@WadeMFilms]

Best. Show. Ever.

[@GreatWolfBalistic]

I would love to see what would of happened if an Adama was able to assume control of the fleet and fight back in what if? story in a movie or comic

[@philp1398]

In my humble opinion, this is the most underrated Sci Fi show in history. Nearly every single actor should have at least been nominated for something!

[@kmaya1024]

Making it a plot point that all the tech is outdated was so genius because even in 2020, none of the early 2000s designed futuristic-ish tech looks bad/seems out of place bc it's literally canonically supposed to be old looking by any day standards