Hot Dog: Origins | Battlestar Galactica 1x4 "Act of Contrition" | Normies Group Reaction!

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[@crakawut]

was planning on it but way too expensive

[@GregPappasJr]

Katee explained numerous times since that Olmos told her that she could be a great actor if she just actually tried. He felt she was not giving enough of herself in her role and she needed to actually become Kara Thrace. She said that scene was the first time she experienced what Olmos meant and she was actually devastated, crying as Kara. Then as she walked away and grabbed her head, that was Katee being overwhelmed by the feeling. She was go on to say he changed her life for the better... made her better.

[@Dularr]

That was the day she became an actor. Up until that point she was playing Starbuck as a pilot that didn't care about anything.

[@marcboss6]

So good.

[@funnylilgalreacts]

Doc Cottle brings me joy. His IDAGF attitude is awesome 😂

[@tgiacin435]

He’s definitely one of my favorite side characters

[@RandomNPC001]

Doc. Cottle is the Sgt. Briggs of space. "I`m too old for this 💩!"

[@dwnkaomwn3953]

The actor for Hot Dog is Edward James Olmos's son, Bodie.

[@calvinallen3424]

It was a drone. Not a missle

[@knavehart]

the funny thing was they were talking about how they expected bigger explosion over the line about how they were lucky it was a drone instead of it being a missle.

[@Dularr]

It's still odd the drone rocket ignited. Generally safety is not removed until launch.

[@Educated2Extinction]

​@@DularrSpend much time on a Battlestar?

[@andrewnguyen4022]

Edward James Olmos deserved all the awards for his portrayal as Commander Adama. It must have been such a cool experience for younger actors like Katee Sackoff to learn from these masters like Eddie Olmos or Mary McDonnell

[@GD-tt6hl]

They're both former academy award nominees.

[@ESP-23]

You guys were all talking over the part where they explained that it was a drone and not a missile.

[@RandomNPC001]

This is the episode that made Katee the actor she is today. She was really crying in that scene with Olmos. The story goes that she was phoning in on that scene, so Olmos brought her to the side and let her have it explaining that if she was serious about being an actress she had to do better. Later it was explained that she needed a kick in the pants and he did it out of trying to make her better and not to crush her spirits. Both Olmos and McDonnell (president Roslin, check her out on Dancing with wolves) took all the young actors under their wings to help them develop as actors!

[@ryanv6785]

Olmos was such a phenomenal actor in this role. Absolute top notch.

[@bensneb360]

Katee Sackoff is phenomenal as Starbuck, so many layers and interesting, I’m surprised she never got an award for playing her

[@ryannelson1297]

Sci fi was a lot less respected in the awards economy back then. BSG is one of the reasons sci fi became a more respected genre among the general population. Not to say there isn't plenty of sci fi from before BSG that deserves acclaim; it's more of a public perception thing.

[@fordhouse8b]

Yes, Zac died during training. She passed him in basic flight, but that was only the very beginning of his training. He never made it out of flight school.

[@Sir_AlexxTv]

Intense episode, and the level of acting in all the shows is outstanding, right now you may dislike Saul Tigh but Michael Hogan who plays him is an amazing actor.

[@kesler172011]

The whole Helo Sharon Caprica plot will start too come together and make sense in the next few episodes

[@liul]

And it'll be one of the most important in the whole show

[@justsomeguywithsunglasses8418]

Can someone make sure they watch the extended episodes of specific episodes: Pegasus, Unfinished Business, A Disquiet Follows My Soul, Islanded In A Stream Of Stars, Daybreak...especially Unfinished Business and Daybreak.

[@tgiacin435]

How do you know if they’re the extended episodes? I actually thought razor was the only episode/movie with an extended version

[@LMarti13]

@@tgiacin435 nope, those are all extended

[@jonsher7682]

The opening scene involved a drone launching and exploding and not a missile -- a distinction made in the dialogue in which someone says it would have been much worse had it been a missile.

[@wizofauzz]

Doc Cottle is one of my favorite characters, but his bedside manner leaves a lot to be desired. Probably because he is one of the few doctors aboard a ship where people constantly require medical attention.

[@tgiacin435]

I think he’s the only Dr, I’m getting close to the end of season 2, and so far he’s the only medical Dr.

[@andrewcarter9649]

@@tgiacin435 He's not the only one but there aren't many.

[@ShadowDogProduction]

My father was in the Navy 20 years and he said most Navy doctors were like Cottle. They nailed this character.

[@tgiacin435]

@ I mean he’s been the only doctor that shows up or gets mentioned by name, and he seems to be the only one ever on hand. I mean he was the only surgeon too. But then again BSG was the show about cutting corners, literally lol

[@startingQB]

I'm so HAPPY you guys are reacting to this. 🤩

[@SGz_Eliminated]

I've just realised this show has a lot of two-parters so 1 ep a week is going to be rough.

[@tgiacin435]

It’s like waiting for the actual episode to air

[@hazarozgen6508]

This show is a masterclass in acting.

[@tgiacin435]

Honestly Six is one of my favorite characters, specially the one Baltar is always seeing. And one thing I love is that Six is one of Tricia Helfer’s earliest acting roles, and the showrunners made her the face of the series basically. I mean most promos she’s on everything, and she’s even the Jesus figure on the Galactica last supper picture

[@commonstragedy]

As good as this episode is, the next is even better. Definitely one of my favorites.

[@MichaelJohnson-vi6eh]

It really shows the kind of scenarios that are likely in an end of the world situation. Civilian vs military.

[@commonstragedy]

@MichaelJohnson-vi6eh I love how they repeatedly show both sides of a topic. The episode dealing with a union vs. "management" comes to mind.

[@ErixTheSwift]

I'm gonna be a broken record long before the end of this show, but... The dialogue is just SO. GOOD.

[@ThriftyNiftyy]

Gotta love them talking about how if it was a missle it should have been a bigger explosion literally as they are saying it wasnt a missle it was a drone. Are the subtitles only for us? Or do they just not read them?

[@pauldavis5665]

It is the normies, they always miss things because they are busy yapping so much.

[@ThriftyNiftyy]

@@pauldavis5665 I know but thats why we have subtitles I just wish they actually read them

[@chazzerous]

24:34 Zack failed his "checkride" - think of it like a final exam for a pilot that you take while flying an actual plane, and if you pass you will get your pilot's license. In this case Zack was so bad that he crashed and died on his checkride.

[@PromLesbian]

One word that sums up B.S.G. is Humanity.

[@BusoRockin1000]

Lee was right that Zach died because of Adama pressuring him. I don't think that Starbuck would have felt that she needed to help him so badly as to let him pass basic flight training. Zach probably built his whole selfworth around following in Adama's footsteps.

[@richardwallis9374]

I heard this story about a mishap with a nuke that went down with a plane over North Carolina. One of the nukes that fell out didn’t have its parachute deploy. Multiple fails safes failed and it was a single low volt switch that was turned off that prevented us nuking that state. Stuff happens😮

[@EdmundShern]

For a moment when i saw Sam Witwer, I thought Jamie Tart was on BSG!

[@cardiac19]

Phenomenal acting aside, I love this episode for it's Battlestar Galactic '78 call back storyline. They were able to retell that story in such a new way that fits this series.

[@joshie20]

Suggestion: Maybe have the person who's already watched the show previously be the allocated person who pre-screens the trivia, to minimise likelihood of spoilers.

[@Illvester42]

if ya just grab the Blu-ray set, less worry of accidental reveals? idk, lol

[@jarkkolahtinen7441]

Yo don't say something is totally unerealistic, without experience or expertize on a matter 🤣Confidently wrong, lolol.

[@WalterCena-rj2hm]

OMG! What a surprise! Now you are one step closer to another space operas masterpieces like Babylon 5 or Legend of the Galactic Héroes

[@lordflashheart3680]

Pay attention to the show guys, you are missing things that may become important later.

[@AlbertHuebsch]

Seven pilots died and thirteen were injured.

[@AlbertHuebsch]

They never explained exactly what happened to Zack in the series. That's a reason I wish someone had novelized the series. Perhaps there would have been more of a back story about things like this in a series of novels.

[@Dularr]

Act of contrition - it is part of forgiveness. Starbuck confessed her sin to Adama. Was the act of contrition, Starbuck staying behind allowing the nuggets get back to the Galatica?

[@trestlewoodstudios]

They had three movies, one directed by Edward Olmos.

[@Educated2Extinction]

They pack a lot into this show, so its easy to miss things if you get distracted. On a rewatch I caught a lot of things I missed. Some take seasons for the payoff.

[@rickyd-lux9067]

24:15 I thought it was a training exercise.

[@rickyd-lux9067]

7:03 Suraj should write a romance novel.

[@skyblu81]

3:00 with all the Sam Witwer call outs yall should really watch Being Human

[@marcboss6]

My favorite episode

[@technofilejr3401]

9:20 Of course the human looking Cylons eat food. Boomer is a female Cylon and was on Galactica for over 2 years. It would look a little odd for her to never eat. Plus she had to go through all types of physical exams.

[@lacondrathompson1747]

Fam Luv U

[@LMarti13]

complaining that it makes no sense while talking over the explanation. classic.

[@JasakaD]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@aaronjones4465]

Moooooorrrrreeeeee

[@VanDavis]

To reiterate, yet again... I know you guys are a react channel, but you REALLY do yourself a disservice when you're talking over all the exposition with your own small talk and long comments. At the very least, try to get better at reading the captions while you're talking. Several times already, you have ended up having questions about things you were talking over when they were explained.

[@LMarti13]

what's wild to me is that there are five of them and not ONE picked up on it

[@ThommyUnderhill]

MGS3 is the best

[@Thundernoob98]

This is why I don’t understand why Apollo was so mad at his father. Even if Starbucks hadn’t lied and passed him on the flight training he still flew 1000 missions before the accident happened. He made it sound like he couldn’t fly and died on his first mission because he wasn’t able to fly.

[@punkrockpollyanna7829]

?? I'm confused. I thought it was Hot Dog that had flown 1000 missions, not Zach. I thought Zach didn't make it completely out of flight school before dying

[@Kennia1998]

[@stevenightfall6634]

Are you guys trying to just flood your BSG reactions with dumb takes and stupid comments?

[@MotoroidARFC]

Looks like yes. I'm going to stick with them until Cain buys it but it's already a chore to even listen.

[@DutchFurnace]

Yeah that always bothered me so much about the whole backstory. No one else in the entire military considered it investigation worthy that the son of the commander who was dating his instructor crashed during an "incident" that "only unqualified pilots make"? Instead the whole conclusion was somehow that it therefor must have been a crazy freak "accident" as he was clearly, zero investigation required, a qualified pilot? The thing that bothers me about it, is that creates the "lore" of the BSG world being extremely elitist corrupt.