The Evolution of the Cylon Centurion | Battlestar Galactica Lore

[@ScriptDoctor]

Listening to Nerd Cookie's videos is like listening to an upgraded and engaging version of the LCARS computer system from Star Trek. "Nerd Cookies, please provide a summary of the Cylon Centurion evolution." *sequential beeps* "The reptilian race known as Cylons first created sentient robots..."

[@NerdCookies]

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[@shanenolan8252]

Lol I meet her once ( majel barrett, roddenbury) very smart lady

[@jerrysstories711]

@@NerdCookies You do have a wonderful voice for narration or for a calming AI presence.

[@SeaJay_Oceans]

A beautiful voice - could listen for hours - clean, crisp, balanced, smart and cute - can not tell the accent ~ origin of her version of English.

[@philly83]

It's unfortunate that caprica was cancelled after only one season and blood and chrome wasn't picked up as a series. It would've been fun to see more of the evolution of the centurions

[@DMSProduktions]

Agreed!

[@jerrysstories711]

Even as a kid in the 80's, I asked my dad WHY they'd have robots sit in a pilot seat instead of just building a robot ship.

[@carrollsanders9376]

They adopted the.Military tactics they were programed with by the Cylons.

[@jerrysstories711]

@@carrollsanders9376 The only raises the question of why the reptile Cyclons would have robots sit in a pilot seat instead of just building a robot ship.

[@carrollsanders9376]

@@jerrysstories711 They would have first used reptile pilots, then transferred to robots your assuming the reptiles didn't use reptile pilots before the uprising Maybe the evolution of robots happened very rapidly without safeguarding and thats why the Cylons died out.

[@jerrysstories711]

@@carrollsanders9376 Well, humans use human pilots, and in the past several years we've gone directly to robot planes, without a silly step where we put humanoid robots into the cockpits of regular planes. Why shouldn't the BSG reptiles be just as intelligent as us? And I made no such silly assumption as you described.

[@carrollsanders9376]

@@jerrysstories711 You have Human pilots piloting most drones right now.

[@raysmith1630]

You always do great break downs and analysis of one of my all-time favorite series. Thanks again for your efforts.

[@kennethcook5939]

The centurions, whether the original series version, or the Moore series, are some of the coolest looking sci-fi robots ever made. The original were more bulky and slow, but that was more of a limit on technology at the time. The updated versions were more sleek and bad ass in their capabilities, thanks to advances in computer technology.

[@Silentstorm667]

I love the second Cylon war centurions but the only thing I kinda miss about them is that they dint talk unlike the first Cylon war centurions

[@knowsomething9384]

You have one of the most soothing voices on KZbin, in my experience.

[@carcillian]

“Thou shall not make a computer in the likeness of a human mind” ~The Orange Catholic Bible

[@KonradKurz-j7e]

What about in the likeness of a highly intelligent bipedal lizard person?

[@jkdbuck7670]

@@KonradKurz-j7e you just described my ex.

[@johnblankenship4295]

I'd like to see an more in depth study into the ancient first-earth cylons. Their appearance, an unearthed head at least, looks like it had samurai stylings.

[@JessWLStuart]

Love this! You're presentations are always informative, accurate, and cover both OG material, and later re-imaginings!

[@NerdCookies]

Thank you 😊💓

[@bobobo2224]

I've gotta say, your videos are always super informative and great. thank you

[@dennisud]

I still like the one episode of Galactica 1980 where one Cylon worked with Starbuck. And one of the central themes is that everything happens again and again in a cycle. THAT should be done as a video all by itself.

[@cesarespinozaspain]

A fitting independence day story! Thanks and cheers! So say we all..

[@markabele8794]

Thanks for this very in depth look at the Cylon's history. There's a lot I didn't know about it. I don't have a particular favorite model. Have a Nerdy day as well.

[@marknovak6498]

Even as I preferred the newer BSG, the Original Cylons have a place in my heart. When one of the Cylons said in the original 'we were taking a vote when the planet came up and hit us' I saw there was some humanity inside the metal shell. In a later episode the cyclos mentioned their peers as bothers as I recall.

[@Shervin86]

That is so awesome; ya I can see why those little lines would make such a big difference. I wish I could see the original for what it is... but being an 80s kid, although I loved old scifi like OG Startrek as a kid, I never saw 70s bsg back then, and now I just can't seem to embrace the 70s scifi, farthest I can go back is Startrek tng hahah but knowing all I do I appreciate the hell out of 70s BSG lore and universe. The '04 version is my obsession since the day it aired haha

[@Knuspermonster]

also that one time Pegasus arrives and Baltar doesnt notice it while that one centurion trys to tell him that there is a second Battlestar

[@johnneumann6229]

We were taking a vote when the ground came up and hit us

[@generalkenobi7148]

Hello There! Always a delightful pleasure! keep up the excellence in entertainment!

[@coreydb3549]

As usual, excellent video!

[@shanenolan8252]

Thanks guys. Happy fourth of July to you both

[@misterangel8486]

That was beautiful. Thank you very much👌😎👍

[@ryank5424]

I have been wondering lately just where does the latest model of centurion store its ammo? Do like both versions

[@rsrt6910]

I'm guessing... ball sack?

[@williamsalmon2195]

I was always drawn to the original cylon commander called Lucifer. He was cunning and comedic at the same time

[@WorgenGrrl]

I remember watching the original Battlestar Galactica when I was a kid in the 70's. And the Cylons always unnerved me. Whenever you heard that iconic sound (right up there with Darth Vader's breathing machine), you knew there was going to be trouble. The one episode I remembered most was Starbuck's Planet (I don't know the name of the title). Starbuck was shot down over a desert planet along with the cylon ship he was fighting. Starbuck survived, but with no way to get off planet. He soon started setting up a base camp and waited for rescue. Soon he came across the downed Cylon ship with three Cylons in it. I forget why he did it, but he reactivated one of the Cylons (possibly out of loneliness) and soon began a relationship similar to "Enemy Mine".

[@chiefteefteefreturns3320]

I so love the intro

[@Shervin86]

Watching this video gave me the idea that through the evolution of the cylons through different shows; given the focus on repetition and time all BSG shows have, you can actually relate all 3 shows together... (+Caprica) Creating a chronological order in which cylons were made, fought their reptilian masters, fought some existing humans and realized their form is ideal. They evolved into humans which eventually create more AI and so on and so forth... Well in a nutshell hehehe And given that by end of the remaining it's proven we are all partly Cylon it'll make for an interesting approach for future shows... ahem... 😄

[@ryank5424]

"leave a like and let me know your thoughts in the comments" ....By your command

[@jackuber7358]

You have to surmise that the imperial storm troopers of Star Wars were the inspiration of Larson's Cylons, but with a transition from human to robot to allow for all the carnage without blood for 70s & 80s television. Nevertheless, the detailed back story for the new Cylons makes them so much more than mere NPCs to be mowed down every episode. Excellent historical summary, thank you.

[@NerdCookies]

Thank you!

[@ArawnsFire]

The resemblance goes deeper than that . The design of each was by none other than Ralph McQuarrie . His conceptual art is available online where the Stormtrooper and Centurion designs were nearly identical at one point.

[@anidiot2284]

@@ArawnsFire where is this available I’m very curious to see this

[@donovandelaney3171]

"Uncatalogued War Cylon DNA detected. War Cylon DNA acquired and available!" - Omnitrix

[@aztec0112]

When the RDM Cylons first appeared, I lost it! When rebel Cylons leading humans and other red stripes with hand signals in the final episode, I lost it again!

[@Dragonmaster3315]

I still love the original series cylons, they to me were the most scary & menacing.

[@edbouhl3100]

Egad! The Cylon chip that went on to mass production had invisible traces of a teenage personality? No wonder they angry, wouldn’t work, and rebelled! And no wonder Number Six was such a hormonal fantasy come to life!

[@DMSProduktions]

KITT from Knight Rider was a Cylon! Check the time paradoxes and back engineering! Fits with the old twice from Earth cosmology! KR could be considered a retconn prequel to the 'original' BSG '78!

[@williammay5300]

Nerd Cookie Battlestar Galactica Classic 1978 and 1980 will completely vaporizer Ronald D. Moore's BSG!!

[@breotan]

I thought the IL series were separate model from the Imperious Leader which looked like an alien with an afro. In the series the IL model Lucifer was Baltar's second in command.

[@RoadtoNowhere73]

When I was a kid, obsessed with Cylons, my dad too me to universal studios to see them (in early 80s). Mind was blown.

[@peterhann9748]

Nerd Cookies, more efficient than Jarvis in providing data.

[@NerdCookies]

❤

[@justan324]

nice video, though i never really grew up with battlestar galactica. lol i see this robots and my mind goes right to the zaku's from the gundam series

[@centurian318]

“We we’re putting it up for a vote when the ground suddenly came up and hit us.” Group Leader Cyrus

[@StarsingerOG]

Long story short they circled back by becoming human and developed their own fully mechanical centurions with no free will to do their bidding. An aspect often overlooked in the show.

[@o.k.productions5202]

My favourite centurion is the one Baltar thought religion to during the battle for the resurrection hub

[@erikhoxsey8186]

Fear the evolved toasters. Especially when they are sentient. The Centurions are epic awesome!

[@lucycarr6065]

It would be awesome if you did a BSG Lore episode on the Cylon Civil War. There isn't a single video about it by any other content creator that I can find.

[@NerdCookies]

Good idea!

[@TheMightyCookieShow]

If the cyclons ran across the Borg...that could be a lot of fun

[@Starbuck8008]

I'd listen to her read the phone book.

[@AdegaOutlaw]

Always liked the "Red Stripes"

[@OneofInfinity.]

I'm Still pissed they cancelled Caprica.

[@Gunnberg85]

The true tragedy of the reboot is that humanity is alone in the galaxy. That, and due to a vicious, mystical cycle, humanity is solely responsible for all of its woes.

[@kevincharles9864]

Luv your videos 🖤 #restorethesnyderverse

[@mafmaf6417]

I watched the original series when it came out and have loved it ever since. The 90's reboot, although I was sceptical at first was just as good. The only thing I did not like was the Cylon origin story. I felt the original series was better.

[@billberndtson]

The centurion's voice in the original series was the coolest thing ever to this (then) 6 year old. Apart from that, the 2004 centurion was the coolest as it was legitimately terrifying to the humans fighting them. Not so much in the original series.

[@BettyWhiteTheVibratorSlayer]

"By your command" cylons were only so violent because unlike Data they were not "fully functional" 😉

[@Squeedow]

I wish I had a "fully functional" Data!

[@Squeedow]

"By your command!!"

[@mikecobalt7005]

:) Great Video. It's good including so much time on the original Centurions as where that's where they started. on "Earth 1" Deanna really didn't seem like she was interested in "Starting Over" just sorting out how much of her beliefs and life had been dedicated to so many falsehoods.

[@grimmrefertheJedi]

I think that the rebel cylons found them selfs a homeworld of there own so they could grow and explore the galaxy

[@VulpisFoxfire]

IIRC, weren't Larson's original Cylons actually *cyborgs* of the reptilian race, and were later retconned into robots later in the TV series to be more 'acceptable' to do things like mass killing of them and dismemberment? Also, trying...online avatars don't work that way...they're the physical image of someone, not their personality...

[@Brainfryde]

The new origin story, ignoring the weak Cylon name bit, is how it failed to grasp its Planet of the Apes source. In Caprica, we do not get ANY humanoid robots / androids of any kind. So how did they multiply quickly enough to have an uprising? The information about the chip in question for the AI to run on was a stolen tech, with forged information in the computers as to how it was built. Even if they did try to replicate, they would only succeed at creating chips that never worked. I think they will need to do more retcon if they revive the newer version of Cylon origins, as the religious angle is just a bit too heavy. Still, I think new or old, more Cylon lore would excite the imagination if done without such a dark and doomed outlook by ALL of the characters. The reimagined series was a lot of fun, but when Cylons are the only people who ever enjoy life...

[@mrkattm]

What are you talking about, humans created Cylons, they revolted and now some of them look like us.

[@YllibD]

Greetings one and all, stay blessed 🙏

[@Shervin86]

So say we all!

[@gregory196011]

This has happen before and will happen again.

[@thegreygrappler6280]

A common mistake made by a lot of these breakdown videos is that the human “skin job” cylons didn’t evolve from the toasters. The chrome toasters were found by the skin jobs in deep space and were given purpose. The skin jobs we’re created by the final five.

[@eeemistr]

Wrong, young Adama crashed on some planet where the chrome toasters were experimenting on humans trying to engineer the living DNA so to make skin jobs and those bath tub humans that run the base stars, did you even watch the series?

[@premier69]

a neutered centurion might go well with the dog.

[@williammitchell4417]

That could be Muffit

[@Treeplanter73]

I miss their speech.

[@czluver4338]

Cybernetic Lifeform Node = CLN = clone != Cylon

[@ethenallen1388]

I'm glad they changed the origin of the cylons when they made the updated series. The version in which some nonhuman species made them sounds a little too much like passing the buck. And don't think I missed the significance of the "original cylons" being reptilian.

[@captainkill1993]

Shepherd Commander

[@ArawnsFire]

Most the pity more information was not available for the highest echelon models like Lucifer . Oddly enough the series was barred from viewing once it was discovered that a character bore that name. .

[@joey_after_midnight]

In both versions, the Copying of another form as a substitute for understanding how to make the Perfect being for all things.. resulted in a misunderstood Flawed being. It seems a recurring theme. Copy what you don't understand as a temporary stand in, until you do understand. Learn by making mistakes. Try again.

[@allenwood4771]

Can we have a conversation about what a horrible person Kara Thrace really was?

[@williammitchell4417]

I doubt that Starbuck was either evil nor was she a machine

[@mythyc9604]

Elon just demo’d a cylon tonight. Imma go watch “33”…

[@xephael3485]

no need to come up with BS to explain things when you have channels that do it for ya...