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That whole scene with Galactica dropping, launching the Vipers before jumping is still the single most awesome thing I’ve ever seen on TV, regardless of genre and, what, nearly 15 years of technology advancement. To be honest I can’t think of many scenes in movies that come close.
You’re so right ! There is a real mastery in editing, mounting tension, acting, direction, that you can see in many battles in this show, and this one is on top !
Hot Dog: "Well, this ought to be different." Proceeds to yeet himself and his Viper out of a Battlestar falling towards the ground at terminal velocity through a curtain of superheated air.
The Adama maneuver is the most underrated amazing tactic in all of sci-fi I Fracking love this show There was another expletive I wrote previously, but we all know Frack is the correct way to say it. So say we all!
Before that FTL jump into New Caprica, William Adama was just a good commander. After the maneuver, he became a legend the likes of which Sci Fi has rarely seen.
@@ggoddkkiller1342 Eh so was Galactica . Anyway I argue that Wartime era ships should've been ones not built to last. They need to built quickly so time consuming to make things are done correctly. While peace time you can take your time to manufacture, and make sure ship is sound.
@@Suzaku455 You need to read the lore a little bit mate, during first cylon war casualties weren't that high and Galactica was one of 12 original battlestars ever built. Then cylons disappeared mainly because they couldn't keep up fighting. So peace era began and people were even assuming cylons were defeated entirely, therefore they began questioning military budget and reducing it. This is why Pegasus isn't as well as armored as Galactica, it is same in real life as well. For example US built over 100 aircraft carriers during WW2 but not so many since then as it is impossible to convince public US needs dozens of aircraft carriers against an enemy which is nowhere to be found..
tbf, its understandable why a Cylon would forget that Humans are not capable of communicating with someone in orbit. Cylons are afterall machines with the ability to transmit like a radio.
It's a human reaction. It doesn't matter if Baltar doesn't know. It's frustration , displaced anger, and reasserting dominance, when he clearly lost it.
they never trusted Baltar. They knew he was untrustworthy. Hence why he was selected to deliver the virus, they knew he was arrogant and vain. Even after this raid, when Baltar was amoung them, they still never trusted him.
That ship proved it worth with that one battle in current sci fi. Galactica the most battle tested 80s and 00s version. True warship built to frack slags up😆😄👍🏾
I always find it an endearing moment when Zarek hands the guy a gun and tells him to protect Laura. It's hard to reconcile that part of Zarek with what he did in season 4, even though it's not surprising what he did
Zarek was an opportunist, he respected Roslin and knew he had to work with her. As soon as he saw an opening to take control though. He ruthlessly took it for himself.
@@mikhaelis Agreed. He wasn't just a mustache twirling villain. He refused to go along with Baltar's puppet administration and was tossed into detention for it, rather than sit in a cush job. He's certainly an extremist. Even at the end where he and Gaeta are about to be executed, they smile to each other. They pulled the coup because they honestly believed it was the right thing to do.
It doesn't say "Dixon Ticonderoga"? That's actually a pencil maker. I remember using them way, WAY back in grade/junior/high school. I don't have the eyes anymore to see the writing on the pencils at that timestamp. I tried to magnify and high contrast it with ZoomText, but can't make it out myself.
@@lionsjourney29 The Soviets used older cruise missiles as decoys to make the U.S. carrier task force think the missiles were their bombers and the Tomcats wasted all their Phoenix missiles shooting down harmless decoys while the REAL attack came from another vector.
1)Sorry for my English. 2) I love this not because of Adama Maneuver, but becaus army is doing what is army supposed to do. Protecting civilians. Have you send us away? Have you said, that you dont need our protection anymore? It does not matter. We will come back, when you will be in need.
@@magnusred2945 Probably yes, but why? Iam from Czech Republic - google my country. We have "free" medical care - all in. We are in TOP countries at the world in nearly everything. We have low crime rate, we are first! in marihuana consumation per capita.....i think i will stay :)
lol Im a Trekkie since TNG, but the difference between how ridiculously much an old Battlestar can take without shields in comparason to how fickle the ST ships are in lore, is crazy. Well, other than the Defiant ofc. That small ship couldve nukes half the quadrant and eaten everyones moms ass
To be a fair a phaser salvo would utterly decimate the ships in BSG, a photon would be like dropping a 500kg bomb on a small car. The weapon power scale is literally orders of magnitude different. A typical ship seen in TNG could take pretty much every weapon the 12 colonies and Cylons could throw at them even without shields. Even nukes are considered quaint, able to be shrugged off with the navigational deflector. In the Original Series a single Constitution class ship was capable of destroying the entire surface of a planet.
@@TalesOfWar In TOS episode Balance of Terror, a single nuke detonated less than 100m away from Enterprise put it out of commission briefly with radiation burns and circuit burnouts across multiple decks. The ships were as strong or as weak as the writing needed them to be at that moment.
@@Ladco77 Yeah, but once TNG rolled around, only Federation level weapons were able to be a threat to the Enterprise, since now they actually had to keep Continuity in check (You can tell by change in attitude to Stardates. TOS is whenever, whereas TNG and beyond follow a rigid system, even if they ended up causing some issues due to Season 1's finale.).
I wonder how many they left behind on New Caprica? Surely tons didn't make it to evac locations. Weren't clued in. Were sick, young or elderly and had no one to look after them etc.
I never understood why the black cylon asked Baltar where galactica was. How would he know? It’s not like he was some kind of a military tactician or knew Adama so well he’d know where the ship would be.
I had a GF that tried to show me every tearjerker movie , Eternal Derp Of The Spotless Derp et Al . I never felt a thing . She caught me ballng my eyes out at this scene and got MMA with me lol
Ironically the composer behind this show, Bear McCreary, would go on to compose the soundtracks to God of War 2018 and Ragnarok, the two Norse games in the series.
It wasn’t long after this episode that the show lost direction, with Ronald Moore having painted himself into a corner. The last few seasons meandered around into mediocrity and a disastrous ending.
They were promised an extra season then had it cancelled at very short notice, so they had to do a lot of wrapping up of things that were supposed to have taken another season to wrap up. SyFy seem to hate sci-fi shows and actively tried to ruin it. They did the same with Stargate Universe and The Expanse too. We'd have never got an end for The Expanse were it not for Amazon buying it because Bezos happened to be a big fan of it.
@@TalesOfWar and then he cut that as well because the Expanse "ending" (for now) and having its last season cut down to 6 eps from 10 was Amazon's fault
If they had used the Pegasus attacking at long range there would have been a good chance of the Pegasus surviving and the colonials would still have their far greater asset. Very dumb of Lee Adama.
Kind of makes sense. The colonialists lost their advanced network weapon systems to the Cylon virus. While the centurion were constrained by the newer models.
Why not, Ukraine is mostly artillery duels, trench warfare, and minefields, with drones thrown in. SAMS and electronic warfare make anything more impossible.
From the point of view of the setting is the worst series I've ever seen. The series has the most realistic spaceship combat ever, but when the scene moves to planets, the evident lack of funds forced the production to shoot the scenes in common environments, so unbelievable, as to evoke ridicule. It takes total suspension of disbelief not to notice that some people are armed with Kalashnikovs... really ridiculous.
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I've watched this battle a hundred times and after all these years, I still grin like a little kid when Galactica jumps in.
What is Gaeta drawing!!??
A fool restaurant with stairs?
The Galactica dropping in was Epic!
That whole scene with Galactica dropping, launching the Vipers before jumping is still the single most awesome thing I’ve ever seen on TV, regardless of genre and, what, nearly 15 years of technology advancement. To be honest I can’t think of many scenes in movies that come close.
That moment of understanding when Helo yells 'Launch, Launch them all!' Just amazing.
You’re so right ! There is a real mastery in editing, mounting tension, acting, direction, that you can see in many battles in this show, and this one is on top !
Hot Dog: "Well, this ought to be different."
Proceeds to yeet himself and his Viper out of a Battlestar falling towards the ground at terminal velocity through a curtain of superheated air.
Epic
It ranks right along side the Charge of the Rohirrim!
The Adama Maneuver is probably the coolest thing I’ve ever seen.
Probably. However for those (like me) who knew Picard maneuver , it's like... "hey youuuuu ;-) "
I think the Adama maneuver may have inspired the Holdo maneuver
The Adama maneuver is the most underrated amazing tactic in all of sci-fi I Fracking love this show
There was another expletive I wrote previously, but we all know Frack is the correct way to say it. So say we all!
You wanted to say "fracking love" dont you? (= So say we all!
Before that FTL jump into New Caprica, William Adama was just a good commander. After the maneuver, he became a legend the likes of which Sci Fi has rarely seen.
Gotta love the Husker Hailmary
@@DelIsInYourMind Frakking =p
I cry everytime I watch this, like a baby
Love that Hot Dog is so nonchalant about dropping into action from atmo even though he was a nugget a few seasons back.
This whole episode is one of the finest episodes of any show.
I hate what happened to the Pegasus.
@@Suzaku455 It was in bad shape anyway, peace era battlestars weren't built to last forever like Galactica.
@@ggoddkkiller1342 Eh so was Galactica . Anyway I argue that Wartime era ships should've been ones not built to last.
They need to built quickly so time consuming to make things are done correctly.
While peace time you can take your time to manufacture, and make sure ship is sound.
@@Suzaku455 You need to read the lore a little bit mate, during first cylon war casualties weren't that high and Galactica was one of 12 original battlestars ever built. Then cylons disappeared mainly because they couldn't keep up fighting. So peace era began and people were even assuming cylons were defeated entirely, therefore they began questioning military budget and reducing it. This is why Pegasus isn't as well as armored as Galactica, it is same in real life as well. For example US built over 100 aircraft carriers during WW2 but not so many since then as it is impossible to convince public US needs dozens of aircraft carriers against an enemy which is nowhere to be found..
You may not like him Cylons, but you can't deny Adama's got style
I like how that one Cylon (haven't watched enough to know number) asks Baltar where Galactica is, as if he would have any idea lol
tbf, its understandable why a Cylon would forget that Humans are not capable of communicating with someone in orbit. Cylons are afterall machines with the ability to transmit like a radio.
It's a human reaction. It doesn't matter if Baltar doesn't know. It's frustration , displaced anger, and reasserting dominance, when he clearly lost it.
they never trusted Baltar. They knew he was untrustworthy. Hence why he was selected to deliver the virus, they knew he was arrogant and vain. Even after this raid, when Baltar was amoung them, they still never trusted him.
Ah yes number Xena.
The most amazing FTL jump the Galactica ever made! 🙌
That ship proved it worth with that one battle in current sci fi. Galactica the most battle tested 80s and 00s version. True warship built to frack slags up😆😄👍🏾
I always find it an endearing moment when Zarek hands the guy a gun and tells him to protect Laura. It's hard to reconcile that part of Zarek with what he did in season 4, even though it's not surprising what he did
Yeah that was a very cool Zarek moment.
Zarek was an opportunist, he respected Roslin and knew he had to work with her. As soon as he saw an opening to take control though. He ruthlessly took it for himself.
That guy who gun should stay on the Planet they throw out of air lock!!!
Zarek was a true believer in his cause. He was not a tyrant and he did not do anything just to grab power.
@@mikhaelis Agreed. He wasn't just a mustache twirling villain. He refused to go along with Baltar's puppet administration and was tossed into detention for it, rather than sit in a cush job. He's certainly an extremist. Even at the end where he and Gaeta are about to be executed, they smile to each other. They pulled the coup because they honestly believed it was the right thing to do.
By far some of the best strategy he's used yet... Used all their weaknesses agianst them
The Adama manuver never fails to get me huped and motivated!
The greatest maneuver in modern day fiction history! Adama Maneuver!
Adamaaaaaaa!
I love that at 5:31, you can see "DIXON CHINA MARKER" on the pencils. Not as exciting as the Adama maneuver, but still a fun detail.
It doesn't say "Dixon Ticonderoga"? That's actually a pencil maker. I remember using them way, WAY back in grade/junior/high school.
I don't have the eyes anymore to see the writing on the pencils at that timestamp. I tried to magnify and high contrast it with ZoomText, but can't make it out myself.
04:35 My boi Baltus sparking one up to cope.
Ha I've seen this a dozen times just noticed that!
This whole sequence is still just fraking awesome!!👏🧐
Fucking love it when the percussion jumps in when they start moving in on the target.
dang that little red ladder that the mechanic and lieutenant were hiding behind is way to OP.
Adamaaaaa Manueverrrrr! The most Bad Ass move ever done in Sci Fi History!
Bsg is seriously underrated. Scenes like these match or top the best scenes from star wars and star trek.
In every youtubes comments, someone pretend something is underrated.
The decoy tactic is right out of Tom Clancy's novel "Red Storm Rising." Looks great in space. 😁
I read the book ages ago got a copy at a thrift store some months ago. I don't remember a scene like this
@@lionsjourney29 The Soviets used older cruise missiles as decoys to make the U.S. carrier task force think the missiles were their bombers and the Tomcats wasted all their Phoenix missiles shooting down harmless decoys while the REAL attack came from another vector.
Seeing the ship jump into orbit then jump out was cool
5:13 so he's taking cover from enemy fire.... Behind a ladder.
Durr....
This has taken me out of the scene every single time.
Damn near all the leaders on the ground are cylons lol the irony
Nice to know that the colonials had Kalashnikovs. Some Stinger missiles would have been handy, too.
This is pure 21st century sci-fi action at is Best with awesome CGI
Saul leading the charge walking on a cane is pure leadership badassery.
1)Sorry for my English. 2) I love this not because of Adama Maneuver, but becaus army is doing what is army supposed to do. Protecting civilians. Have you send us away? Have you said, that you dont need our protection anymore? It does not matter. We will come back, when you will be in need.
You did good with your English! You should move to America and join the army
@@magnusred2945 lol, i would be great general. I was great at RedAlert.
@@kecenavrtep Can you move to America?
@@magnusred2945 Probably yes, but why? Iam from Czech Republic - google my country. We have "free" medical care - all in. We are in TOP countries at the world in nearly everything. We have low crime rate, we are first! in marihuana consumation per capita.....i think i will stay :)
@@kecenavrtepRed Alert was an awesome game. I love C&C
I might witch it on Xmas day
i like how the makers didn't even bother to make any modifications to the weapons, guys are just running around with UMP5's, Scorpions and AK's
The sidearms that most of the crew carries are lightly dressed up FN 5.7s.
Could've used those AKs when the cylons bordred Galactica the first time.
My favorite line at 4:49. "Where's Galactica?"
It looks soo realistic, although its how old again!?
So much effort and thought put in.
OMG hi salut d'autres épisodes ? Une suite ?
Summary of this scene: the AK series of rifles is literally *older* than recorded human history.
even if it breaks continuity, id prefer that they use a well understood rifle than some sort of made up lazer gun. It makes it much more believable
lol Im a Trekkie since TNG, but the difference between how ridiculously much an old Battlestar can take without shields in comparason to how fickle the ST ships are in lore, is crazy.
Well, other than the Defiant ofc. That small ship couldve nukes half the quadrant and eaten everyones moms ass
To be a fair a phaser salvo would utterly decimate the ships in BSG, a photon would be like dropping a 500kg bomb on a small car. The weapon power scale is literally orders of magnitude different. A typical ship seen in TNG could take pretty much every weapon the 12 colonies and Cylons could throw at them even without shields. Even nukes are considered quaint, able to be shrugged off with the navigational deflector. In the Original Series a single Constitution class ship was capable of destroying the entire surface of a planet.
@@TalesOfWar In TOS episode Balance of Terror, a single nuke detonated less than 100m away from Enterprise put it out of commission briefly with radiation burns and circuit burnouts across multiple decks. The ships were as strong or as weak as the writing needed them to be at that moment.
@@Ladco77 Yeah, but once TNG rolled around, only Federation level weapons were able to be a threat to the Enterprise, since now they actually had to keep Continuity in check (You can tell by change in attitude to Stardates. TOS is whenever, whereas TNG and beyond follow a rigid system, even if they ended up causing some issues due to Season 1's finale.).
I wonder how many they left behind on New Caprica? Surely tons didn't make it to evac locations. Weren't clued in. Were sick, young or elderly and had no one to look after them etc.
I never understood why the black cylon asked Baltar where galactica was. How would he know? It’s not like he was some kind of a military tactician or knew Adama so well he’d know where the ship would be.
Gaius was a traitor to his own people so the Cylons definitely did not trust him even as a puppet.
I think he was just fishing for human insight to a human plan.
BEST
The best memories are bsg memories 😂
Love the concept of the drop... but I can't get past taking cover behind scaffolding.
Yeah.. if BSG has any weakness, it'd be the gunplay
Great scene but why'd you put the Sauljak in the thumbnail?
The Adama maneuver
Was the creator of Battlestar Galactica, Knight Rider and Buck Rogers' show, Glen Larson, really a Mormon?
I had a GF that tried to show me every tearjerker movie , Eternal Derp Of The Spotless Derp et Al . I never felt a thing . She caught me ballng my eyes out at this scene and got MMA with me lol
Valhalla called it wants its music back.
Ironically the composer behind this show, Bear McCreary, would go on to compose the soundtracks to God of War 2018 and Ragnarok, the two Norse games in the series.
Even the colonials have AKs
Cylon occupation: Israel on plaestine!
Humans: Palestinian freedom fighters!
It wasn’t long after this episode that the show lost direction, with Ronald Moore having painted himself into a corner. The last few seasons meandered around into mediocrity and a disastrous ending.
They were promised an extra season then had it cancelled at very short notice, so they had to do a lot of wrapping up of things that were supposed to have taken another season to wrap up. SyFy seem to hate sci-fi shows and actively tried to ruin it. They did the same with Stargate Universe and The Expanse too. We'd have never got an end for The Expanse were it not for Amazon buying it because Bezos happened to be a big fan of it.
@@TalesOfWar and then he cut that as well because the Expanse "ending" (for now) and having its last season cut down to 6 eps from 10 was Amazon's fault
@@sparrowlt Yeah, they did the last season of the Expanse dirty. I guess Bezos got bored.
If they had used the Pegasus attacking at long range there would have been a good chance of the Pegasus surviving and the colonials would still have their far greater asset. Very dumb of Lee Adama.
To be this far technically advanced, and both sides are shooting bullets at each other on the ground !?
Kind of makes sense. The colonialists lost their advanced network weapon systems to the Cylon virus. While the centurion were constrained by the newer models.
Why not, Ukraine is mostly artillery duels, trench warfare, and minefields, with drones thrown in. SAMS and electronic warfare make anything more impossible.
It was also a deliberate artistic choice by the creators
Hey man, bullets work. Don't try to fix what isn't broken.
All of us busting out of Covid lockdowns……….
This isn’t Battlestar Galactica
It’s the reimagined and it’s insanely good give it a watch.
From the point of view of the setting is the worst series I've ever seen. The series has the most realistic spaceship combat ever, but when the scene moves to planets, the evident lack of funds forced the production to shoot the scenes in common environments, so unbelievable, as to evoke ridicule. It takes total suspension of disbelief not to notice that some people are armed with Kalashnikovs... really ridiculous.