UNEDITED EXCLUSIVE: Battlestar Galactica Season 1 Episode 10 "The Hand of God" REACTION!
Added 2023-09-11 21:29:59 +0000 UTCWhat it dooski! Here's my UNEDITED EXCLUSIVE: Battlestar Galactica Season 1 Episode 10 "The Hand of God" REACTION!
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That's an excellent way to put it, regarding the religions in the show. It's a lot more about belief and faith in general. And I know some people tend to get annoyed by that sort of thing, but it's honestly one of my favorite things about this show.
Lady Beyond The Wall
2023-09-14 21:13:32 +0000 UTCBSG is a show arguably built around a number of key moments, moments that change the course of the story, moments that put you on the edge of your seat, moments that make you want to laugh or cry or cheer like your favourite team just won the Stanley Cup, moments that subvert expectations in the best way possible. The attack on the mine and subsequent celebration is arguably the first clear example of such a moment. I suppose some could point to Lee figuring out Starbuck was flying the raider, but it's eclipsed by so many others. The whole season the fleet has been on the run, taking one loss after another(the Olympic Carrier, the crewmen who were killed in the miniseries when Tigh vented the hanger, losing most of their experienced pilots). Even though getting Starbuck back was a win from a viewer standpoint, strategically it was so costly to their fuel reserves it nearly stranded the fleet. Despite some losses, this was the first time the colonials really turned around and stood their ground against the cylons, and pulled off a real strategic win. BSG is masterful at building up to these moments, and making them feel earned. It's also a great episode for Lee and his relationship with his father. He was obviously always a skilled pilot, but super by the book in most people's eyes. Starbuck was always the prodigy, the hotshot, the "crazy one" as Adama put it(basically Maverick from Top Gun. Please watch those movies BTW). By pulling off a batshit insane move that was never even discussed in the mission planning, and saving the entire mission and the fleet in the process, he proved that he's every bit as improvisational as Starbuck, and that he's not the CAG just because he's the commander's son. On that note however, they've been steadily rebuilding Lee's fractured relationship with his father over the course of the season, and the scene where he gives him the lighter is very touching. Some people like the religious aspect of the show, some don't, but I think it's a unique element that you don't see often in sci fi, and when you do it's something like ancients/ori or prophets from DS9 or something along those lines, where you have some scientifically proven entities that possess god like powers, or simply tech to pass themselves off as gods(goa'uld). BSG is much more subtle. Throughout the show you can arguably see, well, The Hand of God at work. For someone like Gaius especially, someone who dismissed God and religion as medieval superstition and relied solely on what he could see and analyze, it's asking a lot to trust that something he can't see and has no proof of was guiding his hand to point out those fuel tanks. Of course the last thing someone like Gaius needs is another boost to his ego. In short, BSG doesn't really explore religion/ritual and beings posing as or arguably being gods, but rather it explores faith, pure belief. That sets it apart IMO. Finally, what really puts this episode over the top is we get our first couple renditions of the Adama family motif, and taken as a combination of it's many variations, it's one of my favourite pieces of music of all time. Whether it's covered on guitar, flute, piano, or the glorious sound of bagpipes, it always adds mountains of emotion to a scene. If anyone asks me what my favourite kind of bear is, McCreary is the answer, because the man is a musical genius. After all the losses and tension leading up to the end of this episode, breaking into the drums and bagpipes after Lee says in disbelief that the mission is accomplished is basically a perfect moment of television. The song is called Wander my Friends, and the lyrics are in Gaelic. Here's the translation Wander my friends, wander with me Like the mist on the green mountain, moving eternally Despite our weariness We'll follow the road Over hill and valleys To the end of the journey Come on my friends and sing with me Fill the night with joy and sport Here's a toast to the friends who have gone from us Like the mist of the green mountain Gone forever 10/10 episode.
Timothy Nikiforovs
2023-09-13 22:11:34 +0000 UTCYeah - the religion in the show (both the colonial religion and the religion cylons talk about) is definitely an interesting and important part of the show, even if unexpected at first. It's why I usually tell people watching it for the first time to just sort of.. go with it, regardless of personal beliefs. Not that you have to believe any of this kind of stuff in the show is "real" within the show itself (like.. you don't have to believe there IS a "god" the cylons talk about or believe in the actual "gods" the humans talk about) but just.. paying attention to it. Kind of just letting it happen and paying attention to it all makes for a better and more enjoyable viewing experience, in my opinion. Reactors who don't do that or just let their own personal beliefs override what they're watching (whether they're atheist/agnostic/religious/etc) tend to get annoyed by it, roll their eyes when it's spoken about, zone out/don't pay attention, etc, and end up missing part of the actual story and that's unfortunate when it happens. Just what I noticed from watching different reactions to the show, personally. This was a great episode though! Every time Bill Adama gets emotional and there's music going on, my emotions can't help themselves and I just tear up immediately, lol. Happens every single time! I simply can't watch that man almost cry and not just cry myself. It's kinda crazy. AND! Gaius looking up to the sky in a robe, looking like some kind of Jesus figure at the end is always both really interesting and hilarious to me. 😂
Lady Beyond The Wall
2023-09-13 02:49:10 +0000 UTC
