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Battlestar Galactica 1x10 "The Hand of God" | Full Episode Reaction (Patreon)

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2023-04-18 14:01:01
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2023-11
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This one might have had it all. Action, adventure, and suspense were incredibly well executed. Heartfelt emotional moments were superb. Don't forget the amazing intrigue brought by religious prophesy from two different directions.

Full Episode Reaction: https://youtu.be/9bsxF5px2CA

YouTube Edit: https://youtu.be/E-YecYsMRpk 

**I watched this episode on Blu-ray. The show is also available on digital retailers, peacock, and alternative means.

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Ryan

In honor of Chuckles: Terry Chen was in 3000 Miles to Graceland with Delroy Londo, who was in More American Graffiti with Richard Dreyfus, who was in James and the Giant Peach with Miriam Margolyes, who was in The Apple. By the way, check out 3000 Miles to Graceland if you haven’t. It’s one of the most absolutely bugfuck movies to ever assemble such an A-List cast, and any fan of The Apple will definitely get a kick out of it.

Charity Konusser (the chonus)

Answer to a question you asked briefly in passing during the episode, and something you said in the post-episode musings: "CIC" is the Combat Information Center. Its the Big Circular Room with two levels where most of the strategic decisions are made and called from and it's where most of the scenes on the Galactica took place this episode. "12" you brought up the 12 colonies, 12 snakes, the 12 "Viper" ships in the sneak attack, so I'll just remind you (not a spoiler since you already know it) that there are also 12 Cylon models that look like humans.

casualnerdreactions
>>106904660

Combat information center! Excellent info, thanks. The number 12 is certainly everywhere. I wonder why they settled on 12. Because of the astrological signs? 12 tribes of Israel? Other significances?

Charity Konusser (the chonus)
>>106904660

All of what you just wrote and more re: 12. (Hope you've noticed the names of the colonies are all the zodiac signs at this point. And 12 tribes you bet -- but wait! There's more! SO MUCH MORE....) Okay, so. Original creator/produced of the original BSG series from 1978, Glen A. Larson, was raised in the church of LDS, and basically wrote Mormons in Space. The "Council (or Quorum) of the Twelve Apostles", which is based on the OG twelve apostles, is a ruling body high up in the church hierarchy - I'm not an expert but you get the gist of it. The planet Kobol, from which all human life is supposed to have come in BSG, is a reference to Kolob (see what he did there?), which is described in the Book of Mormon (I think?) as the planet or star (unclear) that is the nearest thing in the universe to The Throne of God. This is canon for Mormonism. SO. According to LDS canon, Earth was created 6,000 years ago next to Kolob, but then it... migrated? away from Kolob. In the End Times, Earth will be basically picked up and moved to be near Kolob again. And in BSG's colonial religion, Earth is the thirteenth colony - the super-secret special planet where the thirteenth tribe went, and this is the impetus for the entire journey: Adama has promised the fleet that he knows where this thirteenth colony is and that he will take them there. I'm sure you recall that he and Roslin agreed to keep that story alive so that the fleet has something to hope for. You might have noticed that the name "Adama" is rrrrrrreeaaaallllly close to the name "Adam." In fact, Larson wanted to name the show "Adam's Ark" but the network didn't like the name. In closing, I will leave you with a sentence that Six said to Gaius in this episode (and previously I think?): "All of this has happened before, and all of this will happen again." The whole fandom jumped on that sentence the moment we heard it, and it birthed a gigantic, cacophonous, pan-internet "what could it mean" prediction game that spawned every theory you can possibly imagine about the future of the show based on what we know so far. There's a LOT more from Mormonism going on in this series, but I was only supposed to answer your question about twelve, so there you go.

casualnerdreactions
>>106904660

That all makes SO MUCH sense, mormons in space! Perfection. Also I think they have referenced that "all of this has happened before..." line twice already. Definitely significant and oh so many questions.