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lavoixhumaine · 1 day

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non-Angela Bassett related post but my husband and I fell back into the Battlestar Galactica rabbit hole on Mary McDonnell’s birthday without realizing it.

I completely forgot this happened on the show, but it’s just brilliance on top of brilliance. Happy Birthday, Mary!

thank you, @bestbuddybobby for pointing out it’s her birthday because i literally had no clue

#mary mcdonnell #laura roslin #edward james olmos #william adama #battlestar galactica #bsg 2003 #bsg #roslin/adama #2x19 #lay down your burdens #admiral adama #commander adama #president roslin #happy birthday mary!#happy birthday #birthday post

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comic-covers · 7 months

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(1979)

#Battlestar Galactica #comics #1979 #Jeff Aclin #cover art #Cylon attack #comic book #vintage #1970s #comic books #Marvel #Commander Adama #Apollo #Muffit II

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spockvarietyhour · 1 year

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Battlestar Galactica "Pegasus"

#I had posted these separately as a mash up with Stargate years ago but I never posted it as a single scene #BSG #Battlestar Galactica #Commander Adama #Admiral Cain #Bill Adama #Helena Cain #EJO #Edward James Olmos #Michelle Forbes #bsgedit #GIF #my gifs

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atomic-chronoscaph · 1 year

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Battlestar Galactica - art by Alex Ross (2013)

#alex ross #battlestar galactica #sci-fi art #70s tv series #70s sci-fi #dynamite comics #comic art #cover art #captain apollo #serina #cylons #commander adama #seventies #1978 #2000s #2013

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gameraboy2 · 1 year

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Battlestar Galactica Bop Bags, 1978 ad

#battlestar galactica #bop bag #inflatable #toy #toys #vintage toys #1978 #1970s #cylon #commander adama #vintage #ad #ads #advertising #advertisement #vintage ad #vintage ads #vintage advertising #vintage advertisement

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thegayfangrrl · 5 months

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#battlestar galactica #the sound of music #edward james olmos #christopher plummer #william adama #captain von trapp #dilfdecember #commander adama #bsg #sound of music #george von trapp

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msroslin · 2 years

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nerds-yearbook · 10 months

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In 1980, the Colonial Fleet (from Battlestar Galatica) found Earth and proceeded to covertly protect Earth from the Cylons (Galatica 1980, TV)

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denimoverall · 2 years

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#bill adama #bsg #battlestar galactica #the old man #commander adama #edward james olmos #laura roslin #mary mcdonnell

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transpidergwen · 1 year

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Ressurection Ship parts 1 and 2 reaction

Adama crying not once but TWICE in two episodes?!?!?? I must be in heaven. I love when all men show their emotions but especially Adama who is the pinnacle of stoic and in control.

It's the way his ironclad mask just completely melts around Roslin. The way he has fallen in love with her just in time. The way he hides his grief when he's with her because he wants to cherish every last moment with her. The way his voice cracks against his will when he speaks to her, and the way that he's so barely holding it together that the tears come the moment his back is turned before he's even out of the room. It's that little kiss he gives her, a kiss that says thank you, I don't have the words right now but thank you. And it's her little smile of relief and excitement, that even this close to death she's experiencing love again.

#and their hauntingly bittersweet theme playing over it all #because Bear McCreary can literally only compose masterpieces #every time I hear it I think about him putting that ring on her finger and I am not okay #but thankfully that's a ways away yet #next episode is the 'oh shit we speedran the cancer too hard lets scifi our way out of this for another 2 seasons'#battlestar galactica #bsg #bsg 2003 #william adama #commander adama #laura roslin #rewatch #bsg: ressurection ship

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mozart-the-meerkitten · 10 months

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I have realized that if I’m going to be posting about Battlestar Galactica characters on here I ought to introduce them for the people who have no clue what I’m on about. So here’s a post of the main characters in the 1978 Battlestar Galactica TV show and a summary of the plot:

So the plot is this: the Cylons, a race of sentient machines, with the help of a human traitor, attack the 12 colonies of humans during an alleged “peace ceremony” where the two races were supposed to unite. They manage to destroy all but one of the human Battlestars and bomb all the human cities on the colony worlds (the colonies are all named after the astrology signs btw, most of the main characters are Capricans, because the Galactica was assigned to protect Caprica). The survivors of this devastating attack then gather every space-worthy ship they can find and fall under the protection of the last Battlestar, Galactica. Where is the Galactica going, you ask? Why to the 13th colony, to Earth, of course! Earth, in their culture, is a legendary planet, the “lost tribe”. The Galacticans are headed for it, hoping to find a home and peace from the cylons.

Now, on to the characters!

First off we have Captain Apollo. He is a fighter pilot and the leader of Blue Squadron- one of the squadrons of colonial viper ships that defend the Galactica from attacks. He’s the son of Commander Adama and the adoptive father of Boxy. He’s usually pretty levelheaded, but not immune to occasional moments of foolishness (like flying into a void he didn’t know he could get out of). He’s thoughtful and empathetic and cares about other people very quickly.

And then there’s lieutenant Starbuck. Apollo’s best friend and fellow pilot in Blue Squadron. Starbuck is the same kind of character as Han Solo from Star Wars: he acts like a heartthrob and pretends he doesn’t care and treats things flippantly until it really counts. The man’s got a heart of gold and is very dedicated to his friends even at the risk of his own life. He’s also a ridiculous goofball who tries to make light of everything.

Commander Adama. He is the commander of the Galactica and leader of the fleet. He is also on the Council of Twelve, made up of elders from the 12 colonies (or in this case, the rag-tag fleet following the Galactica) who are responsible for making decisions for the betterment of what’s left of their people. He is the father of Apollo and Athena. He can be very stern and commanding, but also kind when the situation calls for it. He has EXTREMELY good intuition about when the cylons will attack, and is the reason that the Galactica was the only Battlestar to survive the initial attacks.

Athena is Adama’s daughter and Apollo’s sister. She can be found serving on the bridge of the Galactica or as a pilot. She can be very shrewd and clever and is not to be underestimated. She is initially a love interest for Starbuck, which I had actually forgotten. xD When all but two of the fleet’s fighter pilots fall ill, she and other newly-trained shuttle pilots learn to fly the colonial vipers to protect the fleet, so she’s very capable.

Colonel Tigh is second-in-command of the Galactica. He comes across as very serious and an enforcer of protocol, but he also occasionally helps people get away with shenanigans of some kind. Basically, the man is surprisingly on board with most crazy schemes despite how on the surface he seems to be a rule follower. Adama trusts him implicitly and it’s implied they’ve worked together and been friends a long time.

Boomer is another pilot in Blue Squadron and a friend of Starbuck and Apollo. He’s a very capable fighter, and often ends up on special missions. He’s fully capable with keeping up with Apollo and Starbuck’s shenanigans, but he’ll probably complain about them.

Cassiopeia is one of the civilians from Galactica’s fleet. She is sassy and clever and ends up working as a nurse on board Galactica. She’s another love interest for Starbuck too. xD She can be a little bit scary sometimes when she’s angry but she can also be very soft-spoken and kind.

And the baby boy, Boxy! Boxy is Apollo’s adopted son- Apollo married his mother a few months after the Galactica set off for Earth... and then his mom got shot by a cylon a day later. So Apollo’s his single dad now, though the pilots of Blue Squadron, Cassiopeia, and Adama are all also kind of helping raise him. xD Boxy’s a sweet kid, he’s smart and sensitive; he got very depressed when the cylons destroyed his home and his dog Muffet was killed. So to help, Apollo got some of the engineers/scientists on Galactica to make a robot dog for Boxy- Muffet 2. Muffet follows Boxy almost everywhere and the two are very attached.

Aaaand this is Baltar. He betrayed the humans to the cylons and is, for most of the series, working for the cylons to try and capture the Galactica. He’s crafty, and manipulative, but very arrogant and proud, and you know what they say about pride coming before a fall...

Of course this post would not be complete without the ship herself. The Galactica is a massive Battlestar ship, designed to protect the planets of the 12 Colonies against attacks from cylons. Originally, there were at least five of these ships, but after the cylons offered a fake peace treaty the rest of the Battlestars were unprepared for an attack. Adama was the only one who kept his guard up and thus the Galactica survived the vicious attack.

This is the best picture I can find of the Galactica’s rag-tag fugitive fleet, but there’s a lot more ships than this. Forced to flee their homeworlds, these beat up old ships hold the only survivors of the 12 colonies. Without the Galactica’s protection, they would stand no chance against the cylons.

The cylons themselves are a race of machines that outlived their original, organic, creators. They can live on far longer than humans by virtue of being able to replace failing parts of their bodies. Their goal is the eradication of the entire human race.

Alright, so there you have it! An introduction to Battlestar Galactica (1978)!