"I think it's the best television science fiction ever made." "No doubt about it." "He's gonna try to get into your head." "30 milions people should be watching it every week." "D'you seen it?" "Did you see it?" "It's the bible of television." "That's what it is." "It seems you made an impression after all." "See that?" "I think it's the best show I've ever seen." "It's a very subversive series." "Apollo, get out of there!" "Abort!" "No!" "The concept of the show is so amazing, having all these individuals crash-land on an airplane on this magical island and..." ""Battle" what?" ""Galactica actual," go ahead." "I'm getting my men." "I have to admit, I was..." "I was a bit leery about "Battlestar Galactica."" "I suggest you reconsider." "There were so many, like, revampings of old things, and I was like, "I don't think so," and then I finally caved." "And the second you start watching, you're like," ""all right." "It's... it might be the most awesome thing."" "Are you alive?" "It was like taking a canvas high-top that you would see white dudes in the '50s playing basketball in and making the air jordan." "This is what this series is now." "Stand up there and give them what they need..." "A hero." "I'll sit down and go, "That's more entertainment, more twists," ""more unexpected stuff, more humanity, more shocking," ""like, extraordinary storytelling than I've seen, that was a great episode,"" "and then they'll run the opening credits." "So say we all." "I think I called you and said," ""What the frak did you turn me on to?"" "There's no weak link." "It's just in that upper echelon of television." "A peabody award is presented to "Battlestar Galactica."" "Every week, it's better than going to the movies." "Frakkin' unbelievable." "That was off-the-record." "It's not a guilty pleasure show." "It's a great show." "If you like science fiction, you're gonna love it." "If you don't like science fiction," "I think you're gonna love it." "Brace for contact, my friend." "Transcript by italiansubs." "Net edited and spell-checked by rogard" "Synch:" "Robbie" "It will not be an easy journey, and I promise you one thing: on the memory... of those lying here before you, we shall find it, and earth will become our new home." ""Battlestar Galactica" is basically about, um, the end and possibly, the beginning of the human race." "The show's about the last 40-odd, 50,000 survivors of the human race who have left their home planet, Caprica, because they were attacked by the Cylons." "Machines that we built that, of course, have out-evolved us." "Everyone's thinking there was some kind of peace treaty." "Nobody's heard a peep from the Cylons in 40 years." "And then out of the blue, the robots attack." "And basically, most of human life is wiped out, except for the few people that are on spaceships." "I remember sweating when they pull away, and you see the nuclear bombs going off on that planet, and you've got these machines, that supposedly we created, that are hunting us down and trying to... to extinguish the rest of humankind." "You know, you rally behind that." "If we make mistakes, people die." "There aren't many of us left." "We not only have to survive, we have to deserve to survive, and the decisions that are so crucial that we have to make..." "sometimes with our hearts and sometimes absolutely without them... really is what I think the show revolves around." "They would have destroyed themselves anyway." "They deserve what they got." "We're the children of humanity." "That makes them our parents, in a sense." "True, but parents have to die." "It's the only way children come into their own." "There's 12 different Cylon models, all with different personalities, different attitudes, and they've evolved" "Into, you know, these ultra humans, basically." "The Cylons have the ability... to mimic human form." "They look like us now." "That's what, I think, has made this version of "Galactica" so much superior than the original one, because you don't know who the Cylons are." "I could be a Cylon." "I am not a frakking' Cylon." "I'm not..." "Oh..." "Well..." "Okay, then." "What "Battlestar" does right is, most science fiction shows forget that science fiction is not a story." "It's a setting." "...that doesn't depend on spaceships and aliens and blinking lights and kind of the kitschy stuff that cheapens a lot of sci-fi." ""Battlestar Galactica" is all about storytelling." "Permission to speak off the record, sir." "Granted." "You're a bastard." "You just don't know when to keep your mouth shut, do you?" "You're weak because you're a drunk." "Are you done?" "Yes, sir." "When you hear the word "sci-fi,"" "that literally makes women run screaming." "They're like," ""Huh?" "What?" "I'm gonna go read 'the Kite Runner.'"" "So that alone is a hurdle." "The strangest thing about it is they pull off this dark, doomsday, military look, and yet, it appeals to my wife." "Very sweet." "You love me." "No, you love me." "You can't take it back." "There's no take backs." ""Battlestar Galactica" is all about human beings." "I have cancer." "I wish I could say it was the least of my worries, but the world is coming to an end, and all I can think about is that I have cancer, and I'm probably going to die." "My wife and I watch together." "If either of us watched it without the other, that would be grounds for divorce." "Men andwomen can share this." "My wife not included." "She'd rather watch "dancing with the stars."" "The relationships are the central focus of it." "You know, sometimes it feels like the whole ship thinks, uh, Starbuck would do better." "I don't." "How can you be so sure?" "'cause you're my son." "If you lived in a world that was suddenly taken away from you, and you just happened to live, how would you continue to live?" "I never wanted this kind of responsibility." "The Cylons never asked us what we wanted." "Welcome to the big leagues." "What's great about the show is there's a constant sense of urgency." "Dradis contact." "It's the Cylons." "Damn it." "The whole underlying story of, can we save this race?" "How do you keep people hopeful when you're floating through space?" "You've got 50,000 people left on these spaceships," "Running out of food, running out of air, running out of everything and constantly under attack by the Cylons, a far superior force." "The tone is as dark as it should be." "How could you make light of the fact that the human race is about to become extinct?" "How many casualties do we anticipate?" "It'll cost us." "If you succeed, what's to prevent the Cylons from coming back with reinforcements?" "Nothing, but if you keep running from the schoolyard bully, he keeps on chasing you." "But the moment you turn around and stop, and you punch him really hard in a sensitive spot, he'll think twice about coming back again." "Even though the humans are so outmatched in every way, shape and form, they just gotta suck it up." "So it's either this or run out of fuel and be annihilated." "Sometimes you have to roll the hard six." ""Battlestar" is, uh, it's shot in a way that few science fiction shows are, by making everything seem extremely real, extremely lived in." "Welcome to "Galactica."" "Well, you gotta remember that "Galactica"... was a decommissioned battlestar." "It was gonna be a museum." "It's a bucket." "It's an old warhorse." "Is your auto landing system down?" "I was, uh, hands-on for the whole approach." "It's all hands-on here, captain." "There are no auto landings in the "Galactica."" "Visually, it just sets the entire tone... these dark corridors, everything seems wet and cold, and frankly, like it's gonna break down." "And hard seal." "Hard seal's secure, sir." "And all the old phone stuff must have saved them a bundle." "We have the same phones here at e!" "I'd want one, and I would just say," ""Joss actual" all the time, and people would say," ""Please don't answer the phone like that." "That's embarrassing."" "Attention." "Set condition one throughout the fleet." "It was all about function." "It's not about comfort." "Like, even Adama's quarters..." "I've seen that set." "I wouldn't want to go on that toilet." "It's gross." "It's not suddenly "minority report"" "Where you have cars on tracks sliding up and down buildings, and that's the new "subway system."" "It's like, "yeah, well, you know, "I still..." ""have to screw this in with a screwdriver." ""there's still bullets in this gun, 'cause that what works really well with... with shooting stuff."" "Like, those vipers..." "They don't fly themselves." "These guys are flying these things like real pilots, and if they don't, the humans are done, so you better make sure you're flying that clunky old viper the best you can and take those Cylons out." "All of the details of it..." "The way that the ships land..." "It..." "It feels like an actual flying craft skidding onto a platform." "It's really cool." "Every time the raiders come out of the... the Cylon ship, and there's just thousands of them with streaks of gunfire across space, it's awesome." "I think what I'm impressed most about... the... production..." "Is you have a budget." "There are things you can do." "There's things you can't do." "I've never seen anything in "Battlestar" that said," ""Oh, that's where they cut a corner."" "There has never been better special effects in any science fiction television show ever." "They're as good as many movies, and I'm astounded by them." "Three, two, one." "Jump." "And who... or what are you?" "I'm an angel of God sent here to protect you." "To what end?" "To the end of the human race." "Everybody is extraordinarily compelling." "It's one of the best ensembles I've ever seen." "Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell are two of my favorite actors, and most of the other actors were unknown to me, and I love that." "Uh, when people try to give me information about them," ""I just go, "nah, nah, nah, nah, nah." "They don't exist." "They're the characters." I don't think I've ever connected with a show like I've connected with this one." "The cost of wearing the uniform can be high, but... sometimes it's too high." "The writers wrote the hell out of that speech." "That very first speech Adama gives shows you the ride that you're gonna be on, this ride of "Battlestar Galactica."" "One line stays with every episode I see." "You cannot play God, then wash your hands of the things that you've created." "Very deep." "Mm-hmm." "Need something, captain?" "Yeah, I frakkin' need something." "I need my viper." "Sorry, captain." "Vital missions only." "What do you mean, vital missions only?" "We're on strike." "The female characters on this show, you know, it's the next step." "It's not a feminist statement..." ""Look." "They can be strong."" "Sex is not an issue." "We've moved past so many of the preconceptions." "Please inform commander Adama that we are currently involved in rescue... operations, and we require his assistance." "I'm not sure he's gonna respond very well to that request." "Then tell him..." "This comes directly from the president of the 12 colonies," "and it's not a request." "In the universe of "Battlestar Galactica," the women rule." "You've got all these hot ladies, and they're all really smart, and they all kick ass." "The women of "Battlestar Galactica"..." "Hmm." "Come on, Starbuck." "I will say that fight between Starbuck and six..." "Awesome." "Okay." "Got anything left?" "Here's what's so innovative about the... girl fighting on "Battlestar Galactica"..." "No hair-pulling, but still very sexy." "You have the guts to try and frak another man's woman, but not to fight one?" "I think one of the hardest things for old fans of the original "Battlestar," like I was, to grasp was that Starbuck was gonna be a girl." "And he was like, "oh!" oh, that's horse crap." "I'll never... but now..." "But can you even... can you even imagine it any different now?" "If you want me to dance, just ask." "Starbuck loves me so much." "It's weird." "Um, she's always flirting with me onscreen." "Me in a dress is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity." "Madam president." "I thought you hated these things." "It's colonial day." "Where else would I be?" "I'm a patriot." "You really are, aren't you?" "I think science fiction generally affords you the opportunity to be more politically relevant than anything else because people are a step back, and they're willing to listen." "Uh, you can talk about things in a way that doesn't divide people." "I don't care that it's effective." "I don't care that the Cylons can't stop it." "It's wrong." "No more suicide bombings, colonel." "It's one thing to write a story about the world that we live in." "It's another thing to create a world to tell a story about the world that we live in." "You know, there are times when I look at you, and I forget what you are." "You were like a big sister." "It's amazing to watch all these characters having to make the difficult decisions that people are making right now in this world." "I am aware that you were in charge of the mission that destroyed the "Olympic Carrier."" "I know what a hard thing that is to live with." "I can't stop thinking about it, but a man... has to accept responsibility for his actions." "He... he doesn't second-guess the choices he makes." "Nobody gets to be perfect." "No political view gets to be sacred." "Everything is put to the test, and, uh, all of this happens during some of the most awesome sci-fi I've ever watched." ""Galactica," "Pegasus."" "Let us take some of this work off your hands." "The whole series is like an allegory for what's happening in our country and what's happening in this world, and that's why they won the Peabody." "We ask our audience to think about the world in which they live, but to draw their own conclusions." "And that's why "the soup" won a Peabody." "Oh, yeah, we did." "I didn't even know about the Peabody award until I read about it because of "Galactica."" "I was like, "Ooh, that's very prestigious."" "And Matt and Trey... if that doesn't validate it, nothing will." "I think Trey and I will always be grateful... to the Peabody awards for introducing us to "Battlestar Galactica."" "We'll just, uh, say for all the honorees," "Congratulations, "Battlestar Galactica."" "And thank you very much." "I love you, Starbuck." "I love you, Starbuck." "Kara, I want our marriage back." "And what if I'm just not ready for that?" "I don't know." "Then I guess you'll never be." "When I watch this, I try to turn off any storytelling instincts I might have so I can just let the thing happen." "Usually, they surprise me, even if I'm working on all cylinders trying to figure it out." "I made a vow in the sight of the gods, and I'm not gonna break that." "You're breaking it every time we do this." "I came into it late, but these jokers..." "Every single day..." ""Oh, my gosh." "We all got together at Doug's house" ""and watched 'Battlestar.' Aah!" ""We..." "We fell in love with each other all over again." ""We ate a bunch of nachos and hugged..." ""and talked about how great television is and how it's been saved by this show."" "There's a guy on "the soup" staff." "We call each other like little girls who've just seen "Hannah Montana" after an episode." "I'm like, "did you see that?" "Yeah, I know." "I did, too." "Come on over." "You're my best friend." I watch it alone, because I don't wanna hear what you gotta say while I'm watching it." "And, you know, people will start talking..." "Yeah." "...and that would make me mad." "If anybody ever talks about it, has a theory, and they're right, that is a retroactive spoiler, and then I have to retroactively kill them." "I haven't seen it." "I haven't seen it." "Please don't say anything." "I don't want to hear any words." "Shut up, shut up, shut up." "I don't care who number eight?" "Shut up!" "We usually watch the show on the road on a bus." "There were people that got shortchanged that bought concert tickets because we were rushing through on Fridays to see it." "Here's the ritual..." "It's my wife going, "are you gonna do the dishes?"" "And I go, "'Battlestar Galactica's' on."" "And then she says our 3-year-old Eddie is watching "Jay Jay the jet plane."" "And then I go, "well, I'm bigger than he is,"" "and then I get to watch it." "Oh, frak me." "Frak you." "Why don't you go frak yourself?" "Don't frak with me." "Frak it." "Never mind." "Yeah, we say "frak" a lot, uh, out on the road, and... and it's great because no one's really offended, but it still has the punch." "I use the word "frak"... a lot." "You do." "Yeah." "She uses both of 'em." "No, I'm still using." "uh, pretty much 'fuck' exclusively." "I haven't become "Battlestar"-speak guy." "I have, however become Dwight from "the office."" ""Do you watch 'Battlestar'?" "No." "Then you're an idiot."" "I have a shirt that says "Frak off."" "So when I really want to, uh, you know, show my love for the show, I'll..." "I'll pull that thing out." "And it also..." "It really attracts women." "Don't frak it up by overthinking." "We were playing Vancouver, and we had a day off, and next thing you know, we get invited to the set." "We had the greatest day ever." "Everyone couldn't have been nicer." "And we got to sit in the vipers, and it was incredible." "I gotta admit, like, the photo of me sitting in that thing, like..." "like this, I'm just..." "That's gotta be my proudest dork moment." "I have no doubt that the writers of this show are scrambling to tie up every loose end, and I hope they do, 'cause we need answers." "It's true." "We're Cylons." "The reveal of four of the final five Cylons being chief, Tigh, Tory and Anders, finding that out is just such a kick in the head." "I'll just... just sit up in bed, and I'll go," ""Honey!" "Tigh... is a Cylon!"" "Tigh killed his own wife because she was colluding with the Cylons, and now he is one." "Where do you go?" "By gods." "And chief..." "Arguably the heart of "Battlestar Galactica"..." "How could chief be a Cylon?" "So that's it." "After all this time... a switch goes off just..." "like that." "There's gonna be a major meltdown." "There has to be." "How do you suddenly find out your whole life is a fake?" "There's just one more." "Just one more." "God." "Yeah." "You..." "Forgive me." "I" " I had no idea." "I think it should be a really nice guy over on the set of "Eureka."" "um, he's not working right now, so... if they were looking for a guest star." "Oh." "What if the last Cylon is us?" "Oh." "Think about it." "Every time I think I know what's going on, the writers go ten steps ahead of me, so, um, I know it's gonna be great." "Report!" "Starbuck, report!" "No!" "No!" "I think the biggest cliffhanger for season three is, what's the deal with Starbuck?" "Um, is she alive?" "Everyone thought she was dead, and then suddenly, she pops back up, and it's like, "What?"" "Here she comes in her plane." "You know, just sort of like," ""Hey." "I know where earth is." "This way." "Come on."" "I've been to earth, and I'm gonna take us there." "I really love the fact that they're getting closer and closer to earth, and I hope they find it, because that's, you know, the show's gotta..." "the show's gotta r... it's gotta reach that point." "It's not gonna end, right?" "It's just not..." "It can't really end." "Most shows don't end soon enough." "Um, so I think it's really cool that they're gonna end it on their own terms and at the right time and..." "well, also... it gives you a completeness to the story." "And at the end of it, it will feel..." "I hope... very satisfying, like a movie you got to watch over several years." "I'm sure what it's gonna do is make it that much more spectacular." "They fast forwarded through the galaxy and showed you earth." "They basically said, "Uh, by the way, we're not kidding around." "They're gonna get to earth." I have to see how this plays out." "Is it our earth or is..." "Something completely different..." "Right." "That they call "earth"?" "Like, what is earth?" "We want to know." "Like, where are we going?" "We want to know." "I have a feeling this next season is just gonna blow away everything that's even come before it." "Initiate jump." "Aye, sir." "Jumping in three, two, one." "Jump." "The legacy... because they contained it... my guess is, will be the best science fiction series ever to happen." "They've raised the bar to an almost impossible, uh, level." "I think the show is special." "I think, um, it's gonna stand the test of time." "I think we're gonna look back in history." "I think it'll actually age incredibly well." "People who watch it are inspired as to what can be accomplished." "You know, the quality of a program you can have, the sincerity of it, the gravity of it." "It's humbling, uh, and it's just incredible fun." "It's gonna be a great frakkin' season." "Well done, guys." "Well done." "Cast, crew, everybody." "Everybody." "I bet you guys even have good craft services." "And scene."