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1. reactordev · 1790109412 · focus · HN ↗

   There’s a scene in Battlestar Galactica (2004) where someone asks Captain Adama why the Galactica doesn’t have networked computers. So the cylons can’t hack the ship…

   1. ishouldstayaway · 1790111314 · focus · HN ↗

      It's not just a scene; it's the whole premise of the setting. It's why the Galactica survived and the newer ships did not. It's why the new Vipers got wiped out and they had to pull the old ones out of mothballs.

      In the pilot, the Galactica was literally being turned into a museum, and that's why they lived.

      1. netcoyote · 1790125079 · focus · HN ↗

         It was even worse: the Galatica was a museum ship, and it was being decommissioned!

         1. evanelias · 1790126825 · focus · HN ↗

            No, GP is correct. In the pilot, the ship was in the process of being decommissioned from military use and converted to a museum. It wasn't already a museum prior to the events in the pilot (if that's what you meant -- maybe I'm not really sure what your comment was saying.)

            1. reactordev · 1790131122 · focus · HN ↗

               I believe they were nearing completion and already had the ceremony when the Cylons attacked. It's been a while since I watched my favorite tv series.

               1. yreg · 1790160563 · focus · HN ↗

                  I miss these kinds of shows. BSG, StarGate, Star Treks, FireFly. I'm sad that they went out of fashion and the genre has moved on to other concepts.

                  Only Expanse and The Orville compares in the past decade I guess.

                  1. seanw444 · 1790180472 · focus · HN ↗

                     Firefly especially, for me.

                     1. Forgeties79 · 1790184571 · focus · HN ↗

                        Firefly…didn’t age well. A buddy said that to me and I scoffed. Rewatched a few years ago and kind of regret it.

                        Some individual moments/episodes are still great but most of it is very cringe inducing and/or didn’t age well as a “joke.” Knowing what we know about Adam Baldwin (and Whedon frankly but Baldwin is a special kind of gross) doesn’t help either.

                        The anti-hero shtick also really aged poorly. Mal overall just comes across as a narcissistic asshole who cosplays a thief with the heart of gold occasionally. The confederado angle also didn’t register to me back then because I was younger but now I don’t care for it.

                        1. lukan · 1790190842 · focus · HN ↗

                           I somehow just recently discovered the whole series - and I did enjoy it, but yes, not because, but despite the main character being a "narcissistic asshole" most of the time. But it probably also helped that I did not took it too serious, nor do I know anything about Baldwin.

                           1. Forgeties79 · 1790192786 · focus · HN ↗

                              I get not taking things seriously but the show does ultimately take itself pretty seriously. Whedon just can’t let emotional beats breathe and breaks them up with wisecracks lol

                              Baldwin…well, he was one of the reasons gamergate became a thing, which is by itself bad enough but also hardly his only offense. He’s pretty awful.

                              1. lukan · 1790193370 · focus · HN ↗

                                 "the show does ultimately take itself pretty seriously"

                                 Yeah it does, which is why I was not too sad, that there was not much more (and I did regret watching Serenity the movie), but that Baldwin is awful, well, fit's his character?

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