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It’s our debut episode! In this opener:
We skip introducing ourselves, because context is for the weak. (Although actually, you can read a bit about us here and here.)We discuss the miniseries that launched modern Galactica, as well as some context of what was happening at the time.Pat goes to bat early for his favorite schoolteacher.Mike ironically fails to understand human emotions.Matt delights at Gaius Baltar’s Road Runner-like ability to avoid danger.Some observations and links of note:
The miniseries aired on SCI-FI in December 2003, meaning its 15th anniversary is coming right up. The edited version that Mike saw aired on NBC in 2005. So Mike was probs around 17 when he first watched the miniseries.The Battlestar Galactica boardgame really is excellent and we’ll likely reference it a lot. Here’s a link to check it out on Board Game Geek. It deserves a higher rating than 7.8.We’ve mostly fixed Matt’s audio issues in future episodes. Which is either good or bad, depending on your perspective.Our intro/outro song is I Love Battlestar Galactica by Jonathan Mann. You can find a link to his Patreon here. Jonathan creates a song a day, which seems bananas to me, but he’s been doing it successfully for a while.New to the show? Battlestar Bros. is a mostly-loving review of SCI-FI’s (you can’t make me spell it the other way, I’ll fight you) greatest show, Battlestar Galactica. Join Pat, Mike, and Matt as they journey from Caprica to Earth, making observations both salient and snarky along the way.
You can find the show on Twitter as @BattlestarBros. You can find Pat as @Th3Hypn0Toad and Matt as @mat_ledge. Mike doesn’t Tweet, which might be for the best.