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Battlestar Galactica (1978) series

Discussed in 11 episodes · 13 film takes
PKA Score 7.7/10
Kyle
7.6/10
9 takes
Woody
7.2/10
4 takes
IMDb 7.2
PKA and critics roughly agree

Sentiment over time — how their takes changed across episodes

LovedNeutralHatedPKA 379PKA 473PKA 567PKA 661PKA 755PKA 379: +0.90 (1 take)PKA 410: +0.90 (1 take)PKA 478: +0.95 (1 take)PKA 481: +0.85 (1 take)PKA 540: +0.90 (4 takes)PKA 542: -0.40 (1 take)PKA 631: +0.12 (1 take)PKA 650: +0.70 (1 take)PKA 755: +0.53 (2 takes)
Each dot is one episode’s average take (bigger = more takes that episode). Toggle a host to isolate their arc. Voice-verified film/show opinions only.

Every time it came up

▶ PKA 540 @ 2:00:00 — PKA 540 w GoldenBoyFTW - EDP445 Fully Exposed, Bigfoot, Jake Pau
Extensive discussion of Battlestar Galactica series, its plot, characters, and quality
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“The first two or three are very good. They sort of like many shows. It's kind of like first season is the best. Super strong. Second season is still really strong.”
Woody ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“The acting is great. The writing is great There are scenes in this that have impacted my thought process on politics and life and right and morality and things like that The writing is freaking outstanding.”
Woody ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“Every engagement they get into, they're lucky to survive if they survive. They escape from the skin or their teeth. People are dying. It's a real problem.”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“Battlestar Galactica is one of the best sci-fi television shows ever made. There's only a million episodes of that, right? Or no, that's supernatural. Yeah, that's supernatural.”
▶ PKA 542 @ 3:15:19 — PKA 542 w Dick Masterson - Taylor's Basement Contractor, Kyle Da
Extended discussion of science fiction TV series with production design and technology
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“The only things that look bad are the CGI Cylons, when they've got the big mechanical Cylons moving around. That can look kind of shitty at times”
Kyle · unverified▲ positive
“it's a gritty like it looks grounded in a reality that exists like like their space planes look like fighter jets that go into space it's like they when they get out of them and they're really there it looks like to me l”
▶ PKA 478 @ 3:42:46 — Painkiller Already #478
Recommendation to watch the series, discussion of writing quality, opening miniseries, and characters
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“It's Battlestar Galactica. Something I've recommended to you Half a dozen fucking times It's some of the best writing and acting That's ever been on television It's incredible science fiction”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive · passing mention, not scored
“I'm a bit of a starving Marvin over here alright we'll get something to eat we're going to keep going for a while and when you get yourself a snack you come on back and we'll knock this thing out”
▶ PKA 631 @ 3:27:52 — PKA 631 w/ Harley: New Youtube Boxing Fight, Taylors Lifelong De
Extensive discussion of the show's premise, characters, writing, and superiority to other sci-fi shows
Woody ✓ voice-verified◆ mixed
“i i vibe with woody on that i was kind of like i am an idiot oh you like the whole full circle thing like that i'm fine with i just thought without getting too spoily about battle star galactica”
Kyle · unverified▲ positive
“Battlestar Galactica is the show. All right, all right. That a very good idea I like or you could even rip it off even further. Battlestar Galactica, you say? 10 on 10. That's 10 on 10. Especially the first couple of thr”
▶ PKA 379 @ 1:20:07 — Painkiller Already #379
Woody ranks the show highly and discusses its strengths and a notable flaw
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“It's like top ten TV shows of all time for me. Huge fan. That's probably my favorite. Great character development.”
Kyle · unverified▼ negative
“the relationship between the crazy guy and the cyborg that just there's a flaw in it... it would be a really great episode you could remove everything those two ever did and it would be better”
▶ PKA 481 @ 2:15:19 — Painkiller Already #481
Kyle mentions loving the sci-fi series
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“I love nerdy shit. I'm a huge Battlestar Galactica fan. I love Star Trek. I can get into some nitty-gritty fucking sci-fi nonsense.”
▶ PKA 410 @ 3:52:15 — Painkiller Already #410
Discussion of greatest sci-fi television series
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“Battlestar Galactica is, in my opinion, the greatest fucking sci-fi TV show that there's been. I think it's better than Star Trek”
▶ PKA 755 @ 1:26:10 — PKA 755: Elon Vs Trump
Discussion of the sci-fi series as a classic property, its reception, and issues with later seasons involving Cylon plot twists
Kyle ✓ voice-verified◆ mixed
“I I I had my gripes with the the final seasons of that show. It's like, is everyone a Sylon? Who isn't a [ __ ] robot in disguise?”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“Battlestar Galacta is on that Mount Rushmore of sci-fi properties to me. I I love love love it.”
▶ PKA 650 @ 4:54 — PKA 650: Taylor Rejoins The Church Of Kyle, Surviving Sam Hydes
Discussion of space combat depiction and quality compared to Star Trek
Woody ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“Battlestar Galactica is like the Top Gun of space fights right they really just get it right”
Woody ✓ voice-verified◆ mixed · passing mention, not scored
“like Battlestar Galactica to me maybe it didn't make sense to you”
▶ PKA 542 @ 3:15:06 — PKA 542 w Dick Masterson - Taylor's Basement Contractor, Kyle Da
Extensive discussion of the rebooted series, its premise about a genocidal attack, the aging battleship with outdated technology, and production quality.
Kyle · unverified▲ positive
“Battle Star is legit man it's like like there's nothing bad about it like like the acting the special the special effects are so much better than the budget”
▶ PKA 375 @ 47:37 — PKA 375.5 - Live Show Announcement, Walking Dead, Wings News
Recommendation and discussion of the show's excellence as a sci-fi drama, its character development, writing quality, and thematic depth.
Woody · unverified▲ positive
“You're due for a Battlestar Galactica watching. That's what you should be watching. Everyone who's seen that knows. That's it's it's it's an excellent top tier show. One of the best sci-fi dramas ever made.”
Woody · unverified▲ positive
“And the there's character development. These characters grow and change as the series goes on. By the 30th episode, everybody's a whole lot different, you know? They they they completely change their minds.”