Battlestar Galactica Scene

February 15, 2008 10:25 AM

In the opening credits of Battlestar Galactica, there is a brief scene of Dr. Gaius Baltar ducking down if front of Number Six (the blond cylon) as the windows of the lake house burst in from an explosion. What episode did this scene come from?

It might only be an outtake because I don’t remember seeing such a vivid scene, although, I am only half way through season 2.
(p.s. not too many spoilers please)

posted by Beaufort to media & arts (14 comments total)

It was from the miniseries.
posted by gregvr at 10:26 AM on February 15, 2008 [1 favorite has favorites]

this is from the opening miniseries, yeah, during the nuke attacks on caprica
posted by luriete at 10:27 AM on February 15, 2008

It was in the pilot/miniseries that kicked off the revival.
posted by Admiral Haddock at 10:27 AM on February 15, 2008

The pilot. Baltar is ducking the attack on Caprica... it's assumed that that Six, standing, died while protecting him from the blast. Thereafter, Baltar's memory / visualisation of her becomes "Head Six". I'd recommend listening to Ron Moore's podcast during or after each episode... I feel it does fill in the blanks, fleshing out each episode a little more. Oh, there's there writer's blogs, too. :-)
posted by Bora Horza Gobuchul at 10:41 AM on February 15, 2008

Thanks a million.

This helps to answer some other questions I have.
posted by Beaufort at 10:51 AM on February 15, 2008

In real life that's not a lake, btw. It's the view of Howe Sound from Lion's Bay, British Columbia, between Vancouver and Whistler.
posted by randomstriker at 11:13 AM on February 15, 2008 [2 favorites has favorites]

You should definitely watch the miniseries before you continue with the second season.
posted by signal at 11:14 AM on February 15, 2008

Allow me to disagree on the necessity of seeing the miniseries if you've already gone through season one. Personally I didn't care for it and almost didn't start watching the ongoing show. There's some references there but nothing you can't pick up along the way.
posted by phearlez at 11:27 AM on February 15, 2008

Oh, and if you don't like spoilers then I'd STRONGLY suggest you stop watching the opening credits. I DESPISE the way they use scenes from the upcoming episode and on more than one occasion have had it give something away to me.
posted by phearlez at 11:28 AM on February 15, 2008

I agree phearlez.
posted by Beaufort at 11:40 AM on February 15, 2008

I agree too. Why would they show the most exciting parts of the show right before you actually watch it? It's the most ridiculous thing. I always close my eyes.
posted by silverstatue at 11:57 AM on February 15, 2008

I DESPISE the way they use scenes from the upcoming episode and on more than one occasion have had it give something away to me.

Huh. I really like how they do that, but so that the little shots never occur in quite the context that you expect and remain a surprise. They'll show you, I dunno but I'll make something up, a clip of someone with a gun to his head, but it turns out that that's just a training demonstration and that later the gun points the *other* way in earnest, or something like that.
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 1:14 PM on February 15, 2008

I close my eyes too silverstatue! Battlestar Wiki says:

The format of the opening titles, a series of clips representing the story of the Cylon attack on the twelve colonies and the exodus of the fleet (all taken from the Miniseries), followed by clips from the upcoming episode, is a homage to the television series Space 1999, which Ronald D. Moore admits to having watched while growing up.

posted by Iteki at 1:40 PM on February 15, 2008

...and before Space 1999, Gerry Anderson did the same thing on Thunderbirds.

Tip: Don't go looking for old episodes of Space 1999. They're a bajillion times better in your hazy memory.
posted by genghis at 8:41 PM on February 15, 2008