Well, the time has come for me to finish Battlestar Galactica. I’d like to hold the first of two liveblog parties on the site over the course of the next two weekends. The first of these will be for the FULL “Daybreak” episode (that’s all three parts) that makes up the series finale of Battlestar Galactica.
So, if this is your first liveblog, the rules are pretty easy, though we will have a revised schedule this time around.
Because there are at least two (and possibly three) versions of the three-part finale in existence, it is inevitable that, based on what people have access to, we will not all be in sync. It’s just the reality of this. To accomodate this and to schedule in two intermissions for necessary breaks, we will split this liveblog up into three segments. The schedule is as follows:
The liveblog will be on Saturday, November 26th at 9am PST. Please consult a world clock to determine what time this will be where you live.
9:00am: Begin “Daybreak, Part I”
10:00am: Pause wherever you are for a 15-minute intermission. If you have one file or one episode, you might need to pause. If you are watching them split-up from Netflix, iTunes, or Hulu, your “episode” has ended. DO NOT GO TO THE NEXT ONE UNTIL AFTER THE INTERMISSION.
10:15am: Unpause or, in the case of  a streaming site/iTunes, start Part II.
11:15am: Pause if needed for second intermission.
11:30am: Unpause or start Part III of “Daybreak.”
If this is your first time watching this episode like it is for me, I advise staying on the first page of comments and leaving your liveblogging there. This is what I do to avoid spoilers if someone gets ahead of me. Simply use the comments as a space for you to flail, flip out, sob, post many GIFs, and console others.
I am excited to have this party with you! Next weekend, we’ll liveblog The Plan.
I MUST SAY IT: YOU ARE SIMPLY NOT PREPARED.
IT IS PHYSICALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO BE PREPARED FOR THIS!
I still love that Last Supper promo pic an unreasonable amount.
Yay liveblog!
THAT PROMO PIC!!! Is Roslin gazing fondly at Adama? I'm just going to say yes
It looks to me more like they're presiding over the two ends of the table than looking at each other, but hey.
I vote gazing.
I love The Last Supper. It was made to promote Season 4. The empty chair is Ellen's. I wish there was a version that showed her.
And Tigh is looking right at it! I never noticed that. Awesome.
oh god, fandom studied that Last Supper picture for SO LONG trying to figure out everything it would tell us about the final season.
Mark Watches Daybreak: The Liveblog world schedule.
In case time zone math makes your brain 'splode.
I rewatched Daybreak today so I could make some gifs and now my main thought is, Oh Mark, you thought you were unprepared in the past but this is a whole new definition of the word.
Sadly, it looks like I’ll only be able to do the first hour of this, if that. 🙁 I just can’t blow off my guests to do a liveblog. I’m still on board with The Plan, though.
That promo picture is all kinds of fantastic.
One hour
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45 minutes!
Oh this is my first Liveblog, I'm so excited that it's BSG! I can't wait and Mark you are so unprepared, we all are!
In case you didn't know since it's a great help during liveblogs, at the top of the comments there's a 'Sort by' section with three options. Clicking 'Last Activity' puts comments in order of the latest comment first (for example this comment would be top since it's the latest one) so you can keep up with the comments without having to constantly refresh the page and lose your place.
Awesome advise! Thanks for the help!
I may have to leave partway through. 🙁 But I love liveblogs like I love cake.
Yikes, I just woke up! Whew, almost missed the start. Time for coffee!
15 minutes!
I soooooo should not be liveblogging this with y'all. BUT I AM ANYWAY. SCREW OBLIGATIONS AND ALL THAT JAZZ.
YOU ARE MY HERO.
Right!? I'm supposed to be grading….
Whatevs. I can multitask.
I have Fringles and a box of Milk Tray (shh stop judging me, they're on special offer) and my windows open and ready to go.
Shit I've got walnut whips downstairs but nothing salty to munch. D: Seeing as I turn to snackfoods when I'm upset, this is dire.
NOT PREPARED.
Ooh, I haven't had a walnut whip in ages.
I have salt and vinegar Pringles which I'm pretty sure are coated in some kind of drug they're so addictive.
Everyone around me seems to despise salt & vinegar crisps but they are my favouritest. 🙁 Once I ate 90% of a tube of S&V Pringles before I realized how far gone they were.
Still, it means when I have them I can offer to share the bag 'round and feel altruistic even though I know no one else will want them. >_>
I have a glass of coke right now, but I've worked out that I should be able to make pizza during the first intermission, yay pizza!
I'm saving the pizza for after.
10 minutes!
AHHHH IM SO SCARED
*cackles at your unpreparedness*
*holds your hand*
You have never been less prepared than you are right now.
there there
shit..I forgot to eat… will I make it to 3:30 without eating?
THERE ARE SCHEDULED BREAKS. YOU CAN DO IT.
I may have to run to the shop…like, literally *run*.
Woooo! Ready to go! The last episode! Tissues here.
Three minutes…or possibly two…SOON!
Yay my first liveblog. Might have to leave part way, but still, that's better than nothing.
Shit, I don't have tissues. I'm probably going to need tissues, right?
JFC one minute left. IS THIS THE REAL LIFE
HERE WE GO! WOOO!
GOOOOOOOOO!
Please don't use 'insane'on this site.
Apologies.
Just liveblogging and grading.
No worries! <3
IT'S TIME STARTING OMFG!
Previously on Battlestar Galactica!
I'm here! Can't stay for long, but I'm here!
OMG PREVIOUSLIES, all the awful stuff that's lead to this moment.
Previously on Battlestar Galacatica nothing was beautiful and everything hurt.
I have made my peppermint mocha and re-watched my favorite parts of Island yesterday (ie. Starbuck scenes, Caprica/Baltar) and I am ready to roll.
Straight into the credits with no teaser, OH GOD
I miss the drums 🙁
I'm going to miss the opening credits of this show.
But where are the drums?!
NO TEASER OH GOD WHAT IS THIS.
So pretty though!
ALkjasdl;fkjasf I had completely forgotten about that! As if we didn't need enough reminders that this show was ending D:
SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE!
BIRD!
OH GOD IT'S ALL SO PRETTY!
What, no drumming? That's fantastic! I didn't have to cover my eyes!
OMG The last time I'll watch these credits :'(
I haven't watched a single ep during MWBSG and ugh I forgot how much the title tune gives me chillssssssss.
I love how gorgeous Caprica City looks.
Oh pre-attack Caprica City, so pretty.
Omg suit and tie Adama
It's so strange to see him out of uniform.
Love Gaius and Six's contrasting monochrome outfits, and Gaius' stripey socks.
Love this scene! 'Do you always drink and drive?' 'I drink. He drives.'
Oh, Baltar, what an awful outfit hahaha
Love Gaius in his full white suit and then stripey socks.
SHE IS GIVING YOU SPOILERS, BALTAR.
Caprica City flashback!
Awww Caprica and Baltar! So cute!
aaaaaaaaaaaaah My Caprica/Baltar! I am such a shipper. "I prefer not to rely on others as much as possible. Less chance of being let down this way."
"I've actually forgotten your name." it's awful but I'm so amused they made that canon. It was mentioned in interviews before this.
Baltar is so dapper in his weird white outfit and stripped socks
shit shit SHIT why do I get a text at two minutes past the hour telling me I need to leave the house NOW
WHY GOD WHY
;__;
go on without me
be strong
OMG LAURA! All happy in her party clothes with her sisters <3
Oooooh, happy Laura.
Young!Happy!Roslin!!!! LOVE!!!
I love how Caprica is watching Gaius freaking on the phone…
Omg I love you Roslin
Roslin is so happy with her sisters.
Roslin, you are so pretty! (Is anyone else amazed at how the makeup people managed to make all of the actors look so young in these flashbacks?)
Awww Kara with short hair. Her old apartment! It looks much tidier here.
MANDALA PAINTING!
I love her and them
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Roslin!!! <3 she's adorable!
'Oh, frak me!' Well, if you insist, Starbuck…
!!!!!!!!!!!! I cannot
Starbuck and Lee's first meeting!!
Remember–this is BSG! You are NOT PREPARED!
Lee's hair!!!! YAY
Thank the gods.
everyone's hair is better! (well, Roslin's hair is always amazing)
Zak! Awww dinner party.
Roslin at a baby shower omg they're her sisters?
Lee and Starbuck and Zac!
Wait Starbuck's apartment looks similar to her New Caprica prison actually.
i wish i was Roslin's little sister :'(
Girlfriend Stealer!!!
"And a girlfriend-stealer for a brother, niiiice!!"
a;lkdjfasdflkjas I CANNOT EVEN
GAIUS' DAD UGH. <3
LOTS OF UGHS TODAY. THIS SHOW KILLS ME.
Gaius and his father! LOVE how much depth he has!!!
Ugh this scene with Gaius' father is so awkward and uncomfortable. Once of the worst in that respect for me at least.
AHAHHA awkward
Gauis' dad is just so. frakkin'. awesome.
And Gaius' backstory is true!
Do the Adama brothers REALLY look like brothers?? Hmmm
In "Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down", Ellen said that Lee looked like his mother and Zak like his father.
Like EJO wearing blue contacts and Jamie dyeing his hair brown. Not that you think about it when you watch them together.
Not all brothers like alike. But I think there is enough resemblance to give it a handwave
Is it just me or did he say fuck instead of frack?
What is even happening.
I love every moment of Caprica with Gaius and his father… she's so fascinated, she's seeing more bits of the real Gaius, his humanity…
Gaius and his dad make me so…. ugh. I love that we see a hint of his old life before he got all ashamed of his past.
yes! and it humanizes Gaius so much to see that kind of ugly, frustrated family business…
IKR?
Awww Caprica Six's little wave is cute though
What's happening, Mark? Lots of frakkin flashbacks…
Poor Laura.
🙁
Despite how Gaius treats him, I love Gaius' Dad. He's unapologetically himself.
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OMG HIS DAD? OMG I love this
*too many tears*
MY POOR SWEET BB LAURA. NO NO NO NO NO.
Here's the heartbreak, right on time. Can't have someone happy for too long.
Oh no, misery is starting, isn't it?
Roslin, why are your pj's so pretty I want them.
Also, why did you do this to my Roslin, whyyyyyyyyyyyy?
Remember that one time Laura Roslin was happy???
It was so fleeting D:
this can't be good
Utilizing this gif for the first, but not the last time:
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