That was awesome. I pointed that out to my husband the other day when A-Team was on CoZi. He said he never caught that reference until I pointed it out.
When I was a Police Explorer in the mid 1980's in Tucson, I was assigned to Lorne Greene for a weekend as his security detail. I have some personal stories and fond memories as Mr. Greene treated me with courtesy and respect and remembered my name every day. He was INCREDIBLE with his fans. He forced a movement of the tennis match following his match. He said: "Del, get me a chair please." It took some time to get a chair, but when I did he sat courtside for over 2 hours until he had talked to every fan, signed every autograph, posed for pictures (before digital cameras and smartphones). He talked about Bonanza, Galactica and even Alpo Dog Food commercials. I've met hundreds of celebrities in my 50 years Lorne Greene has been my favorite.
I used to get into arguments with Star Wars fans who claimed this was a rip-off. It wasn't, Glen Larson had been working on this since the early 70's with a script called Adam's Ark. None of the studios would touch it then. It took the popularity of Star Wars to open the door for BG, Buck Rogers, and Star Trek:The Motion Picture, and The Black Hole.
Great point, Raymond. Yes, Larson was able to ride the tide of the Star Wars phenomenon and convince ABC to greenlight BSG. But, there is NO WAY that BSG ripped off Star Wars any more than that movie ripped off Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers.
before i say anything , im a huge star wars , trek , anything space ... lucas sued everyone that was in space ,,,look at how many fan sites lucas shutdown .. in the dial up age of the internet .. anything with any pictures comments or even quotes to star wars ... lucas wanted space to his own the only reason star trek didnt get sued cause Trek was out in the 60's
Jane Seymour wanted to come back as an angelic version of Serena for the Tom DeSanto/Singer sequel BSG series that was planned in the early 2000s, but got cancelled do to 9/11.
I miss those days too Now with dvrs and on demand and blue ray and streaming and of course an abundance of T.V. s in the house now everyone in the family goes there own way.
100% agree with you. It's a crime they caned the show. I'm still trying to erase Battlestar Galactica 1980 and Buck Rogers season 2 from my memory. Imagine if the two shows had crossed over. And Galactica discovered Earth in 25th Century. The banter between Rogers, Apollo and Starbuck would be awesome! Galactica in the 25th Century.
Not to mention,the awesome battles that could have ensued, especially if the Cylons joined up with the Dracons,or,the Dracons had to join forces with Earth to survive....
Sad thing is though ive read second season scripts & they are pretty bad larson was gonna gut the series & change the dynamic you wd hardly recognize it sheba wd die in first episode for example & starbuck wd be captain ad apollo wd stand down. Very weird. So in a way good job it didn't go to second season!
Draconian are humans, so I dont believe a Cylon/Draco alliance logical. They'd more likely attack both. Gamoray was a staging area. I believe the Cylons were looking for Earth, to, and found her. I figure the Thirteenth Tribe split by design, Iblis' design, into 13th and 14th colonies. Earth's nuclear war was also part of iblis' plan.
I remember hearing Richard Hatch to his last dying days trying to bring back Battlestar Galactica in its original format even did a pilot so sad it could have been really good
I tried watching the first few episodes of the SyFy reimagined BSG and I just couldn't get into it. It lacked the mythology and scope that enriched the original.
You are absolutely right!😉👍 This should have been a mega franchise..and could have been too! 😎🤗But ... instead we get this fracking GINO (as well as Galactica 1980)! 😒👎
@@travisfoster6473 way better than all Star Wars movies and Star Trek movies that followed! George Lucas may have sued for copyright garbage only because of 1999-2005 garbage vs TV 1980s Battlestar results! Everyone be the judge!!
How dare you! DVD INDEED.....Get the Blu-Ray! I have the high definition widescreen version (the pan to wide screen was done really well. Not like what they did to Buffy HD.) Actually you can get the show in widescreen or the original 1.33:1 version. The Blu-Ray includes Galactica 1980. I hated that spin off but it's nice to have in HD. I like three episodes: "The Night The Cylons Landed" (Parts 1 and 2) Wolfman Jack appears in that one! And "The Return Of Starbuck" Both Battlestar Galactica and Galactica 1980 were filmed in 35mm film. They went back to the colour negatives and did a 2K scan. These are REAL HIGH DEFINITION VERSIONS.. Not like the upconversions the BBC did for the Tom Baker and upcoming Pertwee Blu-Ray sets. The only real high definition classic Doctor Who is SPEARHEAD FROM SPACE. Because of a technician strike the whole story was shot on 16mm color film and the original Negative they still have. So they did a 2K scan of that 16 mm color negative. You can actually get spearhead from space on Blu-ray in real high definition but that's it..... you're out of luck for the rest of the classic 1963 - 1989 series. Anyway get Battlestar Galactica on Blu-Ray. As a fan (I saw the movie when I was 9) you can't go wrong.
@Bobby Brady I have the widescreen HD set. The full 1.78:1 version looks great. They were very careful in doing the widescreen version. You are thinking of the horrible Buff HD widescreen version. They got some monkeys to do that. There is a little 12 minute restoration video on here. They explain that when they did the 1.78:1 widescreen version that they always went back to the original 1.33:1 version as a guide. This ensures that you miss nothing. At most you would lose black space or some of the ground. Nothing important is missed. Again, this wide screen version was done the right way. The company that did it is one of the best in the business. They have received 19 awards. There is some drop in resolution due to making it 1.78:1. But it's tiny. What the professionals do is not the same as hitting the wide button on your television. Yes, as video Purist I agree with you. But this is Battlestar not Gone With The Wind. FYI: Ever see Aliens or Star Trek IV in 70mm? News for you. These were shot in 35mm. Back then the only way to hear a six channel soundtrack was on a very expensive 70MM. Unfortunately the print got stretched really big as well being on 70mm. Never heard any of you purists complaining then. LOL.
I recall 1978 so vividly.....that autumn started 2nd grade - and like you, I was a huge Star Wars fan and when Battlestar Galactica came out I loved it equally as much!
"There are those who believe that life here began out there, far across the universe, with tribes of humans who may have been the forefathers of the Egyptians, or the Toltecs, or the Mayans. That they may have been the architects of the Great Pyramids, or the lost civilizations of Lemuria, or Atlantis. Some believe that there may yet be brothers of man, who even now fight to survive somewhere beyond the heavens." One of the best Sci Fi TV intros ever.
Battlestar Galactica and the Six Million Dollar Man were two of my favorite shows growing up. Thank you for the walk down memory lane. Great video as always.
Lt. AND Col. Boomer(1980) were part of the series! I met Herbert Jefferson Jr. once at a fantasy TV convention. Neither one of us had much to say about the "reimagined" series but I did tell him that I enjoyed the original and missed it being even on syndicated TV locally.
I met Richard hatch at comic con so many times he knew me by name and merchandise city if it wasn’t for him I would’ve never found the Blu-ray set minus 1980 but return of Starbucks was awesome
Dave, I am one of the biggest BG fans you will ever meet. If this had remained an occasional television event, it would have gone over much better. It should have never been made into a weekly series.
Sad thing is though ive read second season scripts & they are pretty bad larson was gonna gut the series & change the dynamic you wd hardly recognize it sheba wd die in first episode for example & starbuck wd be captain ad apollo wd stand down. Very weird. So in a way good job it didn't go to second season!
I absolutely loved it when I was a kid. I wanted to be Starbuck so bad my Mom even made me a uniform to wear for Halloween. Galactica 1980 was definitely a disappoint when it came out, but the Starbuck episode was its one redeeming episode for sure.
This was a good throw back episode of a sci-fi series with good storyline, great acting, and endless special effects budget. The theme song along with the opening of each episode in my opinion was enough to grab anyone who would click through the channels on their televisions with antenna (rabbit ears). Oh the analog signal coming into the television could make the series fuzzy that it made me spent so much frustrating time setting up the adjusting the television channel nob and repositioning the antenna so that it would not come in fuzzy while I watched the show. This was a neat series as a kid, "by your command".
I can totally relate. For whatever reason, ABC was the hardest signal to pull in when I was a kid. I was constantly fiddling with the rabbit ears to try to get the best reception possible.
Built the model of the Galactica and my brother got me the viper, probe, scarab and raider toys (which I still have) for my birthday. Still watch the show often.. especially loved when it was on metv scifi saturdays. Still remember how the Camp David Accord signing interrupted the premier.. was so mad as a 10 yr old kid..
It was cancelled because it cost $1M an episode in 1978. It simply was losing money. That's why they shut it down in 1979. The network was well aware that it had a fan following, thats why they started Galactica 1980, hoping to get away with a cheaper budget. It failed miserably....and rightly so. It stunk.
I remember seeing the theatrical release of the movie first. It had a different ending for Baltar. He was killed by the Cylon's. That was changed for the TV version so that he could be the human bad guy for the series. I have the complete original series, with Galactica 80, in the chrome toaster head box set.
As a kid growing up in the 70’s Battlestar Galactica was amazing. Cut down way to soon. Oh and I’m currently rewatching Galactica 1980 to see if it’s as bad as I remember, yep it’s sure is.
A couple of years ago I was waxing reminiscent of BSG and recalling my disappointment when it was cancelled. I had found some UA-cam videos of the cast at various conventions displaying their obvious affection for the show, their roles and the chemistry among them and the fans to only find out that, by then, Richard Hatch had recently passed away. What a bummer!
Totally different character though. I was glad to see the nod but would much have preferred to see HIS Second Coming come to fruition. The fans deserved better.
I think ABC made a big mistake in cancelling it, and I was a big fan of Battlestar Galactica when it came out, however, I am collecting the eagle moss collectibles, and I have almost all of the collection. I'm planning on making a 3d animation of it. I so miss this show.
Dave as a child I was so annoyed when the original Battlestar Galactica was cancelled! I definitely agree with you that it shouldn't have been. I was very saddened when Richard Hatch passed away in 2017 from Pancreatic Cancer at the age of seventy one. He was still very handsome and youthful at that age. His character on Battlestar Galactica was a favourite of mine!
All the boys in my neighborhood were married to this show. We never ever missed it, not even the 1980 version. I had that Dynamite magazine and was in the fan club. They had a loyal following.
I watched Battlestar Galactica from beginning to this end, even (yes) Galactica 1980 as well. I was very faithful to the show. Along with watching Six Million Dollar Man, Bionic Woman too. I agree with you that BattleStar Galactica could have been the next Star Trek. They tried with Sy-fy network one but to me the 1978 one is still the best.
Yep..I'm STILL mad at ABC 40 years later..galactica 80 was terrible but the Starbuck episode at least gave us one great show..i think that episode shows how the series was planning to go for year two before the cancellation(it would have been awesome)
The cancellation of Battlestar Galactica was one of the 2 worst decisions made by TV Network Executives in the 70s. The other was killing off Sally McMillan on McMillan & Wife. Both, still piss me off 40 years later.
Battlestar Galactica premiered during the Star Wars hype! I was a huge SW fan, but was not allowed to go to movies. So imagine my excitement when BG debuted! Now imagine my disappointment when BG was cancelled. Now imagine my excitement after hearing Galactica 1980 was coming! Now imagine disappointment after seeing how awful it was!
That cancellation broke my 12 year old heart. I'm still a bit pissed about it. This was the genesis for my life of failed time investments in science fiction / fantasy shows. It seems that every show I love gets the rugged pulled out with rushed conclusions or no conclusions at all - Battlestar Galactica, Buck Rogers, Salvage 1, The Phoenix, Stargate Universe, The Event, and more. FRAK FRAK FRAK!!!
Its been so long ago, I had to look up the original air date. 1978, I was 12. God I feel old. But its nice to remember watching with my 2 brothers and dad. All of us sci fy geeks.
The cinema I was at did have it. Plus had the Giant Trade for the movie. Loved how they changed it that Baltor survived in the series, where he didn't in the movie.
I was 15 by the time G80 came out, but after about 20 minutes of the first episode I was crying like a baby wondering what they had done to my all-time favorite show. It was like getting kicked in the junk twice - once with the cancellation and a second time because they ruined it while trying to justify the original cancellation.
This was a great show that had actors from everywhere. I especially remember Big Ben Cartwright, Face Man, the Bond Girl that competed on Dancing With the Stars at the age of 45 after giving birth to twins, the daughter of Lassie's mother and the captain of some boat. Surely there were more.
LOVED that show as a kid. I also enjoyed the re-boot in the early 2000's. Back in the 70's, we used a tape recorder to record the audio for family members that weren't home at the time. If VCR's existed then, I would still have the tapes. Great show.
VCRS existed back then, it only cost close to $2,000 dollars for one! I used to work in an electronic repair shop. Someone brought one in that was that old and wanted it repaired. The boss told him it would cost him more it was worth to fix, but he wanted it fixed. Took awhile to find parts and they were expensive! It was a top-loading vcr and it was really big and really really heavy! And even had a wired remote. Times have changed!
The original Viper is still to this day my favorite Sci-fi star-fighter. It's such a classic design. Even the the BSG 2003 version of it is pretty dang sweet. Something about the triple engines and the slanted wings and long long nose. It's just a beautiful design. Why my love for Star Wars has waned to the point of non-existence, my love for BSG still burns bright and look forward to anything BSG related if ever. Watching Richard Hatch in the Axanar promos was a treat thats for sure. You could tell he was clearly enjoying the role and inhabiting the role of the Klingon Commander. It's funny, I see Loren Green and yep, It's Commander Adama, yet I see Edward James Olmos and I see Commander Adama, both had different takes on the role yet it's weird that they are the same character. I could see Loren Green acting out the 2003 reboot scenes and getting a similar vibe from him, and same with Olmos, I feel he would have been great at being the father figure of the 1977 version. Both class actors.
The scene in the remake when Starbuck confesses to Adama that she is the reason his son is dead.... some of the best acting I've ever seen. The tension as we watched, we could feel the extreme emotions from both of them. It's an incredible scene.
I liked the first season and a half, but then the plot lines to me started getting way too contrived. Well, I started to lose faith with the first episode after "Colonial Day". Starbuck in the sack with Baltar when in the previous episode she expresses her repulsion and revulsion towards him, and in the end of "Colonial Day" she's dancing with Lee Adama. I'm like WTF!
I did like the new one, however, they did go way too far in some episodes. However, it was nice to see the Classic Cylons, the old theme song, and other nods to the TOS.
I hate it when they rewrite things like this. Oh, we'll make it edgy. Oh we'll switch genders. Oh, we'll make the cylons terminators instead. Do any of these people actually love the shows they're butchering with artistic license?!
I loved, loved, loved BSG when I was 12 years old. Devoured every episode on TV and had that lunchbox in the original package as well as two of the toys, one to play with. We weren't bothered by the lower rated episodes. Every ep couldn't be a cylon attack again. The fleet had to pass by planets, get involved, didn't they? Something had to happen between attacks and repairs, life went on and Colonial Warriors had a code of behavior. They must have needed supplies. A lot was left to the imagination because, you know, spacecraft don't actually exist, but we caught on. We were expecting season 2 to pick up right after 1. They would follow the signal from Apollo's "Celestial Dome" to an Earth a few hundred years advanced and begin the third season building out a fleet of advanced ships like in the books Richard Hatch wrote.
I can tell that like me you are a 70s child. This was my favorite show for the longest time and I hated ABC for canceling it. There was so much story telling to be mined here.
Love this show as a kid. This is what happens when Networks focus on Money than Art......so sad these same Networks still don't learn from their mistakes.
This was one of my favorite all time series. I loved the mythology. I loved the actors and characters. It absolutely killed me when they remade the show with a completely different story, especially when most of the original actors were willing to come back and Richard Hatch had done so much work to continue on with the original series and characters. If they ever do another, they should continue from the original. It will never be the same, though.
I agree with you. I LOVED Galactica and was real upset when it was cancelled. As for "Galactica: 80" my main problem was the Earth they found. I was hoping for an Earth more like Star Trek, a planet easily as advanced as the 12 Colonies. In fact that's what they definitely hinted at in at least one of the original Galactica episodes involving an old Colonial penal colony and an inmate over a hundred years earlier they definitely portray as having come from Earth, a traveler who couldn't speak their language and drew pictures of Earth and his solar-system on his prison walls. Other prisoners described him as the quiet one, or silent one who was imprisoned when his spaceship arrived once in the vicinity--the obvious implication being that Earth possessed a technology at least equal to the colonies a hundred years before the colonies were destroyed and had reached the outer limits of colonial expansion.
So did I! I still like it. I think they used a device called a "Vocoder". I also heard it used in songs like "Freakazoid" and others. Very cool, indeed!
Yes! The show had so much potential, the suits blew a great marketing opportunity. The '80 reboot was barely a blip for me, I do remember the racing bikes and thought it was a dumb idea. Also,.....I love Cylons! The originals and the much later, humanoid kind. Grace Park was my favorite actress on the show. So beautiful and talented.
The sens-a-round was awsome. You should have seen my brother jump the 1st time they hit the turbo boosters. He had endedup in the seat right over the speaker.
Anybody remember when the three hour Battlestar Galactica movie was shown that night on ABC the movie was preempted by the peace treaty signing between Egypt and Israel at the White House? As a 10 year old kid, I wasn’t happy about this at all. This meant that the movie, although shown in its entirety, didn’t end until almost midnight. I can’t say I remember being upset that Battlestar Galactica was canceled after one season because I really don’t remember it being canceled. I remember seeing the Galactica 1980 episode that featured Starbuck, one of my favorite characters on the show, but it wasn’t until decades later I saw some of the other episodes of Galactica 1980. Only then did I realize what an awful show that was. That half-assed series should never have made it to television.
I remember it. I was only 5 when the original show aired. I relived watching it when it was on the Sci-Fi Channel when the channel was just starting out.
This is still my favorite show ever. I loved Lloyd Bridges as Commander Cain in "The Living Legend". Sheba was introduced in that two-part episode as his daughter. I fell in love with Anne Lockhart's character. BSG would have gotten a second season, if it had been on struggling NBC. ABC was doing so well back then that it felt it didn't need BSG.
That's a really good point, Vance. At the time, I believe ABC was the #1 network. Maybe BSG would have been given another season if it had been on either of the other two major networks.
On a positive note, BSG had 22 or so episodes. That's like having 2 seasons by today's standards. But yeah, should've had more episodes. And I wish we had more episodes of Buck Rogers.
I loved Battlestar Galactica (original series). I also loved Buck Rogers and ABC cancelled that show too fast, too. Buck Rogers' second season had a lot of bad episodes, but the last three episodes were good and it was just starting to get good when it was cancelled. Both shows should have been given at least five seasons each. That would have been a blast!
Supposedly, the characters in Galactica: 1980 were different because they were several generations younger than the ones from original series since none of them lived 150+ years old.
Would love to have seen better effort into Battlestar Galactica - The Second Coming, with some of the return characters it had a chance. It was cool seeing some of the original cast in the trailer: Hatch, Colicos, Carter. With many of the other fans, Galactica 1980 was tough to watch....the space scouts...uhhh. Dave thanks for posting.
I NEVER watched the Sci-Fi "BG" as it seemed SOOOOOO far away form the series I knew and loved (Cylons that looked "sexy" HUMANS ??) I really miss the old series. Why does it seem like hollywood never gets it "right" long enough?? Look what Disney did to Star Wars...
I vividly recall the show's debut in September of '78 which was held up a bit, if I remember correctly, due to the announcements surrounding the Camp David Accords. I worked the overnight shift in that era and Sunday night was our startup. Thinking back on it now I dreaded the feeling when I woke up on Sunday morning because I'd slip back into 'regular' hours on the weekends. I tried juggling a picnic at a coworker's home that Sunday afternoon and everyone was talking about Battlestar Galactica premiering that evening. At least I was young enough to go with minimum sleep as the situation required. I still feel the excitement of waiting for that first glimpse of Caprica, Cylons, Lorne Greene and those neat-looking Colonial Vipers. Few things pack amazement as that inaugural episode of Battlestar Galactica.
Frack. Those ABC executives really had felgarcarb for brains. It's hard for me to remember that the show was so short lived I was so young. Everything seemed to last forever. IMHO. Battlestar 1980 was trash. I never got into the new Galactica because it seemed heavy on story and light on effects. I like Vipers. Lots of Vipers.
I know I'm late obviously but was watching old BG clips and this came up. I always heard the show was just too expensive which you would think they would have thought about that before hand, and just went ahead with occasional movies. Imagine Star Wars very week? Can't do it. It was just too ambitious for the times but a shame. They tried to bring it back with a cheaper budget & everyone agrees that was awful.
I even recorded some episodes on cassette and listen to them endlessly because we didnt have VHS cassettes to record the tv episodes. I still here the superweapon from the iceplanet going of in my mind or the launcing of the Vipers or their turbo boost. What a great sounds the show had. By your command...
I did the exact same thing, recorded the entire show on soundtapes and lay in my bed for hours with my headphones on just listening....I learned english by them in a way! I still love this show...and the characters
I even hate seeing him on the Bionic Woman intro, you can see the back of his head, He was one a couple of her shows the one with the indian boy was one of them
@@altha-rf1et lol. Man I totally forgot about that stuff. Too funny. Boy did they ever push that kid on us. I guess Dave is gonna have to do a "What ever became of Oliver" segment... In retrospect. The little weirdo kinda reminds me of Paul Williams. Another guy we couldn't get away from in the seventies.
Never knew the BSG pilot was shown in theatres like Buck Rogers (saw that one...St Augustine, FL 78 or 79) Starbuck's story, the friendship with the cylon was well worth it...kind of a pre-Enemy Mine
The final episode of 1980, The Return of Starbuck, was good, except for one issue. They changed the cylons voice. That was so stupid making his voice sound human. Who thinks up this stupid crap and decides it's a good idea?
Abc totally blew it!! Battlrstar Galactica...the original with Starbuck , and Apollo...was an amazing series , and would have had a great future if given the chance !! Its up there with my favorites like the original Star Trek series and also The Next Generation !!
Galatica 1980 using the kids all the time ruin it... They could had done a lot finding Earth and everything, Even Superscouts was OK but they kept on with them kids
Hail To Battlestar Galactica. One of the most cool space shows in the world. You should share your Battlestar Galactica collection with Lisa Whelchel on the Collector's Call show.
LOVED Battlestar!!! Hated 1980....watched Battlestar in syndication all through HS- every Sunday 4pm, followed by Buck Rogers at 5- did my science homework during it to feel more tech/science like ;)
I saw battle star gallactica in sensoround when it came out awesome. If only star wars was released with the same format that would be even better still but still great all the same
Battlestar Galactica 1978, it was the time and place, even ahead of it self, and today watching reruns such a joy, age with time and perfection. "life here started out there" Now if they tweak and remasterd BSG 1978 like they did with orginal Star Wars 1977 how much better it would enhanced its legend!
Awesome vid, Dave! I was such a huge fan. You're right: It was a horrible decision to cancel it. I suspect if the ABC execs understood the magnitude of BG's popularity then and now, they wouldn't have dared cancel it. BG1980 was a halfhearted effort to appease the fans, and it was apparent they were more interested in saving money than putting out a quality show. The Return of Starbuck was the only episode I enjoyed. Sometimes, I wish I could go back to those days when I could just enjoy sci-fi for sci-fi...the characters and stories, when special effects aren't the be-all, and end-all as it is today with CGI, and everything has to be politcal and/or serious. BG will always be my reminder of how things used to be. Gadzooks, did I just sound really old there? HahA! Thanks for posting!
Thanks for posting! This video is my Friday morning joy today! ♥️👸🏾
Well...you telling me that my video is your Friday morning joy is MY Friday morning joy! 🙂
They went beyond retarded for cancelling BATTLESTAR GALACTICA.
DarkVoid I remember that toy! I used to make him go to war against Buck Rodgers and Wilma Deering. 😂
Which show did you like better?
DarkVoid Me too 😉
DarkVoid 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 That’s awesome!
I liked the A-team intro when Dirk Benedict looked at a Cylon and was like. ........
That was a classic nod. Good ol Dirk.
A great moment
That was awesome. I pointed that out to my husband the other day when A-Team was on CoZi. He said he never caught that reference until I pointed it out.
I remember that!!
Then they turned him into a butch on the reboot😑
When I was a Police Explorer in the mid 1980's in Tucson, I was assigned to Lorne Greene for a weekend as his security detail. I have some personal stories and fond memories as Mr. Greene treated me with courtesy and respect and remembered my name every day. He was INCREDIBLE with his fans. He forced a movement of the tennis match following his match. He said: "Del, get me a chair please." It took some time to get a chair, but when I did he sat courtside for over 2 hours until he had talked to every fan, signed every autograph, posed for pictures (before digital cameras and smartphones). He talked about Bonanza, Galactica and even Alpo Dog Food commercials. I've met hundreds of celebrities in my 50 years Lorne Greene has been my favorite.
I used to get into arguments with Star Wars fans who claimed this was a rip-off. It wasn't, Glen Larson had been working on this since the early 70's with a script called Adam's Ark. None of the studios would touch it then. It took the popularity of Star Wars to open the door for BG, Buck Rogers, and Star Trek:The Motion Picture, and The Black Hole.
Great point, Raymond. Yes, Larson was able to ride the tide of the Star Wars phenomenon and convince ABC to greenlight BSG. But, there is NO WAY that BSG ripped off Star Wars any more than that movie ripped off Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers.
@Raymond Kizer
Dirk Benedict addressed the "rip-off" issue rather competently in the BG twenty-fifth anniversary program.
Actually Star Wars is a rip off of Space Battleship Yamato.
before i say anything , im a huge star wars , trek , anything space ... lucas sued everyone that was in space ,,,look at how many fan sites lucas shutdown .. in the dial up age of the internet .. anything with any pictures comments or even quotes to star wars ... lucas wanted space to his own the only reason star trek didnt get sued cause Trek was out in the 60's
Jane Seymour even regretted having her character die off after the first few episodes.
@jci49 I've had better...
@Peter A. haha.. classic line from the movie "Liar Liar"
At least she made a good wild west doctor a few years later (Dr Quinn)
Jane Seymour wanted to come back as an angelic version of Serena for the Tom DeSanto/Singer sequel BSG series that was planned in the early 2000s, but got cancelled do to 9/11.
@DarkVoid I've always had a crush on her.
I miss the days of everybody in the living room. This show helped.
I miss those days too
Now with dvrs and on demand and blue ray and streaming and of course an abundance of T.V. s in the house now everyone in the family goes there own way.
@@carrychris2010 yep.
All the streaming doesn't allow it to be a treat too.
AGREED.
100% agree with you. It's a crime they caned the show. I'm still trying to erase Battlestar Galactica 1980 and Buck Rogers season 2 from my memory. Imagine if the two shows had crossed over. And Galactica discovered Earth in 25th Century. The banter between Rogers, Apollo and Starbuck would be awesome! Galactica in the 25th Century.
That would have been great! 😎 👍
Not to mention,the awesome battles that could have ensued, especially if the Cylons joined up with the Dracons,or,the Dracons had to join forces with Earth to survive....
It seems like Universal had something so good in the first season but totally messed up... I don't think I want to watch the 2000s series, though.
Sad thing is though ive read second season scripts & they are pretty bad larson was gonna gut the series & change the dynamic you wd hardly recognize it sheba wd die in first episode for example & starbuck wd be captain ad apollo wd stand down. Very weird. So in a way good job it didn't go to second season!
Draconian are humans, so I dont believe a Cylon/Draco alliance logical. They'd more likely attack both.
Gamoray was a staging area. I believe the Cylons were looking for Earth, to, and found her.
I figure the Thirteenth Tribe split by design, Iblis' design, into 13th and 14th colonies.
Earth's nuclear war was also part of iblis' plan.
I remember hearing Richard Hatch to his last dying days trying to bring back Battlestar Galactica in its original format even did a pilot so sad it could have been really good
Didn't like the new format
but then he joined the new series, which was disappointing for me. He was a truly good man. RIP
@@psalm37v4 Yeah I could not figure out why I made that decision. Maybe the offer was real good, who knows?
Second Coming was a massive missed opportunity! As was cancelling the main show in 1978. 😣☹️
I tried watching the first few episodes of the SyFy reimagined BSG and I just couldn't get into it. It lacked the mythology and scope that enriched the original.
I still miss the uniforms, helmets and the original Cylons.
You'll find them in the starboard flight pod of the rebooted Galactica, just before you enter the gift shop.
The capes did do it. And the original cylons were better IMHO.
I know what you mean.
I loved the Colonial Vipers, I'd rather fly one than an X-Wing any day and I am a huge Star Wars fan.
Don't forget the sliding red eye and sound
"By your command" One of the best lines ever.
Same as the words "where are my dragons" and then.. then.. the show got D&D 80's style.
Good-looking women on this show! Along with Erin Grey on Buck Rogers, what a great decades to watch television...
sjw women are really ugly...
Doctor Jodie
I loved me that Erin Grey! ❤💚💛
For MY money... it was always Pamela Hensley's Princess Ardala. Wow!
Bee dee bee dee bee dee! Wilma, and Maren Jensen. Wow! Hey I was in my late teens then.
@@robbbase4397 Back then it made you wonder how Buck resisted her. lol
You are correct. 1978
Battlestar was the best sci fi series ever.
ABC screwed it up.
Should have been a mega franchise.
You are absolutely right!😉👍 This should have been a mega franchise..and could have been too! 😎🤗But ... instead we get this fracking GINO (as well as Galactica 1980)! 😒👎
@An Oasis Can Not hardly. They were ok shows and I watched them also.
Ice Gun On Planet Zero! Awesomeness! With Roy Thinnes from The Invaders! Deep cut!
Dave needs to do The Invaders!
@@raymondkizer1216 YES!
@Raymond Kizer. Adding "The Invaders" to my topics list.
@@jdsundstrom More awesomeness!
The Invaders is now on MeTv at 12 midnight/11 PM central on Saturdays.
I still watch the DVD frequently, such a great show.
Way better than the newer series, I didn't think that would be even as terrible as it turned out to be.
@@travisfoster6473 way better than all Star Wars movies and Star Trek movies that followed! George Lucas may have sued for copyright garbage only because of 1999-2005 garbage vs TV 1980s Battlestar results! Everyone be the judge!!
Thumbs up to you and Mike D., Travis! Agreed!
How dare you! DVD INDEED.....Get the Blu-Ray!
I have the high definition widescreen version (the pan to wide screen was done really well. Not like what they did to Buffy HD.) Actually you can get the show in widescreen or the original 1.33:1 version. The Blu-Ray includes Galactica 1980. I hated that spin off but it's nice to have in HD. I like three episodes:
"The Night The Cylons Landed" (Parts 1 and 2) Wolfman Jack appears in that one!
And "The Return Of Starbuck"
Both Battlestar Galactica and Galactica 1980 were filmed in 35mm film. They went back to the colour negatives and did a 2K scan. These are REAL HIGH DEFINITION VERSIONS..
Not like the upconversions the BBC did for the Tom Baker and upcoming Pertwee Blu-Ray sets. The only real high definition classic Doctor Who is SPEARHEAD FROM SPACE. Because of a technician strike the whole story was shot on 16mm color film and the original Negative they still have. So they did a 2K scan of that 16 mm color negative. You can actually get spearhead from space on Blu-ray in real high definition but that's it..... you're out of luck for the rest of the classic 1963 - 1989 series.
Anyway get Battlestar Galactica on Blu-Ray. As a fan (I saw the movie when I was 9) you can't go wrong.
@Bobby Brady I have the widescreen HD set.
The full 1.78:1 version looks great. They were very careful in doing the widescreen version. You are thinking of the horrible Buff HD widescreen version. They got some monkeys to do that.
There is a little 12 minute restoration video on here. They explain that when they did the 1.78:1 widescreen version that they always went back to the original 1.33:1 version as a guide. This ensures that you miss nothing. At most you would lose black space or some of the ground. Nothing important is missed. Again, this wide screen version was done the right way. The company that did it is one of the best in the business. They have received 19 awards.
There is some drop in resolution due to making it
1.78:1. But it's tiny. What the professionals do is not the same as hitting the wide button on your television.
Yes, as video Purist I agree with you. But this is Battlestar not Gone With The Wind.
FYI: Ever see Aliens or Star Trek IV in 70mm? News for you. These were shot in 35mm. Back then the only way to hear a six channel soundtrack was on a very expensive 70MM. Unfortunately the print got stretched really big as well being on 70mm. Never heard any of you purists complaining then. LOL.
I recall 1978 so vividly.....that autumn started 2nd grade - and like you, I was a huge Star Wars fan and when Battlestar Galactica came out I loved it equally as much!
"There are those who believe that life here began out there, far across the universe, with tribes of humans who may have been the forefathers of the Egyptians, or the Toltecs, or the Mayans. That they may have been the architects of the Great Pyramids, or the lost civilizations of Lemuria, or Atlantis. Some believe that there may yet be brothers of man, who even now fight to survive somewhere beyond the heavens."
One of the best Sci Fi TV intros ever.
Battlestar Galactica and the Six Million Dollar Man were two of my favorite shows growing up. Thank you for the walk down memory lane. Great video as always.
Marc Ogle BG, 6MDM and the Bionic Woman were mine. Buck Rogers was fun, not the 2nd season though.
@Marc Ogle. You're most welcome!
@A C. You're right. Season 2 of Buck Rogers was not as joyful!
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Don't forget Boomer was in it...
Lt. AND Col. Boomer(1980) were part of the series! I met Herbert Jefferson Jr. once at a fantasy TV convention. Neither one of us had much to say about the "reimagined" series but I did tell him that I enjoyed the original and missed it being even on syndicated TV locally.
Lt. Boomer was criminally underused , every bit as cool as the other warriors.
Boomer is one of my favorites.
having loved this original series, i was completely unable to get into the 2000's version.
The new characters just weren't likeable.
It was turned into a soap opera. Gawd, it was awful
I didn’t like the 2000s one it was great that hatch was on it a few episodes
I met Richard hatch at comic con so many times he knew me by name and merchandise city if it wasn’t for him I would’ve never found the Blu-ray set minus 1980 but return of Starbucks was awesome
unless you like eating lard
Never mind Ginger or Mary Ann, it was Cassiopia or Athena for us!
Dave, I am one of the biggest BG fans you will ever meet. If this had remained an occasional television event, it would have gone over much better. It should have never been made into a weekly series.
"V" suffered the same fate. It was great as a miniseries and should have never been transformed into a cheap weekly Dallas with aliens show.
@@xenofett7008 I agree with you 100%!
I tell ya the best episode was “the Living Legend “ starring Lloyd Bridges as Commander Cain #teambsgviper
Yes this was the best television episode of the 1970s!(It still holds up today)a Pegasus spin off would have been awesome
@Paul Rotter. Totally agree. That was an awesome episode!
Yes indeed
Alas, Commander Cain picked the wrong week to give up drinking.
The 3 hour pilot episode was my favorite. Living Legend was a close second favorite.
I spent many a centon watching the original BSG back in the 70s.
Same here.
it could have gone on for yahren after yahren, even with all the frakking felgercarb from those gaul monging tin heads
Love all things Battlestar and canceling was as huge mistake !!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣
Darth Goggins .yess..big mistake
Which only proves TV exec's are the dumbest forms of life on this planet.
Sad thing is though ive read second season scripts & they are pretty bad larson was gonna gut the series & change the dynamic you wd hardly recognize it sheba wd die in first episode for example & starbuck wd be captain ad apollo wd stand down. Very weird. So in a way good job it didn't go to second season!
I absolutely loved it when I was a kid. I wanted to be Starbuck so bad my Mom even made me a uniform to wear for Halloween. Galactica 1980 was definitely a disappoint when it came out, but the Starbuck episode was its one redeeming episode for sure.
This was a good throw back episode of a sci-fi series with good storyline, great acting, and endless special effects budget. The theme song along with the opening of each episode in my opinion was enough to grab anyone who would click through the channels on their televisions with antenna (rabbit ears). Oh the analog signal coming into the television could make the series fuzzy that it made me spent so much frustrating time setting up the adjusting the television channel nob and repositioning the antenna so that it would not come in fuzzy while I watched the show. This was a neat series as a kid, "by your command".
I can totally relate. For whatever reason, ABC was the hardest signal to pull in when I was a kid. I was constantly fiddling with the rabbit ears to try to get the best reception possible.
Only found out recently that Noah Hathaway, who played Boxy, was also in The Neverending Story.
I had no Star Wars toys but loved my Colonial Viper! Big Starbuck fan😎
I assembled a model of the Colonial Viper. I loved that thing so much!
@@jdsundstrom I have an unpainted model of the original Galactica!
I had a model of a Cylon raider. My buddy had a TIE fighter we would have epic dog fights! Lol!
Built the model of the Galactica and my brother got me the viper, probe, scarab and raider toys (which I still have) for my birthday. Still watch the show often.. especially loved when it was on metv scifi saturdays. Still remember how the Camp David Accord signing interrupted the premier.. was so mad as a 10 yr old kid..
I had the cereal mail order viper cockpit.
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It was cancelled because it cost $1M an episode in 1978. It simply was losing money. That's why they shut it down in 1979. The network was well aware that it had a fan following, thats why they started Galactica 1980, hoping to get away with a cheaper budget. It failed miserably....and rightly so. It stunk.
I remember seeing the theatrical release of the movie first. It had a different ending for Baltar. He was killed by the Cylon's. That was changed for the TV version so that he could be the human bad guy for the series.
I have the complete original series, with Galactica 80, in the chrome toaster head box set.
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Yes I remember that version.
As a kid growing up in the 70’s Battlestar Galactica was amazing. Cut down way to soon. Oh and I’m currently rewatching Galactica 1980 to see if it’s as bad as I remember, yep it’s sure is.
I loved BSG I had all the toys next to my X-wing I loved those Vipers.
I still wonder how the Vipers had looked with a different paint job, maybe something more akin to WWII with leftover nose art.
@@spacetownman7350 I wish it had more seasons but I did love the toys
A couple of years ago I was waxing reminiscent of BSG and recalling my disappointment when it was cancelled. I had found some UA-cam videos of the cast at various conventions displaying their obvious affection for the show, their roles and the chemistry among them and the fans to only find out that, by then, Richard Hatch had recently passed away. What a bummer!
At least he got a substantial role in the reboot. Knocked it out of the park, too!
Totally different character though. I was glad to see the nod but would much have preferred to see HIS Second Coming come to fruition. The fans deserved better.
I think ABC made a big mistake in cancelling it, and I was a big fan of Battlestar Galactica when it came out, however, I am collecting the eagle moss collectibles, and I have almost all of the collection. I'm planning on making a 3d animation of it. I so miss this show.
Dave as a child I was so annoyed when the original Battlestar Galactica was cancelled! I definitely agree with you that it shouldn't have been. I was very saddened when Richard Hatch passed away in 2017 from Pancreatic Cancer at the age of seventy one. He was still very handsome and youthful at that age. His character on Battlestar Galactica was a favourite of mine!
I would never have thought he was 71! He looked like he was in his mid-50s.
All the boys in my neighborhood were married to this show. We never ever missed it, not even the 1980 version. I had that Dynamite magazine and was in the fan club. They had a loyal following.
Great video. The best franchise that never was. Thanks for posting.
I watched Battlestar Galactica from beginning to this end, even (yes) Galactica 1980 as well. I was very faithful to the show. Along with watching Six Million Dollar Man, Bionic Woman too. I agree with you that BattleStar Galactica could have been the next Star Trek. They tried with Sy-fy network one but to me the 1978 one is still the best.
Agreed.
Yep..I'm STILL mad at ABC 40 years later..galactica 80 was terrible but the Starbuck episode at least gave us one great show..i think that episode shows how the series was planning to go for year two before the cancellation(it would have been awesome)
Truthfully, I didn't mind the first episode either. That said, those two episodes were "bookends" for some pretty mediocre television.
I can’t remember the site now, but they had a few pages on what could have happened in year 2 of BG, instead we got G1980.
I'm still mad as well. I wish the fool who took the decision to cancel would be outed. Man I loved that show.
It's a real shame ABC cancelled the series after only 1 season. Battlestar Galactica is classic sci-fi.
The cancellation of Battlestar Galactica was one of the 2 worst decisions made by TV Network Executives in the 70s. The other was killing off Sally McMillan on McMillan & Wife. Both, still piss me off 40 years later.
By the Lords of Kobol ! Thanks Dave! Keep the Faith!!!!
By the Lords of Kobol! What low prices!
(Sorry, I couldn't resist!)
Actually, "What a savings!"
Loved the show. As others, rewatch it quite frequently on DVD.
The show was FRACKING great!
Frack yeah! It was awesome!!
Agreed. I was first introduced to this as a theatrical movie released in Australia in Sensurround. It was STUNNING. A magnificent event!
I miss the original Battlestar Galactica.
Battlestar Galactica premiered during the Star Wars hype! I was a huge SW fan, but was not allowed to go to movies. So imagine my excitement when BG debuted! Now imagine my disappointment when BG was cancelled. Now imagine my excitement after hearing Galactica 1980 was coming! Now imagine disappointment after seeing how awful it was!
The Starbuck episode was excellent. And yes ABC blew it
That cancellation broke my 12 year old heart. I'm still a bit pissed about it. This was the genesis for my life of failed time investments in science fiction / fantasy shows. It seems that every show I love gets the rugged pulled out with rushed conclusions or no conclusions at all - Battlestar Galactica, Buck Rogers, Salvage 1, The Phoenix, Stargate Universe, The Event, and more. FRAK FRAK FRAK!!!
How Maren Jensen didn't end up being one of Charlie's Angels is one of the great Mysteries of Television.
Totally agree!
Its been so long ago, I had to look up the original air date. 1978, I was 12. God I feel old. But its nice to remember watching with my 2 brothers and dad. All of us sci fy geeks.
Galactic 1980 worse than the last season of GOT., not as bad as the Last Jedi though
No argument there.
I refuse to acknowledge the existence of Galactica 80.
Ep. IX was not great, and seriously, watching the last episode felt as disappointing as that film.
Galactica 1980 = "the show, whose name shall not be mentioned"
The cinema I was at did have it. Plus had the Giant Trade for the movie.
Loved how they changed it that Baltor survived in the series, where he didn't in the movie.
Yep, I had that giant version of the comic as well! I'm not sure how I felt about Baltar surviving. He was pretty darn treacherous.
I was such a deranged fan of BSG as a 9 year old kid that even when G-1980 came out the following year...I thanked the Lords of Kobel
I was pleased at first as well, Dale.
@@jdsundstrom Yes. At first. Then the commies showed us what a frakked-up masterpiece looks like. Just like Joe...
I was 15 by the time G80 came out, but after about 20 minutes of the first episode I was crying like a baby wondering what they had done to my all-time favorite show. It was like getting kicked in the junk twice - once with the cancellation and a second time because they ruined it while trying to justify the original cancellation.
This was a great show that had actors from everywhere. I especially remember Big Ben Cartwright, Face Man, the Bond Girl that competed on Dancing With the Stars at the age of 45 after giving birth to twins, the daughter of Lassie's mother and the captain of some boat. Surely there were more.
LOVED that show as a kid. I also enjoyed the re-boot in the early 2000's. Back in the 70's, we used a tape recorder to record the audio for family members that weren't home at the time. If VCR's existed then, I would still have the tapes. Great show.
I did the same thing, George.
VCRS existed back then, it only cost close to $2,000 dollars for one! I used to work in an electronic repair shop. Someone brought one in that was that old and wanted it repaired. The boss told him it would cost him more it was worth to fix, but he wanted it fixed. Took awhile to find parts and they were expensive! It was a top-loading vcr and it was really big and really really heavy! And even had a wired remote. Times have changed!
I'm glad to discover I'm not the only fan of the 70's Galactica who didn't like the new Sci-Fi channel version.
The original Viper is still to this day my favorite Sci-fi star-fighter. It's such a classic design. Even the the BSG 2003 version of it is pretty dang sweet. Something about the triple engines and the slanted wings and long long nose. It's just a beautiful design. Why my love for Star Wars has waned to the point of non-existence, my love for BSG still burns bright and look forward to anything BSG related if ever.
Watching Richard Hatch in the Axanar promos was a treat thats for sure. You could tell he was clearly enjoying the role and inhabiting the role of the Klingon Commander.
It's funny, I see Loren Green and yep, It's Commander Adama, yet I see Edward James Olmos and I see Commander Adama, both had different takes on the role yet it's weird that they are the same character. I could see Loren Green acting out the 2003 reboot scenes and getting a similar vibe from him, and same with Olmos, I feel he would have been great at being the father figure of the 1977 version. Both class actors.
So true Rodney! While I will always have a soft spot for Lorne, both actors did a phenomenal job with the role.
The scene in the remake when Starbuck confesses to Adama that she is the reason his son is dead.... some of the best acting I've ever seen. The tension as we watched, we could feel the extreme emotions from both of them. It's an incredible scene.
I loved it as a kid, borderline obsessed with it. When the new one came out, I just couldn't get into it. It just wasnt Battlestar for me.
I liked the first season and a half, but then the plot lines to me started getting way too contrived. Well, I started to lose faith with the first episode after "Colonial Day". Starbuck in the sack with Baltar when in the previous episode she expresses her repulsion and revulsion towards him, and in the end of "Colonial Day" she's dancing with Lee Adama. I'm like WTF!
I did like the new one, however, they did go way too far in some episodes. However, it was nice to see the Classic Cylons, the old theme song, and other nods to the TOS.
Yeah I'm the same way with the new Star Trek movies, just not the same.
@@williamsherman2374 Better then me -- I loath the new Star Trek. I feel nothing but trepidation for the new Picard series.
I hate it when they rewrite things like this. Oh, we'll make it edgy. Oh we'll switch genders. Oh, we'll make the cylons terminators instead. Do any of these people actually love the shows they're butchering with artistic license?!
I loved, loved, loved BSG when I was 12 years old. Devoured every episode on TV and had that lunchbox in the original package as well as two of the toys, one to play with.
We weren't bothered by the lower rated episodes. Every ep couldn't be a cylon attack again. The fleet had to pass by planets, get involved, didn't they? Something had to happen between attacks and repairs, life went on and Colonial Warriors had a code of behavior. They must have needed supplies. A lot was left to the imagination because, you know, spacecraft don't actually exist, but we caught on.
We were expecting season 2 to pick up right after 1. They would follow the signal from Apollo's "Celestial Dome" to an Earth a few hundred years advanced and begin the third season building out a fleet of advanced ships like in the books Richard Hatch wrote.
I can tell that like me you are a 70s child. This was my favorite show for the longest time and I hated ABC for canceling it. There was so much story telling to be mined here.
I agree. We bought the bonanza box because of Lorne Green.
Love this show as a kid. This is what happens when Networks focus on Money than Art......so sad these same Networks still don't learn from their mistakes.
8:35, War of the Gods is still my all-time favorite BSG episode. Yes, the cancellation was a missed opportunity.
Along with Saga of a Star World, War of the Gods is my favorite as well.
This was one of my favorite all time series. I loved the mythology. I loved the actors and characters. It absolutely killed me when they remade the show with a completely different story, especially when most of the original actors were willing to come back and Richard Hatch had done so much work to continue on with the original series and characters. If they ever do another, they should continue from the original. It will never be the same, though.
Yes!! the mythology (Egyptian theme) was totally awesome too!
nd the theme music so totally rocked! the minute I hear it again on tv I ALWYS watch it!
@Carrigon. You're right. It could never be the same.
early evidence of commie infiltration of entertainment.
I agree with you. I LOVED Galactica and was real upset when it was cancelled. As for "Galactica: 80" my main problem was the Earth they found. I was hoping for an Earth more like Star Trek, a planet easily as advanced as the 12 Colonies. In fact that's what they definitely hinted at in at least one of the original Galactica episodes involving an old Colonial penal colony and an inmate over a hundred years earlier they definitely portray as having come from Earth, a traveler who couldn't speak their language and drew pictures of Earth and his solar-system on his prison walls. Other prisoners described him as the quiet one, or silent one who was imprisoned when his spaceship arrived once in the vicinity--the obvious implication being that Earth possessed a technology at least equal to the colonies a hundred years before the colonies were destroyed and had reached the outer limits of colonial expansion.
yes i loved battlestar galactica loved to hear the ceylons talk
So did I! I still like it. I think they used a device called a "Vocoder". I also heard it used in songs like "Freakazoid" and others. Very cool, indeed!
When I was in college, the TV room in my dorm was packed for this show on Sunday nights!
Yes! The show had so much potential, the suits blew a great marketing opportunity. The '80 reboot was barely a blip for me, I do remember the racing bikes and thought it was a dumb idea.
Also,.....I love Cylons! The originals and the much later, humanoid kind. Grace Park was my favorite actress on the show. So beautiful and talented.
I'm a big fan of Grace Park as well!
The sens-a-round was awsome. You should have seen my brother jump the 1st time they hit the turbo boosters. He had endedup in the seat right over the speaker.
That would have been fun to have seen!
Anybody remember when the three hour Battlestar Galactica movie was shown that night on ABC the movie was preempted by the peace treaty signing between Egypt and Israel at the White House? As a 10 year old kid, I wasn’t happy about this at all. This meant that the movie, although shown in its entirety, didn’t end until almost midnight. I can’t say I remember being upset that Battlestar Galactica was canceled after one season because I really don’t remember it being canceled. I remember seeing the Galactica 1980 episode that featured Starbuck, one of my favorite characters on the show, but it wasn’t until decades later I saw some of the other episodes of Galactica 1980. Only then did I realize what an awful show that was. That half-assed series should never have made it to television.
I remember that!! I was one pissed off 13 year old!
True indeed!
I remember it. I was only 5 when the original show aired. I relived watching it when it was on the Sci-Fi Channel when the channel was just starting out.
This is still my favorite show ever. I loved Lloyd Bridges as Commander Cain in "The Living Legend". Sheba was introduced in that two-part episode as his daughter. I fell in love with Anne Lockhart's character. BSG would have gotten a second season, if it had been on struggling NBC. ABC was doing so well back then that it felt it didn't need BSG.
That's a really good point, Vance. At the time, I believe ABC was the #1 network. Maybe BSG would have been given another season if it had been on either of the other two major networks.
On a positive note, BSG had 22 or so episodes. That's like having 2 seasons by today's standards. But yeah, should've had more episodes. And I wish we had more episodes of Buck Rogers.
I loved Battlestar Galactica (original series). I also loved Buck Rogers and ABC cancelled that show too fast, too. Buck Rogers' second season had a lot of bad episodes, but the last three episodes were good and it was just starting to get good when it was cancelled. Both shows should have been given at least five seasons each. That would have been a blast!
Supposedly, the characters in Galactica: 1980 were different because they were several generations younger than the ones from original series since none of them lived 150+ years old.
I was a fan of both BATTLESTAR'S I feel ABC did blow it with the first one as they have with shows of today!
Would love to have seen better effort into Battlestar Galactica - The Second Coming, with some of the return characters it had a chance. It was cool seeing some of the original cast in the trailer: Hatch, Colicos, Carter. With many of the other fans, Galactica 1980 was tough to watch....the space scouts...uhhh. Dave thanks for posting.
I NEVER watched the Sci-Fi "BG" as it seemed SOOOOOO far away form the series I knew and loved (Cylons that looked "sexy" HUMANS ??) I really miss the old series. Why does it seem like hollywood never gets it "right" long enough?? Look what Disney did to Star Wars...
I vividly recall the show's debut in September of '78 which was held up a bit, if I remember correctly, due to the announcements surrounding the Camp David Accords. I worked the overnight shift in that era and Sunday night was our startup. Thinking back on it now I dreaded the feeling when I woke up on Sunday morning because I'd slip back into 'regular' hours on the weekends. I tried juggling a picnic at a coworker's home that Sunday afternoon and everyone was talking about Battlestar Galactica premiering that evening. At least I was young enough to go with minimum sleep as the situation required. I still feel the excitement of waiting for that first glimpse of Caprica, Cylons, Lorne Greene and those neat-looking Colonial Vipers. Few things pack amazement as that inaugural episode of Battlestar Galactica.
Frack. Those ABC executives really had felgarcarb for brains.
It's hard for me to remember that the show was so short lived I was so young.
Everything seemed to last forever.
IMHO. Battlestar 1980 was trash. I never got into the new Galactica because it seemed heavy on story and light on effects. I like Vipers. Lots of Vipers.
D Evans btw it’s Felgarcarb
I think it was "feldercarb." -- BSG wiki confirms.
I know I'm late obviously but was watching old BG clips and this came up. I always heard the show was just too expensive which you would think they would have thought about that before hand, and just went ahead with occasional movies. Imagine Star Wars very week? Can't do it. It was just too ambitious for the times but a shame. They tried to bring it back with a cheaper budget & everyone agrees that was awful.
Plus there's a remake of the original movie planned. Don't remember if it had been back burnered though.
I'm ready. Let's reboot it again!
Too bad they can’t buy The Second Coming from Hatch’s estate and use that.
I even recorded some episodes on cassette and listen to them endlessly because we didnt have VHS cassettes to record the tv episodes. I still here the superweapon from the iceplanet going of in my mind or the launcing of the Vipers or their turbo boost. What a great sounds the show had.
By your command...
I did the exact same thing, recorded the entire show on soundtapes and lay in my bed for hours with my headphones on just listening....I learned english by them in a way!
I still love this show...and the characters
Cousin Oliver on Galactica 1980 never forget or forgive!
I forgot all about him. That kid was the original Ted McGinley. Want a show to fail?
Bring in Oliver... or Ted.
I even hate seeing him on the Bionic Woman intro, you can see the back of his head, He was one a couple of her shows the one with the indian boy was one of them
@@altha-rf1et lol. Man I totally forgot about that stuff. Too funny. Boy did they ever push that kid on us. I guess Dave is gonna have to do a "What ever became of Oliver" segment...
In retrospect. The little weirdo kinda reminds me of Paul Williams. Another guy we couldn't get away from in the seventies.
I was 6 when this came out but i still remember it very well. Great show.
Never knew the BSG pilot was shown in theatres like Buck Rogers (saw that one...St Augustine, FL 78 or 79)
Starbuck's story, the friendship with the cylon was well worth it...kind of a pre-Enemy Mine
I thought the same thing when I saw Enemy Mine!
The final episode of 1980, The Return of Starbuck, was good, except for one issue. They changed the cylons voice. That was so stupid making his voice sound human. Who thinks up this stupid crap and decides it's a good idea?
@Rick West
That was the voice of the original "Lost in Space" robot !
The second season wasnt the same without. BALTAR
There was no second season
Abc totally blew it!! Battlrstar Galactica...the original with Starbuck , and Apollo...was an amazing series , and would have had a great future if given the chance !! Its up there with my favorites like the original Star Trek series and also The Next Generation !!
Galatica 1980 using the kids all the time ruin it... They could had done a lot finding Earth and everything, Even Superscouts was OK but they kept on with them kids
altha 2014 Galactica 1980 was horrible! Terrible re-tooling of the show. Deserved to be cancelled after the first episode!
I had that Dynamite magazine, the 'road atlas' version of the comic, an Adama action figure, and the Viper.
Hail To Battlestar Galactica. One of the most cool space shows in the world. You should share your Battlestar Galactica collection with Lisa Whelchel on the Collector's Call show.
They also cancelled "Call to Glory" that year (I think) starring Craig T. Nelson. Loved that show, too...
One saving grace to it's cancellation was that if Dirk Benedict hadn't left Battlestar Galactica he wouldn't have been able to do the A-Team.
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There was a 4 year gap. Dirk could've done BSG for 5 or 6 yrs then went on to do ATeam.
LOVED Battlestar!!! Hated 1980....watched Battlestar in syndication all through HS- every Sunday 4pm, followed by Buck Rogers at 5- did my science homework during it to feel more tech/science like ;)
Excellent friggin video, thank you for putting out a supportive video for the original series. It'll always be truly classic show.
I saw battle star gallactica in sensoround when it came out awesome. If only star wars was released with the same format that would be even better still but still great all the same
Battlestar Galactica 1978, it was the time and place, even ahead of it self, and today watching reruns such a joy, age with time and perfection. "life here started out there" Now if they tweak and remasterd BSG 1978 like they did with orginal Star Wars 1977 how much better it would enhanced its legend!
Awesome vid, Dave! I was such a huge fan. You're right: It was a horrible decision to cancel it. I suspect if the ABC execs understood the magnitude of BG's popularity then and now, they wouldn't have dared cancel it. BG1980 was a halfhearted effort to appease the fans, and it was apparent they were more interested in saving money than putting out a quality show. The Return of Starbuck was the only episode I enjoyed. Sometimes, I wish I could go back to those days when I could just enjoy sci-fi for sci-fi...the characters and stories, when special effects aren't the be-all, and end-all as it is today with CGI, and everything has to be politcal and/or serious. BG will always be my reminder of how things used to be. Gadzooks, did I just sound really old there? HahA! Thanks for posting!
Well stated, Rometiklan! And...here's the deal, you don't sound any older than the rest of us. 🙂
@@jdsundstrom HahA! Thanks, Dave! I feel younger already!
I think it was also going against 60 minutes at one point as well.