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BATTLESTAR GALACTICA would change all that with STAR WARS production expertise from John Dykstra and Ralph McQuarrie among others. Despite the repetitive shots of the same VFX for much of the series due to ABC’s interference over Glen A. Larson and Universal’s production which unfortunately hurt the quality of the series, they were superb and blew this poor effort from this BIONIC WOMAN episode out of the sky.
This was shown in 1979, two years after Close Encounters and Star Wars. So the VFX tech was available. The network obviously didn't want to spend their money on it.
Very bad special effects, even for the 1970s. I would expect better since this is a Universal Studios production. It looks more like something from Sid and Marty Krofft.
Well it would not be long until Universal Studios will see better days to come with Glen A. Larson’s BATTLESTAR GALACTICA with many STAR WARS production personnel on board, including VFX supervisor John Dykstra and conceptual designer Ralph McQuarrie whose joint efforts and all others concerned puts this BIONIC WOMAN episode to shame!
@@MarkFoster321789 Yes, I think Battlestar Galactica had very good special effects. Larson probably wouldn't have done the series unless it was done right, since all of Larson's programs seemed to be of good production quality.
@@willmont8258 They were, and it just so happens I have watched some episodes of QUINCY, M.E. over this weekend. It was his most previous series before undertaking BATTLESTAR GALACTICA in 1977, so it’s interesting to compare and contrast two very different genres of series - a relatively low budget crime/medical drama and a unheard-of $20 million SF epic adventure with strong cinematic production quality. Larson I thought really aimed high with BG but unfortunately ABC in their infinite wisdom decided to curtail his ambitions to make his short series of telefilms as opposed to a weekly episodic one. However in this respect one can see as I do the end result as a miniseries, with so much to enjoy with what we have since it ended 45 years ago this month (April 1979). I myself am about to binge watch the entire series this week, just to remind myself what a vastly expensive gamble Larson and Universal undertook to produce an epic series such as GALACTICA.
They were producing this show on a very low budget and a very tight timeframe. But yeah, the special effects are pretty cheesy compared to those that came later on.
Seasons 1 and 2 were fairly good or great. Season 3 was a format change that didn't work. This episode was one of the worst. Earlier in the episode the "UFO" was teleporting people, or was it a ray gun... pretty shlocky either way.
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Nice how they left the dotted lines where the effects people were supposed to cut the paper.
@@HariSeldon913 actually I THINK those were supposed to be windows on the “spaceship”
That crepe griddle was terrifying
Special effects were rather limited back in the day! LMAO!!
And we liked it that way.
They didn't have a zillion server farms then. Of course effects look better now
@qdllc no we didn't but we didn't have a choice. Don't let nostalgia fool you
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA would change all that with STAR WARS production expertise from John Dykstra and Ralph McQuarrie among others. Despite the repetitive shots of the same VFX for much of the series due to ABC’s interference over Glen A. Larson and Universal’s production which unfortunately hurt the quality of the series, they were superb and blew this poor effort from this BIONIC WOMAN episode out of the sky.
This was shown in 1979, two years after Close Encounters and Star Wars. So the VFX tech was available.
The network obviously didn't want to spend their money on it.
great episode
The script and graphics are terrible these days!
But Lindssey Wagner is beautiful.
...and a highly trained OSI operative.
The special affects were so good I thought for sure that was a real ufo,boy did they fool me.
Someone should redo the effects with today's CGI
Look out, it's a giant red 1970s clothing iron! It's going to iron your slacks, bionic woman!
😂😂😂😂
Oh Lawd, the graphics were so BAD that it was funny.
4:10 we're going down
... oooh
This was Great whenI see this as a kid.
what about as an adult?
Aliens that use common guns? That should have told them something was fake about them…
Bionic Woman is chased by a rubber duck shooting a revolver.
Make it a ufo shaped ufo.
that is a real ufo
1:55 cameo Beverly de Angelo
This is after Star Wars and we get effects like they were made by a 10 year old for his school project. Pitiful.
I thought this was a edited joke
Do not remember seeing this episode back in the day.
Very bad special effects, even for the 1970s. I would expect better since this is a Universal Studios production. It looks more like something from Sid and Marty Krofft.
Well it would not be long until Universal Studios will see better days to come with Glen A. Larson’s BATTLESTAR GALACTICA with many STAR WARS production personnel on board, including VFX supervisor John Dykstra and conceptual designer Ralph McQuarrie whose joint efforts and all others concerned puts this BIONIC WOMAN episode to shame!
@@MarkFoster321789 Yes, I think Battlestar Galactica had very good special effects. Larson probably wouldn't have done the series unless it was done right, since all of Larson's programs seemed to be of good production quality.
@@willmont8258 They were, and it just so happens I have watched some episodes of QUINCY, M.E. over this weekend. It was his most previous series before undertaking BATTLESTAR GALACTICA in 1977, so it’s interesting to compare and contrast two very different genres of series - a relatively low budget crime/medical drama and a unheard-of $20 million SF epic adventure with strong cinematic production quality.
Larson I thought really aimed high with BG but unfortunately ABC in their infinite wisdom decided to curtail his ambitions to make his short series of telefilms as opposed to a weekly episodic one. However in this respect one can see as I do the end result as a miniseries, with so much to enjoy with what we have since it ended 45 years ago this month (April 1979).
I myself am about to binge watch the entire series this week, just to remind myself what a vastly expensive gamble Larson and Universal undertook to produce an epic series such as GALACTICA.
They were producing this show on a very low budget and a very tight timeframe. But yeah, the special effects are pretty cheesy compared to those that came later on.
@@MarkFoster321789 Much bigger budget for Battlestar.
3:25 whoa...
Not good special effects back then . I know it was the early days 😂😂
this is embarrassing even for the late 70s.
😂😂😂 right? It’s awful
Effects by ILM
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TV series from 1970s
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I can't believe I watched this crap 😮
Seasons 1 and 2 were fairly good or great. Season 3 was a format change that didn't work. This episode was one of the worst. Earlier in the episode the "UFO" was teleporting people, or was it a ray gun... pretty shlocky either way.
inverTED Frying pans David Grutsch must comment on this UAPs lol
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