Battlestar Galactica 1980 - The Final Season | Lorne Greene, Kent McCord

Battlestar Galactica 1980 - The Final Season | Lorne Greene, Kent McCord | Great ending to an epic story

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	Battlestar Galactica 1980 - The Final Season Lorne Greene, Kent McCord Universal Studios, 2007 average customer review:based on 82 reviews view larger image
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A simpler time

Galactica 1980 attempts to revive the story line of the original series by finally making it to Earth. Though the cast is all but gone from the original series (only a year or so before), there are some familiar faces. Many have called Galactica 1980 some of the worst science fiction ever made, but I have a different opinion.

Galactica 1980 did not do justice to the drama of the original series. It had many hokey special effects (some recycled from the original series, which actually helped tie the two together) and some pretty cheesy story lines, but what it did do was to give a little closure to what was a really great series. There are familiar contract actors that many of us grew up with from many other television series, along with familiar scenery from shows, such as CHiPs and The Dukes of Hazzard.

Galactica 1980 ends abruptly and a bit strangely, but it does give us die hard "original" Galactica fans a little more (The Return of Starbuck). It is nice to watch those programs from the late 70's, early 80's that however imperfect they are, the bad guy always get it, the good guys are really good, and the show is over at the end of the hour. Whatever the show lacked and however badly it was exectued, Galactica 1980 was still fun to watch. Story lines were not complex, and the acting was not top notch, but it sure did give this fan a little more of what I miss most of growing up, a simpler time.

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Great ending to an epic story

It is great to have Galactica 1980 in DVD finally. It still have the core values found in the original series unlike the new BSG. The only sad part is there is only 10 episodes. Every fan of the original series should have this DVD.

So Underrated

Galactica 1980 is definitely different than BSG, but it is still good on it's own. It is nice to see that Galactica finally made it to Earth after all of the years of trying. I really enjoy how the series stars the adult Boxey, now know by his real name Troy. I'm a big fan of sci-fi when a future society interacts with our modern day, and that is basically what this series is. It did lose some of the seriousness of the original series, but it does a good job at taking up where the original left off. Overall a fun series that fans of the original will want to have in their collection.

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Not so good.....not bad enough

The Return of Starbuck. The 10th and final episode of this supposed contiuation of the original Battlestar Galactica that ran for only one season two years prior. The reason it got pulled in 1978 was, from one rumor, if that was George Lucas threatened to sue for copyright infringement or something like that. The original series was popular and rated highly.
The Return Of Starbuck gives one an insightful clue, they should have brought back the entire original cast. Dr. Zee for the most part was a bit useless. The stories of some of the episodes were aimed at ecological imbalances that have only recently come to be the forefront of our future.
I wouldn't recommend this series too highly, although considering what they did when bringing back Battlestar Galactica a few years ago I would recommend the entire original series (Starbuck a woman? Boomer a woman?< no, I don't think so.) over that "thing" any day. Especially if you are a purist of the original series of any television series (i.e. comedy, drama, etc. included).
Bring back the original Apollo, Starbuck, Boomer, Athena, Jolly, etc. and make it a true revival of a very popular sci-fi series. After all that is what attracted the younger audiences who never saw the series when it aired originally back in the late 1970s. Rest In Peace Lorne Greene (THE Commander Adama. Rest In Peace John Colicos (THE Baltar, traitor of the human race).

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Return to the Galactica

Most fans of the original series don't acknowledge this show except for the episode "The Return of Starbuck". Even Glen Larsen admits this show was a bad dream. However, after rewatching it, there are a few gems that make purchasing this DVD worth it.

The obvious is of course, "The Return of Starbuck". A totally delightful episode with one of the favorite characters from the original show; a Cylon that acts all jealous when a woman appears- one he found for his human companion; a baby that gets born; a hint that Angelica is actually one of the Super Race; and finally, why didn't Starbuck escape in the Cylon fighter that came looking for his rebuilt Cylon friend, Cy. Instead we see him stranded on the desolate planet all alone.

Other gems, two scenes in different shows with Adama and his grandson Boxey, renamed Troy. A lovely song sang in "The Super Scouts" and "Spacecroppers", not to mention the growing sequence with the same song done instrumentally. The big name stars of the time who were on the show, the continual stealing of police cars making one wonder if they were hinting at the fact that Kend McCord, who played Troy, had once been on Adam 12, and the birth of the humaniod Cyclons like the ones on the new series. Not to mention the fact that what we would consider normal, often caught the Galacticas by surprise.

The best gem, for Dark Shadows fans, is in "The Night the Cylons Landed". Lara Parker, dressed as a vampire, is driving in a car with her husband, as a clown, on Halloween night. She sees the human like Cylon, Roger Davis, and one big metal one. They stop the car and she gets out. Roger Davis takes a couple steps backward. She laughs, takes out the fake teeth and explains she's not really a vampire and offers them a lift into town. Now, the reason this if funny is because Lara Parker, Angelique on Dark Shadows, was once a vampire and Roger Davis, Jeff Clark, was her victim. Whether the scene was an accident or planned as an inside joke, that's hard to tell. But it is funny if you know the reference.

What is annoying:
Depending on the child genius Dr. Zee to solve all the problems and making Adama seem like an idiot.
The fact they depended on gimics like the force fields that hid the people, ships and motorcyles for detection.
Too much use of stock footage.
The flying motorcyles.
No sense of character from the leads.
Plot problems between the three hour pilot and the second episode, like dropping the time travel aspect, Jamie, the human woman who helped them, back on Earth with no explanation, and the fact they can jump high.

If you want to purchase this to keep your collection complete, than I would suggest it. But keep in mind that it is not near the quality of the original show.

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