Battlestar Galactica

[saltedplug]

As a member of the crew I'd be in sick bay with a diagnosis of utter exhaustion within 24 hours of duty, The whirlwind of my job, my friends in sick and dying, who's a Ceylon, and if so are they currently friend or foe, Galactica itself holding steady or terminal and the status of the organic goop to patch her, the untold number of losses of people and places, and finally the lack of a firm destination once Earth is found to be far too soon post-nuclear would quite soon render me incoherent and incompetent.

Constantly very interesting, especially Galactica and Raptors in space battling the Ceylons.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Original or remake?

 

[Grangerous]

I have the strangest desire to mumble in monotone (that’s alliteration) through the base end of a harmonica.

 

[Jwebb90]

Bears Beats Battlestar Gallactica

 

[saltedplug]

Original or remake?

Dunno. Edward James Olmos and Mary Donnell.

Gauis Baltar should have been marooned somewhere with some food, a firearm and a knife. What a transparent pain-in-the-ass if not a mischief-maker.

 

[smudgersmissingleg]

I saw the original movie at the cinema here in England in about 1979 when I was 5. I loved the original series but Galactica 1980 sucked rusty Cylon balls.

 

[peregrinus]

Dunno. Edward James Olmos and Mary Donnell.

Gauis Baltar should have been marooned somewhere with some food, a firearm and a knife. What a transparent pain-in-the-ass if not a mischief-maker.

That’s the remake and it is far superior to the original.
A show that begins with verses from the Rig Vedas has got to be interesting.

 

[LotusEater]

I saw the movie and watched the OG series religiously when I was a kid. I don’t think I’ve ever seen the Edward James Olmos version

 

[LotusEater]

That’s the remake and it is far superior to the original.

So worth watching then?

 

[peregrinus]

So worth watching then?

An acknowledged classic.
It is an immersive universe and if you like SciFi it is worth the leap into binging. Like all television it is uneven in quality at times but it generally holds up very well and is not a kids show.
Much darker and denser than the original. The Gayatri Mantra plays as each episode begins.

 

[cfreud]

With Internet TV, I've been able to rewatch the Lorne Greene/Dirk Benedict version. (1980 or so and the original AND a guest spot from Jane Seymour?) Loved that series as a kid. To keep this to something appropriate for this discussion, when I worked very briefly at Sherlock's Haven in San Francisco in my early 20s in the 1990s, where Benedict would come in for cigars. Benedict always seemed to have very attractive young ladies with him.

Dirk Benedict should thank his agent. He landed Battlestar Galactica and A-Team in the early 80s.

 

[kcghost]

The original was just pure garbage. It was so trashy I refused to watch the remake.

 

[georged]

The original was just pure garbage. It was so trashy I refused to watch the remake.

Ditto here for many years, then I finally gave it a look. Glad I did. It's very good. The connection to the 1980 TV series doesn't extend beyond some character names and the premise of the story.

Highly recommended.

 

[saltedplug]

Well, goody, now I can watch the remake.

 

[saltedplug]

EJ Olmos is a pompous, power-crazy fool, but with the needed humanity to float a likable character.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Dunno. Edward James Olmos and Mary Donnell.

Gauis Baltar should have been marooned somewhere with some food, a firearm and a knife. What a transparent pain-in-the-ass if not a mischief-maker.

Ah, the remake. Loved its spin on the original's finale.?

 

[Chasing Embers]

So worth watching then?

Very?

 

[LotusEater]

Very?

Your probably the third or fourth person I’ve heard this from so I guess it’s time to check it out

 

[bullet08]

Heard remake was very popular. I still like the original.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

I do not count Battlestar Galactica 1980 as a reboot... or a sequel... in fact, I like to pretend it didn’t happen. At that age I could live with Viper pilots riding around on flying motorcycles, but the Cylons coming to Earth to attack Wolfman Jack was too much for my child-mind to accept. Do you guys remember that?