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No battlestar collection is complete without the final episodes. Set thirty years after the events of the original series, we see the Galactica and her ragtag fleet finally reaching Earth only to discover that Earth is not yet advanced enough to combat an attack from the approaching Cylons. The battle for Earth has begun. If you are a true fan of the original series then buy this. The episodes aren't that bad. You might actually enjoy them. Well, most of them. Don't watch "Spaceball", you'll regret it. And to all you fans of the re-imagined series, guess where they got the idea for humanoid Cylons?
List of episodes
Galactica Discovers Earth (3-part pilot), The Super Scouts (2 parts), Spaceball, The Night the Cylons Landed (2 parts), Space Croppers, The Return of Starbuck (series' final).
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One summer I saw that they were having a marathon of sorts of "Galactica 1980" on TV, so I taped a few episodes and watched them. The first episodes of the series, involving the main characters traveling back in time to World War II is pretty cool.
The rest.....not so much.....
I'll admit that I haven't seen all the episodes, but from what I saw the series just doesn't work. This show could be for kids, and that's why it doesn't work. There's nothing wrong with a kids show, but Galactica doesn't fit in the realm of a saturday-morning children's program, as 1980 appears to be. There aren't as many cool special effects, stock footage from the original series is annoyingly used here and there are plot holes (for example, Troy and Dillan visit Earth in the two-parter first episode. Some time later they tell the children of the fleet that because they were raised on ships, the atmosphere and gravity will be different for them on Earth and thus they will posess the power to jump really high and whatnot. This is a good idea, but why didn't they incorporate this into the first episode?!)
Compared to the original Galactica, 1980 is bland, unepic, and too goofy. The only real good parts are the comedy scenes when the "Galacticans" get confused with Earth technology and culture.
Trust me, you don't need to add this one to your sci-fi collection. You're not missing much.
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Galactica 1980 is terrible. Besides the constant reuse of the same cut scenes over and over for special effect, and the seemingly every shortening cast & changeout throughout, the storyline itself is also poor. Conceptually, this series had the potential to be successful, but based on the actual execution of the plot, this is by far the most excruciating 10 hours of film you could subject yourself to. If you are a BSG fan, get this out of your system and wait for the upcoming season on SCI-FI.
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I thought it was great. Just wish there could have been more episodes. Left a lot of windows open.
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the 1978 series had tons of effects and no plot. This series had no plot, few effects, and bad acting. The new show is nothing but porn, but so many worship it like it was a new relgion or something. All in all a show for losers.
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