# Hey, I finally get to see the episode of "Galactica 1980" with Starbuck! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 21, 2003, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-i-finally-get-to-see-the-episode-of-galactica-1980-with-starbuck/156599 "2003-02-21T19:40:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-i-finally-get-to-see-the-episode-of-galactica-1980-with-starbuck/156599/1 "2003-02-21T19:40:05Z")
It’s coming on SciFi today at 3:00 (in about 20 minutes). I was pissed when I missed it back in '80. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-i-finally-get-to-see-the-episode-of-galactica-1980-with-starbuck/156599/2 "2003-02-21T20:00:00Z")
The series finale, as it turned out. But you probably already knew that. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-i-finally-get-to-see-the-episode-of-galactica-1980-with-starbuck/156599/3 "2003-02-21T20:12:38Z")
Gosh, those pilots are the luckiest in the universe. _Every_ time that their Vipers get shot up, there’s a habitable planet nearby. Not to mention that the Cylons, in general, seem about as fearsome as AIBO. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-i-finally-get-to-see-the-episode-of-galactica-1980-with-starbuck/156599/4 "2003-02-21T20:18:10Z")
The uniform jackets are cool. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-i-finally-get-to-see-the-episode-of-galactica-1980-with-starbuck/156599/5 "2003-02-21T20:21:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mjollnir \* > \*\*The series finale, as it turned out. > > But you probably already knew that. \*\* Actually, no. But now I do! ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-i-finally-get-to-see-the-episode-of-galactica-1980-with-starbuck/156599/6 "2003-02-21T20:30:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Finagle \* > **Gosh, those pilots are the luckiest in the universe. _Every_ time that their Vipers get shot up, there’s a habitable planet nearby.** When I was 11, we used to make fun of the fact that the good guys can take blaster fire and manage to limp home, whereas if a Cylon ship gets hit with a lit cigarette it vaporizes. I suppose the fact that different types of ships can take different amounts of damage would explain it, though. Hey, I was 11. ---
**Author:** ![dalovindj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/65b543/32.png) [@dalovindj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalovindj)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-i-finally-get-to-see-the-episode-of-galactica-1980-with-starbuck/156599/7 "2003-02-21T21:28:22Z")
> [@](#): > > Gosh, those pilots are the luckiest in the universe. _Every_ time that their Vipers get shot up, there’s a habitable planet nearby. Of course, the ones who died weren’t so lucky. Kind of like the red shirts on Star Trek. Bit players got killed in battle all of the time. Only the main actors hapenned to be lucky enough to live and find a planet. Why would they show us all the guys who die? It’s not that no one died, we just watch the ones that are lucky enough to make it. DaLovin’ Dj ---
**Author:** ![Mole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc348/32.png) [@Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mole)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-i-finally-get-to-see-the-episode-of-galactica-1980-with-starbuck/156599/8 "2003-02-21T21:35:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor \* > \*\*The uniform jackets are cool. \*\* As are those timeless hairstyles 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-i-finally-get-to-see-the-episode-of-galactica-1980-with-starbuck/156599/9 "2003-02-21T22:14:34Z")
Oh…_felgercarb!_ ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-i-finally-get-to-see-the-episode-of-galactica-1980-with-starbuck/156599/10 "2003-02-21T22:40:38Z")
The episode in question isn’t as good as I remember it, but then there wasn’t a lot of good TV back then, so it stood out for that reason. Since then I’ve realised the polt is far from original. And has a weird plot hole regarding fatherhood. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-i-finally-get-to-see-the-episode-of-galactica-1980-with-starbuck/156599/11 "2003-02-21T23:41:29Z")
I wonder what the status is of the those two competing “Galactica” movies I used to hear about. Whichever one is used, I assume they will ignore “Galactica 1980” in either case. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-i-finally-get-to-see-the-episode-of-galactica-1980-with-starbuck/156599/12 "2003-02-22T01:07:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dalovindj \* > \*\*Of course, the ones who died weren’t so lucky. Kind of like the red shirts on Star Trek. Bit players got killed in battle all of the time. Only the main actors hapenned to be lucky enough to live and find a planet. Why would they show us all the guys who die? It’s not that no one died, we just watch the ones that are lucky enough to make it. > > DaLovin’ Dj \*\* No, it isn’t the fact that they survived. It’s the presence of the habitable planet, near enough for their hopelessly crippled craft to land on. I was at home this week and caught several episodes and this happened at least three times. Habitable planets are not particularly thick on the ground. If the spaceship is sufficiently crippled that it can’t make it back to the parent ship, nor support the pilot until a shuttle can reach him, then the planet must be real close. What are the odds? Of course, this is a meaningless quibble given that the writers on BG obviously knew nothing whatsoever about science or space flight. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-i-finally-get-to-see-the-episode-of-galactica-1980-with-starbuck/156599/13 "2003-02-22T01:43:53Z")
I saw in the same episode that they were “from another galaxy” and traveled at the speed of light. So yeah, science wasn’t the strong point of the show. ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-i-finally-get-to-see-the-episode-of-galactica-1980-with-starbuck/156599/14 "2003-02-22T04:37:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Finagle \* > **No, it isn’t the fact that they survived. It’s the presence of the habitable planet, near enough for their hopelessly crippled craft to land on. I was at home this week and caught several episodes and this happened at least three times.** Yeah, I’m with you on that one. The creepiest thing is that not only are there habitable planets every 100 feet or so in outer space, but 99% of them are populated by Randolph Mantooth! But yeah, the jackets were cool. It’s too bad they had to ruin it by wearing those goofy helmets. I started saving up my money so that I could buy one of the replica jackets they sold in the back of _Starlog_ magazine. (Luckily, I lost interest before I’d saved up even half.) ---
**Author:** ![Linus\_Van\_Pelt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@Linus\_Van\_Pelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linus_Van_Pelt)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-i-finally-get-to-see-the-episode-of-galactica-1980-with-starbuck/156599/15 "2003-02-22T05:23:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Finagle \* > \*\*No, it isn’t the fact that they survived. It’s the presence of the habitable planet, near enough for their hopelessly crippled craft to land on. I was at home this week and caught several episodes and this happened at least three times. > > Habitable planets are not particularly thick on the ground. If the spaceship is sufficiently crippled that it can’t make it back to the parent ship, nor support the pilot until a shuttle can reach him, then the planet must be real close. What are the odds? > > Of course, this is a meaningless quibble given that the writers on BG obviously knew nothing whatsoever about science or space flight. \*\* This used to bother me a lot more before I found out that the series was meant to be more of a Space Opera with lots of spiritual themes than science fiction. And yeah, the jackets were pretty cool. Actually, the costumes in general were pretty cool (I mean, come on! The dress uniforms had capes, fer cryin’ out loud) Although the show was very weak as Science Fiction, and OK as Space Opera, stylistically, it was pretty well done. ---
**Author:** ![gorillacus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/dfb087/32.png) [@gorillacus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gorillacus)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-i-finally-get-to-see-the-episode-of-galactica-1980-with-starbuck/156599/16 "2003-02-22T07:20:58Z")
I always thought that episode was worthy of its own series. I mean here we have the cool and debonaire Starbuck stranded with his humorless robot roomate. Every week ol’Cy would go out into the night and bring back this weeks guest-star, preferrably a hot space chick. One question, if Starbuck did the act with the hot space chick…would he let Cy watch? Would you let a robot watch? ---
**Author:** ![Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skeezix)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-i-finally-get-to-see-the-episode-of-galactica-1980-with-starbuck/156599/17 "2003-02-22T08:28:27Z")
Ah, poop. I turned it on about halfway through. I never did see it back when, m’self. And I had to leave the house about fifteen minutes before the end, on top of it all. So what **did** ever happen to Starbuck? ---
**Author:** ![Broadway\_Danny\_Rose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc79bd/32.png) [@Broadway\_Danny\_Rose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broadway_Danny_Rose)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-i-finally-get-to-see-the-episode-of-galactica-1980-with-starbuck/156599/18 "2003-02-22T09:20:33Z")
Starbuck moved to Seattle to open a very expensive chain of coffee shops. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-i-finally-get-to-see-the-episode-of-galactica-1980-with-starbuck/156599/19 "2003-02-22T19:10:01Z")
**Broadway Danny Rose** ----- I mock your feeble pun. Mock, mock, mock. 😛 Does anybody actually own one of those jackets? What kind of quality are they? Could you use one as a day-to-day jacket, or is it just made of cheap costuming stuff? ---
**Author:** ![Sock\_Munkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Sock\_Munkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sock_Munkey)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-i-finally-get-to-see-the-episode-of-galactica-1980-with-starbuck/156599/20 "2003-02-22T21:19:37Z")
I wonder if the new movie will show a flashback to the original reptillian cylons that built the robotic ones. They never showed them on the series and I always wanted to see what they looked like. The cylons need to be scarier and a lot less stiff. The fighter ships need a little tweaking for more realism but the big ones are pretty good as is. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-i-finally-get-to-see-the-episode-of-galactica-1980-with-starbuck/156599.md?page=2)