# I just watched Galactica 1980 on DVD... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 31, 2007, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-watched-galactica-1980-on-dvd/431770 "2007-12-31T04:39:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-watched-galactica-1980-on-dvd/431770/1 "2007-12-31T04:39:44Z")
…and it was even worse than I remember. I struggle to describe it in a way that doesn’t denigrate feces. The writers must have been deliberately trying to get it cancelled. It sucked, the educational mandate didn’t help either (Jamie’s description of WWII :eek: ). Speaking of Jamie, if the Galacticans had such _denser_ gravity that Earth why the hell didn’t she spend her time on the Galactica in a wheelchair :dubious: ? I didn’t realize there were 2 Dr Zees either. Or how frakking _weak_ Adama was on this show. How much fanfiction is there involving Z and the scounts dying horribley? _The Return of Starbuck_ would’ve made an OK episode of the series. I didn’t remember Angela’s speech at the end judging Starbuck worth and vanishing. I thought Starbuck put her onboard with Z and she vanished before it reached Galactica. 😕 Did they change it for syndication? Oh and how could the Fleet have been in space for 30 years and arrive at Earth in 1980 when the last episode of the series had them intercepting footage of the Moon Landing from 1969? I cringe at the thought of some SciFi executive deciding to make Galactica 2010. ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-watched-galactica-1980-on-dvd/431770/2 "2007-12-31T06:55:49Z")
…and my only thought was “Oh God, why?” ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-watched-galactica-1980-on-dvd/431770/3 "2007-12-31T06:57:34Z")
What the hell were you thinking??? :mad: 😛 ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-watched-galactica-1980-on-dvd/431770/4 "2007-12-31T07:25:01Z")
Yeah, it sucked. We knew it then and we know it now. Where’s the surprise? But it LOOKED GREAT! Just turn off either your sound or your brain. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-watched-galactica-1980-on-dvd/431770/5 "2007-12-31T09:38:36Z")
[QUOTE=Weirddave] …and my only thought was “Oh God, why?” [/QUOTE] Mine was: “And have your eyes stopped bleeding yet?” ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-watched-galactica-1980-on-dvd/431770/6 "2007-12-31T12:53:44Z")
Where did you find this? I’m assuming it was a fan made attempt or something, because to my recollection no such program ever existed on Broadcast or Cable TV. ---
**Author:** ![chorpler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chorpler/32/2888_2.png) [@chorpler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chorpler)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-watched-galactica-1980-on-dvd/431770/7 "2007-12-31T14:41:53Z")
[QUOTE=simster] Where did you find this? I’m assuming it was a fan made attempt or something, because to my recollection no such program ever existed on Broadcast or Cable TV. [/QUOTE] [Galactica 1980](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galactica_1980) > [@](#): > > Galactica 1980 is a science fiction television series, and a spin-off from the 1978–1979 series Battlestar Galactica. It was first broadcast on the ABC network in the United States from January 27, 1980, to May 4, 1980… > > A massive write-in campaign began with the cancellation of the original Battlestar Galactica. Such things were uncommon in those days, and it prompted ABC to re-think their reasons for canceling the show. After some deliberation, they contacted Glen Larson to see about reviving the series, albeit in some modified and less-expensive format. > > Both Larson and the network felt the show needed some major change of focus to re-launch it as a spinoff, and Larson and Donald P. Bellisario decided to set the new series five years after “The Hand of God,” the final episode of the original series. I’ve never seen it, personally. (Heck, I just barely started watching the new Battlestar Galactica on the SciFi Channel. I haven’t even seen the 1978 version.) But word on the street is, it’s pretty bad. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-watched-galactica-1980-on-dvd/431770/8 "2007-12-31T14:59:02Z")
I barely remember it. I do recall they had motorcycles (or hoverbikes?) that were loosely based on the Vipers. I remember one scene pretty well, oddly enough. A woman in a store has two of the _Galactica_ crew with her. For some reason the local cops think the _Galactica_ guys are criminals of some kind. A cop calls the woman and realizes something may be amiss. He says, “If those crooks are there with you right now, say, ‘Hi, Bob!’” And she, with relief, says, “Hi, Bob!” Don’t know why that stuck in my mind. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-watched-galactica-1980-on-dvd/431770/9 "2007-12-31T15:53:02Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] I barely remember it. I do recall they had motorcycles (or hoverbikes?) that were loosely based on the Vipers. I remember one scene pretty well, oddly enough. A woman in a store has two of the _Galactica_ crew with her. For some reason the local cops think the _Galactica_ guys are criminals of some kind. A cop calls the woman and realizes something may be amiss. He says, “If those crooks are there with you right now, say, ‘Hi, Bob!’” And she, with relief, says, “Hi, Bob!” Don’t know why that stuck in my mind. [/QUOTE] Two things stick out in my mind (and I watched all of the original run, short as it was): 1. Hearing the smog over LA (where else?) being called a “potential air defense system”. 2. A scene where Apollo (or maybe Starbuck) and some girl go into a bank to exchange gold for regular currency. The teller asks “Are these from old coins?” and then opines that if the coins were in any sort of recognizable condition, they could be more valuable than the gold itself was. And, now that you mention it, I vaguely remember the motorcycles as well. Weren’t they red and white? ---
**Author:** ![dmatsch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3be4f8/32.png) [@dmatsch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dmatsch)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-watched-galactica-1980-on-dvd/431770/10 "2007-12-31T16:02:26Z")
1. Place rusty spoon firmly in your right hand. 2. Gouge out any of your five senses that have seen this show. 3. Place Firefly DVD’s in player. 4. Watch aforementioned DVDs – **IN ORDER**. 5. Consider yourself shiny, dong ma? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-watched-galactica-1980-on-dvd/431770/11 "2007-12-31T16:26:14Z")
> [@](#): > > I remember one scene pretty well, oddly enough. A woman in a store has two of the Galactica crew with her. For some reason the local cops think the Galactica guys are criminals of some kind. A cop calls the woman and realizes something may be amiss. He says, “If those crooks are there with you right now, say, ‘Hi, Bob!’” And she, with relief, says, “Hi, Bob!” > > Don’t know why that stuck in my mind. Because everybody drank a shot? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-watched-galactica-1980-on-dvd/431770/12 "2007-12-31T17:19:02Z")
[QUOTE=Little Nemo] Because everybody drank a shot? [/QUOTE] I don’t get it… but no. ---
**Author:** ![t-mobileguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@t-mobileguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/t-mobileguy)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-watched-galactica-1980-on-dvd/431770/13 "2007-12-31T19:25:40Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] I don’t get it… but no. [/QUOTE] Nemo I got it and laughed. 😃 Elendil, [it’s a drinking game from the 80’s](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=hi+bob) ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-watched-galactica-1980-on-dvd/431770/14 "2007-12-31T20:07:14Z")
And to think that in junior high all I wanted was a colonial viper pilot’s jacket. Come to think of it, it’d still be cool. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-watched-galactica-1980-on-dvd/431770/15 "2007-12-31T20:47:01Z")
[QUOTE=chorpler] [QUOTE=simster] Where did you find this? I’m assuming it was a fan made attempt or something, because to my recollection no such program ever existed on Broadcast or Cable TV. [/QUOTE] [Galactica 1980](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galactica_1980) I’ve never seen it, personally. (Heck, I just barely started watching the new Battlestar Galactica on the SciFi Channel. I haven’t even seen the 1978 version.) But word on the street is, it’s pretty bad. [/QUOTE] **chorpler** , I think you were just whooshed. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-watched-galactica-1980-on-dvd/431770/16 "2007-12-31T20:48:19Z")
I’ll let you in on a little secret. Despite how much I liked it when it first came out, the original BSG sucked too. A wild west shootout with a Cylon? The mechanical dog? Yech. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-watched-galactica-1980-on-dvd/431770/17 "2007-12-31T21:12:47Z")
[QUOTE=t-mobileguy] …it’s a drinking game from the 80’s [/QUOTE] Ah, yes. I _had_ heard of that, but didn’t remember it out of context. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![chorpler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chorpler/32/2888_2.png) [@chorpler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chorpler)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-watched-galactica-1980-on-dvd/431770/18 "2007-12-31T23:27:06Z")
[QUOTE=John DiFool] **chorpler** , I think you were just whooshed. [/QUOTE] Looking back, it looks quite probable that you’re right, and **simster** was making a joke of the “ **Godfather III**? What are you talking about? They came out with **Godfather** and **Godfather II** AND THAT’S ALL!” type. But quite frankly I had never heard of **Galactica 1980** myself, despite being aware of the 1978 series and the new re-imagined series, so I didn’t realize it. Heh heh … thanks for letting me know, my dear chap. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-watched-galactica-1980-on-dvd/431770/19 "2007-12-31T23:35:40Z")
TV’s answer to _Star Wars_. It was really, really, REALLY bad. I hope you didn’t watch more than a 2 or 3 episodes! ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-watched-galactica-1980-on-dvd/431770/20 "2007-12-31T23:47:54Z")
The original Galactica was TV’s answer to _Star Wars_. The 1980 Galactica was the scratch for an itch I don’t think anyone had. Anyone remember the _Logan’s Run_ TV show? That was another answer to a demand I don’t think anyone had. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-watched-galactica-1980-on-dvd/431770.md?page=2)