This reminds me of having pork chops and mash potatoes on my pac man tray and thinking how excited I was to wear my new custom vans to school tomorrow.. It's incredible to remember those feelings..
It would be awesome if these ships made it to Earth with Picard's USS Enterprise escorting them in. I found much of Galactica 1980 to be apocryphal and child-like to be taken seriously.
Glen Larson came up with the idea for Galactica in the 60s. It was called Adam's Ark. He couldn't get the networks interested until Star Wars came out and it did borrow a little from Star Wars, but to call it a rip off would be like saying Bonanza was a rip-off of Gunsmoke. Also, the name battlestar wasn't derived from Deathstar. A battlestar is a military honor awarded to US naval vessels. The USS Alabama, for example, earned eight battlestars during WWII
OMG YES!!!!!!!! THIS IS HOW BSG SHOULD BE!!!!!!!! I absolutely ADORED this show as a kid and would literally cry if I wasn't allowed to watch it....... and yes I'm female! My favourite character was Starbuck followed closely by Apollo...... they were the definition of hero's in my book. And as someone mentioned previously, THIS version of BSG, in my mind followed some of the teachings in the Bible (not that I'm a hugely religious person) and also the Greek Mythology that SG1 later followed up =)
Actually, the name battlestar came from a medal awarded to American ships. The USS Alabama, for example, earned nine battlestars during her service in WW2. And what could possible sounde cooler than THE BATTLESTAR GALACTICA?
Yes I agree, the Original was about hope & faith. I always saw the show as a sci-fi re-make of the journey of Moses (Adama) leading his people from the Egyptians (Cylons). The creator of the series was real careful to keep little tie ins with our own Greek, roman, and other mythologies.
The theme music was grand and sweeping, the stories were full of hope and good, clean characters and the special effects were, for the time, exciting and sophisticated.
The remake featured an opening theme more suited for a funeral, flawed, self-absorbed characters who bickered amongst themselves constantly and a never-ending mood of depression that hung like a wet blanket over every episode.
It amply demonstrated that just because you can remake something, doesn't mean you should. :)
This was Awsome. I loved watching this on Sunday nights. The fact that it only lasted one season is really too bad. It was like getting a Star Wars fix every Sunday.Regardless of weather or not it pre dated Star Wars for me its' resemblence to and inspiration from Star Wars is why I watched it. The Space ship fights the cylons the laser guns all very cool stuff to a young kid. Also at the time these were pretty sophisticated special effects
In my opinion personally, this is perhaps THE GREATEST sci-fi intro of any sci-fi show in America...the music is simply INCREDIBLE and a ALL-TIME CLASSIC!! I enjoyed watching this show as a kid, and my favorite character on the show was Adama played by the ICON Lorne Greene...GREAT Show, and my favorite episode by far was the Kobol episode...loved it!! This music is simply AWESOME and AMAZING to listen to...GREAT show, and I sure wished that ABC never cancelled it...it was a great show to watch.
Actually Brink383 is right. Battlestar came out after Star Wars, because the creator's of the series told that they got the idea for the name Battlestar from star War's Death Star.
How did it predate Star Wars and Star Trek? Star Wars was in May of '77 and Star Trek was first out in the late 60's. BSG came out in late '78/early '79.
This was the original and the best. You just dont get t.v like this anymore, the days of this, knight rider, a team, street hawk are long gone sadly. If you grew up in the 80's like me these shows were essential viewing. (sigh)
This was when television was awesome! Every night something that was truely ..FUN!The first Galactica was just the best!No fighting about it!This was like magic to me!I mean,every kid in school,every kid,watched this show!You would hear kid's talking about this show the next day in school!I just am crazy for the opening theme music!And Patrick Mcnee doing that awesome opening voice over...,please!That was so neat! Lorne Green,Dirk Benedict,Richard Hatch and all the other's on the same show? WOW
Yes I too found the show quite inspiring. especially since as a child I never felt I truly belonged here, that I was left here on earth by mistake. SO the original series helped inspire me to go on, to learn, because maybe one day those brothers of man will reach us here on earth and they may need our help.
Jtruns- they cancelled it because it cost ABC network seven hundred thousand dollars an episode. That is alot of money for a tv series in the 1970's. Can you imagine what that is in today's dollars. It also was not number one in the ratings. It still had good ratings but they felt for the money they were spending it should be #1. when they cancelled it the fans freaked and they realized they had made a mistake.
YES1 i CAN DEFINITELY SUBSCRIBE TO THAT. this earthly reality (especially these years) is very ugly. how perfect it would be to catch a ferry to the stars. I would like to go aboard the Galactica this very minute!
the new battlestar is ok, but no were as good as the orignal, i grew up with that one too wish i would of bought the collection, when i had the chance but was low on cash at that time. I think i remember hearing that some of these orignal series eposides cost 1 million or little more to make each eposide.
I too Wish I had, had the money to buy the entire series on DVD. I did manage to get the stu phillips 4 cd lost soundtrack. That covered the entire series & the modified opening for Galactica 1980. Thanks for the comment
I'm Sorry I haven't replied sooner. Yes I to found this show the best sci-fi show ever. Thats why I posted the original opening so no one will forget. I personally loved how the creators & writers were very careful to incorporate peices of our own (greek, Roman, Egyptian) mythologies & history into the series. I personally believe the original idea for the series came from the bible. Moses AKA ADAMA leading his people from Egypt/Rome AKA the cylons. To the promised land of Earth.
The original was awesome,,, i use to watch this as a kid,,, loved it so much
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This reminds me of having pork chops and mash potatoes on my pac man tray and thinking how excited I was to wear my new custom vans to school tomorrow.. It's incredible to remember those feelings..
Bladerunner55217 2 months ago
It would be awesome if these ships made it to Earth with Picard's USS Enterprise escorting them in. I found much of Galactica 1980 to be apocryphal and child-like to be taken seriously.
KJOSCOT 4 months ago
Glen Larson came up with the idea for Galactica in the 60s. It was called Adam's Ark. He couldn't get the networks interested until Star Wars came out and it did borrow a little from Star Wars, but to call it a rip off would be like saying Bonanza was a rip-off of Gunsmoke. Also, the name battlestar wasn't derived from Deathstar. A battlestar is a military honor awarded to US naval vessels. The USS Alabama, for example, earned eight battlestars during WWII
quacksacker 6 months ago
OMG YES!!!!!!!! THIS IS HOW BSG SHOULD BE!!!!!!!! I absolutely ADORED this show as a kid and would literally cry if I wasn't allowed to watch it....... and yes I'm female! My favourite character was Starbuck followed closely by Apollo...... they were the definition of hero's in my book. And as someone mentioned previously, THIS version of BSG, in my mind followed some of the teachings in the Bible (not that I'm a hugely religious person) and also the Greek Mythology that SG1 later followed up =)
jollieollie36 10 months ago
Actually, the name battlestar came from a medal awarded to American ships. The USS Alabama, for example, earned nine battlestars during her service in WW2. And what could possible sounde cooler than THE BATTLESTAR GALACTICA?
quacksacker 1 year ago
Yes I agree, the Original was about hope & faith. I always saw the show as a sci-fi re-make of the journey of Moses (Adama) leading his people from the Egyptians (Cylons). The creator of the series was real careful to keep little tie ins with our own Greek, roman, and other mythologies.
grosspointblank1986 1 year ago
The theme music was grand and sweeping, the stories were full of hope and good, clean characters and the special effects were, for the time, exciting and sophisticated.
The remake featured an opening theme more suited for a funeral, flawed, self-absorbed characters who bickered amongst themselves constantly and a never-ending mood of depression that hung like a wet blanket over every episode.
It amply demonstrated that just because you can remake something, doesn't mean you should. :)
DaveMail42 1 year ago 3
@DaveMail42
You put fifty-thousand strangers on a bunch of random ships after having your whole civilization wiped out by things that you built.
Also: The original BSG was a cash-in imo, the remake was in a league of its own
Yes I'm the asshole who replaced your top rated comment in the other video too
MCulpa 6 months ago
This was Awsome. I loved watching this on Sunday nights. The fact that it only lasted one season is really too bad. It was like getting a Star Wars fix every Sunday.Regardless of weather or not it pre dated Star Wars for me its' resemblence to and inspiration from Star Wars is why I watched it. The Space ship fights the cylons the laser guns all very cool stuff to a young kid. Also at the time these were pretty sophisticated special effects
MrBuc128 1 year ago
In my opinion personally, this is perhaps THE GREATEST sci-fi intro of any sci-fi show in America...the music is simply INCREDIBLE and a ALL-TIME CLASSIC!! I enjoyed watching this show as a kid, and my favorite character on the show was Adama played by the ICON Lorne Greene...GREAT Show, and my favorite episode by far was the Kobol episode...loved it!! This music is simply AWESOME and AMAZING to listen to...GREAT show, and I sure wished that ABC never cancelled it...it was a great show to watch.
sanjeevksharma 2 years ago 5
the new is the best ever, its so fantastic- maybe the original also was for 30 years ago but now the new one is so extremly good :)
robotmaster123 2 years ago
I really liked that intro when the orchestra opens up on the 3 battlestars and when those cylon fighters do that roll and dive.
grooveclubhouse 2 years ago 2
Actually Brink383 is right. Battlestar came out after Star Wars, because the creator's of the series told that they got the idea for the name Battlestar from star War's Death Star.
grosspointblank1986 3 years ago
It was written from 1968, only by 1978 could they get it made. Hence it predates Star Wars...
WatchRyder 2 years ago
Best fucking space show the predated star trek and star wars.
rockiwan 3 years ago
How did it predate Star Wars and Star Trek? Star Wars was in May of '77 and Star Trek was first out in the late 60's. BSG came out in late '78/early '79.
briank383 3 years ago
Thank you for posting this opening!!
I still remember the (lost??) italian opening.
extranged 3 years ago
Yeah, I definitely remember watching this as a Kid. heheh
jkeelsnc 3 years ago
The new one is but a shadow of the original. The original was way better. I have it on dvd.
shubop9 3 years ago
This was the original and the best. You just dont get t.v like this anymore, the days of this, knight rider, a team, street hawk are long gone sadly. If you grew up in the 80's like me these shows were essential viewing. (sigh)
hungrr08 3 years ago 3
tv sort of lost it,the best gets scrapped more often than not
VEGAN0011 3 years ago
battlestar was the best sci fi series ever.
battlestarmarc 3 years ago 2
This was when television was awesome! Every night something that was truely ..FUN!The first Galactica was just the best!No fighting about it!This was like magic to me!I mean,every kid in school,every kid,watched this show!You would hear kid's talking about this show the next day in school!I just am crazy for the opening theme music!And Patrick Mcnee doing that awesome opening voice over...,please!That was so neat! Lorne Green,Dirk Benedict,Richard Hatch and all the other's on the same show? WOW
44skins 3 years ago 5
Yes I too found the show quite inspiring. especially since as a child I never felt I truly belonged here, that I was left here on earth by mistake. SO the original series helped inspire me to go on, to learn, because maybe one day those brothers of man will reach us here on earth and they may need our help.
grosspointblank1986 3 years ago 2
What I can't understand is why they cancelled it after one season? Amazing story
jtruns 3 years ago
Jtruns- they cancelled it because it cost ABC network seven hundred thousand dollars an episode. That is alot of money for a tv series in the 1970's. Can you imagine what that is in today's dollars. It also was not number one in the ratings. It still had good ratings but they felt for the money they were spending it should be #1. when they cancelled it the fans freaked and they realized they had made a mistake.
shubop9 3 years ago
YES1 i CAN DEFINITELY SUBSCRIBE TO THAT. this earthly reality (especially these years) is very ugly. how perfect it would be to catch a ferry to the stars. I would like to go aboard the Galactica this very minute!
HerrKolosimo 3 years ago
the new battlestar is ok, but no were as good as the orignal, i grew up with that one too wish i would of bought the collection, when i had the chance but was low on cash at that time. I think i remember hearing that some of these orignal series eposides cost 1 million or little more to make each eposide.
StarGazerBleu 3 years ago
I too Wish I had, had the money to buy the entire series on DVD. I did manage to get the stu phillips 4 cd lost soundtrack. That covered the entire series & the modified opening for Galactica 1980. Thanks for the comment
grosspointblank1986 3 years ago
The original Galactica is the best!!!!
Fornax2008 3 years ago 8
I'm Sorry I haven't replied sooner. Yes I to found this show the best sci-fi show ever. Thats why I posted the original opening so no one will forget. I personally loved how the creators & writers were very careful to incorporate peices of our own (greek, Roman, Egyptian) mythologies & history into the series. I personally believe the original idea for the series came from the bible. Moses AKA ADAMA leading his people from Egypt/Rome AKA the cylons. To the promised land of Earth.
grosspointblank1986 3 years ago