What a damn shame that this never came to be. Richard Hatch obviously had his finger on the pulse of the fans! It looks, and feels, like the original series (Galactica 1980, aside) with updated FX. Very cool to see that John Colicos would have came back as Baltar, too! I applaud you, Mr. Hatch, for your valiant attempt. Too bad the studios didn't share your vision. Thank you for your effort, sir!
I heard of this a long time ago when Richard Hatch tried, by himself, to get BG back up. He made a film, I guess this is it, to show only to producers. He failed to convince them and that was the end. I read that the film was never meant to be seen by the public. It should have been. Richard would have gotten a legion of fans to back him up. Compared to the new BG, I really miss the old stuff. At least it had heart and actors!
I had heard about this a long time ago when Richard Hatch took it upon himself to try and get BG back up. He had made a film but only showed it to the 'powers that be' and never meant it to be released tot he public, so it was said. It's a shame this didn't make public at the time, he would have had a huge group of fans helping him out in convincing whoemever needed convincing that it would have been at least money maker if not a great show (or just movie)
Wow.. I really hate to say this, but given what an awesome job I think Ron Moore did with BSG, I'm glad this never made it off the ground. Ron's rendition may never have come to pass. I've watched the entire series three times now, and I still get chills up my spine with certain scenes. The man is a genius.
@mrbubetube Sure I'm a "fucking dumbass". You removed your comment, how lovely.
Grow up, kid. I stated my opinion, and you're too immature to accept it. I tried to be friendly, but it seems that you will hiss at anyone who dares to have a different opinion than you.
I'm sorry, but wasting my time chatting with someone who cannot control their emotions is not on my to-do list.
wow, I never saw this before. that would have been an AWESOME show! too bad internal company politics and corporate greed ruined a great show. I watched a few short clips of the reimagined BSG and about 15 minutes of the beginning of the first episode. I was so disgusted with it I couldn't watch any more than that. Talk about SHALLOW!!! I saw NO BSG in it whatsoever. The should have given it some other title instead of trying to steal the BSG name. The reimagined series was NOT BSG!!!
that need a man there to save them every time they do somthing but in real life that is not true thats why they made starbuck a woman and id say they did a dam good job of that dont get me wrong the new one will never beat out the old ones but i got to say the CGI used in the new ones is way better then what i have seen in many moives for a long time and you also got to remmber the the new battlestar galactica is a sci fi drama/action/mistory as well and for it being that they did good
if someone where to take on the new one i can tell you this the CGI word be much better then in this 4 min clip and it word be nice to see how they take all the worlds they have lost and to let you know the new school battlestar galactica was ment for the new gen. thats why it is so far off from the old one plus the new one was also ment to show that woman can be heros to because in the old and way to many of the new shi fi and even other types of shows and moives they show woman as weak things
Universal Sucks for not taking this one on! I don't care for the new version, in all it's blonde pornified glory, one damn bit...! LONG LIVE RICHARD HATCH!---Johnny.
the new skool BSG is Bull Shit Gangrape of the original ... totally fucktard producer & script writer.... i bet those guys never watch any episode of the original ... Richard Hatch would have done a better if not an excellent job with the 2nd coming ...this 4 mins is totally cool: i rather watch this 4 mins a million times than 1 min of the new skool thrash !!
the new skool BSG is Bull Shit Gangrape of the original ... totally fucktard producer & script writer.... i bet those guys never watch any episode of the original ... Richard Hatch would have done a better if not an excellent job with the 2nd coming ...this 4 mins is totally cool: i rather watch this 4 mins a million times than 1 min of the new skool thrash !!
RICHARD HATCH!!! ---How in the pits of Kobol did those idiotic suits not go for this wonderful adaption you concieved!!?? I was only 10 when BSG came out. I currently keep you all alive in my Roleplaying Group Game. I would rather have seen YOUR vision made fact, than that semi-shameful re-hash! ---Love you and all you've made me. ---Lt.John Burton, Blue Squadron.
How did this NOT get made...that was the most incredible teaser of something that never made it to full production that I have ever seen. What a missed oppourtunity!
@aac729 Larson has just gotten the green light for his own Battlestar Galactica movie. The two most popular rumors are either a continuation or a reboot thats more faithful to the original.
@ReverendSyn Larson is sticking with the original format.He is getting help from Bryan Singer and Tom DeSantos of X-Men fame.DeSantos is a big fan of the original in making the feature film.
@ReverendSyn I haven't talked to Stu Phillips who did the music for the original in several months.But he is upset at Richard for using the music track in The Second Coming without his permission.He hadn't told me whether Glen's project is a continuation,but he is sticking to the original format.If Universal Studios isn't interested in releasing Glen's project in the theatres,it may come out on DVD only.But there is talk FOX want Galactica to replace the X-Files and they want Larson's version.
As much as I once respected Hatch's efforts, some of his novels weren't THAT great. The later ones after he sold out to the new show seemed to be him reworking Glens story to reflect RDMs more.
I have no faith or respect for Tricky Dicky anymore. He's obsolete now as far as maintaining the original goes.
Lol...poor Dirk Benedict! He couldn't even get cast as Starbuck in this dud, but they kept talking about him! I was watching the clock at like 2:34 wishing it was over. Bad news.
@aradioactivedonut : Well, yes and no. Remember, it was produced in 1978 - (maybe shot in late '77?) and Star Wars was THE most popular property in the WORLD at that time. Every studio wanted something with a space ship in it. If not for Star Wars, Paramount wouldn't have revived Star Trek. So, if you know the history, the original BG was based on an old pilot. It was lucky enough to have ILM handle the FX so, it had the Star Wars "look". Storyline was NOTHING like Star Wars, though.
@dancingdog60 Galactica is not a Star Wars ripoff.Larson had Galactica written nearly 10 years before Star Wars was made but Universal Studios wasn't at first interested in his project.
@Isotec1 Originally conceived as "Adam's Ark" 10 years before Star Wars, it wasn't a ripoff-HOWEVER, The project went through many changes to make it as "Star-Wars"-like as possible. 1st , the name was changed to "Star Worlds" and there were characters with names like "Jack Starkiller" in it. Larson even hired Ralph Mcquarrie and ILM to design the look of the series - obviously to make it look like Star Wars. Back in 1968, you know "Adams Ark" would have looked more like "Lost in Space".
This would have been much better than what eventually was produced. The actual remake was popular - but, it really should have been called something else. To me, it wasn't "Battlestar Galactica". Oh well...maybe next time the people who own the rights will stick closer to the original series.
Yeah, this would have been awesome if they could have gotten the rights and a decent budget. The Sci-Fi Channel version was overrated...and not campy enough.
This footage was Jon Colicos' last acting scene before he died. According to Hatch (when I saw him many years ago at I-Con, Stony Brook), they had about 3 or so minutes of him in front of a blue screen which they could insert somewhere if they needed to. And they were going to use old footage of Lorne Greene as a hologram in the computer's memory banks -- they said they had a way of altering the dialogue to make it new.
If they would have made Hatch's version? That would have been the best apology for "Galactica:1980". But from what I read about this, Larsen put up a stink about this "intellectual property" and all that garbage. What did the fans end up with? That craptastic, soapy novella on SyFy. >(
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I REALLY wish this had been produced !! Granted what SciFi did was nice, I think this would have been an even darker version that would have been more familiar to the fans, young and older alike.
I REALLY wish this had been produced !! Granted what SciFi did was nice, I think this would have been an even darker version that would have been more familar to the fans, young and older alike.
oh awesome a whole cast of graduates from the William Shatner School of Acting and members of the Science Fiction and Processed Cheese Society. Hey Originalman320 Simon was Black and there were other Black actors as well as alot of diversity in the cast. Thank the Gods for BSG:Reboot...better story line AND acting. Hatch made a good dirty politician/anarchist though.
@TheRagManSmiles Crappy as in Best show on TV in 2005 according to Time Magazine, Peabody award winner, winner of multiple Emmies for not just FX but also writing?
You know this isn't actually too far off what nuBSG did. Cylons return, they have evolved... new breed etc.
@Nemesis000000 Crappy as in It was soo bad that even myself (a 45 year veteran of sci-fi and television lover) have to stop watching it as it made me seriously think about getting rid of my TV for good.
it was like watching Eastenders in space...they took something great and corrupted it into a tedious space soap....that's what I mean by crappy...and I don't read Time magazine as I like to make up my own mind and my mind says 'CRAPPY!!'
@Nemesis000000 Majority opinion??? i said the new BSG is just plain crappy...how is that using majority opinion? now if I'd said everyone believes it's just plain crap that would be different, but I didn't ...you really should learn the meaning of terms like Majority before you embarrass yourself further....tut tut tut...LOL
@TheRagManSmiles I just think it's proper form when expressing a minority opinion to either say "in my opinion" or "imo", or if you don't wanna be that concilatory, say something like "I don't get why most people liked this, I think it sucks" to properly represent what people really think. Someone who has never seen nuBSG might see your comment and get the wrong impression about the show as it pertains to the audience in general. But maybe that's just me.
I'll say one thing about the original, which I love dearly. At least Boomer and Tigh were Black men. I never saw Black people on the new one, what little I watched of it.
@LawnboyBaker Respectfully disagree. I've become a huge opponent of 're-imagining.' Initially, I looked forward to the '03 series, until I'd seen what they did with the stories and characters my generation had come to admire. Hatch's vision of the continuation of the saga was more of what my generation was looking for, and BSG was made for my generation. Today's young producers need to quit 're-imagining' what was made before their time and come up with something original.
I still think that RDM may have had access to this, thus inspiring some aspects of his re - imagined BSG - New breed of Cylon, Cylon Civil War, a planet that looks a lot like New Caprica - It wouldn't have been impossible to include elements of " The Second Coming " in " re - imagined " BSG, just use more story arcs & excise some of the " cheese " of the original.
This looked really good to me. To bad it never made it. I bailed out on Battlestar Galactica 2004 after the 2nd season but found it once again on netflix. It was vastly improved on netflix when the commercials were removed. I am re-watching The 1978 version on netflix and it's has it's charm.
No way! I thought I was a fan of the old show but ever since I got into the overhauled series... I believe that old titans may be laid to rest where they belong... in our hearts. Cuz now it all seems so cheesy and ridiculous
Every time I see this, I get chills up and down my spine. Oh, crap, am I Cylon??? LOL! Seriously though, despite the fact that it was done in 1999, it's still outstanding. As a die-hard TOS fan, I really would love to see this come to fruition. But, no, it is not meant to be b/c the "reimagined" is so popular. What a bummer.
@qballrail Considering how hard Richard Hatch pushed for BSG to come back to life even if it had to be re-imagined, this trailer is something he could totally push for.
Maybe they'll do a remake with an alternate universe as the setting, but with a more intelligent story this one seems like it would have the potential even though it is a dated trailer with bad effects and sets the actors are using! Yes I'm sure Hatch didn't have much to make this trailer, but with today's effects perhaps it can be made special effects are much easier now with computer graphics; but must remember a mature story not a kid crap-fest please!
OMMFG!!!!!!!!!!!! this is exactly what my generation was hoping for, but didnt get, even tho the reboot was great... THIS SHOULD STILL HAPPEN (it wouldnt be the first time a reboot was rebooted) love live Hatch & Benedict!!!!!
amazing... and baltar was stunning! we probably have this to thank for BSG 2004
a complete remake of the concept from ground zero would be just fine with me, bring on boxy :) and daggit, hahaha... will never be able to outdo Jane Seymour, but they can try
I've seen this a few times. I agree with most people on here, that this one should have been made instead of the soap opera disguised as BGG that is/was on TV. I tried and I tried to watch that newer one...I just couldn't get into it at all.
Going by the looks of it, Hatch tried to keep the high morals of the original and not like something how the new Trek movie was completely lacking.
@WannaBeatle The problem is that you can't just do a "new" Battlestar Galactica picking up from the first one as if no time has passed. The sensibilities of the 70s are just out-of-step nowadays. It would come off as something between silly and/or morbid. It was like the last Superman movie, one done as if it was still 1983 rather than 2006. It came off as dated and even a bit macabre given that Christopher Reeve had recented died. It would have been MUCH better to just start from scratch.
@WannaBeatle One other thing -- the original BSG handled the whole idea of the near genocide of the human race in what is in modern eyes a completely unconvincing manner. It was treated at best as a momentary inconvenience with everyone just joining up with Papa Adama to go off and be noble. Sorry, but human beings wouldn't respond that way to such an utter disaster. The new BSG handled this bit FAR BETTER and far more convincingly even if it did get overly negative at times.
Original Galactica is Ripe for a Return in the Form of a Big Budget Feature Film. It would work as a Total Remake from Scratch of the Original Series , right down to the Sets, themes and Characters. But would give it Flavor and Charm would be to bring back 4 or 5 of the Original Leads as they have now Seasoned 30 years later, and have them lead a nall new Generation of Heroes on the Original Ship named Galactica as they Continue their Quest for Earth.
@KaitainCPS - Galactica 1980 wasn't as **good** as most fan fiction ! It was a " grasping at straws " mostly piss - poor attempt to keep the original show going, & sell more models & action figures to kids.
@KaitainCPS - It was good if you were into flying " Viper " bikes that could travel back through time at the speed of light ( Superman did that 1st, I think..... & the original Enterprise a couple of times. ), Cylons ( 1 fake humanoid version ) landing on Earth on Halloween night & being laid low by deadly microwave ovens, & flaccid acting that could be called cheesy at best.
There was much about the old series that was corny and poorly done. But there was also much that was better than the new series. The old style cylons were better i think. The vipers were cool. I would have prefered if they carried on from the old movie and added some more adult themes and deeper story line. But it cant really be done anymore. BSG 1978 was my favorite program on tv when I was a kid.
A little fine tuning and you got a movie. Both series just kicked ass. You know, The idea of completely different stories based on the same characters is nothing new. DC comics, Marvel comics and the movie producers of Hollywood have been doing it for years. Batman, Superman, Spiderman, and so forth have all been "re-Imagined" in television and the movies numerous times. I really hope they do a Battlestar movie based on the original series. Or even better, a series of movies......
It's ashame that none of the studios, especially Universal, didn't want to back Richard Hatch's vision for a new series. Insted we got crap with the Syfy Channel's rendition (or should I say "re-imagined") of the show.
@shurednichso Uumm..you might be right but i don't think so. As usual I'm right and you are wrong! It's not a matter of opinion but fact. So while you're there setting alone in front of the computer jacking off..stick a laser toroedo up your very loose ass!
@xsf908 Lawsuit is the reason,Universal Studios will only allow Hatch to show only the trailer at the Battlestar Galactica convention.Plus he may have done this without Glen Larson's permission and using the music of Stu Phillips.Don't look for the DVD release of this anytime soon.
You know this was kind of cool. Would have been nice to have seen them go through with it. However I am in love with the latest BSG, 3 times chronologically so far plus I play the online game. LOL You could just about do anything with that particular genre just like startrek.
Not bad for its time. By today's standards pretty rough, of course, but still better than the average fan-produced video. I see some ideas and concepts that seem to have been adopted into the re-imagined BSG, like evolved cyclons, transforming weapons, the new design cyclon fighters [@ 3:00]... Makes you wonder, huh?
@Tigadee00 - Maybe RDM cut a deal with Richard Hatch - He could use elements of " BSG : The Second Coming ", & in return, Mr. Hatch would have a recurring role on the revised BSG series.
The " new " Cylons, " new " Raiders, The settlement on the planet that they showed ( New Caprica, maybe ? ), all look like they found their way into RDM's version produced about 4 years later.
@knoxvilleguy2 You may be right. Even the idea of the next generation of humans facing the return of the Cyclons, sound much like the reincarnation or reboot cycle of the re-imagined series. And it's so good to see some of the old familiar faces in this 2nd Coming video. I spotted the doc, Dr Wilkes (I believe, the techno scientist?), Col. Tigh, Baltar, the villian from the BSG 1980 series (forgot his name), even the 'ghost' of Adama... Too bad Boomer isn't there.
@Tigadee00 - It sounds like maybe RDM borrowed some of the ideas from " The Second Coming ", but basically Original BSG also took ideas from, or at least was heavily influenced by, Star Wars, primarily. I kind of think that if they really tried, they could make a grittier version of BSG that wasn't quite as heavy on the pessimism as RDM's could be.
@Tigadee00 - If " The Second Coming " had " Skin - job " Cylons ( I heard that if " Galactica 1980 " had lasted, they would've had a female humanoid Cylon like Six in RDM's version ) then I could COMPLETELY believe that RDM took from it. G:1980 had a humanoid Cylon spy - Andromus - but he didn't fit in very well in the L.A. of 1980.
Oh, and it should not disregard the Galatica1980 show. A logical way could be found to tie the two together. Sure, the 80s show was not perfect, but it shouldn't be ignored.
They should really make a movie of this for SyFy. Just a mini-series or something. It woulod sell like gangbusters on DVD! The original 80s series deserves a good closure. Use this 1999 footage at the start of the film, and then jump another 10 years into the future... It can't be that hard to work something out with SAG!
SYFY is run by mindless idiots! This would have been awesome!! I have zero interest in the new series made by people who have to whore off other people's creativity. Thank you Richard Hatch for trying and giving us a glimpse of your greatness. This even looks better than all the new Star Wars films. Maybe it can still happen. Studios are rehashing films that are not even 10 years old now. Go theatrical Hatch! To hell with syfy!
So sad that they didn't make this project instead of the new Galactica that I never really got interest in watching more than 2-3 episodes. Nostalgia of being a kid watching the original film and show is just too strong compared to watching a completely remade version. There's so many other Sci-Fi series that are brand new since the 90's. Why redo completely Galactica wen they could have just conitnue the orignial story!? Thank You Richard Hatch for trying!
Ohhh how I wish this project had succeeded! It would have made an awesome series, IMHO better than the other re-imaged series Syf-Fy network did (although I liked it fine too).
With the right effects guy on the job this could have been great. Plus the new Battlestar on SiFi just SUCKS. Also Starbuck as a woman is just wrong. You can have a woman just like Starbuck, just not as Starbuck. Sort of like you can have a woman kick ass like Cynthia Rothrock, but she ain't ever going to be a Chuck Norris. So you can have a show go by the name BSG but it will never be Battlestar Galactica.
Yeah I kinda like it. I looks like a sort of mix between both series in that it has a somewhat darker feel while still keeping the good ol' 70's cheezyness. I think this would have been a somewhat good show.
There's no reason why this series couldn't have run side by side with the revised BSG show somewhere in syndication. Based on this clip I think It had potential. Fans of the original series would certainly have backed it up.
Pity they held this trailer so hush hush back in the day. They showed it once at Dragon Con and then never again as I recall. I had to wait for youtube, ten years later, to finally see the thing. Had they released it to the web back then, let anyone see it who wanted to see it, it wouldve got severe word of mouth and gotten a LOT more noticed and famous. This looks a lot better than the sappy new BG on sci fi.
this is even worst than the original series which really sucked...had mormonism written all over it---just another cult trying to gets its hands around America, same as the commies, socialists and facists as well as all the religious wing nuts in this great Nation.
so they fled to Earth, lived there, learned that the cylons evolved in a deadlier form and then decide that they are going to retake their home world.... makes sense....
It's not bad for what it is, but if this had been made into a movie, as is... with the same costumes, actors, writing and direction it would have been a terrible failure. The only audience it would have pulled in are the hardcore fans of the original series. It almost certainly inspired those with more money and resources to make the revamped series, though. So, I say well done Mr. Hatch, you are a gentleman and a scholar, and I salute you. Huzzah!
@ReverendSyn ROFL! I love how people use the term "selling out". In the real world it means compromising one's own virtues, ethics and morality for the sake of payment. Instead people use it to mean mean it as "They did something I didn't like!" It couldn't POSSIBLY be that someone accused of selling out actually believed in what they were doing. That would be silly.
This is so cool... and much better as the other remake !!!! I love this Trailer !!! And nice Hans Zimmer music inside :) I hope so, that this project with this actors are realized. (Sorry about my english !) All the best, mario
@DefconWarningSystem i think it's obvious to anyone with half a brain how much they actually stole.... hollywood has a habit of stealing good ideas from the people who actually has some talent, only to give them to their pawns.
Neat, but cheesy and outdated by 1999. I watched the old series a bit, interesting but I was never a big fan. The new series does not interest me at all.
What a damn shame that this never came to be. Richard Hatch obviously had his finger on the pulse of the fans! It looks, and feels, like the original series (Galactica 1980, aside) with updated FX. Very cool to see that John Colicos would have came back as Baltar, too! I applaud you, Mr. Hatch, for your valiant attempt. Too bad the studios didn't share your vision. Thank you for your effort, sir!
1987HTR 15 hours ago
Richard Hatch is the real Captain Apollo
connieplankghost 2 days ago
I heard of this a long time ago when Richard Hatch tried, by himself, to get BG back up. He made a film, I guess this is it, to show only to producers. He failed to convince them and that was the end. I read that the film was never meant to be seen by the public. It should have been. Richard would have gotten a legion of fans to back him up. Compared to the new BG, I really miss the old stuff. At least it had heart and actors!
sciguyjeff 6 days ago
I had heard about this a long time ago when Richard Hatch took it upon himself to try and get BG back up. He had made a film but only showed it to the 'powers that be' and never meant it to be released tot he public, so it was said. It's a shame this didn't make public at the time, he would have had a huge group of fans helping him out in convincing whoemever needed convincing that it would have been at least money maker if not a great show (or just movie)
sciguyjeff 6 days ago
I never heard about this until today, now why didn't THIS version come out instead of that shitty new battlestar galactica series?
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1:23 to 1:25 HOLY SHIT!!!!! REALLY CONVINCING!!!!! XD
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Wow.. I really hate to say this, but given what an awesome job I think Ron Moore did with BSG, I'm glad this never made it off the ground. Ron's rendition may never have come to pass. I've watched the entire series three times now, and I still get chills up my spine with certain scenes. The man is a genius.
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@mrbubetube Sure I'm a "fucking dumbass". You removed your comment, how lovely.
Grow up, kid. I stated my opinion, and you're too immature to accept it. I tried to be friendly, but it seems that you will hiss at anyone who dares to have a different opinion than you.
I'm sorry, but wasting my time chatting with someone who cannot control their emotions is not on my to-do list.
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ZeroDude600 1 week ago
i have to give it thumbs up, we love the action, absolutely awsome
djdmmd73 3 weeks ago
J aimerai le voir j ai tous les anciens quelq un pourrait me dire quand il arrive on france?
anic0191 3 weeks ago
wow, I never saw this before. that would have been an AWESOME show! too bad internal company politics and corporate greed ruined a great show. I watched a few short clips of the reimagined BSG and about 15 minutes of the beginning of the first episode. I was so disgusted with it I couldn't watch any more than that. Talk about SHALLOW!!! I saw NO BSG in it whatsoever. The should have given it some other title instead of trying to steal the BSG name. The reimagined series was NOT BSG!!!
mrbubetube 3 weeks ago
@mrbubetube I don't think 15 minutes is enough to judge...just sayin'.
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mrbubetube 1 week ago
Action Stations! Set Condition One throughout the ship! Launch Viper squadrons! This is not a drill!
OldSchoolPatriot2012 1 month ago
The frakk is this!!!????!!!!!
atomicdog04 1 month ago
that need a man there to save them every time they do somthing but in real life that is not true thats why they made starbuck a woman and id say they did a dam good job of that dont get me wrong the new one will never beat out the old ones but i got to say the CGI used in the new ones is way better then what i have seen in many moives for a long time and you also got to remmber the the new battlestar galactica is a sci fi drama/action/mistory as well and for it being that they did good
thomasmiller1 1 month ago
if someone where to take on the new one i can tell you this the CGI word be much better then in this 4 min clip and it word be nice to see how they take all the worlds they have lost and to let you know the new school battlestar galactica was ment for the new gen. thats why it is so far off from the old one plus the new one was also ment to show that woman can be heros to because in the old and way to many of the new shi fi and even other types of shows and moives they show woman as weak things
thomasmiller1 1 month ago
sorry but is this fan made?
ismcb4sc 1 month ago
@ismcb4sc You could call it such.
ReverendSyn 1 month ago
He mortgaged his house for that? LOL!
MissLazyDog 1 month ago
I never seen so many people in love with such campy garbage.
worldslinger81 2 months ago
Universal Sucks for not taking this one on! I don't care for the new version, in all it's blonde pornified glory, one damn bit...! LONG LIVE RICHARD HATCH!---Johnny.
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@0zed119 This would have been shit.
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the new skool BSG is Bull Shit Gangrape of the original ... totally fucktard producer & script writer.... i bet those guys never watch any episode of the original ... Richard Hatch would have done a better if not an excellent job with the 2nd coming ...this 4 mins is totally cool: i rather watch this 4 mins a million times than 1 min of the new skool thrash !!
konstandy 2 months ago
the new skool BSG is Bull Shit Gangrape of the original ... totally fucktard producer & script writer.... i bet those guys never watch any episode of the original ... Richard Hatch would have done a better if not an excellent job with the 2nd coming ...this 4 mins is totally cool: i rather watch this 4 mins a million times than 1 min of the new skool thrash !!
konstandy 2 months ago
Ouch....That was terrible....
jmricks73 2 months ago
RICHARD HATCH!!! ---How in the pits of Kobol did those idiotic suits not go for this wonderful adaption you concieved!!?? I was only 10 when BSG came out. I currently keep you all alive in my Roleplaying Group Game. I would rather have seen YOUR vision made fact, than that semi-shameful re-hash! ---Love you and all you've made me. ---Lt.John Burton, Blue Squadron.
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Shame Hatch sold out and hopped in bed with Ron Moore's rape of the franchise.
ReverendSyn 2 months ago
Too bad this trailer never got picked up. 1978 Battlestar was the best sci fi series ever made.
battlestarmarc 2 months ago
interesting plot lines at beginning...i think maybe someone lifted his ideas for the new series...not surprized..hollywood is so unoriginal
MrCaesarnapoleon 3 months ago
Thanks for sharing.
How did this NOT get made...that was the most incredible teaser of something that never made it to full production that I have ever seen. What a missed oppourtunity!
aac729 3 months ago
@aac729 Larson has just gotten the green light for his own Battlestar Galactica movie. The two most popular rumors are either a continuation or a reboot thats more faithful to the original.
ReverendSyn 2 months ago
@ReverendSyn Larson is sticking with the original format.He is getting help from Bryan Singer and Tom DeSantos of X-Men fame.DeSantos is a big fan of the original in making the feature film.
Isotec1 1 month ago
@Isotec1 So it's going to be a continuation?
ReverendSyn 1 month ago
@ReverendSyn I haven't talked to Stu Phillips who did the music for the original in several months.But he is upset at Richard for using the music track in The Second Coming without his permission.He hadn't told me whether Glen's project is a continuation,but he is sticking to the original format.If Universal Studios isn't interested in releasing Glen's project in the theatres,it may come out on DVD only.But there is talk FOX want Galactica to replace the X-Files and they want Larson's version.
Isotec1 1 month ago
@Isotec1 Can't say I blame Stu for being angry.
As much as I once respected Hatch's efforts, some of his novels weren't THAT great. The later ones after he sold out to the new show seemed to be him reworking Glens story to reflect RDMs more.
I have no faith or respect for Tricky Dicky anymore. He's obsolete now as far as maintaining the original goes.
ReverendSyn 1 month ago
There must be some kind of way out of here...
deltatom7 3 months ago
This single 4 minute trailer is better than all 4 seasons of new BSG combined.
autobotking 3 months ago
Lol...poor Dirk Benedict! He couldn't even get cast as Starbuck in this dud, but they kept talking about him! I was watching the clock at like 2:34 wishing it was over. Bad news.
Allen2saint 3 months ago
@Allen2saint I think Dirk was busy elsewhere at the time Hatch filmed this
ReverendSyn 2 months ago
That viper at 1:39 is wicked, now i know where the viper vii came from
DIVOTMOVIES 3 months ago
What are you all smoking? That was laughable.
msp1518 3 months ago
a did bazaar died in the 70s too, you cant beat the real thing.too bad they didn't make a TV show.they would be a hit now.
joe12544 3 months ago
omg this was amazing
latexkat1 3 months ago
@aradioactivedonut : Well, yes and no. Remember, it was produced in 1978 - (maybe shot in late '77?) and Star Wars was THE most popular property in the WORLD at that time. Every studio wanted something with a space ship in it. If not for Star Wars, Paramount wouldn't have revived Star Trek. So, if you know the history, the original BG was based on an old pilot. It was lucky enough to have ILM handle the FX so, it had the Star Wars "look". Storyline was NOTHING like Star Wars, though.
dancingdog60 3 months ago
@dancingdog60 Galactica is not a Star Wars ripoff.Larson had Galactica written nearly 10 years before Star Wars was made but Universal Studios wasn't at first interested in his project.
Isotec1 1 month ago
@Isotec1 Originally conceived as "Adam's Ark" 10 years before Star Wars, it wasn't a ripoff-HOWEVER, The project went through many changes to make it as "Star-Wars"-like as possible. 1st , the name was changed to "Star Worlds" and there were characters with names like "Jack Starkiller" in it. Larson even hired Ralph Mcquarrie and ILM to design the look of the series - obviously to make it look like Star Wars. Back in 1968, you know "Adams Ark" would have looked more like "Lost in Space".
dancingdog60 1 month ago
Now This would have been something to see! Not like that stupid, boring re-make with Horrible casting!
Yet Another reason that I am glad I got Out of the Business years ago!
^^X^^
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This would have been better? lol you are all morons.
worldslinger81 3 months ago
By gods this would have been awesome.
GreenyFool 3 months ago
This would have been much better than what eventually was produced. The actual remake was popular - but, it really should have been called something else. To me, it wasn't "Battlestar Galactica". Oh well...maybe next time the people who own the rights will stick closer to the original series.
dancingdog60 3 months ago
@dancingdog60 The original one seemed like a star wars ripoff to me.
aradioactivedonut 3 months ago
Yeah, this would have been awesome if they could have gotten the rights and a decent budget. The Sci-Fi Channel version was overrated...and not campy enough.
GBev2K 4 months ago
This footage was Jon Colicos' last acting scene before he died. According to Hatch (when I saw him many years ago at I-Con, Stony Brook), they had about 3 or so minutes of him in front of a blue screen which they could insert somewhere if they needed to. And they were going to use old footage of Lorne Greene as a hologram in the computer's memory banks -- they said they had a way of altering the dialogue to make it new.
This would have rocked.
xwhycomic 4 months ago
I really liked the Scifi Channel remake myself, but this would have been seriously awesome.
chfgn 4 months ago
If they would have made Hatch's version? That would have been the best apology for "Galactica:1980". But from what I read about this, Larsen put up a stink about this "intellectual property" and all that garbage. What did the fans end up with? That craptastic, soapy novella on SyFy. >(
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Ah, awesomeness that never was. Sad.
CowboyUpBR 4 months ago
The new BSG should have been more like this. Less drama. Less slow scenes. WAY more action and excitement. That;s why I watched the old series!
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I REALLY wish this had been produced !! Granted what SciFi did was nice, I think this would have been an even darker version that would have been more familiar to the fans, young and older alike.
mfalderoff 4 months ago
I REALLY wish this had been produced !! Granted what SciFi did was nice, I think this would have been an even darker version that would have been more familar to the fans, young and older alike.
mfalderoff 4 months ago
oh awesome a whole cast of graduates from the William Shatner School of Acting and members of the Science Fiction and Processed Cheese Society. Hey Originalman320 Simon was Black and there were other Black actors as well as alot of diversity in the cast. Thank the Gods for BSG:Reboot...better story line AND acting. Hatch made a good dirty politician/anarchist though.
evolve991 4 months ago
this is what the new BSG should have been....it rocks!! where as the new BSG is just plain Crappy!!
TheRagManSmiles 4 months ago
@TheRagManSmiles Crappy as in Best show on TV in 2005 according to Time Magazine, Peabody award winner, winner of multiple Emmies for not just FX but also writing?
You know this isn't actually too far off what nuBSG did. Cylons return, they have evolved... new breed etc.
Nemesis000000 4 months ago
@Nemesis000000 Crappy as in It was soo bad that even myself (a 45 year veteran of sci-fi and television lover) have to stop watching it as it made me seriously think about getting rid of my TV for good.
it was like watching Eastenders in space...they took something great and corrupted it into a tedious space soap....that's what I mean by crappy...and I don't read Time magazine as I like to make up my own mind and my mind says 'CRAPPY!!'
TheRagManSmiles 4 months ago
@TheRagManSmiles You are of course entitled to that opinion, but you should refrain from saying it as if it's the majority opinion.
Nemesis000000 4 months ago
@Nemesis000000 Majority opinion??? i said the new BSG is just plain crappy...how is that using majority opinion? now if I'd said everyone believes it's just plain crap that would be different, but I didn't ...you really should learn the meaning of terms like Majority before you embarrass yourself further....tut tut tut...LOL
TheRagManSmiles 4 months ago
@TheRagManSmiles I just think it's proper form when expressing a minority opinion to either say "in my opinion" or "imo", or if you don't wanna be that concilatory, say something like "I don't get why most people liked this, I think it sucks" to properly represent what people really think. Someone who has never seen nuBSG might see your comment and get the wrong impression about the show as it pertains to the audience in general. But maybe that's just me.
Nemesis000000 4 months ago
I'll say one thing about the original, which I love dearly. At least Boomer and Tigh were Black men. I never saw Black people on the new one, what little I watched of it.
Originalman320 4 months ago
Too bad Lorne Greene (Adama) is dead. So is John Colicos (Baltar), and Lloyd Bridges (Cain).
Originalman320 4 months ago
@LawnboyBaker Respectfully disagree. I've become a huge opponent of 're-imagining.' Initially, I looked forward to the '03 series, until I'd seen what they did with the stories and characters my generation had come to admire. Hatch's vision of the continuation of the saga was more of what my generation was looking for, and BSG was made for my generation. Today's young producers need to quit 're-imagining' what was made before their time and come up with something original.
kurtb8474 4 months ago
I bet if Universal Studios released this on DVD imagine the millions in revenue it would bring in
Isotec1 4 months ago
Have you ever fired two laser guns whilst jumping through the air?
pcqgod 4 months ago
This would have been a great sequel!
WayneStation 5 months ago
I still think that RDM may have had access to this, thus inspiring some aspects of his re - imagined BSG - New breed of Cylon, Cylon Civil War, a planet that looks a lot like New Caprica - It wouldn't have been impossible to include elements of " The Second Coming " in " re - imagined " BSG, just use more story arcs & excise some of the " cheese " of the original.
knoxvilleguy2 5 months ago
This looked really good to me. To bad it never made it. I bailed out on Battlestar Galactica 2004 after the 2nd season but found it once again on netflix. It was vastly improved on netflix when the commercials were removed. I am re-watching The 1978 version on netflix and it's has it's charm.
clutchisgood 5 months ago
"You care for no one but yourself and your quest for power!" - Richard Hatch as Apollo
And then, that's what he did when he played Tom Zarek hahaha I love BSG, old and new.
TommyMaverickMusic 5 months ago
Thank God this never happened :D
Lambawan 5 months ago
No way! I thought I was a fan of the old show but ever since I got into the overhauled series... I believe that old titans may be laid to rest where they belong... in our hearts. Cuz now it all seems so cheesy and ridiculous
Lambawan 5 months ago
1:25 He ran away from the planets explosion? :D
SternMann93 5 months ago 11
@SternMann93 Wouldn't you?
1acroyear1 1 month ago
Every time I see this, I get chills up and down my spine. Oh, crap, am I Cylon??? LOL! Seriously though, despite the fact that it was done in 1999, it's still outstanding. As a die-hard TOS fan, I really would love to see this come to fruition. But, no, it is not meant to be b/c the "reimagined" is so popular. What a bummer.
qballrail 5 months ago
@qballrail Considering how hard Richard Hatch pushed for BSG to come back to life even if it had to be re-imagined, this trailer is something he could totally push for.
TommyMaverickMusic 5 months ago
Maybe they'll do a remake with an alternate universe as the setting, but with a more intelligent story this one seems like it would have the potential even though it is a dated trailer with bad effects and sets the actors are using! Yes I'm sure Hatch didn't have much to make this trailer, but with today's effects perhaps it can be made special effects are much easier now with computer graphics; but must remember a mature story not a kid crap-fest please!
blameist 5 months ago
OMMFG!!!!!!!!!!!! this is exactly what my generation was hoping for, but didnt get, even tho the reboot was great... THIS SHOULD STILL HAPPEN (it wouldnt be the first time a reboot was rebooted) love live Hatch & Benedict!!!!!
bjdjmc 5 months ago
Ah, I never like the old show. It was too campy and unrealistic. I'll stick with the new series.
Calriec 5 months ago
Wait... Starbucks....A MAN!!!!!!!!!
blizzed123468 5 months ago
this looks so much cooler than the new series!
jayrox40 6 months ago
OMG that trailer kicks ass!
SmallBalls2010 6 months ago
amazing... and baltar was stunning! we probably have this to thank for BSG 2004
a complete remake of the concept from ground zero would be just fine with me, bring on boxy :) and daggit, hahaha... will never be able to outdo Jane Seymour, but they can try
jamvaru 6 months ago
amazing... and baltar was stunning!
jamvaru 6 months ago
I've seen this a few times. I agree with most people on here, that this one should have been made instead of the soap opera disguised as BGG that is/was on TV. I tried and I tried to watch that newer one...I just couldn't get into it at all.
Going by the looks of it, Hatch tried to keep the high morals of the original and not like something how the new Trek movie was completely lacking.
WannaBeatle 6 months ago
@WannaBeatle The problem is that you can't just do a "new" Battlestar Galactica picking up from the first one as if no time has passed. The sensibilities of the 70s are just out-of-step nowadays. It would come off as something between silly and/or morbid. It was like the last Superman movie, one done as if it was still 1983 rather than 2006. It came off as dated and even a bit macabre given that Christopher Reeve had recented died. It would have been MUCH better to just start from scratch.
Ranillon 5 months ago
@WannaBeatle One other thing -- the original BSG handled the whole idea of the near genocide of the human race in what is in modern eyes a completely unconvincing manner. It was treated at best as a momentary inconvenience with everyone just joining up with Papa Adama to go off and be noble. Sorry, but human beings wouldn't respond that way to such an utter disaster. The new BSG handled this bit FAR BETTER and far more convincingly even if it did get overly negative at times.
Ranillon 5 months ago
Original Galactica is Ripe for a Return in the Form of a Big Budget Feature Film. It would work as a Total Remake from Scratch of the Original Series , right down to the Sets, themes and Characters. But would give it Flavor and Charm would be to bring back 4 or 5 of the Original Leads as they have now Seasoned 30 years later, and have them lead a nall new Generation of Heroes on the Original Ship named Galactica as they Continue their Quest for Earth.
Roadracer987654321 6 months ago
IN Galatica 1980, Apollo was dead, so is this version in between BSG and 1980?
Iluthra 6 months ago
@Iluthra Galactica 1980 never happened, Pamela Ewing dreamt that Season too ;)
cmsahe 6 months ago
@Iluthra
Galactica 1980 should essentially be thought of as expensive fan fiction.
KaitainCPS 5 months ago
@KaitainCPS - Galactica 1980 wasn't as **good** as most fan fiction ! It was a " grasping at straws " mostly piss - poor attempt to keep the original show going, & sell more models & action figures to kids.
knoxvilleguy2 5 months ago
@knoxvilleguy2
No argument here.
KaitainCPS 5 months ago
@KaitainCPS - It was good if you were into flying " Viper " bikes that could travel back through time at the speed of light ( Superman did that 1st, I think..... & the original Enterprise a couple of times. ), Cylons ( 1 fake humanoid version ) landing on Earth on Halloween night & being laid low by deadly microwave ovens, & flaccid acting that could be called cheesy at best.
knoxvilleguy2 5 months ago
Would love to find the full promo video. Does anyone have it?
scotrcarr 6 months ago
this would have been a much better remake than the garbage PC version that they ended up making.... too bad they couldn't get the funding for it.
CE750 7 months ago 8
@CE750 No thanks, I like my sci-fi to be NOT goofy and dated.
BoredomCorner 3 months ago
There was much about the old series that was corny and poorly done. But there was also much that was better than the new series. The old style cylons were better i think. The vipers were cool. I would have prefered if they carried on from the old movie and added some more adult themes and deeper story line. But it cant really be done anymore. BSG 1978 was my favorite program on tv when I was a kid.
HowToGetFreeGifts 7 months ago
I've heard much about this project & am sad it never took off as it clearly had loads of potential.
bibbleblab11 7 months ago
A little fine tuning and you got a movie. Both series just kicked ass. You know, The idea of completely different stories based on the same characters is nothing new. DC comics, Marvel comics and the movie producers of Hollywood have been doing it for years. Batman, Superman, Spiderman, and so forth have all been "re-Imagined" in television and the movies numerous times. I really hope they do a Battlestar movie based on the original series. Or even better, a series of movies......
HEADBANGERSBALLER 7 months ago
That was awful. B-movie rated.
andr1701 7 months ago
impressive!
cylonmodel13 7 months ago
It's ashame that none of the studios, especially Universal, didn't want to back Richard Hatch's vision for a new series. Insted we got crap with the Syfy Channel's rendition (or should I say "re-imagined") of the show.
soxster101 7 months ago
@soxster101
You kidding me? BSG of Syfy was one of the best in TV of that time ffs.
Go back under ur bridge ,troll!
shurednichso 7 months ago
@shurednichso Uumm..you might be right but i don't think so. As usual I'm right and you are wrong! It's not a matter of opinion but fact. So while you're there setting alone in front of the computer jacking off..stick a laser toroedo up your very loose ass!
soxster101 7 months ago
@soxster101
Fuck you too ,mate ;D
And still BSG of Syfy >all.
shurednichso 7 months ago
If this had come to fruition, I would have watched it for sure.
ladyigrain1 7 months ago
When will they realise this on dvd ?
xsf908 8 months ago
@xsf908 Lawsuit is the reason,Universal Studios will only allow Hatch to show only the trailer at the Battlestar Galactica convention.Plus he may have done this without Glen Larson's permission and using the music of Stu Phillips.Don't look for the DVD release of this anytime soon.
quarqill 6 months ago
Is this an Atari 2600 video game?
fatograph 8 months ago
Looks like the 2004 series took some inspiration from this.
Cha4k 8 months ago
You know this was kind of cool. Would have been nice to have seen them go through with it. However I am in love with the latest BSG, 3 times chronologically so far plus I play the online game. LOL You could just about do anything with that particular genre just like startrek.
chevroletgt 8 months ago
by your command save stargate universe
Incomplete6love 8 months ago
BRING BACK SPACE 1999
mykmmc 8 months ago
silon voice is bad ass
Pineconevolved 8 months ago
I guess this "Second Coming" failed just like the Second Coming on May 21st, 2011 will fail. See you all on Saturday, May 22nd, huh?
SkepticalBliss 8 months ago
GRAAAGH! This...THIS is what the new show SHOULDA BEEN.
*shakes head sadly*
BionicDance 8 months ago
Read that Larson is "supposidly" bringing
BSG to the big screen with original series
theme,wonder if they will try and bring back
some of the original cast? Due in 2012
Jman
Kabul81 8 months ago
Not bad for its time. By today's standards pretty rough, of course, but still better than the average fan-produced video. I see some ideas and concepts that seem to have been adopted into the re-imagined BSG, like evolved cyclons, transforming weapons, the new design cyclon fighters [@ 3:00]... Makes you wonder, huh?
Tigadee00 8 months ago
@Tigadee00 - Maybe RDM cut a deal with Richard Hatch - He could use elements of " BSG : The Second Coming ", & in return, Mr. Hatch would have a recurring role on the revised BSG series.
The " new " Cylons, " new " Raiders, The settlement on the planet that they showed ( New Caprica, maybe ? ), all look like they found their way into RDM's version produced about 4 years later.
knoxvilleguy2 8 months ago
@knoxvilleguy2 You may be right. Even the idea of the next generation of humans facing the return of the Cyclons, sound much like the reincarnation or reboot cycle of the re-imagined series. And it's so good to see some of the old familiar faces in this 2nd Coming video. I spotted the doc, Dr Wilkes (I believe, the techno scientist?), Col. Tigh, Baltar, the villian from the BSG 1980 series (forgot his name), even the 'ghost' of Adama... Too bad Boomer isn't there.
Tigadee00 8 months ago
@Tigadee00 - It sounds like maybe RDM borrowed some of the ideas from " The Second Coming ", but basically Original BSG also took ideas from, or at least was heavily influenced by, Star Wars, primarily. I kind of think that if they really tried, they could make a grittier version of BSG that wasn't quite as heavy on the pessimism as RDM's could be.
knoxvilleguy2 8 months ago
@Tigadee00 - If " The Second Coming " had " Skin - job " Cylons ( I heard that if " Galactica 1980 " had lasted, they would've had a female humanoid Cylon like Six in RDM's version ) then I could COMPLETELY believe that RDM took from it. G:1980 had a humanoid Cylon spy - Andromus - but he didn't fit in very well in the L.A. of 1980.
knoxvilleguy2 8 months ago
Still like the origanal better. I watched it then, I still like it better now.
TK0332 8 months ago
Oh, and it should not disregard the Galatica1980 show. A logical way could be found to tie the two together. Sure, the 80s show was not perfect, but it shouldn't be ignored.
AtkinWhat 8 months ago
They should really make a movie of this for SyFy. Just a mini-series or something. It woulod sell like gangbusters on DVD! The original 80s series deserves a good closure. Use this 1999 footage at the start of the film, and then jump another 10 years into the future... It can't be that hard to work something out with SAG!
AtkinWhat 8 months ago
Sucks it never made full production, looked like a winner to me havin' the original cast back with some new people!
likestallwomen 8 months ago
Too bad this vision didn't come to pass.
southport97 8 months ago
SYFY is run by mindless idiots! This would have been awesome!! I have zero interest in the new series made by people who have to whore off other people's creativity. Thank you Richard Hatch for trying and giving us a glimpse of your greatness. This even looks better than all the new Star Wars films. Maybe it can still happen. Studios are rehashing films that are not even 10 years old now. Go theatrical Hatch! To hell with syfy!
lynxvosmia 8 months ago
@lynxvosmia So you're passing judgment upon something you haven't seen?
HyruleWeirdo 8 months ago
@HyruleWeirdo I tried watching it a couple of times. It bored the hell out of me. Happy now?
morbidvisionfilms 8 months ago
So sad that they didn't make this project instead of the new Galactica that I never really got interest in watching more than 2-3 episodes. Nostalgia of being a kid watching the original film and show is just too strong compared to watching a completely remade version. There's so many other Sci-Fi series that are brand new since the 90's. Why redo completely Galactica wen they could have just conitnue the orignial story!? Thank You Richard Hatch for trying!
danster4713 8 months ago
Ohhh how I wish this project had succeeded! It would have made an awesome series, IMHO better than the other re-imaged series Syf-Fy network did (although I liked it fine too).
JimHadar1 8 months ago
This is what the Original Battlestar Galactic should have looked like
CSATexan 8 months ago
"Come get me you little tinheads!"
I believe the correct phrase is toasters.
MrMazRules 9 months ago
Did this 'retelling' of the BSG story using the original series include Galactica 1980? Was the time on Earth factored in?
chewie211171 9 months ago
@chewie211171 From what I remember, it was supposed to disregard the 1980 series entirely (not a bad move if you ask the majority of the fanbase).
HyruleWeirdo 8 months ago
With the right effects guy on the job this could have been great. Plus the new Battlestar on SiFi just SUCKS. Also Starbuck as a woman is just wrong. You can have a woman just like Starbuck, just not as Starbuck. Sort of like you can have a woman kick ass like Cynthia Rothrock, but she ain't ever going to be a Chuck Norris. So you can have a show go by the name BSG but it will never be Battlestar Galactica.
TK0332 9 months ago
@TK0332 The thing is, if it wasn't called Battlestar Galactica, you'd probably call it a complete BSG rip off.
HyruleWeirdo 8 months ago
THE Greatest Fan made video of all time!
warrior64 9 months ago
This would have been so cool. To bad they didn't go with this.
TheBubbabear67 9 months ago
Yeah I kinda like it. I looks like a sort of mix between both series in that it has a somewhat darker feel while still keeping the good ol' 70's cheezyness. I think this would have been a somewhat good show.
UndyingHunter1 9 months ago 2
this looks sooooooooo bad, no wonder it was never picked up
weeredfrog 9 months ago
There's no reason why this series couldn't have run side by side with the revised BSG show somewhere in syndication. Based on this clip I think It had potential. Fans of the original series would certainly have backed it up.
Radiumscape 9 months ago 2
@Radiumscape I agree 100% with your last statement! You bet I would have picked this up!
terrywest111 8 months ago
Pity they held this trailer so hush hush back in the day. They showed it once at Dragon Con and then never again as I recall. I had to wait for youtube, ten years later, to finally see the thing. Had they released it to the web back then, let anyone see it who wanted to see it, it wouldve got severe word of mouth and gotten a LOT more noticed and famous. This looks a lot better than the sappy new BG on sci fi.
SpreadingtheMuse 9 months ago
this is even worst than the original series which really sucked...had mormonism written all over it---just another cult trying to gets its hands around America, same as the commies, socialists and facists as well as all the religious wing nuts in this great Nation.
rangeclerk 10 months ago
so they fled to Earth, lived there, learned that the cylons evolved in a deadlier form and then decide that they are going to retake their home world.... makes sense....
robinvan1983 10 months ago
awesome!!! this could have became some really great sci-fi series. a bit of star wars mixxed with the galactica content! =WIN
hellcat77 10 months ago
It's not bad for what it is, but if this had been made into a movie, as is... with the same costumes, actors, writing and direction it would have been a terrible failure. The only audience it would have pulled in are the hardcore fans of the original series. It almost certainly inspired those with more money and resources to make the revamped series, though. So, I say well done Mr. Hatch, you are a gentleman and a scholar, and I salute you. Huzzah!
CaffeineForYourEyes 10 months ago 2
that would have been epic
reddranger 10 months ago
Wow that would have been glorious. Too fucking bad they never got a chance to make it.
MLKKAEFEnterprises 10 months ago
Hatch remortgaged his house to pay for this trailer. It's dated now, but as a one man project, it's stunning.
Morriusvids 10 months ago 25
@Morriusvids well I wish he would have comed to the fans to help finance this film I would have invested for sure.
MMACHMP 7 months ago
@Morriusvids you have to admit it was a labor of love. Yeah its dated, but it has potential.
Bladestar7 6 months ago
Hatch was the executive producer. I Don´t understand why he doesn´t ending this project. No cash?
BadTeutonik 10 months ago
Maybe they can make a new movie and cast Hatch as Baltar.
The role fits since he sold out on the classic fans and hopped in bed with Ron Moore after a few bucks got waved under his nose.
ReverendSyn 10 months ago
@ReverendSyn ROFL! I love how people use the term "selling out". In the real world it means compromising one's own virtues, ethics and morality for the sake of payment. Instead people use it to mean mean it as "They did something I didn't like!" It couldn't POSSIBLY be that someone accused of selling out actually believed in what they were doing. That would be silly.
misterphy42 10 months ago
This is so cool... and much better as the other remake !!!! I love this Trailer !!! And nice Hans Zimmer music inside :) I hope so, that this project with this actors are realized. (Sorry about my english !) All the best, mario
TVSOUNDTRACKS 11 months ago 2
I spotted BJ Honeycutt!!!
InweTaralom 11 months ago
Being a huge fan of the original BSG and of Richard Hatch, I would have definitely watched this.
curlybean 11 months ago 2
I really wish this would come to pass as I am a HUGE fan of the original series.
mrmuffer69 11 months ago 2
Anyone notice that Sci-Fi's Battlestar Galactica ripped off some of the new cylon raider designs from Second Coming?
DefconWarningSystem 1 year ago
@DefconWarningSystem i think it's obvious to anyone with half a brain how much they actually stole.... hollywood has a habit of stealing good ideas from the people who actually has some talent, only to give them to their pawns.
hcvang 1 year ago
Neat, but cheesy and outdated by 1999. I watched the old series a bit, interesting but I was never a big fan. The new series does not interest me at all.
Also, is that part of the Crimson Tide theme?
XCVGVCX 1 year ago