But we knew the original BSG was just a Star Wars knockoff

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Socrates II — 4/3/2009 1:29:22 PM (archived)

I didn't expect much from the original series, though a sense of nostalgia
(and the actress who played Athena) tend to make me forgive it.

So they didn't know the difference between a solar system and a
galaxy. So they used the same FX shots over and over. So they had
advanced alien beings who stood in for gods, angels, and devils. I
knew Donald Bellasario was a hack, just like Irwin Allen. Of course
when did that ever stop someone in Hollywood from making fame and
fortune.

And don't get me started on Galactica 1980, ever.

But the reimaged BSG was supposed to be different. It was supposed
to change the way science fiction was portrayed on the screen. And
they took us along for four whole years, only to do what the original
series would have done in the end.

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How would you have ended Battlestar Galactica? - Socrates II - 4/1/2009 2:34:58 PM
- The analysis has only just begun - McFly - 4/7/2009 10:42:48 PM
- "Um, written a decent finale?" - Robert - 4/2/2009 10:00:17 PM
  - Television and radio used to have real science fiction writers - Socrates II - 4/3/2009 1:10:57 PM
    - You forgot the astronauts in the inestimable... - alcaray - 4/5/2009 12:16:36 AM
      - OMG--I thought I was the only 1 who Watched this Dribble - carl - 4/6/2009 9:45:31 PM
        
        Oh man! Car 54... - alcaray - 4/6/2009 11:50:11 PM
    - They still can - Robert - 4/3/2009 11:31:22 PM
      - I did not say that every SF series in the past was great - Socrates II - 4/6/2009 1:31:05 PM
        
        Here's how bad it is - FrankC - 4/6/2009 2:51:55 PM
        
        for Frank - McFly - 4/6/2009 6:45:53 PM
        
        I would buy it on impulse - FrankC - 4/7/2009 12:22:10 AM
        
        As I did - McFly - 4/7/2009 1:34:18 AM
        
        I remember, - FrankC - 4/7/2009 1:51:51 AM
        
        They also left out Farscape - FrankC - 4/6/2009 3:05:56 PM
    - A personal favorite of mine...Britain's "Star Cops." (n/t) - TB - 4/3/2009 1:36:52 PM
- DAGGETS!!!! - carl - 4/2/2009 5:08:59 PM
  - Apollo and Starbuck died in the original series. - Lee - 4/2/2009 10:02:44 PM
    - Starbuck did't DIE - carl - 4/3/2009 5:02:15 PM
      - The situation was left unsettled - Socrates II - 4/3/2009 6:25:46 PM
        
        Shudda read the Wikipedia entry first - Socrates II - 4/3/2009 6:36:01 PM
    - But we knew the original BSG was just a Star Wars knockoff - Socrates II - 4/3/2009 1:29:22 PM
      - Actually, Galactica 80 had a great premise. - Lee - 4/5/2009 3:27:06 PM
        
        Yes, but the execution was terrible - Socrates II - 4/6/2009 1:24:42 PM
        
        Galax-itive 1980 - carl - 4/6/2009 9:42:33 PM

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