Actually, Galactica 80 had a great premise.

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Lee — 4/5/2009 3:27:06 PM (archived)

The fleet gets to Earth, finds it underdeveloped, and sets up shop in the solar system. They begin setting up mining and manufacturing facilities in space while sending parties to Earth to explore the culture and to place knowledge and bits of technology here and there to be found and developed by Earth.

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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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