After almost exactly 28 years, I was able to see this again. I think I'll wait at least 28 more before I watch it next time, if there is a next time. It was that bad. The '70s had its share of bad TV. This was worse than anything else I can remember. It made the original Battlestar Galactica and Larson's Buck Rogers look like high art. There was absolutely no redeeming value to this episode. To call the dialog trite or hackneyed would be flattery of the highest order. The "humor" was something that perhaps a second grader might find funny. And to tell us when a scene was supposed to be funny, they played "funny" music that even Benny Hill would have rejected. The actors seemed to know this was Z-grade as well. I can't remember the last time I saw so many bad performances. This was the second time Robbie Rist of "Cousin Oliver" (Brady Bunch) infamy could be accused of helping a series jump the shark. If Ted McGinley is the king of shark jumping, surely Rist is the crown prince. This was a sort-of-reunion with Robert Reed (they had no scenes together), and somehow the bad acting spread from Rist to Reed. The special effects were cheaper and far shoddier than in the original series, sometimes showing part of the mounts holding the models for filming.
Too bad this wasn't made today. It would have been put out of its misery within three episodes instead of ten. This was certainly the low point in Glen Larson's career.moreless
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Thirty years after its voyage began, the Galactica finally nears Earth. However, they are dismayed to learn that Earth's technology is no match for the Cylons. Adama sends representatives ahead to Earth to secretly speed up the planet's technological development.
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Barry Van Dyke
Lieutenant Dillon
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Robbie Rist
Dr. Zee (January-February 1980)
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Kent McCord
Captain Troy
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ADD TRIVIA- When Dillon makes changes to Mortinson's equations that are on a monitor and Mortinson goes on how no one on Earth could do such a thing, it is very similar to a scene from the sci-fi movie The Day The Earth Stood Still. Edit
- The simulated Cylon attack on Los Angeles uses footage from the disaster movie Earthquake. Edit
- Troy mentions his parents (actually should be adoptive parents) and a picture of them is briefly shown. While Captain Apollo of the original series was known to be Boxey's surrogate father, the picture also shows Cassiopeia. A romance between those two characters was never shown in the original series. Edit
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ADD NOTES- The opening montage for Galactica 80 shows a montage of clips from episodes of the original Battlestar Galactica series: ' Fire In Space', ' Lost Planet of the Gods', 'Gun on Ice Planet Zeero' and ' Saga of a Star World'. Edit
- Boxey from the original BSG is now grown up and known as "Troy." He says Boxey was a nickname when he was a kid, implying his real name has always been Troy. Edit
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ADD QUOTES- Dillon: (watching video of Los Angeles) What's that odd looking brown haze hanging over the city? Troy: Must be some sort of defense shield. Edit
- Biker: Hey! You turkeys pull over! We want to talk to you! Dillon: You must have us confused with someone else. ( nodding towards Troy) My name isn't Turkey and neither is his. Edit
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I have never seen this show
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37th!!!!!!
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