Galactica 1980 is one of the first shows I remember that was so bad that a black cloud formed over the television when it was on. Breakers switched off. Blenders tried to kill themselves by throwing themselves off the counter. Dogs howled.
This is a time of celebration, so sit still and be quiet.
Snyder ,'Chosen'
Natter 31 But Looks 29
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Ginger - Jan 12, 2005 8:49:10 am PST #5239 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Tom Scola - Jan 12, 2005 8:49:21 am PST #5240 of 10002
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Galactica 80!
I remember in high school there was one kid who claimed that Galactica actually reached Earth. Nobody else believed him.
tommyrot - Jan 12, 2005 8:50:05 am PST #5241 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Heh. Tom, was that kid... you?
tommyrot - Jan 12, 2005 8:51:05 am PST #5242 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Oh yeah, in Junior High, the marching band played the theme to BG during the homecoming parade.
I still remember parts of the French Horn part....
Jessica - Jan 12, 2005 8:51:35 am PST #5243 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Sci-Fi will be airing Galactica 1980 sometime in the next week or so. I've Tivo'd it, just for the camp factor.
Ginger - Jan 12, 2005 8:53:27 am PST #5244 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I hope your Tivo survives the experience.
shrift - Jan 12, 2005 8:54:43 am PST #5245 of 10002
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Holy carp. I was just out delivering some files, and the piles of snow are steaming out there. Like dry ice.
tommyrot - Jan 12, 2005 8:56:46 am PST #5246 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
BG was my favorite series at the time, but I missed big chunks of it because it conflicted with chores. Usually I'd end up seeing about half an episode. (This was many years before my parents' bought a VCR.)
§ ita § - Jan 12, 2005 8:58:29 am PST #5247 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Hey, Richard Hatch is in a few episodes of the current series. I knew he was familiar. I am not fast. I think the Survivor thing confused me.
Heather -- I will take your word on the timeline. It seemed to me while watching that she was coming to large conclusions without examining the evidence to hand.
Nutty - Jan 12, 2005 8:59:31 am PST #5248 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
All I know about the original Galactica is that they all wore earth-tone capes. Talk about your fashion disaster!
In the murky, Sci-Fi Channel-watching-while-sick parts of my brain, there is a robot and a kid and a robot kid, but I am never 100% sure which ones are on Galactica and which ones on Lost in Space and other kitsch reruns.
Whither robots? It seems like we never see robots on TV any more. Is it that the audience won't take talking toasters any more, and you can't make actors wear Data-style makeup? Or is the idea exhausted, as future-robots look more and more like humans?
I'd be chuffed to see a TV series that included a robot firmly entrenched in the uncanny valley. Make it a lonely robot, yearning for friendship, and I'd be double chuffed.