There are television landmarks, and then there are the strange little disasters that follow in their wake. Battlestar Galactica was an ambitious, expensive space opera that managed only one season before its production costs finally killed it, despite respectable ratings. Its bastard stepchild, Galactica 1980, is what happened when the producers tried to keep the…
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Galactica 1980: The Return of Starbuck – Review
With the ratings plummeting faster than a crippled Viper, it was only a matter of time before the Network pulled the plug on Galactica 1980, so producer/writer Glen A. Larson, who hated the direction the show was going due to Network interference, decided to basically say “Fuck it” and do his own thing for one…
Galactica 1980: Space Croppers – Review
In this second-to-last episode of Galactica 1980, we get our heroes battling racism on Earth as they try to colonize the planet.
Galactica 1980: The Night the Cylons Landed – Review
With apologies to Orson Welles – or at least they certainly should have apologized – this episode of Galactica 1980 has to do with alien invasions and a radio broadcast on Halloween night.
Galactica 1980: Spaceball
Sadly, this episode entitled “Spaceball” has nothing to do with Mel Brooks and his Star Wars spoof, but damn, could we have used an appearance from Dark Helmet in this thing, because the Galactican children we saw in Super Scouts were so “entertaining” the producers decided to give them even more screen time in what…