When George Lucas’s space fantasy film Star Wars broke box office records, it wasn’t too surprising that many Star Wars rip-offs were quick to follow, with Roger Corman leading the pack with such films as Star Crash and Battle Beyond the Stars, but television producer Glen A. Larson managed to create not one, but two…
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Battlestar Galactica: The Hand of God – Review
This episode is the last of the season, and the last of the series, where we find that though the valiant crew of the Galactica have staged several victories against the Cylon Empire, they were no match for poor ratings.
Battlestar Galactica: Take the Celestra – Review
Space mutinies and lost loves shake up our heroes in this action pact episode, as the series winds down to towards the end of its one season run.
Battlestar Galactica: Experiment in Terra – Review
The “Beings of Light” from the episode War of the Gods are back, and they continue to be intergalactic busybodies with their lame apparent “non-interference” methods. Originally this was supposed to be another Starbuck centered episode, but Richard Hatch pointed out that too many episodes had been focusing on fan favorite Starbuck, so the producers just…
Battlestar Galactica: Baltar’s Escape – Review
Do you remember the Cylon Empire and the holocaust that wiped out the Twelve Colonies? Well with the Galactica having successfully escaped the clutches of the Cylons, and our heroes getting closer and closer to Earth, the showrunners thought we could use some new villains. Apparently genocidal robots is just so old hat.