Today’s show is the original Battlestar Galactica and it’s
spinoff show, Galactica: 1980. I’m actually not a big fan of these shows. Still,
since its reboot has garnered a lot of praise from fans including me, I thought it
would be nice to look at the original show and its sequel.
Background
My first look at anything related to BSG came from an old recorded
VHS tape that had some old cartoons on it. There was an episode of Galactica: 1980 on there and it involved the Cylons (“The Night the Cylons Landed”). When
we got the Sci-fi Channel (the station wasn’t part of our plan beforehand), I
noticed that they would play the show on certain days. Back when the Sci-fi
Channel was actually good, they would show a small marathon of shows every work
day during the morning and noon times. When I was out of school, they would usually
show BSG. After the channel got rid of that cool segment, I had not seen any of
the original show since.
When I got Netflix, I noticed that both shows were on there
but I didn’t really have any inclination to watch them. A while back, I heard
some reviews about some comic book series that were based on this show and that
piqued my interest in the show. I also wanted to see if the show was really any
good because I really didn’t remember much from it. So, I took a break from watching
Fringe (which is/was pretty awesome) and watched the 1 season of BSG. I then
tried to watch G: 1980 and… well, I’ll get to that later. What did I think of
the two shows? Find out below: