Official Score = 1 Devil[/caption]So far I will say this about this so far about the original, 'Battlestar Galactica'... I can definitely see how this show was inspired by the original, 'Star Wars' movies, but short of a few basic looks in both ships and clothing and a few of the special effects, I would say that this show stands on it's own merits as a show...
And where as I am going to have to say that the most recent remake of the series was probably better then this series (Only I believe though by the fact that this show never really got it's opportunity to stand on it's own two feet...) Nevertheless, so far I have to say that this show is not bad, it is quite good!
You can definitely see the tie in to this show and ancient Earth... (I have to admit that not only am I pleased by this, but the recent remake never satisfactorily explained that for me!)
It also truly had some great talent attached to it, including: Lorne Greene (Earthquake), Dirk Benedict (The A-Team), Noah Hathaway (The NeverEnding Story) & Jane Seymour (Wedding Crashers) and that is just to name a few!
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Just some of the cast of the original, 'Battlestar Galactica'![/caption]I will be honest and say that one of the only things that this show really suffered from was bad writing... As a matter of fact, I would say that the only thing that I don't like in Lorne Greene's, 'Adama', is that Adama seemed like a little bit of a blowhard...
The sad fact is that bad lines are not the only thing that, Season 1 - Episode 5: 'Lost Planet Of The Gods Part 2' (1978) suffers from!
Written by: Glen A. Larson (Magnum P.I.), Donald P. Bellisario (NCIS) & Directed by: Christian I. Nyby II (Diagnosis Murder). Starring: Richard Hatch (All My Children), Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, Herbert Jefferson Jr. (Apollo 13), John Colicos (The Changling), Maren Jensen (Deadly Blessing), Terry Carter (The Phil Silvers Show), George Murdock (The X-Files: Fight The Future), Ed Begley Jr. (Pineapple Express) & Jane Seymour!
This episode being the final episode of the 2 parter, tells the story of how after the Galactica makes it in to the void that they eventually find their way out and to the ancient planet that is supposed to be the, 'birthplace of humanity'... On their heels though is Baltar (John Colicos) in his Basestar...
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Apollo (Richard Hatch), Serena (Jane Seymour) and Adama (Lorne Greene) as they are walking in the ruins of, 'Koval'![/caption]At one point it is really starting to look like things might be changing for the Galactica and there refugee fleet... You see, Adama (Lorne Greene) is on the trail of finding out which direction the, '13th tribe' went to, and Apollo (Richard Hatch) and Serena (Jane Seymour) will end up getting married... And to make matters even more interesting, Baltar seems to have practically thrown himself at the Galactica crew!
But starting with the kidnapping of Starbuck (Dirk Benedict), and leading up to an ending that will shock and surprise you, things quickly go from good to bad, and as time goes on, it is looking more and more like the Galactica may have fallen pray to yet another, 'Cylon' trap, and will have to escape by the skin of their seat!
In the end, this episode was well acted, and the special effects for the most part have continued to prove to be a lot of fun... The two problems honestly are:
1. The writing in this episode sucked... I mean it was so bad it was actually distracting!
2. The editing in this episode was horrible, but in all truth, if the writing wasn't so bad, then this would not have been as noticeable... But since the writing is as bad as it was in this episode, it has just expanded on the problem at hand!
As far as this episode goes... It may not be great, but it does tie in to the series, and if you like a series bad enough, you will usually have to deal with at least one bum episode!
http://youtu.be/ArCXu8wPb-o
