Review of Battlestar Galactica (1978) by Ola G — 06 Dec 2011

This is the story of how the 12 colonies of man are destroyed after a 1000 year war with the evil Cylon Empire. Through deceit, the Cylons are able to destroy the Colonies' entire fleet, except for the Battlestar Galactica, captained by Commander Adama (Lorne Greene). Adama gathers up the few remaining humans left on all the twelve worlds and embarks on a journey to find the mythical planet Earth, the supposed thirteenth colony of Mankind, lost millennia ago when humans first left the motherworld, Kobol. With food and fuel running out, the fleet heads for an ore planet, Carillon, hoping to get what it needs. The Ovions, who populate the planet, are being controlled by the Cylons, who set a trap for the Galactica....

Was inspired to resee the "Battlestar Galactica" tv-pilot and it wasn´t what I remembered it to be... This is a halfassed carboncopy of "Star Wars" with very poor fx, backdrops, wobbly acting and a not that of an intriguing story. However, there are things I do like with "Battlestar Galactica". Gotta like the characters Capt. Apollo (Richard Hatch) and Lt. Starbuck (Dirk Benedict), their outfits and Vipers. Gotta like Commander Adama (Lorne Greene). Gotta like Athena (Maren Jensen). And I reckon the platform for a solid story is there, but with obviously not the right peope in the production seat (and enough money) this just became as said a halfassed "Star Wars" copy. Nothing more, nothing less.