Battlestar Galactica 1980 - The Final Season (1980)

Galactica 1980 lands on DVD for the first time ever! With all ten thrilling episodes on two discs see what happens when the original Battlestar Galactica crew finally makes the long-anticipated descent to Earth. With time running out and the Cylons closing in on their trail Commander Adama and the Galactica must work harder than ever before to help Earth create the technology necessary for battle. Along for the action-packed fight are such stellar guest stars as Dirk Benedict Brion James Dennis Haysbert and more! It's an epic adventure unlike any other and an absolute must-have for any Battlestar Galactica collection!System Requirements:Running Time: 242 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS Rating: NR UPC: 025195021494 Manufacturer No: 61102701 Product Description

 Looking forward to seeing it
Recommend cause it has to be good due to Lorne Greene in the earlier Battlestar Galactica with Richard Hatch as Apollo.
Lorne holds up in that episode as a leader.
So I am looking forward to getting their to see this dvd after I finish the other earlier version.
And this I understand also has Kent McCord from the old Adam-12's so I think put together, this has to be good.
So fans add to this review. April 30, 2008

 Battlestar Galactica Final Season 1980
I watched this show a few years back when I was a kid but had forgotten about it until I saw it advertised by Amazon. I have been collecting some of my favorite shows from my past and decided this one had to be a part of that Library. I have really enjoyed each of the episodes and the quality is better than when we watched it those many years ago. If you are a big fan of Sci-Fi then you should really consider purchasing this product for you own library. It's been nothing but a joy to me and my family as we share something from my past. April 20, 2008

 Low budget & campy, but worth seeing.
I agree with most of the former reviewers. This is a sad, after thought to the most ground-breaking sci-fi TV series EVER: Battlestar Galactica, the Epic Series (1978).

The amazing music, the Cyclons, the cast, the writing and the incredible miniatures created by John Dykstra - the genius behind the spaceships in Star Wars - brought an epic, cinematic approach to television never before seen.

I recommend this only as a "completion" to your original BSG collection, and for the handful of cool episodes mentioned in the other reviews.

As far as the "new" Battlestar Galactica, I can only say one thing: CHEESE. The CGI is the WORST. The acting is third rate, and the writing is a FAR cry from the original series. I suffered through three episodes on the Sci-Fi channel and refused to watch it again. It may even be worse than 1980. It just cannot recreate the magic and genius of Glen Larson's original. Sorry. April 15, 2008

 The End.
'Galactica 1980' proves you should never overstay your welcome on the TV screen.(Something the new 'Battlestar Galactica' writers and executives better take note of!)

Sadly the potential of BSG finding Earth is realised but in a very disjointed and confusing way.

At the end of the orginal series, Apollo picks up the TV transmission of the 1969 luna landings via an old radio and starchart observation dome mounted topside of Galactica's hull. Unable to decipher what it is, Apollo leaves it alone and that's the end of the original series...

No doubt TV executives were convinced that an arrival to the long lost planet would work...However many of the original charcters, mainly Richard Hatch, refused to sign up and so the new series is based ten years after in our year 1980. This time it's Apollo's son 'Boxey' who is actually named Troy and his close freind Dillon that are the lead men. How on earth they managed to convince Lorne Green to reprise his role as Adama is unknown to this reviewer. He is left an old man with no serious role execpt to constanly talk into his dictator. A new charcter, 'Dr Zee', child genius helps explain why many people suddenly turned off...

The series starts off alright with the discovery that Earth is woefully unprepaired for the potential of an intergalactic war. In a rolling three episode storyline a plan to travel back in time to 1944 sees the charcter Xavier, a renegade fleet commander attempt to help the Nazis inmprove their rocket technology, it is Troy and Dillon that save the day.

After that, the entire series starts to slide into mediocrity, that even half way through I'm sure the TV executives at Universal were now saying enough! The inclusion of a Children's storyline ruined everything and a brief forray into the Cylons finally landing ends in stupidity.
Surprisingly the axe fell at the one of the most intriguing episodes, 'The Return Of Starbuck' with Dirk Benidict reprising his role to explain the 'birth' of child genius, Dr Zee. The last few seconds of this episode sees Starbuck staring aimlessly out over the desert as the final credits roll. Ending what should never have been made!

If you are looking for epic space battles...there aren't any. If you want to see what everyone looked like in 1980, bring a sick bag...

The two discs contain the 10 episodes and not much else, it's just not worth it. April 13, 2008

 I dont know
It wasn't the movie I thought it was. I have only watch a little bit of it so I don't know what I think of it at this point. April 13, 2008

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