Galactica III - Opening sequence

[@solace001]

The thing that amazes me is the models. These dozens of handmade intricate models that they would film on live sets.

[@JckSwan]

Watch the Making of Alien documentary. The artists spent months modelling the Nostromo into this epic space cathedral...then Ridley Scott comes in, says it's too intricate and starts chiselling away at it in front of them. 😁

[@renegadebiker24]

I have some of those models. I think they are made by Eaglemoss. I am about halfway there in collecting the whole collection, unless there's more. I will start making more videos on my collections after Friday, when I get a photo tent from Amazon.

[@bloodmapedit]

Dillon and Troy is to BG1980 as what Coy and Vance are to Dukes of Hazzard.

[@U2QuoZepplin]

RIP 🪦 John Colicos...... 🥺😢

[@LordZontar]

That opening credits sequence was better than the whole Galactica 1980 TV series.

[@kmoecub]

That's because it was filmed for the theatrical release of the pilot.

[@Stansman63]

I saw this at the drive in with my mates around 1981..good memories.

[@WhoStew]

These shows are a million times better then the new ones they have today

[@BlownMacTruck]

Are you serious? Have you seen The Expanse? Firefly? Colony? None of those shows could've ever been made in the past. And that's just scratching the surface. Not to mention this version of Battlestar Galactica is incredibly campy and for the most part not written that great. What an ignorant comment.

[@snake5320]

Mmmmm I don’t think so🙃😬

[@F4Wildcat]

@@BlownMacTruck I fully agree with the Expanse

[@davidnoone3254]

Because now the enemy they pitch to the public is the White male and then it was the Ussr.

[@robertnewman4763]

I had no idea that Lorne Greene was fluent in German

[@thomastarwater2989]

That clip was from the feature film CONQUEST OF THE EARTH, which was edited from several episodes of GALACTICA 1980. It explains three credited directors. And it was an enjoyable mish mash featuring Wolfman Jack and a stage performer wearing a Scooby Doo costume.

[@DotwinMA]

exactly! it was a theatrical edit with the footage taken from the Galactica 1980 episodes "Galactica discovers Earth, Part 1 & 2", "The Night the Cylons landed, Part 1 & 2" and the scenes with Baltar, Luzifer and Spectre taken from the classic Galactica episode "The young Warriors" which was new dubbed with an alternate dialogue for this theatrical edit.

[@odysseusrex5908]

@@DotwinMA OK, but why is this clip dubbed in German? My German is more than a little rusty and I can't make out most of what they're saying.

[@bananaramamark]

Yes, he died in the movie, but they used an alternate "epiloge" in the tv series, and he was not killed, but given command of his own basestar.

[@dpcnreactions7062]

Always loved that intro!

[@XXplaythegamesXX]

we where searching all videoclubs and stores to get this legendary third chapter of galactica.,..... in an little sidewalk-shop , outside a city , whe found it.the vhs-videocasette changed his owner for 25.-DM = german marks !!!!! never forget this.brings big memory back.STILL GOT ALL 3 VHS-CASETTES IN GOOD CONDITION !!!!!! thanks for posting this , and sharing with us EVER-HUNGRY-UTUBERS **__** !!!!!!

[@DotwinMA]

it has been also released on DVD a few years ago in Germany but not as a single DVD release. It is part of a Galactica-Trilogy-Box that contains all three theatrical versions including "Mission Galactica - The Cylon Attack" released for the very first time on DVD in german language.

[@yoyo1poe]

these special effects are a billion times better than any CGI

[@RisenPhoenix68]

Heh heh heh. I wish that were true.

[@jtkirkfan2002]

I watched a little of "The Night the Cylons Landed" on Hulu and I had forgotten how bad that show was. Watching Adama take orders from a brat kid, nearly worshipping him, was painful especially knowing how well done the original was in comparison.

[@RogbodgeVideo]

The excert from 1:43 to 2:07 is actually from the episode Spaceball, when Troy and Dillon were repairing the sabotage carried out by Xavier.

[@robertthomas5736]

The Models, The Special Effects and The Incredible Cast and Crew of Battlestar Galactica, Very Expensive ,and Worth Every Million Dollars or More per Episode, Especially The Two Part Episodes

[@jgarrison1309]

I have never seen that shot of the two men working on the viper outside of the ship in deep space. Definitely a new one on me....

[@DotwinMA]

that is footage from the sequel series "Galactica 1980" It was taken out from the Episode "Spaceballs" when Captain Troy and Lt. Dillon had to left their Viper in spacesuits for outside repairings.

[@WalterDWormack214]

DotwinMA The Galactica 1980 episode, was titled: "Spaceball". Not to be 'confused' with the Mel Brooks, Sci-fi 'Opus', that happened to unfortunately share the same title.

[@RisenPhoenix68]

BSG 1980 was filled with all sorts of awful, until Starbuck came back

[@axel4196]

@@RisenPhoenix68 He came back??

[@Paul_1971]

@@axel4196For the last episode - was more of a flashback story.

[@VideoAmateurLuxembourg]

It is included. The movie is part of the first 3 episodes

[@HerrEllsworth]

Sorry but I share the view of many fans and disavow that this follow-up ever happened. Like that one season of Dallas, it was all just a dream.

[@U2QuoZepplin]

The one where Bobby got killed but turned up in Victoria Principle’s shower 🚿 one morning? 😉🤣🤣

[@jtkirkfan2002]

@dave19941000 Baltar died in the theatrical version. In the pilot he was spared and became the Galactica's major foil after the Imperious Leader gave him a base star to chase down and offer his "terms" to the humans. Eventually Baltar was captured by the colonials and then released and marooned on a world after helping them to destroy a base star in the final episode.

[@a.barnard3205]

No, BALTAR died in the Pilot Episode, or so we thought, or, were led to believe. YET, Baltar continued on in the series. In the theatrical version, Imperious Leader has been replaced in the "big seat" by Baltar, at the very end. BTW, the theatrical version was released AFTER Galactica was *canceled*.

[@clintsavagejr]

1:21 I had this tape in the 1990's and wondered about this gold or red raider and why it was never used in the original series. It seemed there was several special effects shots and models that weren't used that could've been used to space out the repetitive effects on Battlestar Galactica and Galactica 1980.

[@alucard624]

The movie was only available on VHS. It was cobbled together from the parts of the first 3 episodes and the episode The Night The Cylons Landed. I plan on uploading it once I find my copy of it so stay tuned for that if all goes well.

[@dickymuliawan1597]

My favorites movie when i was child

[@jlee9735]

The original Battle Star Galactica from 1978 to me was a classic I didn’t care for the 1980s short series and I’ve never really watched much of the reboot from the 1990s it was too dark

[@thebeagles2025]

Then you missed the best drama in television history, IMHO.

[@Carl_Aznable]

1990s? You mean 2004?

[@MFM230]

In my opinion, the 2004 BSG reboot was brilliant: no more triumphant modernism like Star Trek, the Next Generation. Bear McCreary's compositions were excellent too.

[@stevekillgore9272]

I do have great love and respect for the original. I WAS appalled by Galactica 1980 - and yes Doctor Z was an abomination. They could have and should have done something different. Now as to the reboot my opinion is that the whole was less than the sum of its parts (and oh, Six's parts) - it had some fabulous moments for me but overall it failed to grab me and I'll always wish they had gone with my idea ... the reason why the Colonists can't tell a Cylon Infiltrator from themselves is that THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE, THEY'RE ALL CYLONS - the real Colonists had escaped thousands of years ago and the machines in an effort to understand were recreating the events, over and over again, incidently perfecting their Infiltration units.

[@jorchs83]

The actor here is James Patrick Stuart a child, not Patrick Stewart of STAR TREK TNG. This Patrick is a young teen genius called Dr. Zee.

[@manofsan]

As far as I remember, the child genius Dr Zee was played by Robbie Rist, who was famous for other child acting roles, and later went on to do a lot of voice acting too

[@dman3438]

Jeff Rosenberg ohhh lol

[@osvaldofranco9036]

...played by Patrick Stewart...as a kid...from when before he could spell his name good 🤔🤔🤔... because he was a kid... and didn't know how...plus "British Spellin" so henceforth the weirdness!!! #facts #facts100 !!!

[@WhoStew]

The music is better also

[@Daxfahrer74]

In my childhood for me it was better than Star Wars :p

[@GARY42353]

Daxfahrer74 me 2

[@Schmidthorst69]

+Daxfahrer74 Yes, indeed. Especially the cylons made me afraid so much! :) But now coming to the age of 36 I like Star Wars and its soundtrack just as much!

[@GARY42353]

me to

[@cameraman655]

+Daxfahrer74 Hell, anything is better than Star Wars!

[@JckSwan]

+cameraman655 Medication can cure you!

[@Johnnysynth]

Best known to Star Trek fans as the Klingon commander Kor.

[@SSobotkaJr]

A role that John Colicos revived in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Commander Kor became known as Kor, the Da'har Master. His appearance was in several episodes; "Blood Oath", where he, two other Klingons and Curson Dax went after a fugitive from justice; "The Sword of Kahliss", where he and Dax and Worf quested for the legendary sword of a mythic Klingon; "Once More, Unto the Breach", where Kor fends off a Jem'hadar fleet alone to save a Klingon fleet from destruction.

[@brucesumter4327]

wow so cool i rember this tv show

[@southtexasprepper1837]

I have to admit that the Nova-class Battlestar is my favorite class of Battlestar. Though, I will also admit that the Columbia-class and Mercury-class is also my favorites as well.

[@The_Trinity_Effect]

I’m so glad I got to watch the point credits 0.00 to 2.50 thx so much I really missed that opening and the remaining min in German makes me so glad I learnt German in school although it was over 20 yrs ago and haven’t spoken it since but hay at least you got to waste 4mins of my KZbin time so thx again 🖖🏼

[@Ashworth6]

Because he appears in the movie in the form of stock footage taken from the original series episode "The Young Lords".

[@chrisstetsko5020]

This is Galactica That Shall Not Be Spoken Of....

[@a.barnard3205]

Um, this is NOT "Galactica III". This is "......Galactica 1980."

[@DotwinMA]

This is the theatrical version of "Galactica 1980", containing re-edited footage from the episodes "Galactica discovers Earth, Part 1 & 2", "The Night the Cylons landed, Part 1 & 2" and some footage from Season One's Episode "The young Warriors"

[@AvengerII]

@@DotwinMA The release in the US I think was identical. I used to have this on VHS. I think I saw it ONCE in the 15 or so years I owned that tape! I was never a huge fan of Galactica 1980.

[@DotwinMA]

@@AvengerII yes, I think so. I know in the US some Episodes of the orginal Series were new re-edited to Telemovies. only three of them were released in Europe for theatrical screening in local cinemas. "Conquest of the Earth" is one of them. The others are the theatrical version of the Pilot "Saga of a Star World" and "Mission Galactica: The Cylon Attack"

[@AvengerII]

@@DotwinMA I can confirm US releases of those on VHS because I had them at one time!

[@shelleywayne4329]

In the episode the Hand of God Adama allowed Baltar short range comunication that is how Baltar got picked up and given back his command

[@littlegp18]

They could've made an episode showing Baltar being picked up by Cylons with said short range communications only to be executed. That would've made for an interesting show

[@Fish1701A]

Any one knows what happened to the yellow cylon fighter at 1:20?

[@michaelcampbell2892]

Original film was degrading

[@MouldedSalad]

I believe it's the raider Baltar arrived on the Galactica in which was later used by Apollo and Starbuck to infiltrate a cylon baseship during an episode called Hand Of God. 🤖

[@TRUMPER007]

It has been released on DVD

[@classicgalactica5879]

The original Galactica was a massive flagship Battlestar well over one nautical mile in length. The new Galactica was a small, outdated dinosaur with one functional landing bay, a slap in the face to the original majestic vessel. What were they thinking.

[@rony41165]

Because he rejoined the Cylons? It was never really explained how one can assume that after Adama "marooned" him on a planet in the episode, Hand of God that the Cylons found him.

[@pandaphil]

I've always wondered what the story was with the red one. Bad case of rust?

[@InkySquid17]

Woah. Where does Patrick Stuart come on?

[@daviddavies3637]

How is it I've never even heard of this one?

[@supatotenkopf88]

Sounds great in German…

[@bananaramamark]

Unfortunately he was in the entire Galactica 1980 series.

[@BrizzysTrains44206]

At last we have found Earth.

[@battlestarmarc]

Best Sci Fi show ever.

[@robmiddleton01]

1978 best version

[@Ashworth6]

Does anyone know where I can get a copy of the "Conquest of the Earth" movie? It isnt included on the Galactica 1980 DVD.

[@flatheadgg2443]

Ashworth6 got it on a "trilogy" collection box together with the pilot movie and mission galactica the cylon attack

[@hoit86]

why is john colicos on the intro credits?

[@abdelkaderbesseghir4844]

Nostalgie very very good

[@VulpisFoxfire]

Ah, the *real* Galactica, not that ribbed vibrator from the 'reboot' series.

[@worldtraveler930]

Amen!

[@jamespeters2859]

Ha ha!

[@Johnnysynth]

Yeah.. all 10 episodes of it. As many were multi-part stories, even less than that really.

[@Johnnysynth]

The Patrick Stuart of this show plays the "Einstein"-like teenager Z, taking over the part started in the first series by Robbie Rist. It IS kinda awesome hearing this in German.

[@MichaelBradley1967]

The same guy who plays Valentin Cassadine on General Hospital as far as I can find.

[@ZontarDow]

Who was that man in the Cylon basestar, if it's baltar, didn't he die in the movie/pilot?

[@SSobotkaJr]

According to sources, Baltar was sentenced to death, but a last moment reprieve from another Cylon Administrator saved his life, and he was given command of a base star to hunt down the Galactica Fleet. It was then that Baltar was paired with a an Admisitrator named Lucifer (voiced by Jonathan Harris, Dr Smith of "Lost in Space"), who together are tasked with wiping out the last of the humans.

[@manuelangel6394]

hola amigos quien tiene la tercera parte gracias

[@koppsr]

everytime i see this intro scene and hear adamas speach , i m like: NOOO DONT DO IT!!! ^^BETTER LIVE WITH A PIPE DREAM THAN THIS CRAPPY REALITY!!^^

[@AllenJones-w3p]

"Galactica 1980" in German, eh?

[@shawnmichaelduncan5951]

Too bad they ruined second season. Same with Buck Roger's

[@thebeagles2025]

what second season? Neither Battlestar Galactica, nor Galactica 1980 had a second season. Only the modern re-boot did.

[@HansZarkovPhD]

Buck would have been a million times better if they had followed the book rather than making it a space fantasy.

[@TheBooban]

Wonder if they could ever do a Buck Rogers reboot. Or Flash Gordon. Damn, Flash...Ahaaa! Lol. Awesome.

[@TREBONIANVS]

Galactica 1980 is an Abomination. What they should have done is an animated series based on the first season for Saturday morning cartoons. Kind of like Star Trek did after it went off the air. While the second season of Star Trek was very strong the third season of that show was ruined as well. The networks don't have a clue when it comes to science fiction. Never have and never will.

[@tonyfelder1206]

Since the original series episodes was too expensive at the time, they should have made TV movies. Anything better than Galactica 1980.

[@sunsetvlogs5500]

What film is this I’ve nearly watched season 1 and this isn’t its opening

[@DotwinMA]

This is the theatrical version of the short-living Galactica sequel series "Galactica 1980" using footage from the Pilot episode "Galactica discovers Earth", the two-parted episode "The Night the Cylons landed" and additional footage from the original series episode "The Young Warriors" for the Baltar, Lucifer and Spectre scenes. And this is the opening sequence of that theatrical version with german title.

[@sunsetvlogs5500]

@@DotwinMA is it worth watching i have heard there is one good episode with Starbuck in it

[@U2QuoZepplin]

Commander Adams’s beard 🧔 grew very very slowly, since when they first started out from their home world he was clean shaven, yet all these years later he’s only grown that small white beard? 🤣

[@nicolauslehner2019]

Was bedeutet der goldene cylon rider? ?

[@DotwinMA]

Gute Frage! Hab ich selbst auch bis heute nicht herausbekommen. Die Sequenz gehört zum Stock-Footage der Special-Effects zur Serie. Das wurde von der FX-Crew damals so gefilmt, allerdings wurde diese Sequenz nie so verwendet und wenn, dann auch nur partiell. Das war auch der einzige goldfarbene Cylon-Rider den man gefilmt hat, und das auch nur für diese Sequenz. Ansonsten hat man das Ding innerhalb der Serie so gut wie nirgends mehr gesehen und es wurde auch keinerlei Bezug mehr drauf genommen ob es zwischen den Cylon-Riders verschiedene Klassifizierungen gibt. Eine mögliche Erklärung könnte sein, daß es unter den Riders verschiedene Auführungen gibt, genauso wie bei den Cylonen selbst verschiedene Modelle. Bei den Centurios gibt es ja neben den chromfarbenen Standard-Ausführungen auch die goldfarbenen Modelle.

[@suharnyotoduri8838]

Remaind me was child

[@Evan7893]

third?

[@DerFuenfteVonVier]

It's the third theatrical release as a movie overseas after "Battlestar Galactica" (a shorter version of the three-part Pilot episode) in 1978 and "Mission Galactica: The Cylon Attack" (which is basically a shorter version of "The Living Legend" plus "Fire in Space" with a different musical score and sound in Sensorround) in 1979. This one from 1980 is a re-edited version of the three-part episode "Galactica Discovers Earth" and "The Night the Cylons landed" from Galactica 1980, with the addition of several scenes with Baltar, Lucifer and Spectre from the first series episode "The Young Lords" which were overdubbed with new dialogue.

[@osvaldofranco9036]

where's"Patrick Stewart" ?? ...and they misspelled his name!!!

[@aerospacecadet9781]

They dropped him off on the Enterprise on there way to Earth.

[@dennisdman11]

The actor who plays Dr. Z in later episodes is child actor Patrick Stuart ...it is correctly spelled FYI .

[@osvaldofranco9036]

@@dennisdman11 ...yes...I know, clearly I'm a nerd and have internet access...it was a joke...s.m.h....🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️...happy labor day...

[@roryotoole3279]

What's funny is John De Lancie is in an episode from season 1.

[@StormsongK]

Not the same guy.

[@dman3438]

lol it's in German? Ausome.

[@80s_Boombox_Collector]

Way too long for opening credits

[@templarknight7454]

In respect of z

[@myriamjunker5694]

B

[@rickyj5547]

The original was better.

[@kae4466]

galactica 1980

[@joseluistorrecilha2042]

Eu acho que deveria voltar o seriado eu adorava assistir não perdia nenhum episodio

[@unidentifiedrenegadezmembe7195]

D m on floor e on floor

[@tryarunm]

That German Nazi voice destroyed it for me. With the plethora of American voice artistes you had to choose a German?