Old School Battlestar

This is a science fiction golden oldie. If you are a fan of the new Battlestar Galactica you have to watch this. It is from the original sereis circa 1978.

[@rtds9fan]

"Apparently it was not as big as a surprise as we had hoped for." LOL Who knew a Cylon could do sarcasm LOL

[@danielmahoney1546]

Lucifer used it on Baltar all the time!

[@billc5378]

Or wishing and hoping!

[@transitfan954]

@@danielmahoney1546 True, but Lucifer was an advanced IL series (IIRC). But maybe even the Centurions had some of the programming.

[@echobase1648]

Nothing like a smart-ass Centurion to let you know you screwed up and you're about to blow up! LOL 🤣

[@ardiekepoo744]

@@echobase1648 indeed! That what made the OG Cylons the best! 😎

[@zerga303]

Thumbs up if you remember seeing this back in the day... and still watch it today.

[@richardlahan7068]

And the feature length film in the theater!

[@majorlagg9321]

@@richardlahan7068 In Sensurround!

[@clasicradiolover]

My first date.

[@misterangel8486]

👍 So say we all.

[@IWDTC]

Absolutely, back in the time when you looked forward to getting your cassette tape recorder ready to go....

[@Justtc]

Now that is what a cylon is supposed to look like! Brings back memories of a much easier time.. gawd, do I miss the 70's

[@yhird]

By Your Command. That line never gets old.

[@Staszu13]

I loved the old series as well as the present one. The original Cylons had the coolest voices ever.

[@TheXtro101]

The one,the only,the original... late 1970s-early '80s"Battlestar Galactica"

[@Isotec1]

If ABC-TV had given Glen Larson the one year push back production date he needed,imagined how many seasons the show would be on the air.

[@ThomasFishwick]

That wasn't the real problem. Sure ABC messed things up behind the scenes and rushed production, but their biggest mistakes were:- A: Insisting Sci-Fi was for kids and that Larson create Boxy and Muffet (A boy and his robot dog) to appeal to children. In the first 20 minutes we see a civilisation bombed into extinction, but don't worry about that kids. Here's a cute robot dog... and B: Larson envisaged Battlestar as a series of TV movies. Two hour long "events" which had scope. About two or three a year, each with high production values. ABC instead insisted it had to be a weekly series. That is why there were so many two parter stories, only they didn't increase the budget (which was already a lot to be honest). That meant stretching it, which is why we got so many filler episodes done on the (relative) cheap and the same six stock effects shots.

[@GGGritzer]

@@ThomasFishwick, in the extras on my 13 disc DVD set from Amazon Germany (well worth having) there is a Q&A with Richard Hatch & he says the main problem was, they could not shoot an episode in 7 days which took the production over budget & as popular as it was, they still cancelled it. Such a pity.

[@mobiusbelmont]

I really miss the old cylons. It was great to see them in Razor.

[@HappisakVideos]

I loved the sound of the base star.

[@marlanaedwards5296]

Happy 76th Birthday to Richard Hatch! Forever Apollo! (May 21, 2021).

[@psalm37v4]

Unfortunately he passed away in 2017. RIP to a fine actor

[@jimgilbert9984]

The better of the two shows. They may have faced the same grim realities and odds, but the original show was full of hope. It was also a hell of a lot more fun.

[@jtkirkfan2002]

The show was pretty good as '70's space opera went. It wasn't doing bad in the ratings, but was extremely expensive to produce which is what did it in. Had today's technology which allows relatively inexpensive visual effect been around then, it probably would have lasted a few season.

[@nicholasmorsovillo2752]

I remember this part and it was really funny how Starbuck (Dirk Benedict) said about Purple and Orange Squadrons and on the bridge of the Galactica Athena looked at her father Commander Adama and said 'Father we're picking up attacking signals from Purple and Orange Squadrons we don't have Purple and Orange Squadrons' and Adama's reaction to that 'Purple and Orange' and Colonel Tigh's reaction 'Starbuck and Apollo' and they both looked at each other as Adama said 'Lord Help Them Both' and that was what was so funny about this episode the Galactica didn't have Purple and Orange Squadrons but the Cylons didn't know that.

[@HailAnts]

I remember that too! Although I think the first two squadrons they made up were different colors. Starbuck later wanted to add two more and called them 'purple and white' but Apollo thought that was going too far!

[@legionofsentinels]

That's how I felt last week with severe pain in my belly.Explode.

[@PatrioticandProud73]

Fantastic clip, I haven't seen that scene in years.

[@ninjabearpress2574]

Takes one planet to destroy one base star...they gonna run out of planets.

[@robertthomas5736]

Commander Adama,and Commander Tigh,of The Original Battlestar Galactica

[@GBRyker61]

Tigh held the rank of Colonel, not Commander.

[@BrotherDerrick3X]

@@GBRyker61 I heard that in one novel, Tigh held the position of Commander, and had his own Battlestar, but got demoted for knocking out a member of the Corum of 12. So Adama had his friend brought to the Galactica. Tigh didn't take any feldercarb from anyone.

[@sagaterratalset43]

i remember this as a child. love that cylon basestar. wished I had one myself

[@richardlahan7068]

You can get the classic Monogram model kits on Ebay.

[@juliusuzutunda]

BY YOUR COMMAND!!

[@JENDALL714]

Do like Baltar and betray your people and you can get a Basestar of your own! I always wanted sit in the chair and look down on everyone!

[@sagaterratalset43]

Got to love it Got to love it

[@TheLastRoman0000]

Great stuff. The practical effects still look good today.

[@RandomAmerican3000]

Well Star Wars blew up a planet, so clearly we gotta. 0:18 Is my favorite line of the whole series.

[@giavirtae]

I wish someone would release a high budget sci-fi using models like they did in the old days instead of using CGI frikken everything

[@bryancreech1236]

They do make models ! I have one from 1979 still in the box! I have a cylon raider and a viper still in the box!!!

[@battlestarmarc]

Best sci series. Cylons looked like unstoppable machines.

[@Sams911]

MORE OLD SCHOOL BSG ON KZbin!!!! I wish they'd just have named the new version something else!

[@peepachu]

Totally agree. New BSG was an excellent series but it was only kinda, sorta BS but no not really. You're right. It should have been called something else and let it be it's own thing and not use the original BSG's legacy.

[@JENDALL714]

@@peepachu When they pitched the show, they knew they would have a better chance of selling the show if they named dropped Battlestar Galactica. A lot of reboots recently have used that tactic, name drop a classic show and sell it as a reboot, even though it has very little to do with the original show. It's a dirty way of selling a show and screws over the fans of the original show who want to see an actual reboot, not a reboot in name only. CHIPS, Bewitched, Land of the Lost all did this, reboot in name only. Starsky and Hutch was close, if they had not made it a comedy, it would have been better.

[@Normal1855]

From what I a saw of the new one, it was terrible.

[@Roadracer987654321]

I watched the Premiere of the Original Battlestar Galactica in September 1978. Was that really 33 Years ago ! I recall it was on at 7 pm against the Premiere of Dumbo. We had a battle against what channel to watch ! I lost. I watched the first 45 Min of Dumbo then switched to Galactica. First scene I saw was the scene with the Green lighting in the Freighter. Then it was Cut into by either Football or a News Program. Galactica got pushed on that Night. The Saga Began for me that Sunday Night.

[@stanleyjedrzejczyk2966]

Yep! Sept. 17, 1978! I was 9. I not only watched, but also audio-recorded it off of my parents 25" diagonal RCA Chromacolor console TV's amplifier. I used one 90 minute, and one 60 minute Memorex cassettes, and my G.E. cassette player/recorder's hand-held mic was duct-taped to one of the TV's amplifiers! 😉

[@littlegp18]

@@stanleyjedrzejczyk2966 that's so awesome to hear. I did the same thing and got yelled at by a teacher because I brought my cassette player to school and kept playing the cylons and imperious leader over and over because I thought it was cool

[@nicholasmorsovillo2752]

Until I saw this mentioned online and saw a website on the original Battlestar Galactica I didn't know about it at first but I thought the guys voice sounded familiar the actor who voiced Lucifer the Cylon assigned to work with Baltar was Jonathan Harris the same guy who played Dr. Zachary Smith on the t.v. series Lost in Space now I gotta say that was a surprise.

[@supremeobliterator]

It's hard ta find the old stuff on TouTube. You have te realy dig for it. I like the old school stuff better. It's cheezy but still good. BTY thanks ironictoo

[@Sennmut]

THE ONE AND ONLY!!!

[@nicholasmorsovillo2752]

Man when I saw that Cylon Basestar and then the planet explode that almost blinded everyone watching it forcing Adama and Apollo to close they're eyes I only had one thought to that scene 'Man now that is what I call going out with a BANG' literally.

[@TomandBoo]

Saw the original film in a surround cinema in central London in 1979. LOVED Richard Hatch. Was a good movie and I liked the subsequent original tv series. Didn't like the remake one bit.

[@rtds9fan]

I'm one who likes both the old and the new BG.The old is a childhood favorite plus I've always loved the robotic Cylons with their voice.But the new one is very good and fun to watch.

[@stevekillgore9272]

Six is VERY easy on the eyes ...

[@azurerainbow4637]

The President of the Council of 12 and the crews of the other Battlestars would've been glad to see 1 of the Cylon Base stars explode on Carillon.

[@Desslok20]

Purple and Orange

[@rogueplanet7776]

If you want to get a good idea how "cutting edge" the effects of the 1978 Galactica were at the time, compare it to any episode of Space:1999 or classic Star Trek, both of which were produced just 5-10 years earlier.

[@markwaldron8954]

Or Blake's 7, which was produced *after* BG but looks so much cheesier.

[@phillipsuttles1926]

@@markwaldron8954 blake's 7 was a British sci-fi. it looks cheesy because of the low budget of British t.v.

[@stephanprimeau6150]

All were part of my childhood. Who could forget the "UFO" series from the creators of Space 1999-Gerry and Sylvia Anderson- and their many animatronics series (e.g. XL5 Supercar, Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlett, Joe 90).

[@Fool3SufferingFools]

Or the Logan’s Run series from just one year earlier.

[@Kastle9791]

I would love if they continued this original by animation or cgi, I'm sure there's an audience out there ready for it...

[@rtds9fan]

My favorite ep was always the last one In The Hand Of God...mostly because I always loved to hear the Cylon's voice and that's the ep where they seem to talk the most.

[@rickyj5547]

I watched it last night entertaining.

[@teslahertz4916]

I love the classic and remarkable sound of the big explosions at 1:23

[@audwingordon1358]

I wish I could have looted the Ovion casino BEFORE Carillon exploded! Original BSG, OR NOTHING!!!

[@BrotherDerrick3X]

Provided that you didn't end up Ovion food.

[@kennethmelnychuk9737]

The OS Basestars were beautiful, bad ass machines compared to the triangles in the reboot.

[@NH1973]

I never could figure out if the old Basestars had the two sections joined at the centre, or if they joined at one edge like a clam shell

[@Elmir89]

i looove new bsg but thanks for showing me what old one was like

[@Neville6000]

Can't we all just get along?

[@TheReligiousCrap]

Ho yeah! The same big flash when something big blows up!

[@Autokraftfahrzeuch]

Thats Cool!!!!

[@OptimusWombat]

0:17 Who knew Cylon Centurions were programmed for sarcasm?

[@Lakonnia]

Looove the Original, it's so much better than the new Version!!!!

[@fgutz1970]

The newer BSG was fantastic, sure, but the original is what always comes to mind first whenever I hear 'Battlestar Galactica".

[@brianbelknap5650]

Very great tv show

[@nicholasmorsovillo2752]

It's hard to believe the guys who made this series were the same guys who made the original Knight Rider and one other thing I liked was seeing this show mentioned on an episode of the A-Team where Murdoch and Hannibal saw Face's face on the show now that was really something.

[@JS-fe8sx]

There was an A-team episode where “face” sees a Cylon warrior at a studio walk by.

[@johntabler349]

They reused alot of sound effects too

[@WalterDWormack214]

Imperious Leader: "All Raiders DESTROYED? BUT HOW? We took them by SURPRISE?" Centurion: (Spoken in *'menacing'* speech-synthesis monotone!) *"Apparently Someone FORGOT to TELL THEM!"*

[@morrisdolphin2431]

Walter D Wormack

[@azurerainbow4637]

Apollo & Starbuck sure felt happy seeing 1 of the Cylon Base Stars getting destroyed after seeing the Battlestar Atlantia get destroyed just before the attack on the colonies and that 2 other Battlestars were destroyed,though the Pegasus survived by heading into lightspeed after the Galactica had to head for home quick.

[@BrotherDerrick3X]

Apollo avenged his brother and his mother.

[@kpc9650]

Pegasus (along with the fifth fleet) was presumed destroyed yahrens before the peace conference.

[@SeanDiVarco-bu4eu]

Looks like a good time to thank goodness and I am grateful for my uniqueness I found a clue in right 👍 and pick ⛏️ my uniqueness and I right pocket and black and gray and your welcome 😁.

[@nicholasmorsovillo2752]

One thing I always wondered about this scene was what was the name of the desert that Apollo and Starbuck were flying over and the Cylon Basestar in the sky in the background is and where is it located.

[@Captainkebbles1392]

The original show was lot more campy but also half tactical show. New one is good too, im glad both exist. We have with worlds. And to me, the best of both

[@scottmitchell3641]

The immortal Purple and Orange Squadrons. Whether it be Air Force, Navy, Marines: every US fighter wing should have a Purple Squadron and an Orange Squadron.

[@nicholasmorsovillo2752]

I'll bet when they showed the theatrical version of the shows pilot in theatres when the audience saw both the Basestar and the planet explode like that they were probably all jumping and cheering like crazy especially for the 2 heroes Apollo and Starbuck (Dirk Benedict and Richard Hatch) R.I.P. Richard Hatch keep fighting those Cylons among the stars you are the original Apollo and one of the best.

[@ninjabearpress2574]

Yes, we were.

[@DennisMoore664]

@@ninjabearpress2574 Did they install the massive Sensurround speakers in your theater too? They showed this at the Lensic in Santa Fe and there were these huge speaker boxes down at the front of the theater. Everything would shake and vibrate when they used one of those external space transition shots of the Battlestar or other ships and all you could hear was the deep bass engine rumble.

[@ninjabearpress2574]

@@DennisMoore664 Nope, just your friendly neighborhood movie palace, but still an awesome movie going experience.

[@Nickthejoker2003]

@@DennisMoore664 Saw it in "SUPER" Sensurrond in Brooklyn. Speakers in all four corners! Ears rang for days! In the version we saw, they killed Baltar by cutting off his head.

[@DennisMoore664]

​@@Nickthejoker2003 Hells yeah, my dude! Don't remember that Baltar scene but it feels right somehow. I've had a lot fun over the years so some of that stuff from back in the day is kind of hazy.

[@andrerone8208]

Apparently it was not as big of a surprise as we had hoped for where are the best Vines and best quotes ever from the original Battlestar Galactica serious😢😅

[@rickyj5547]

Must watch my dvds

[@LBF522]

It was a shame we never saw more of Adama's daughter. I would have also like to have seen more of Colonel Tigh and Boomer.

[@robertclark6349]

Athena was pushed into the background after Sheba was introduced. Maren Jensen was actually let go before the series was cancelled due to producers being unhappy with her limited acting range. She doesn't appear in the final five episodes. Had there been a second season she wouldn't have appeared in the opening credits.

[@LBF522]

@@robertclark6349 OK Thank you very much.

[@danlower7834]

Maren Jensen had health issues which are well documented, that's a big reason why she struggled in BSG and left Hollywood a few years later.

[@LBF522]

@@danlower7834 I am sorry to hear that. Thank you very much.

[@johntabler349]

Boomer was my favorite character and I loved how Tighe and Adama were such a brilliant team

[@deathstrike]

I still think the Artemis Class Battlestar is, and always will be the best of all Battlestars in any series. Don't get me wrong, I liked the Jupiter and Pegasus Class from BSG Reimagined. But there is just something special about THIS particular class. As for the Vipers? Hands down the Reimagined Series and the BSG Blood and Chrome Viper MK3 I believe? Adama's first Viper.

[@supremeobliterator]

They, they totally disregarded their old school fans with the new show. Why didn't they just call it something else ?

[@alexhenderson1312]

That's right unfortunately! 😕 Battlestar Galactica (the One and Only! 😎) was screwed over not just once.but several times! 😖🙄🤔 What Ron Moore did was a huge mistake! 👎And pretty surprising given his good work with Star Trek (TNG/DS9/VOY) and the unmade Star Wars Underworld series! 🤷‍♂️🤨 GINO is NOT Battlestar Galactica at all, and yes, it should have been called something else entirely! It's just really frustrating and disappointing that it gets all the accolades and recognition that Battlestar Galactica should have had back then...as well as reaching the heights of its contemporaries (Star Trek, Star Wars and Doctor Who) as another multimedia franchise! 😇😎🙏🌟 If only! ☹️

[@maximusjackassicus3042]

Old school Battlestar aka the GOOD Battlestar.

[@thianraven1]

I prefer the old centurions, the raiders and the Basestar from the old series over the new one.

[@quacksacker]

I can't wait for the new movie based on the original and only Battlestar Galactica.

[@BOBXFILES2374a]

Hey, Adama: Shut the blast doors! Or don't they have cameras on the hull?

[@ninjabearpress2574]

"We don't have purple and orange squadrons."

[@kossttamojaan]

0:18 damn an Aquarius Centurion

[@jotunobsidianeyes]

That would be nice.

[@darrenholcomb7203]

Cylons need to learn the Adama Maneuver, then this wouldn't happen. Conversely can you imagine if the Galactica hadn't jumped at that exact second, would it have been enveloped in electrostatic discharges from its proximity to the surface and exploded, destroying all of New Caprica?

[@teslahertz4916]

0:53 - no shit sherlock XD

[@jackape1]

I heard when the planet was about to explored the sounds came from the black hole movie

[@doomguy1001]

Dude - I'm 18 and I reckon this stuff is pretty fricken good, Especially when you consider the primitive special effects and primitive bluescreen technology of the time. New BSG is too fast for my liking, the classic BSG is something you can sit down a relax and enjoy watching - however the slower pace does occasionally annoy me in some rare instances when it slows to a crawl.

[@arnulfob3454]

Cylons were the only reason i watched BSG

[@Tommykey07]

So setting a fire in a mine blows up an entire planet?

[@stevekillgore9272]

If it's starship fuel, yep !

[@billc5378]

The Cylons losing an entire planet full of Tyleum must've really curtailed their empire if they depended on it. I wonder how far off Baltar was in saying a single Battlestar being able to bring the empire to it's knees.

[@roberthaworth8991]

It'd better be able to. That's the very thing that wasted the Klingon moon Praxis in STrek V.

[@dieselyeti]

Considering this show was on after Star Wars came out in 1977, you'd think the effects would be better. Maybe they were too cheap to hire ILM?

[@robertthomas5736]

How Do You Say Shields Up,Aboard The Battlestar Galactica?,It's Negative Shield, Now!

[@kinggodzilla87]

that threat is still thier

[@jorgevillar4717]

This strategy must be part of the USAF training.

[@mikevanroy9356]

Why do they always go to negative shield when they know damn well there's going to be an explosion? What good are the shields?

[@bazookoidben]

Personally I think its unfair to compare the two. The original is a classic Space Opera, a swashbuckling adventure with a wide age range on their audience. And I love the sci-fi retro element. As for the new series being too fast. Well thats a matter of opinion, what I see in the series is more human elements. Death, life, characters with shifting moral cores and almost real consequences to actions. For me, I sort of prefer the new series, nothing personal but I found the new series more real.

[@TheWinezen]

Wow. Blow up a planet for every Cylon base star ? What a crazy waste of resources!

[@Xwingpilot]

The original series may have have premiered as a three part-er, but after the final episode aired they put the pilot episode in the theater. Can anyone tell me why they did that?

[@stanleyjedrzejczyk2966]

1. Some people, like myself at age 10, wanted to see it in the wide-screen, cinema format that was prevalent in the larger chain theaters of the time. 2. In larger theaters, especially chains like Showcase Cinemas, it was shown in a analogue stereo surround-sound format called Sensurround as an added attraction to draw larger audiences.

[@kpc9650]

The original Saga of a Star World aired as a 3-hour film on ABC. It was interrupted for special news break for deal regarding Camp David Peace Talks.

[@Mrster]

Hilarious!

[@jtkirkfan2002]

There's good CGI that is a lot less expensive than motion control, and then there is "cheap" CGI. I was speaking of the former.

[@James-lh7rj]

Wait I don't remember the the imperious leader dying?

[@jasonparis5635]

Were was the death star

[@zetamafia911]

its a very strange feeling that such a great show spawned off...of this lol

[@InternetGravedigger]

That time 2 fighter pilots destroyed an enemy command ship by blowing up a planet...

[@willobi]

i heard that the toster cylons want to kill off the human hybred cylons.

[@Skyrilla]

Because you clicked on it.

[@TheMeckMan]

Second that. The people who like this are just having trouble accepting they're all in their 40's - 60's. BOTH SERIES ROCKED. It's just like Mac PC haters. They luv their Mac's and hate PCS. As a PC user that attitude annoys me. I see the utility of both. I.e. I'm level headed. Basically Mac haters, peeps who just like dogs/or cats and hate the other, and BSG TOS haters of the new series all lump in to the same type of person: SHALLOW, SIMPLE, ELITIST, MONOLITHIC, ARFTARDS!

[@トロール-i2t]

同じ規格で作られてるはずのサイロン兵士が、一人一人？、ビミョーに身長も体型も異なるのは何故？(´∀｀)

[@afx2012xfa]

RAMMER?!? LOFL

[@volvo1971]

They should redo the special effects of this BSG like they did with the original Star Trek shows.

[@Fool3SufferingFools]

Why? These effects were done by the Oscar-winning John Dykstra right after he worked on Star Wars. They hold up brilliantly today.

[@TomthatiscalledTom]

No contest. TIE fighters would outrun Cylon raiders. Unlike Imperial Death Stars,Cylon Base Stars can't blow up planets. An Imperial storm trooper would blow a Cylon warrior's face off before he had time to draw his sword. And I've never seen the Cylon Emperor use mind power to choke a subordinate when he got out of line....

[@danielmahoney1546]

Not Imperious Leader, but Count Iblis can. The Storm Troopers are no better shots than Centurions. I dont think a TIE can outmaneuver a Raider and a Base Star's compliment of fighters outnumbers a Star Destroyers atleadt 10 -1. Kamikaze Raiders packed with solonite ramming a Star Destroyer amid ships at the flight decks would rip an ISD in half.

[@BrotherDerrick3X]

@@danielmahoney1546 those who say that Cylons can't shoot, never asked Apollo's wife Serina, or his brother Zac.

[@danielmahoney1546]

True, Derrick

[@russell5078084]

This is the real Battlestar Gallatica series. Not that totally different hijacked reboot.

[@kpowers]

So to save money use cheap CGI effects, use donated uniforms from Babylon 5, every planet will look like Canada.....umm no thank you

[@thenesmaster]

how the fuck do i get this movie?

[@SuperSaiyanAl]

So....why did I have to watch that again?

[@Mistpilz]

you absolutely dont need to be 'some old guy' to figure out that this laughable pseudo high-tech remake sucks ;) in the old series you had characters you could identify with, they were believable. the wise commander adama, the daring legend cain, the cowboy starbuck. and what have they done to it? a drunk is second in command on a capital military ship, for the youporn generation weve got a lesbian commanding battlestar pegasus and milksop baltar is making out with his hallucination -oh come on!

[@doomguy1001]

I disagree, They should redo SOME of the effects in the show. Particularly the scenes where the vipers are flying against the out of focus landscape - you know, the stuff that wouldn't have even passed back in 1978. Never assume that CGI remastering is good, sometimes it doesn't fit in visually and it often destroys the "nostalgia value" of the show.

[@kinggodzilla87]

I have seen all of the old BSG but I think the new is better