Battlestar Galactica (1. TV series)Battlestar Galactica is an American science fiction television series, created by Glen A. Larson, that began the Battlestar Galactica franchise. Starring Lorne Greene, Richard Hatch and Dirk Benedict, it ran for the 1. Afterward, a write- in campaign revived the show as Galactica 1. Books have also been written continuing the stories.

Battlestar Galactica was remade in the 2. A feature film remake was also planned. Narrations and theme music[edit]The show begins with a narration, spoken by Patrick Macnee: There are those who believe that life here began out there, far across the universe, with tribes of humans who may have been the forefathers of the Egyptians, or the Toltecs, or the Mayans, that they may have been the architects of the Great Pyramids, or the lost civilizations of Lemuria or Atlantis. Some believe that there may yet be brothers of man who even now fight to survive—somewhere beyond the heavens!

The short version of the narration, also spoken by Macnee: There are those who believe that life here began out there, far across the universe, with tribes of humans who may have been the forefathers of the Egyptians, or the Toltecs, or the Mayans. Some believe that there may yet be brothers of man who even now fight to survive—somewhere beyond the heavens! During the narration, the viewer sees scenes of nebulae and other celestial phenomena.

Macnee provided the character voice of the Cylons' Imperious Leader throughout the series, and even appeared on screen as Count Iblis in "War of the Gods", a two- part episode which originally aired in January 1. The narration is followed by images of the Galactica, the colonial fleet, and other scenes. The Battlestar Galactica theme plays prominently, an orchestral piece with an emphasis on brass instruments. This was composed by Stu Phillips and Glen A. Larson. The show closes with narration by Lorne Greene: Fleeing from the Cylon tyranny, the last battlestar, Galactica, leads a ragtag fugitive fleet on a lonely quest: a shining planet known as Earth. Plot summary[edit]In a distant star system, the Twelve Colonies of Mankind were reaching the end of a thousand- year war with the Cylons, warrior robots created by a reptilian race which expired long ago, presumably destroyed by their own creations. Humanity was ultimately defeated in a sneak attack on their homeworlds by the Cylons, carried out with the help of a human traitor, Count Baltar (John Colicos).

Protected by the last surviving capital warship, a "battlestar" (from "battlestarship"), named Galactica, the survivors fled in any available ships. The Commander of the Galactica, Adama (Lorne Greene), led this "rag- tag fugitive fleet" of 2. They began a quest to find the long lost thirteenth tribe of humanity that had settled on a legendary planet called Earth. However, the Cylons continued to pursue them relentlessly across the galaxy. The era in which this exodus took place is never clearly stated in the series itself.

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At the start of the series, it is mentioned as being "the seventh millennium of time", although it is unknown when this is in relation to Earth's history. The implication of the final aired episode, "The Hand of God", was that the original series took place after the Apollo 1. July 1. 96. 9 (as the Galactica receives a television transmission from Earth showing the landing). The later Galactica 1.

Earth. Larson, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- day Saints, incorporated many themes from Mormon theology into the shows.[1]The pilot to this series, budgeted at $7 million (the most expensive at that time), was released theatrically (in Sensurround) in various countries including Canada, Japan and those in Western Europe in July 1. United Kingdom where it was released in April 1. On September 1. 7, 1. ABC to high Nielsen ratings. Two thirds of the way through the broadcast, ABC interrupted with a special report of the signing of the Camp David Accords at the White House by Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, witnessed by U. S. President Jimmy Carter. After the ceremony, ABC resumed the broadcast at the point where it was interrupted.

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This interruption did not occur on the West Coast. After the pilot aired, the 1. U. S cinema release in spring of 1.

The pilot had originally been announced as the first of three made for TV movies. After broadcast of the second episode, "Lost Planet of the Gods", Glen Larson announced the format change to a weekly series, catching his writing and production staff off guard, resulting in several substandard 'crash of the week' episodes until quality scripts could resume. Lost Planet of the Gods" also introduced a costume change from the original, in that the warriors' dress uniform featured a gold- trimmed cape falling to upper thigh.

Because of the costume change, a portion of the pilot was reshot; this refilmed version was released in cinemas in 1. The original version of the warriors' dress uniform, a plain, mid- thigh- length cape, is documented in The Official Battlestar Galactica Scrapbook by James Neyland, 1. Criticism and legal actions[edit]Battlestar Galactica was criticized by Melor Sturua in the Soviet newspaper Izvestia.

He saw an analogy between the fictional Colonial/Cylon negotiations and the US/Soviet SALT talks and accused the series of being inspired by anti- Soviet hysteria: [2]The galactic negotiations between the people and the Cylons really resembled the U. S./Soviet SALT talks - not in their actual form but in the perverted interpretation of the enemies of the treaty from the family of Washington hawks.. Their inspiration is the pumping- up of military, anti- Soviet hysteria, which in this case is disguised in the modern costume of socio- scientific fantasy..

Anti- Soviet symbolism dressed in a transparent tunic of science fiction.— Melor Sturua, Izvestia. Watch The Lost City Of Z Dailymotion. Isaac Asimov commented: "Star Wars was fun and I enjoyed it. But Battlestar Galactica was Star Wars all over again and I couldn't enjoy it without amnesia."[2]In 1.

Century Fox sued Universal Studios (producers of Battlestar Galactica) for plagiarism, copyright infringement, unfair competition, and Lanham Act claims,[3] claiming it had stolen 3. Star Wars.[4] Universal promptly countersued, claiming Star Wars had stolen ideas from their 1. Silent Running,[5] notably the robot "drones", and the Buck Rogers serials of the 1.

Century Fox's copyright claims were initially dismissed by the trial court in 1. United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit remanded the case for trial in 1.

It was later "resolved without trial".[8]Ratings[edit]Battlestar Galactica initially was a ratings success. CBS counter programmed by moving its Sunday block of All in the Family and Alice an hour earlier, to compete with Galactica in the 8: 0. From October 1. 97. March 1. 97. 9, All in the Family averaged more than 4. Galactica's 2. 7 or 2.

In mid- April 1. 97. ABC executives canceled the show. An AP article reported "The decision to bump the expensive Battlestar Galactica was not surprising. The series .. had been broadcast irregularly in recent weeks, attracting slightly over a quarter of the audience in its Sunday night time slot."[1. Larson claimed that it was a failed attempt by ABC to reposition its number one program Mork & Mindy into a more lucrative timeslot.[1. The cancellation led to viewer outrage and protests outside ABC studios, and it even contributed to the suicide of Edward Seidel, a 1.

Saint Paul, Minnesota who was obsessed with the program.[1. Language[edit]While primarily English, the Colonial language was written to include several fictional words that differentiated its culture from those of Earth, most notably time units and expletives. The words were roughly equivalent to their English counterparts, and the minor technical differences in meaning were suggestive to the viewer. Colonial distance and time units were incompletely explained, but appear to have been primarily in a decimal format.