The Original Series
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Sound Effects from Battlestar Galactica. - Give these a listen! I think you'll like them!
Panel Graphics for the Colonial Viper. - Drawn using Corel Draw and some actual aircraft components.
Meeting Anne Lockhart, Sheba from the series. Nice lady.
How many TV shows can you say that you can sit with your kids and enjoy today without having to reach for the MUTE button?
Battlestar Galactica was often thought of as riding on the coat-tails of Star Wars, however I have to say I think it was a novel space concept for television at the time. It was riveting, made you want to cheer the good guys on and at times humorously campy but always left you smiling. The special effects, while often recycled, were of a quality we had not seen on television since Space:1999. There were a few entries that followed Star Wars, some were pretty good - Like Logan's Run, and there was a spate of Saturday morning made-for-kids science fiction that helped spur many young imaginations into technical futures.
The things that could be appreciated about Battlestar Galactica were many, and they contain some things that made for great TV that have since been left behind:
Yes, the original Battlestar Galactica has had its critics, but measured against the time frame in which it was produced and against other shows that were airing at the time, I must say it was one of the best productions on the screen at the time. I think the network realized all too late that they'd shot their golden goose, just as the network for the original Star Trek series learned.
Well, I do own a few artifacts from the series, but none are ones I originally owned in 1978. Instead, they are things that I have stumbled across during the last 8 or 9 yahrens, namely:
- Monogram Colonial Viper model
- Monogram Cylon Raider model
- The DVD movie version of the premier
- The Soundtrack CD
- A very worn-out copy of the paperback novel of the movie
- A few vintage Sci-Fi magazine references to BSG
I won the Cylon model on Ebay about a yahren ago, the box says "Space Fighter Raider" and then below in small print says something like, Cylon from the TV series "Battlestar Galactica". The person who listed the model only put "Space Fighter Raider", so I ended up getting it for basically the shipping charges. The downside was that it was already mostly built, with a few small glue smudges on it, and the stand/base was missing. I glued the "missiles" into the holes and left out the launcher parts so it would be a bit safer around the kids, my models are more just to look at and for me and my kids to enjoy working on together. After a little model paint, it looks pretty good!
Of course, bought the DVD at Wallyworld, and found the paperback at a junk-tique store in my home town before it closed a couple of yahrens later. Well, not much of a collection, but that doesn't stop me from being a fan anyway. Hoping to stumble across a cheap or even used DVD set of the original TV series some day.
I was very priveledged to meet Anne Lockhart (Sheba) at a convention in March 2007 at Plano, Texas.
I have to tell you, she was wonderful to me and my whole family.
It was a great experience and I enjoyed meeting her a lot.
Also enjoyed a nice conversation with Jack Stauffer (Bojay) - He had some very funny stories to tell and it was great to get to talk with him.
I'm hoping I'll get to meet him in person at the SciFiExpo in Plano one of these times. Another class act, very nice guy.
Richard Hatch replied to a short "Hello" from his Myspace account [Oct 2007]
That was pretty impressive, given the notion I believe he was still involved in filming the newer edition of BSG at the time.
I'm sure his schedule is very busy.
I have to say these people who were involved in the original BSG are people of decency and character and they treat their fans well.
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