Saturday, April 27, 2013
Monument(al) Destruction #11: Galactica 1980: "Galactica Discovers Earth"
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I loved that Galactica:1980 reused the footage from the film Earthquake(1974) and inserted the Cylon Raiders squadrons attacks causing the destruction of Los Angeles. Brilliant budget saving that was a success.
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Wouldn't this show have been better if the Earth the Colonials discover is a post-holocaust world that has to be resettled by humans? It sure as frack would beat what happened on this show.
ReplyDeleteNaw. Instead they went with post-Disco...
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