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Saturday, April 27, 2013
Monument(al) Destruction #11: Galactica 1980: "Galactica Discovers Earth"
award-winning creator of the web series Abnormal Fixation (2024), the audio drama Enter the House Between (2023) and author of 35 books including Horror Films FAQ (2013), Horror Films of the 1990s (2011), Horror Films of the 1980s (2007), TV Year (2007), The Rock and Roll Film Encyclopedia (2007), Mercy in Her Eyes: The Films of Mira Nair (2006),, Best in Show: The Films of Christopher Guest and Company (2004), The Unseen Force: The Films of Sam Raimi (2004), An Askew View: The Films of Kevin Smith (2002), The Encyclopedia of Superheroes on Film & Television (2004), Exploring Space:1999 (1997), An Analytical Guide to TV's Battlestar Galactica (1998), Terror Television (2001), Space:1999 - The Forsaken (2003) and Horror Films of the 1970s (2002).
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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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