"You see, we started up as a mini series and all of a sudden it became a full fledged series. We didn't have enough lead time. We didn't have four or five months to prepare for the series itself. So everybody has been working and working hard to get the series on the air -- to get the shows ready. It takes time."
- The late, great Lorne Greene discusses the making of the original Battlestar Galactica (1978 - 1979), in an interview here.
Monday, August 26, 2013
Television and Cinema Verities #83
award-winning creator of Enter The House Between and author of 32 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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