Battlestar vs. Buck Rogers ... which was/is your fav ?

[AUSSIE-Rebooted-AMM]

I remember when the first episode of Battle Star Galactica aired over here. . .It was a Saturday Night I think. . .all the family gathered around and turned the lights out to watch it (Unusual event). . .and I think that one of the radio stations layed the sound track as well. . .similcast. . .so you could get that deep rumbling of the ships in your home. . . . .VERY COOL memory! Oh. . .and linking it with ancient civilizations here on Earth and the Egyptian style helmets. . . .that was SHEER BRILLIANCE!!!!!

[HardyGirl]

I liked them both the same I think.

[Collect 'em all!]

! Oh. . .and linking it with ancient civilizations here on Earth and the Egyptian style helmets. . . .that was SHEER BRILLIANCE!!!!!

Exactly!
That whole premise was incredible. Love it, Love it!!

[ctc]

Hmmmm....

When I was a kid I HATED Buck Rogers. It seemed kinda... typical to me; and I was a big fan of the original comics, which the show was nothing like. Having seen it in recent years I can see why folks would like it; it's got a weird cartoon vibe to it, and while the writing and characters aren't particularly deep; they were pretty slickly put together.

But I always liked the original Galactica. (Endless stock scenes and all....) Mostly 'cos there was so much more going in. Not just with the Galactica, but the idea of all the straggler colonies they ran into along the way, and the Cylons, and the mysticism. And the Cylons. LOVED the Cylons.... especially the idea that they were some kind of cyborg lizard thingies. And the characters. (I felt sorry for Boomer, who was always pulled reluctantly into Starbuck's schemes...)

And the slow Cylons? I thought they would overwhelm you with numbers. Any time the heroes came under attack they'd try a quick escape before getting swarmed by Cylons who were apparently "crawling all over the place." Even as a kid I chalked the small numbers up to expensive suits; but the IDEA was that there were zillions of 'em.

>Which was worse? G1980 or Buck's 2nd year...?

Galactica 1980. Seriously.... "Space Scouts?"

*shudder*

Don C.

[starsky]

two reason why i love both shows!!

[Mikey]

Season-2 of Buck was horrrible but watchable .....

1. Fake Twiki
2. Searcher itself
3. Wilma as a stewardess
4. That damn snotty robot
5. No Dr Huer
6. Buck seemed to not care anymore

But, I still like Season-2 of Buck WAY BETTER then Battlestar Galactica.

Some worth seeing episodes of Buck Season-2 (in no order)

Time of the Hawk 1 & 2
Testimony of a Traitor
The Dorian Secret
Mark of the Saurian
The Hand of Goral

[twilitezoner]

I liked Battlestar. I couldn't wait until the next Sunday back in '78. I had the models and the toys, etc. I liked Buck, too and it is hard to choose one over the other.


To be honest, I never saw either show as a Star Wars rip-off. If you go back to the Buster Crabbe Buck and Flash, one could say one was a rip-off of the other because they looked similar, but the story lines were different. I always looked at these two shows as getting a chance because of Star Wars, but I never watched either because of Star Wars. I just liked them

I never really understood the Star Wars rip-off theories. Was it because John Dykstra did the effects? Glen Larson came up with the concept for the show in the 60s.

[Mikey]

Maybe it's just me, but I always thought the BG fighters resembled retooled X-wings

[Gorn Captain]

If Twiki were to get a weapons upgrade, he'd so kick the Cylons' metal butts....

[Mikey]

Anybody could beat the Cylons.
Just drop-kick them.
You know, they couldn't get up from a lying position

[Collect 'em all!]

[Raydeen1]

Loved both shows. I watch Buck every morning on the Space Channel while I get ready to go to work. Today was the space vampire! I loved Hawk. What I hate about the later shows was they watered Hawk down and he was such a cool character. They have explored him more. Not to mention what they did to poor Wilma who started off as this hardass and ended up a "chick in a skirt". Oh well, I still love it.

BSG though. I loved the whole premise. The Lords of Cobol and so on. The whole religion of the Colonials. Adama and Apollo and eve Boxy. Starbuck was almost as cool as Han Solo and Athena. Mmmmmm.... Athena. The Cylons were so cool. Had decent toys been made then I would have been all over them. I got my Adama, Starbuck, Cylon, Ovion, Imperious Leader and Daggit like everyone else but the toys were mostly lame. Mom even got me the big Cylon and Colonial Warrior. At least the Cylon looked mostly right. The Warrior stunk. I hated him. lol.

[UnderdogDJLSW]

They should have done a crossover where Galactica discovers the Buck Rogers Earth. I bet there must be a ton of fan fiction out there with that premise, though.

[jds1911a1]

Maybe it's just me, but I always thought the BG fighters resembled retooled X-wings

i always felt vipers were far closer inspired by actual fighters of the time (look at a f-4 phantom or the t-38's that nasa used as chase planes) than X wings

[david_b]

I know Mattel was kicking themselves for not getting the Star Wars license, but they COULD have at least made a Viper for the action figures. I understand the copyright wars going on between 20th and Universal, but THAT was irritating. OR an Apollo with a warrior jacket would have been good, but from talking to Richard Hatch back in '98, they approached him for an action figure but he turned it down..

(Well, that's his story... I personally don't think actors had much say in corporate merchandising decisions..)

Yes, the toys did suck a bit...