The Controversy of BATTLESTAR GALACTICA (2003)

After the original Battlestar Galactica went off the air and Galactica 1980 failed to catch on a devoted fan base kept the property alive.

So much so that various creatives tried a few more times to get Battlestar Galactica back on TV. One of those attempts finally made it to air.

Battlestar Galactica hit the air in 2003, lasting 4 seasons and bringing with it much controversy, first from casting and then from tone but went on to be one of the top series of the 2000's.

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[JoeDouglas]

James Callis is such an underrated actor. His Baltar is absolutely brilliant.

[bamesbamesbames]

I lived just outside of Vancouver and got to go to the set of BSG with my high school film class in 2004. There wasn't much going on that day but two actresses happened to be there.
Katie Sackoff (Starbuck) was bumming around the set chatting with the PAs, and quickly turned sour when she saw she had to play meet and greet to a bunch of teenagers. She basically said hey hows it going, hope you like the show, then she quickly peaced out. We were all rather disappointed and even the PAs said she was a handful on set.
Later, just as we were almost done the tour, Tricia Helfer (Six) came around the corner unexpectedly, gave us all a big smile, a genuine welcome and shook all of our hands. She chatted with us for a few minutes and answered a few questions about the show and the industry. Pure Hollywood class, as our teacher put it then.

[AlexJimenezLit]

The fact that this came out days after I finally finished watching this show proves that I'm living in my own Truman Show.

[AFNacapella]

plottwist: BSG 2025 will be 100% written by AI

[jinpei]

Everyone was nuts for Tricia Helfer, but for me, it was all about Grace Park 😍

[jenniferanderson]

This was one of my favorite shows, ever. Right up there with DS9 and Babylon 5.

[synisterworldwide]

I'm surprised there was no mention of Bear Mcreary.. AMAZING and innovative score to the show and this one really kicked off his career.

[wstine]

"What the Frak!" I hope they have this T-Shirt that was featured on 30 Rock in the 80sTee shop.

[JustMonikaOk]

Video title 'Controversy of Battlestar Galatic' introduced during video 'History of Battlestar galatica.' Nice clickbait.

[Rocket_Man]

🔔 TRIVIA: EJO was utterly convinced that he could bring a BSG sequel into existence. He even had a script. It starts out with him in his cabin on (our) Earth and there's a knock at the door and it's Saul Tigh, who says, "Bill, we've got a problem."

[rouenrobinson]

I watched all of them except for Blood & Chrome... as a kid I really wished the hover bikes in BATTLESTAR GALACTICA 1980 existed lol

[ketchupcommander]

So refreshing to see a bit of love for a quality show with a quality cast and quality writing with a quality review. kudos

[billyheaning]

This was the very first show I ever watched from the day it priemiered to the series finale. Even used a VCR back then to record the episodes. It utterly blew my mind---I was instantly hooked. I know when I'm watching quality spaceship television and when I'm not, and this show delivered. The only other show in this genre that gets even remotely close is The Expanse, with a dash of Space: AAB and Firefly.

[bluedotdinosaur]

I seem to recall that one of the unexpected production events that caused a lot of trouble for the show involved sound stage availability during season 3. Basically, they found out they couldn't keep the Pegasus sets up at the same time they needed to build lots of Basestar sets for the Cylon arcs. Originally they had the Pegasus survive as a twist on the original show, where Pegasus vanishes / is destroyed shortly after meeting the fleet.

Unfortunately losing the Pegasus sets forced them to quickly and dirtily write the ship out and changed the rest of the show. It's hard to say how much they had planned out though, so perhaps not a lot had to be re-written.

[KennethDPedersen]

Watched all, loved all, 2004 is still one of my favorite shows of all time

[joeblankenship]

I watched the new show because of Portlandia. Then I understood the Portlandia sketch. It was really good, really addictive. I was bummed when it was over. I definitely need to sit down and re-watch it someday. I loved Katee Sackoff on it.

[jamesoneavatar]

I watched all the series, including Caprica

[BalzMahoney]

No need to worry about spoilers for a 20 year old show. If they don't know, that's their problem!

[andrewlutes]

Did this video even acknowledge what “the controversy” was?

[neoblakkrstal]

I am a SciFi nut. I watched the Original BSG when it originally aired, watched the Sequel show, and couldn't wait to watch the reboot. I thought it was amazing, and better than the original. The darkness of the themes, and the quality of the actors far surpassed the original series. And as for Katie Sackhoff as Starbuck, Dirk Benedict's version was my favorite character from the original series, I always played Starbuck when we would play BSG in the backyard, but, Katie was amazing, I loved her in the role, her sassy nature was a perfect fit for the character, absolutely amazing. I was unaware that razor was a prequel, nor was I aware of the web series. Thanks for the info, I shall now make it a point to watch those as well.