The 1970s Best Sci-Fi Series
The 70s were full of great sci-fi that wasn’t Star Trek or Star Wars. This is one of the best.
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February 12, 2026
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The 70s were full of great sci-fi that wasn’t Star Trek or Star Wars. This is one of the best.
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Unlike Star Trek and Star Wars, Battlestar Galactica hasn't been completely trashed by its corporate owners.
I watched the original as a kid but the reboot took it to the next level to make it the best sci-fi tv series ever
Ironically for me, I just rewatched episode 1 a few days ago. I was six years old when I watched the original run.
What's REALLY interesting is what happened in the second season of Glenn A Larson's next foray into science fiction, "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century". It was essentially "Battlestar Galactica" in reverse, with an Earth ship, the Searcher looking for the lost colonies of Earth.
that theme tune, still gives me chills
Going back to Isaac Asimov? No way. You’re so off track. Asimov was not an action guy, and no way he’d allow murderous robots on industrial scale.
I was a freshman in college and all of us nerds would meet at the big projection TV in the student center to watch Battlestar Galactica. The student center had popcorn. It was like going to the movies but also similar to the weekly serialized radio dramas of old. We couldn't wait to tune in next week. Good times.
Great show. Too bad it didn’t age well, but still.
A great premise for a show But thank God for the reboot, As a kid when I didn’t know any better, I thought it was great now apart from the three hour pilot movie Of the 70s the only Battlestar Galactica I have are the five seasons of the reboot show, Now that is Battlestar Galactica done properly, no boxy no Dagget, no ridiculous count Baltar your original Galactic Doctors Smith, Betraying them, every chance he got, and they didn’t blow his brains out, It’s all I can do to watch the original pilot film once every three or four years, and even then I have to be half drunk!
Season 1 was great!
Season 2…..I couldn't get past the second episode 😢
I still think the original was better than the remake.
Loved the original. Disliked the remake!
I hated the remake. if that's what mankind had become, they needed to die out. the original was about hope and family.
I absolutely loved the original BSG as a kid.
I honestly felt they spoiled it when they reached Earth though.
John Colicos, bad guy.
With one of the best themes.
Miss that show.
Also an Easter egg on one of the cargo ships: You call, we haul, redball.
Yes yes and YES!
Great show
I agree it was great.. but what i didn’t know at the time as a kid.. it kinda parallels the tale of Israelites i do wonder if that was an inspiration.. lol
Absolutely Agree