I just got it on dvd. in light of seeing the new series. it kicks ass. lots of action. thoroughly recommended.
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anybody else seen battlestar gallactiaca the original series?
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Barney Army wrote: did that have Metal Mickey in it
no.
Metal Mickey UK, ITV (LWT), Children's sitcom, Colour, 1980 Starring: Irene Handl, Michael Stainton, Georgina Melville Mirth with a walking, talking mechanical man named Metal Mickey, a five-feet-tall rotund robot with red eyes, blue ears and a dazzling display of multi-coloured lights and buttons on his chest control-panel. Mickey is the invention of Ken Wilberforce, a precocious science boffin who has assembled the automaton to assist with the household chores. But not everything deep down inside the metallic man is functioning as well as it ought and he just won't do what's expected of him. Mickey means well, but wreaks havoc and soon shows alarming tendencies towards summoning aliens, transporting people back in time and, worst of all, pop music. (He trundles around saying 'boogie boogie' half the day.) The extended Wilberforce family - four children, parents and dear old Granny - are the victims of Mickey's antics.
Metal Mickey first appeared on television in the ITV children's magazine show The Saturday Banana, and was then produced in his own series by a famous namesake from the past: Michael (Micky) Dolenz, the actor who had become a member of The Monkees and was now turning his hand to work behind the camera. The star of the series, though, apart from the android, was undoubtedly the great Irene Handl, as Granny, although her appearances became sporadic towards the end.
Barney Army wrote: did that have Metal Mickey in it
Worse....a metal Dog.
Old series was awful, but at least it wasn't just Battlestar Iraq like the new one.
Hugely evolved humans on the other side of the Galaxy, who have super-light drives and inertial suppression systems....drive round in hummers??????? LOL I've watched a few, and if you cut the space sequences out, it's not a sci-fi show at all....and how TEDIOUS is the whole "dude who can see Cylons" thing.....actually never mind that....oh, our technology is SO much better thann wwhee made the old series that we can't do cylons that look like cylons anymore. Morons.
Steve Campbell wrote:
Barney Army wrote: did that have Metal Mickey in it
Worse....a metal Dog.
Old series was awful, but at least it wasn't just Battlestar Iraq like the new one.
Hugely evolved humans on the other side of the Galaxy, who have super-light drives and inertial suppression systems....drive round in hummers??????? LOL I've watched a few, and if you cut the space sequences out, it's not a sci-fi show at all....and how TEDIOUS is the whole "dude who can see Cylons" thing.....actually never mind that....oh, our technology is SO much better thann wwhee made the old series that we can't do cylons that look like cylons anymore. Morons.
well i'm currently watching the original series, and it is tops.
NOOLigan wrote:
well i'm currently watching the original series, and it is tops.
Well compared to the new one, so is having a wank with a cheese grater while poring aftershave on your crotch.,
Steve Campbell wrote:
NOOLigan wrote:
well i'm currently watching the original series, and it is tops.
Well compared to the new one, so is having a wank with a cheese grater while poring aftershave on your crotch.,
all realative. go and watch the original again i say.
NOOLigan wrote:
Steve Campbell wrote:
NOOLigan wrote:
well i'm currently watching the original series, and it is tops.
Well compared to the new one, so is having a wank with a cheese grater while poring aftershave on your crotch.,
all realative. go and watch the original again i say.
I watched in plenty, and know it very well....just wait til they run out of money and turn it into a show about boy scouts (no really, that's what they did when the network wouldn't pay up any more)
Steve Campbell wrote:
NOOLigan wrote:
Steve Campbell wrote:
NOOLigan wrote:
well i'm currently watching the original series, and it is tops.
Well compared to the new one, so is having a wank with a cheese grater while poring aftershave on your crotch.,
all realative. go and watch the original again i say.
I watched in plenty, and know it very well....just wait til they run out of money and turn it into a show about boy scouts (no really, that's what they did when the network wouldn't pay up any more)
whatever. i'm currently reliving happy childhood memories of sneaking down to the telly, after it was bedtime.
That show for american children was on late at night in Oz?
WOW......I dread to think what passes for Ozzie kids telly
Steve Campbell wrote: That show for american children was on late at night in Oz?
WOW......I dread to think what passes for Ozzie kids telly
that was in germany. believe it or not, and it was on late at nights.
Total dross. Amazing FX... recicled over and over again! Lorne Greene on auto-pilot... Stupid kid with vomit-inducing "cute" robot pet... vilains who looked -and acted!- more ridiculous than yer average stormtrooper... plots as thin as Jessica Simpson's "brain"...
I could go on and on... shame I never got hold of one of those jackets, though!
i watched it when i was a VERY little kid, when it was first on. i mostly remember the feathered hair and face from the A-team being on it.
I watched it when it was new. Have not seen the new one. Never did understand how robots could be such poor fighter pilots. Did enjoy the episode where the bad guys had this huge laser cannon and were blasting the shit out of the human refugee convoy.
Barney Army wrote: did that have Metal Mickey in it
I believe you are thinking of Twiki in Buck Rogers in the 25th century. Could never figure out why they made his head that shape and no-one drew a slot down the top.
Of course the show also featured Wilma
I've always had a soft spot for the original series but you gotta admit, the new series is slick, still, they've had a chance to get it right this time by 'reimagining' it.
As for Galactica 1980, try and get hold of a copy, it is pretty dire but in a 'so bad it's good' kinda way (if you know what i mean!)
The last episode 'The Return of Starbuck' was probably the best.
Still, i love all them cheesy old sci-fi shows like Planet of the Apes etc. 
I remember being very Dissapointed at Galactica 1980, and i agree about the Return of Starbuck Episode being the best. it was one of my favorite shows when i was a kid.
I did enjoy B.G. the original -- but I think I enjoyed V better. Much better series all around.
Emma Peel wrote: I did enjoy B.G. the original -- but I think I enjoyed V better. Much better series all around.
i keep meaning to get V as well. i taped it some years back, but i'll be buggered if i can find the tapes. "The visitors are our friends."
Emma Peel wrote:
NOOLigan wrote:
Emma Peel wrote: I think V is out on DVD.
But my all time favorite tv series is La Femme Nikita. God, what a show!
Yeh I'll get V soon.
wasn't Nikita an aussie?
She sure was. Peta Wilson -- talented actress and beautiful soul. Love her, love her, love her!
yup that's her. i quite like her.
She's really pretty and I love her laugh. But I really liked how she portrayed Nikita.
My favorite episode is probably War or maybe Man in the Middle.
Oh, who am I kidding? I loved all the episodes.
Emma Peel wrote: She's really pretty and I love her laugh. But I really liked how she portrayed Nikita.
My favorite episode is probably War or maybe Man in the Middle.
Oh, who am I kidding? I loved all the episodes.
Man, now I'm going to have to watch LFN in the middle of the night because I got reminded how much I love the show...bloody hell! :)
Emma Peel wrote: Man, now I'm going to have to watch LFN in the middle of the night because I got reminded how much I love the show...bloody hell! :)
do what i do. i'm watching gallactica even as i type this.
NOOLigan wrote:
Emma Peel wrote: Man, now I'm going to have to watch LFN in the middle of the night because I got reminded how much I love the show...bloody hell! :)
do what i do. i'm watching gallactica even as i type this.
Are you serious? Multitasking even in the middle of the night? When do you sleep? Isn't it like 4:30 a.m. there?
