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Prepared in honor of the 40th anniversary of the 1978 Universal sci-fi series. These transcripts are intended as a research aid for those studying the classic series.
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How the Cylons Stole Christmas...

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by Cylon-Knight » Tue Jan 01, 2013 5:15 pm » in Birthdays / Anniversaries & Holiday Wishes

*Surprise*

Dale (GoldCylon),
Myself and all the members of ByYourCommand, Blackstar and beyond are all saddened by the tragic loss of your son...

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Asking Questions

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by GoldCylon » Fri Mar 18, 2011 2:57 pm » in Centurion Builders' Forum

As a member feel free to search, and ask questions on the forum.

If you are looking for details on the Cylon Centurion costume : search the Cylon...

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#5: The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Parts 1&2

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by Croft2014 » Mon Oct 15, 2018 6:27 am

When this was first broadcast it was one of my favourites; being 11.

Now I'm 51: Over the last decade or two and screening the episodes on both DVD...

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Wed Dec 05, 2018 8:12 am
#10: War of the Gods, Parts 1&2

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by Croft2014 » Sun Nov 18, 2018 3:43 pm

Easily the best storyline after Saga of the Star World . Macnee is excellent as Iblis and the mystery behind his people is intriguing. At the time I...

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Wed Dec 05, 2018 8:05 am
#11: The Man with Nine Lives

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by Croft2014 » Sun Nov 25, 2018 3:05 pm

A slight but enjoyable episode with a nice guest turn from Fred Astaire. A shame we never got a sequel.

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Wed Dec 05, 2018 7:59 am
Colonial Fleets

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by Croft2014 » Mon Jun 25, 2018 2:29 pm

Does anyone know whats happened to Colonial Fleets? It’s been down for ages.

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Tue Aug 21, 2018 2:29 pm
Crash site reveal attempt

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by Hope It Is The Grog » Tue Dec 06, 2016 9:39 pm

My photo editing skills are kind of meh, but here's a meager effort to create an insert shot of the Iblis ship interior reveal.

FJLTmFYfxfs

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Fri Aug 17, 2018 7:07 pm
Cancel Series

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by Indiana40 » Sun Jul 23, 2017 9:11 pm

Why did they cancel the series. And what was up with battle star 1980 . What we're they thinking

I always wonder this

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Thu Jul 12, 2018 2:36 pm
The Young Lords (unpopular opinion?)

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by Specter » Sat Apr 14, 2018 3:43 pm

As you might guess from my screen name, The Young Lords is one of my favorite episodes. Yeah, the rhyme is a little silly and the whole battle...

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Thu Jul 12, 2018 2:22 pm
Felgercarb the BS word from Galactica

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by GoldCylon » Thu Nov 05, 2015 8:55 pm

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Thu Jun 21, 2018 2:24 pm
Solon was a dope

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by Specter » Fri Apr 13, 2018 1:26 pm

It occurs to me that in Murder on the Rising Star, Sire Solon should have objected to letting Apollo be Starbuck's protector, because he was actually...

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Mon Apr 16, 2018 4:33 am
The Galactica Telemovies

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by Scott » Wed Aug 02, 2017 1:05 am

For those of us fascinated with the Galactica telemovies, check out this article chock full of information.

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Wed Apr 11, 2018 2:58 am
Best colonial warrior

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by Indiana40 » Tue Jul 25, 2017 12:28 pm

In the 1978 tv show Who is the best colonial warrior. I think Boomer is under raided he is always calm cool under pressure . Does anybody else have a...

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Sun Apr 08, 2018 7:37 pm
Cheapest-looking thing on the show?

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by Hope It Is The Grog » Mon Mar 31, 2014 3:16 pm
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Almost everything in the 1978 series looked fantastic. For me, the only thing that really stands out as cheap-looking is the bubble wrap used as a...
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Sun Feb 04, 2018 9:22 pm
Sept 17th 1978

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by GoldCylon » Mon Sep 18, 2006 9:21 am
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It was 28 years ago last night then our favorite showed air on ABC. The death came way to soon.
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Fri Jan 12, 2018 1:41 pm
1978 Pegasus survived

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by Indiana40 » Mon Sep 11, 2017 8:45 pm

Does anybody know if Pegasus survive the battle with the cylon. I know we never get to find out . What does everyone think about that yes they...

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Sat Sep 23, 2017 6:52 am
Shuttle Pilot

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by silverspar » Sun Aug 27, 2017 3:27 pm

I was just watching the episode 'The Man With Nine Lives' when I noticed something I don't remembered before. When Fred Astaire's character is being...

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Mon Aug 28, 2017 11:54 am
Galactica patch on the new Hawaii 5-O

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by goldcylon1 » Fri Sep 09, 2016 11:12 pm

Anybody catch what briefly looks like the Galactica arm patch in the new Hawaii 5-O series? It's a pretty good show but after the opening scene...

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Tue Jul 18, 2017 9:04 pm
Reconstructed scenes from The Living Legend

Last post by Cylon-Knight « Fri Jul 07, 2017 8:41 am
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by Hope It Is The Grog » Wed Aug 19, 2015 2:28 pm
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Recently, at the urging of another forum member, I undertook to rehabilitate a few unfinished outtakes from The Living Legend. Unfortunately this...
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Fri Jul 07, 2017 8:41 am
Colonial theology (1978 edition)

Last post by johnnybear « Sat Jun 24, 2017 2:19 am
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by Hope It Is The Grog » Thu Feb 25, 2016 1:13 pm

I have read (not having watched the thing) that Ron Moore's series gives Colonial society an explicitly polytheistic belief system, as opposed to the...

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Sat Jun 24, 2017 2:19 am
Original plan for "The Gun on Ice Planet Zero"?

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by Hope It Is The Grog » Mon Nov 09, 2015 9:57 pm
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In light of the fact that The Gun on Ice Planet Zero was originally intended to have been the second in a series of TV-movies, Baltar having been...
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Sat Jun 24, 2017 2:17 am
Original cast and crew credit.

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by GoldCylon » Mon Nov 23, 2009 1:43 pm
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Theatrical Release
9/17/1978
Studio Credit
Universal Studio
Director Credit
Richard A Colla Director
Gene Montanino Director - 2nd unit director...
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Fri Jun 23, 2017 5:07 pm
Classic BSG and Space 1999 Crossover

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by goldcylon1 » Thu Mar 07, 2013 11:55 am

Nevre seen this before but very well done. GC1 :cylongold:

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Fri Jun 23, 2017 4:29 pm
Newer DVD release

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by johnnybear » Fri Jun 23, 2017 8:25 am

Can anyone tell me if the later released version of BSG on DVD is any different to the older 2003 version? I've noticed a few cracks around the...

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Fri Jun 23, 2017 11:53 am
Hottest Galactica Chick 78' - Reimagined

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by Omega Red » Fri Sep 20, 2013 11:24 am

Not sure if this has been posted.

Who do you think is the hottest? Go!
Lt. Athena. From the classic series. :blush:

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Fri Jun 23, 2017 8:21 am
Did this episode exist

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by Baltar » Fri May 25, 2007 1:47 pm

Hi all I recently bought the dvd box set of the 2 season of the original series. Now when i was younger i remember an episode where Starbuck crash...

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Fri Jun 23, 2017 8:17 am
season 2 if it was made

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by Tania » Tue Feb 26, 2013 4:56 pm

here is the ideas on what season 2 would have been like

sorry if its already been posted.

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Fri Jun 23, 2017 8:01 am
Do you have off-air recordings made during the Eighties?

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by Hope It Is The Grog » Thu Jun 20, 2013 5:28 am
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Hi! I'm trying to track down an off-air recording of The Living Legend part 1 that was made during the Eighties syndication run (or even from the...
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Fri Jun 23, 2017 7:52 am
Baltar: the unseen story

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by Hope It Is The Grog » Thu Mar 27, 2014 9:26 pm

ADAMA: Sir, may I suggest we launch a welcoming committee of our own?

BALTAR: Mr. President, there remain many hostile feelings amongst our...

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Fri Jun 23, 2017 7:40 am
The Battle of Jol'Trata?

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by Cae Lumis » Tue Jun 06, 2017 6:46 pm

So, I recently watched Trekyard's Video on the RDM's Reimagined Battlestar Galactica version of the Battlestar Pegasus, and towards the end of the...

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Fri Jun 23, 2017 7:13 am
Original Series on Blu-Ray on 5-12-2015! (Red= Definitive, and Grey= Remastered!)

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by Dr. Kate McCrae » Wed Mar 04, 2015 11:13 pm
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Starlog On:

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Tue Jun 06, 2017 5:05 pm
Like daughter, like father?

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by Hope It Is The Grog » Fri May 26, 2017 12:22 pm

Director Vince Edwards anticipates a moment from The Living Legend with Anne Lockhart in the 1978 Hardy Boys Mysteries episode The Last Kiss of...

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Fri May 26, 2017 12:22 pm
RICHARD HATCH DIES at 71

Last post by GoldCylon « Sat May 20, 2017 11:22 pm
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by Hope It Is The Grog » Tue Feb 07, 2017 4:50 pm

Very bad news. Apparently he had had a long illness he didn't wish disclosed.

Feel free to move this message if it more properly belongs on...

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Sat May 20, 2017 11:22 pm
Emotionally powerful dialogue

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by Hope It Is The Grog » Mon Apr 03, 2017 1:06 am

Is there any particular line of dialogue from Galactica that packs a really strong emotional punch for you? For me it's Apollo's simple statement to...

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Fri May 19, 2017 2:27 am
Which Galactica guy would you want to get drunk with?

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by Hope It Is The Grog » Fri Sep 26, 2014 5:56 pm

Now, this might not seem an obvious choice at first, but I'll bet Baltar would actually be quite a riot if you got him drunk. I'd like to hear him...

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Tue Apr 25, 2017 11:15 am
Failures of terminology

Last post by Hope It Is The Grog « Fri Oct 07, 2016 8:07 pm
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by Hope It Is The Grog » Mon Oct 03, 2016 7:20 am

Thought we might start a list of instances where Galactica characters slip up and use Earth terms instead of colonial ones.
Examples:

... the...

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Fri Oct 07, 2016 8:07 pm
Original number of complete Centurion costumes made?

Last post by FLIGHTLDR SERPENTINE « Fri May 27, 2016 2:31 pm
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by FLIGHTLDR SERPENTINE » Sun Oct 04, 2015 4:00 pm

I was wondering if it's been documented how many complete Centurion costumes (armor and undersuit, etc.) were originally ordered and made? I'm sure...

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Fri May 27, 2016 2:31 pm
Was Galactica the first American sci-fi series with story arcs?

Last post by Hope It Is The Grog « Thu May 12, 2016 7:20 am
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by Hope It Is The Grog » Sat Aug 15, 2015 8:17 am
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I'm thinking, but other than Doctor Who I can't think of anyone else who was doing story arcs in science fiction TV before BSG. Primitive as they...
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Thu May 12, 2016 7:20 am
Real circumstances of Maren Jensen's departure?

Last post by Croft2014 « Sun May 08, 2016 6:51 am
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by Hope It Is The Grog » Fri Oct 18, 2013 5:12 am

I had always heard that Maren Jensen was fired from the show because her acting ability was too limited. But recently someone on another forum said...

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Sun May 08, 2016 6:51 am
Rittenhouse Galactica Colonial Warriors 1978 Expansion Set

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by Bak Calif » Thu Jul 25, 2013 2:19 pm

Does anyone happen to have any for sale or know of anyone selling these by any chance?
Battlestar Galactica Expansion Set (1:8 packs)

They were...

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Fri May 06, 2016 6:02 am
Those incredible costumes

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by Hope It Is The Grog » Sat Dec 21, 2013 7:55 pm
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This is coming from someone who has absolutely no interest in, or even understanding of, the whole cosplay phenomenon, but... those BSG-TOS costumes...
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Fri Feb 12, 2016 1:42 pm
GOLDCYLON1 reviews new POP vinyl Cylon

Last post by goldcylon1 « Mon Jan 25, 2016 6:13 pm
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by goldcylon1 » Fri Jun 05, 2015 12:16 pm

Easily captured on the bay, CY is a miniature terror. This simple fixed posed Cylon is ready for action. With his rifle at the ready in one arm and...

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Mon Jan 25, 2016 6:13 pm
Glen Larson estate settles with Universal

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by GoldCylon » Tue Dec 22, 2015 9:39 am

Back in 2011 Glen took actions against Universal Studios for reruns profits that he was being denied. Universal got wind they he was sick, and dieing...

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Mon Jan 25, 2016 6:12 pm
Source music rules

Last post by GoldCylon « Fri Dec 25, 2015 11:17 am
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by Hope It Is The Grog » Sun Apr 12, 2015 6:50 pm

OK, I admit I just got my first smartphone a few weeks ago. I further admit that the phone I was previously using was this one:

Therefore, this is...

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Fri Dec 25, 2015 11:17 am
Lunch pale & Bobble Head

Last post by GoldCylon « Thu Nov 05, 2015 8:58 pm
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by Omega Red » Sun Nov 01, 2015 6:56 pm

I came up one a lunch pale and bobble head today. Included in the lunch pale we're 2 x 8 action figures!

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Thu Nov 05, 2015 8:58 pm
Why I like Battlestar Galactica

Last post by GoldCylon « Wed Oct 28, 2015 8:50 pm
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by Thunderstruck » Tue Oct 20, 2015 6:45 pm

Hello,

Someone pointed out to me in a reply somewhere..how obvious it is..that I really like BSG.

Thought I would jot down a couple of reasons...

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Wed Oct 28, 2015 8:50 pm
Aliens movie or tv show

Last post by GoldCylon « Tue Oct 27, 2015 5:35 pm
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by superdave68 » Sat Oct 26, 2013 12:13 pm

I was waching Aliens the first one, and I see they had cylon gloves on the space suits!! did any body see this? could it be that the gloves used are...

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Tue Oct 27, 2015 5:35 pm
Original commercial breaks in "Saga of a Star World"

Last post by Hope It Is The Grog « Tue Oct 20, 2015 12:15 pm
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by Hope It Is The Grog » Mon Mar 31, 2014 10:10 pm

Many of the original commercial breaks in the original 3-hour telecast of the pilot correspond to where they were placed in the syndicated three-part...

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Tue Oct 20, 2015 12:15 pm
Rare scene from Lost Planet of the Gods

Last post by Hope It Is The Grog « Mon Oct 19, 2015 4:46 am
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by Hope It Is The Grog » Tue Dec 30, 2014 8:13 am

This scene was in the telemovie, but was not included in the DVD extras, at least on the original release. As for the recent re-release, It... it...

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Mon Oct 19, 2015 4:46 am
Is there anything good about Fire in Space?

Last post by Hope It Is The Grog « Tue Sep 08, 2015 1:05 pm
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by Hope It Is The Grog » Thu Oct 17, 2013 7:37 pm
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Name your least favorite episode and I'll tell you something I like about it. With one exception.

I have to say I can't remember a single day in my...
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Tue Sep 08, 2015 1:05 pm
cylon transporter/ recovery vehicle

Last post by Hope It Is The Grog « Mon Aug 31, 2015 10:16 am
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by rustycylon » Sat Aug 29, 2015 4:29 pm

the colonials had landrams and flying bikes but what would a cylon recovery vehicle look like

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Mon Aug 31, 2015 10:16 am
How important is the music?

Last post by Hope It Is The Grog « Thu Aug 13, 2015 11:51 am
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by Hope It Is The Grog » Sat Sep 21, 2013 9:31 pm

To me, it seems that Stu Phillips' music just makes the show. It could have been incredibly cheesy and laughable with the wrong music, but Phillips...

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Thu Aug 13, 2015 11:51 am

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