RIP Captain Apollo

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My husband and I watched that original series when it was on Netflix. He remembered it from when he was a kid. I thought it was great. I wonder why it only ran one season. I though Capt Apollo was hot!

because it cost about a million dollars an episode. back in the day that was a hefty chunk. it's also the reason the second series (galactica 80, if memory serves) was so terrible because they did it on the cheap and it showed.

 

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fuck you. the ending of the re-imagined series is the fucking worst. the last season nearly ruins the whole thing.

and i had no special love for richard hatch, but i can't fucking believe he was seventy. i was just watching the guild on netflix and dude looked like he was late fifties. the wonders of hair dye, i guess. rip, dude. it'll always be fun to spot you in bad movies and tv shows from the 70's and 80's.

I liked a lot of the last season, especially the mutiny subplot, but the actual ending was not only depressing, it tended to make everything they had been through seem like it had been a waste of everyone's time.


Just in case the non-reboot watchers hadn't figured it out from reading the earlier posts: Hatch did have a recurring role in the 2.0 series -- which was gracious of him, since he had devoted years towards getting an actual sequel made instead, an idea that never got off the ground.

 

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oh, i didn't hate the whole season, but whatever. honestly, once they turned starbuck into an angel and revealed the final five as a bunch of randoms it just kinda sucked the wind out of the sails a bit. the stupid ending just drove that all home.

i also think they may have just struggling to find a way to make the ending a surprise like so many other reboots/reimaginings try to do. it's an understandable impulse, but a dumb one nonetheless.

also, to stay on subject, i thought they did zarek a disservice during the coup. i got the impression before that that the character was actually leaning towards being a better person until pfft, nope. psychotic, power mad future dictator for the win.