They buried three hours of Battlestar Galactica, and a Star Wars
lawsuit nearly ended the show before it began.
In 1978, Universal launched a science-fiction epic that blurred
television and cinema. Battlestar Galactica started as a TV pilot that
hit international box offices before it ever aired on ABC, survived a multi-million-dollar Star Wars lawsuit, and ran a punishing weekly
schedule that pushed cast and crew to the brink. From John Dykstra?s
team at Apogee to Cold War subtext that network standards softened,
this is the chaotic dual life of Glen A. Larson?s original space opera. Theatrical cut vs the three-hour pilot, Count Baltar dying twice, Fred Astaire in the deleted scenes, and more than three hours of unseen
footage locked away for decades.
We trace Saga of a Star World from $9 million pilot ambitions through casting Lorne Greene, Richard Hatch, and Dirk Benedict, the Cylon
onslaught that defined the look, why ABC cancelled Battlestar Galactica
in 1979, and the legacy that led to the 2003 reimagining.
Chapters:
00:00 The Villain Who Died Twice: A Theatrical TV Pilot
00:51 Glen A. Larson & The Origins of Battlestar Galactica
02:28 The Star Wars Lawsuit Against Universal
03:49 A $9 Million Television Movie Budget
05:52 John Dykstra, Apogee, and the Galactica Visual Effects
08:35 Casting Commander Adama, Apollo, and Starbuck
10:20 The Theatrical Film vs. The Three-Hour TV Pilot
14:39 The Chaos of a Weekly Network Television Schedule
20:09 3 Hours of Deleted Scenes
22:46 Why ABC Cancelled Battlestar Galactica in 1979
25:24 The Legacy of Kobol and the 2003 Reimagining
#BattlestarGalactica #SciFiCinema #GoldenFlicker #DeletedScenes #ClassicSciFi
https://youtu.be/r7f2QCWhvxM?si=3pnosVvg2sWzKmvu
They buried three hours of Battlestar Galactica, and a Star Wars
lawsuit nearly ended the show before it began.
In 1978, Universal launched a science-fiction epic that blurred
television and cinema. Battlestar Galactica started as a TV pilot that
hit international box offices before it ever aired on ABC, survived a >multi-million-dollar Star Wars lawsuit, and ran a punishing weekly
schedule that pushed cast and crew to the brink. From John Dykstra?s
team at Apogee to Cold War subtext that network standards softened,
this is the chaotic dual life of Glen A. Larson?s original space opera. >Theatrical cut vs the three-hour pilot, Count Baltar dying twice, Fred >Astaire in the deleted scenes, and more than three hours of unseen
footage locked away for decades.
We trace Saga of a Star World from $9 million pilot ambitions through >casting Lorne Greene, Richard Hatch, and Dirk Benedict, the Cylon
onslaught that defined the look, why ABC cancelled Battlestar Galactica
in 1979, and the legacy that led to the 2003 reimagining.
Chapters:
00:00 The Villain Who Died Twice: A Theatrical TV Pilot
00:51 Glen A. Larson & The Origins of Battlestar Galactica
02:28 The Star Wars Lawsuit Against Universal
03:49 A $9 Million Television Movie Budget
05:52 John Dykstra, Apogee, and the Galactica Visual Effects
08:35 Casting Commander Adama, Apollo, and Starbuck
10:20 The Theatrical Film vs. The Three-Hour TV Pilot
14:39 The Chaos of a Weekly Network Television Schedule
20:09 3 Hours of Deleted Scenes
22:46 Why ABC Cancelled Battlestar Galactica in 1979
25:24 The Legacy of Kobol and the 2003 Reimagining
#BattlestarGalactica #SciFiCinema #GoldenFlicker #DeletedScenes >#ClassicSciFi
https://youtu.be/r7f2QCWhvxM?si=3pnosVvg2sWzKmvu
On Oct 3, 2026 at 11:45:52 PM PDT, "Ubiquitous"
<weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
They buried three hours of Battlestar Galactica, and a
Star Wars lawsuit nearly ended the show before it began.
YouTube seems to be flooded with videos like this lately,
promising to show deleted scenes to movies "that will change
everything you know!"
BTR1701 wrote:
On Oct 3, 2026 at 11:45:52 PM PDT, "Ubiquitous"
<weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
They buried three hours of Battlestar Galactica, and a
Star Wars lawsuit nearly ended the show before it began.
YouTube seems to be flooded with videos like this lately,
promising to show deleted scenes to movies "that will change
everything you know!"
YouTube videos like that should be de-monetised by Google.
YouTube is full of low-effort stuff with AI narration. They are
a waste of time.
On Oct 3, 2026 at 11:45:52 PM PDT, "Ubiquitous" <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
They buried three hours of Battlestar Galactica, and a Star Wars
lawsuit nearly ended the show before it began.
YouTube seems to be flooded with videos like this lately, promising to show >deleted scenes to movies "that will change everything you know!"
There's one for EMPIRE STRIKES BACK and RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK in my timeline >just today alone. And when you watch them it's just endless looping scenes >from the film-- none of them deleted or "banned" as the title of the video >claims-- while an AI narrator just recites trivia about the making of the >movie.
It won't be long before YouTube is nothing but AI slop.
. . .
It won't be long before YouTube is nothing but AI slop.
Blueshirt wrote in article <xn0pvnk3n217oj003@post.eweka.nl>:
BTR1701 wrote:
On Oct 3, 2026 at 11:45:52 PM PDT, "Ubiquitous"
<weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
They buried three hours of Battlestar Galactica, and a
Star Wars lawsuit nearly ended the show before it began.
YouTube seems to be flooded with videos like this lately,
promising to show deleted scenes to movies "that will change
everything you know!"
YouTube videos like that should be de-monetised by Google.
The flagrantly AI channels are being marked, but they're still
allowed.
YouTube is full of low-effort stuff with AI narration. They are
a waste of time.
I seldom bother trying new channels. The Golden Age of YouTube is
already over. Even channels I used to like are turning more and
more to clickbait and nonsense, to compete with the slop I guess.
Yeah, I noticed that Tim Pool-- a generally middle-of-the-road common sense political commentator that I like-- has totally revamped the subject lines of his videos. Starting a few months ago, they went from informative-- giving a concise description about the topic discussed in the video-- to things like "It's over now!" and "They'll never recover from this!" and "They've finally gone too far!"
Pool's videos themselves haven't really changed but the shift to blatant clickbait titles which do nothing to inform the viewer is disappointing. Pool himself even addressed it, saying it's not something he likes but the algorithm for all intents and purposes requires it and their own metrics show that it nearly doubles the view count for their videos.
BTR1701 wrote in article <zN-
cnaTobcjeel73nZ2dnZfqn_idnZ2d@giganews.com>:
Yeah, I noticed that Tim Pool-- a generally middle-of-the-road common sense >> political commentator that I like-- has totally revamped the subject lines of
his videos. Starting a few months ago, they went from informative-- giving a >> concise description about the topic discussed in the video-- to things like >> "It's over now!" and "They'll never recover from this!" and "They've finally >> gone too far!"
Pool's videos themselves haven't really changed but the shift to blatant
clickbait titles which do nothing to inform the viewer is disappointing. Pool
himself even addressed it, saying it's not something he likes but the
algorithm for all intents and purposes requires it and their own metrics show
that it nearly doubles the view count for their videos.
Have you noticed how all the thumbnails now have the host making
silly faces? Some study found that those got the most clicks, and
now all channels use them.
They buried three hours of Battlestar Galactica, and a Star Wars
lawsuit nearly ended the show before it began.
In 1978, Universal launched a science-fiction epic that blurred
television and cinema. Battlestar Galactica started as a TV pilot that
hit international box offices before it ever aired on ABC, survived a >multi-million-dollar Star Wars lawsuit, and ran a punishing weekly
schedule that pushed cast and crew to the brink. From John Dykstra?s
team at Apogee to Cold War subtext that network standards softened,
this is the chaotic dual life of Glen A. Larson?s original space opera. >Theatrical cut vs the three-hour pilot, Count Baltar dying twice, Fred >Astaire in the deleted scenes, and more than three hours of unseen
footage locked away for decades.
We trace Saga of a Star World from $9 million pilot ambitions through >casting Lorne Greene, Richard Hatch, and Dirk Benedict, the Cylon
onslaught that defined the look, why ABC cancelled Battlestar Galactica
in 1979, and the legacy that led to the 2003 reimagining.
Chapters:
00:00 The Villain Who Died Twice: A Theatrical TV Pilot
00:51 Glen A. Larson & The Origins of Battlestar Galactica
02:28 The Star Wars Lawsuit Against Universal
03:49 A $9 Million Television Movie Budget
05:52 John Dykstra, Apogee, and the Galactica Visual Effects
08:35 Casting Commander Adama, Apollo, and Starbuck
10:20 The Theatrical Film vs. The Three-Hour TV Pilot
14:39 The Chaos of a Weekly Network Television Schedule
20:09 3 Hours of Deleted Scenes
22:46 Why ABC Cancelled Battlestar Galactica in 1979
25:24 The Legacy of Kobol and the 2003 Reimagining
#BattlestarGalactica #SciFiCinema #GoldenFlicker #DeletedScenes >#ClassicSciFi
https://youtu.be/r7f2QCWhvxM?si=3pnosVvg2sWzKmvu
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