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[[ | [[Image:GAL80RDM.jpg|thumb|The "re-imagined" ''Galactica 1980'']] | ||
This fall, on the Sci-Fi Channel, the waiting is over as the rag-tag fleet finally finds Earth in the three hour premiere of "Galactica 1980". | This fall, on the Sci-Fi Channel, the waiting is over as the rag-tag fleet finally finds Earth in the three hour premiere of "Galactica 1980". | ||
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Reimagineer [[Ronald D. Moore]] explains the approach this way: "The original ''Galactica 1980'' concept was an interesting one: here we are, we've found [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]], but now what? And now we've brought the [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylons]] here, too. This was a very dark and interesting place to begin a show.” | Reimagineer [[Ronald D. Moore]] explains the approach this way: "The original ''Galactica 1980'' concept was an interesting one: here we are, we've found [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]], but now what? And now we've brought the [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylons]] here, too. This was a very dark and interesting place to begin a show.” | ||
[[ | [[Image:OsmentZee.jpg|thumb|right|Haley Joel Osment as Doctor Zee]] | ||
Although the production team had planned for all the roles to be portrayed by the original cast, for some reason only [[Edward James Olmos]] and [[Grace Park]] were available, and a mostly new cast has been hired. Some highlights: [[Wikipedia:Haley Joel Osment|Haley Joel Osment]] has been cast as the the mysterious teenage genius [[Doctor Zee]], and [[Wikipedia:Christopher Walken|Christopher Walken]] as the traitorous [[Xavier]]. | Although the production team had planned for all the roles to be portrayed by the original cast, for some reason only [[Edward James Olmos]] and [[Grace Park]] were available, and a mostly new cast has been hired. Some highlights: [[Wikipedia:Haley Joel Osment|Haley Joel Osment]] has been cast as the the mysterious teenage genius [[Doctor Zee]], and [[Wikipedia:Christopher Walken|Christopher Walken]] as the traitorous [[Xavier]]. | ||
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Contemporary themes familiar to the audience will also end up in the show. The reimagined episode "Spaceball" will feature a walk on by Barry Bonds, while "The Night the Cylons Landed" will explore drug use when [[Andromus]] and [[Centuri]] stumble into a Central Valley meth lab. | Contemporary themes familiar to the audience will also end up in the show. The reimagined episode "Spaceball" will feature a walk on by Barry Bonds, while "The Night the Cylons Landed" will explore drug use when [[Andromus]] and [[Centuri]] stumble into a Central Valley meth lab. | ||
[[ | [[Image:Ejo1980.jpg|thumb|left|Edward James Olmos as "Bearded" Adama]] | ||
In another exciting episode, Commander Adama will head down to Miami, Florida where he will pose at the head of that city's vice squad. [[Wikipedia:Saundra Santiago|Saundra Santiago]] will make a surprise guest apperance. | In another exciting episode, Commander Adama will head down to Miami, Florida where he will pose at the head of that city's vice squad. [[Wikipedia:Saundra Santiago|Saundra Santiago]] will make a surprise guest apperance. | ||