What Made Galactica
 

Why are we captivated after twenty five years with a show that lasted one season? The answer is simple, the show had a story worth telling and characters that made us want to watch and at the same time caused us to come back for more. Hatch's books are one of the things that keeps the show alive for us at this point. Another is the inspiration of Galactica on all of the artists who render fantastic pictures time and again. They can re-imagine it, they can destroy the premise, but the one thing they can't do is rip our memories of BG from our hearts and minds.

It's premise and settings pure and simple!
 

It is many things as with all series it had something that dispite comparisons to a certain 1977 movie. Must have had it's own strengths and unique appeal and identity to last 25 years and still be fighting to be revived. It left a lasting taste in the mouths of sci-fi lovers and casual folk wanting more so here are afew reasons why?

The Characters

The Saga

The Battles

The Ships and vessels

The Cylons

The Reverse Mythology (i.e. We came from the stars not Earth?)

The Space Battles

The Concepts Presented

The list goes on.

KJ

Damn i mentioned battles twice, they must have been that great (Not counting stock footage then)

KJ

Well, technically there were 2 kinds of battles. Ground & space: Gomoray, Carillon, Arcta had good "ground" battle sequences or at least exchanges of fire. The Hand of God and The Young Lords had espionage type missions in them. You weren't wrong on a techie level. ;)
Jewels

Wow you're right, i thought i was the only one good with the trivia stuff!

Later

KJ

Easy. The CAST. Did you ever see a series where everybody had so much fun and everybody liked each other???

I loved the Viper launches and the space battles no matter how much stock footage they used.