I don't know if any of you remember "Battlestar Galactica" but they just launched a "New Battlestar Galactica" tonight, I didn't see it as I was out but my flatmate tells me that the Cylons look like regular people, Starbuck's a woman and "Boomer" (token black guy) is now an Asian chick....WTF?
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I refuse to watch it. It just ...
I refuse to watch it. It just wouldn't be the same without Dirk "Face" Benedict. I stopped watching the old series once they got rid of Starbuck and Apollo, too.
I don't watch cheesey 80's shows...
I don't watch cheesey 80's shows
Battlestar Galactica was late '70's, ...
Battlestar Galactica was late '70's, and it was an awesome fucking show.
was it?...
was it?
'78 to be exact....
'78 to be exact.
//I don't watch cheesey 80's ...
//I don't watch cheesey 80's shows
Umm back then it wasn't "cheesey 80's" T.V. as it "was the 80's" so it was just T.V. and these are some of my favorite shows...
Miami Vice, Magnum P.I., The A-Team, Battlestar Galactica, Buck Rodgers, The man from Atlantis, The 6 million dollar man, The Hulk, C.H.i.P's, Square pegs and Soap...
Good thing for me that I love cheesey 80's T.V. (Hooray for cable re-runs).
may I add...charles in charge, the ...
may I add...charles in charge, the fraggles, nightrider, dr who, the henderson kids...
Silver Spoons, Hardcastle & MacCormic, ...
Silver Spoons, Hardcastle & MacCormic, Riptide, Automan, Storyteller, Crossbow...
Crazy Like a Fox...
Crazy Like a Fox
Rennington Steele...
Rennington Steele
Ah fuck all of yaz. MacGuyver is by far ...
Ah fuck all of yaz. MacGuyver is by far the best tune. They way it maintains the emotion conveyed by the visuals in the intro is beautiful. When he vaults over the hedge thingy you can really feel that wanker from the Davy Letterman show grooving behind his All-In-One keyboard synth package.
Well, I'm totally ruled by childhood sentiment, so there. I've got the theme on repeat in WinAmp right now.
The Scarecrow and Mrs King...
The Scarecrow and Mrs King
Simon & Simon. The best theme tune ...
Simon & Simon.
The best theme tune in TV history. (2nd: Magnum PI, 3rd: Taxi).
//The best theme tune in TV ...
//The best theme tune in TV history.
Ach! Hello! MacGuyver?
ahhh, get outta here. twee. althought ...
ahhh, get outta here. twee. althought that little descending triplets thing is quite cool...
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come on, really, compared to this......
come on, really, compared to this...
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although, now I think about ...
although, now I think about it...
Dukes of Hazard has gotta be a contender...
[ http://www.dukefarm.com/sounds/theme.wav ]
good call hedge. richard dean ...
good call hedge. richard dean anderson.
(was) lovely.
omigod, noizy - THANKYOU!! For years ...
omigod, noizy - THANKYOU!! For years I've been trying to remember how the simon&simon theme went.
Magnum PI, definitely.. How about Hawaii 5-0? Or Hill Street Blues?
OK, I know I'm in trouble when I'm sitting here trying to remember which theme tunes we played in my high school showband...
...as for that MacGuyver link, you just ...
...as for that MacGuyver link, you just had to find the karaoke version, didn't you...
OOO! OOO - Greatest American Hero! Yeah!
// you just had to find the karaoke ...
// you just had to find the karaoke version
yeah, sorry, that was a bit low.
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tell you what. it's not that ...
tell you what. it's not that different. those synth drums...uuuuugly.
//those synth drums...uuuuugly. hmm, ...
//those synth drums...uuuuugly.
hmm, agreed. The entire synth orchestra doesn't do a lot for me..
..but the tune itself is really cool. I love the "string" part in the background on the second chorus.
Oh hello, what about Robin ...
Oh hello, what about Robin Hood?
Roooooooooobin... the hooded man.... dum dum.
Without that, there'd be no Enya!
Hah!!! I remember! Remember that song ...
Hah!!! I remember!
Remember that song Clannad did with Bono? What a cool song- excellent 'mood' music.
Reminds me of my all time favourite movie actually- The Princess Bride.
fav move, princess bride - word....
fav move, princess bride - word.
// Roooooooooobin... the hooded man.... ...
// Roooooooooobin... the hooded man.... dum dum.
When I was a kid, I thought it went
Roooooooooobin... oogiduhbah!
I still prefer my version. :)
I think Angela (the theme from Taxi) is the best 80s theme tune by a mile.. did it start in the 70s though?
Hey- what about The Goodies? Metal ...
Hey- what about The Goodies? Metal Mickey? The Kenny Everett Show? Open All Hours? Benny Hill?
// I think Angela (the theme from Taxi) ...
// I think Angela (the theme from Taxi) is the best 80s theme tune by a mile..
// did it start in the 70s though?
whaddya know. it did. 1978. Ended up in 1983.
[ http://www.classic-tv.com/shows/taxi.asp ]
My brother convinced me that the vocals ...
My brother convinced me that the vocals fed through the synth in New Order's 'Bizarre love triangle' were actually a guest spot by Metal Mickey. :D
Hahaha!
A new precedent, the 'token black ...
A new precedent, the 'token black guy' is now a 'token asian chick' - a sign of things to come?
i look forward to the day when it's ...
i look forward to the day when it's token white person
Yeah I saw something about this remake, ...
Yeah I saw something about this remake, looks pretty upsetting.
I remember as a kid seeing the movie they made a bit later in the piece, where two guys (from memory not Starbuck and Apollo) from the Galactica have these flying bikes and sod about on contemporary earth, fighting off cylons and so on. I used to think those flying bikes were the greatest things ever.
But what do the new Cylons look like? ...
But what do the new Cylons look like? They were the shit back in the day.
They cant be just regular johnnys on ...
They cant be just regular johnnys on the street.
they're hotties. check it......
they're hotties. check it...
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OMG that is so wrong....
OMG that is so wrong.
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yep. weird move on the makers behalf. ...
yep. weird move on the makers behalf. One of the theories that was thrown up on one of the geek sites complaining about the new series was that the Cylon's had always been blonde scandanavian style goddesses under all the robot cladding.
Of course this would have pissed off ...
Of course this would have pissed off many a fan. Check this guy out who wants to boycott any company advertising on the new show for a period of two years.
//We will use every means available to us to promote this effort beyond the current fan base and gain as many supporters as we can in order to protect the integrity of "Battlestar Galactica" and Science Fiction television.//
Gotta love the die-hard fans.
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