FOG! Presents The Original BATTLESTAR GALACTICA Reunion at RI Comic Con
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- Опубликовано: 15 ноя 2012
- RI Comic Con welcomed the cast of the original BATTLESTAR GALACTICA to it's inaugural convention where they participated in this panel on November 3rd, 2012.
Moderated by Forces of Geek editor-in-chief Stefan Blitz, the panel guests included RICHARD HATCH (Apollo), DIRK BENEDICT (Starbuck), NOAH HATHAWAY (Boxey), HERBERT JEFFERSON, JR. (Boomer), SARAH RUSH (Rigel) and JACK STAUFFER (Bojay).
I loved Richard Hatch and am so saddened by his passing.
He was a class act. (IMO he) talked a little too much at times, but still a nice man.
H'es still alive.
@@Briangibson7825 Nope, dead.
@@lucius1976 i was on about my mate lol
Met Richard at the SD Comic Con in early 2000's... super nice guy who loves his fans!
good to see there were a few seconds in there where Noah could pull his attention away from his phone and, you know, act like a guest who'd been invited to a speaking engagement.
Cell phone addicted tattoo boy
@@JP5466 unfortunately that's true. Met him last year in Austria, and he was nice and humble yes, but every second he grabbed his phone..... not very polite mannerism
@@Kilian600 Definitely. I met Dirk way back in 2002. He was engaged with the audience, but he had a bit of an attitude, kinda like he does here. I guess his tolerance level was low that day. I asked him about his relationship with Kate Jackson and he perked up... I get the feeling he really liked her back then.
In Canada it was a blockbuster movie in the fall of 1978, My Uncle took me to see it in downtown Eaton Center inToronto
The best part comes at 28:37 when Richard and Dirk begin talking about GALACTICA 1980 and Dirk asks twice what year it was made in. Dirk is hilarious! Love Richard's infectious laughter here. :-)
Watching this video was like getting a video message from some long lost but dearly remembered friends.
To me, BSG was always so appealing because it felt like Starsky & Hutch meets Bonanza in space. Apollo and Starbuck were the main characters who would go out and engage the bad guys and then go back to the Galactica which was like the Poderosa with Lorne Greene as father Adama. It was cool while still having that family warm and fuzzy experience. It was a very good show. A crime it didn't last longer.
yes!!! I agree...im 41 and I miss oldschool style...the classics are what paved the way,and they deserve all the respect...between doctor who,star trek and battlestar galactica we had the best shows to watch...cause a lot of todays is crap...long live Apollo,starbuck and boomer...
Battlestar Galactica apparently really was a hit with the military. A lot of F-16 pilots referred to their Falcons as "Vipers" because of this show.
Love the original series.
There is only one Apollo. There is only one Starbuck. There is only one Boomer. These gentlemen are in this video and I love every minute of it. Richard, Dirk, and Herb are awesome!
Noah is pulling what's called at cons a "Will Wheaton"
Yea, both Wheaton and Hathaway had annoying characters and appear to be not much different in real life.
Really sucked that we lost Richard Hatch was such a great guy.
He seems very gracious and humble on the panel. Noah was being... well, Noah. Checking his messages and dropping S-bombs.
Anyone who enjoys this should listen to the commentary track for “Saga of a Star World” with Richard, Dirk and Herbert. It’s insightful, entertaining and I came away with the impression that the cast was very close to one another.
32;22 noah needs to put down the phone and have some respect...and dirk!? really? he acted like he didn't even want to be there...boomer and Apollo were so cool and really had glued to them about how they really loved the show as much as us fans...but noah,i know you are 1 year older then me,but man you really need to grow up.
At the 18:02 mark, you can see Herb wince when Noah was not only cussing at the audience with kids in it, but also kinda' insulting and belittling them as well. I wish I could have heard what Herb whispered into Noah's ear when he then put him in a headlock. It was after this that Noah really clammed up and pretty much only rudely texted on his phone the whole time thereafter, even making Richard have to lean forward to talk to the people on his left, as Noah was obliviously leaning forward himself while texting. He was an annoying dweeb of a kid on the original show, and he grew to be an annoying jerk of a man. What a surprise... :/
Really sad to see how little respect Noah has for the fans. He must get a nice sum of money to appear.
His character truly was annoying in the series, and he (the actor) turned out to be more annoying IRL.
I never cared for him in the show and definitely don't care for him much now. Seems like a snotty brat, sadly.
That much texting, that was impolite rude and down right disrespectful.. he could stayed at home and would not have been missed. What a brat🫣
funny to see the actor who played boxy texting while on stage, lol
Starbuck is the legend here. He can say what he wants.
yes he is!
+real80smusic Dirk would have blown the cast of new Galactica off camera.
@@thefurrybastard1964 Katee's Starbuck could kick Dirk's Starbuck's ass every day of the week and twice on Sunday's. He's a bitter old man because a GIRL made her Starbuck an all-time iconic character.
@@ohioexpax1592 Wrong on three counts. First, Dirk's Starbuck was an unpredictable maverick, which is why he was such a hotshot pilot. Second, Dirk actually liked Katee's performance. Third, Dirk had made Starbuck an all time Iconic character before Katee was born.
@@ohioexpax1592 He's bitter also because of how the new series is unlike TOS. The new series to me will always be Galactica In Name Only. Dirk unfortunately does have a skewed view of women which doesn't help his cause.
I don't care how long or great Sackhoff played the new version of "Starbuck." BOTH are iconic IMO and both are talented in their own right. The test will be to see if Sackhoff becomes like Dirk has, or if she can push outside the envelope and play different types of characters. Dirk's attitude is a poor representation of TOS.
The new series could have had male and female warriors who were tough, powerful, sexy, etc. But they chose to make it look like females were better than men. Too bad they had to go that way.
JMO
Noah should have put his damn phone away.
or better yet, not show up if he can't show respect to the fans.
it was released in Canada before the show on TV i saw it locally in Toronto // the version with Baltar being beheaded // thanks for the upload/ doing the binge of the reboot with the movie of Old /
Richard and Herb gave fantastic answers! I almost wish they had been the only guests--- though Jack and Sarah held their own for what time they had. Jack's recollection of Lorne was so touching. I can grudgingly forgive Dirk his irreverent humour as it conjures Starbuck's image for the audience. I'm really disappointed in Noah. He was very well-spoken and sweet in all the other interviews/panels I've seen him in. The imbalance between the member's behaviour made it feel a little ramshackle but I still really enjoyed the panel. They're still such a great cast after decades!
BG was a gem. Everyone involved was fantastic and left a lasting impression on all the youngsters who enjoyed it back then (and the adults who still enjoy it today). To all the stars of the show I would say this - you might have to keep going to conventions to help make your living - but in truth, there are millions like me who maybe cant make it to meet you in person who you inspired - and we will for ever hold you in high esteem and close to our hearts.
Noah on goes for his phone at 31:30 He lasted half an hour.
Great Great Show. My childhood.
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I think the movie Noah was in "Sushi Girl" was a fitting role for him.. he was my least favorite character on BSG and to see him end up as he did on that movie was just so rewarding for me.. others may disagree.. but I doubt they would publicly admit it.. lolRichard Hatch was a wonderful person to meet, as you can tell in this, he LOVES to talk to anyone that will listen, he was talking about all sorts of stuff and even showed us his trailer for the second coming.. Dirk was always my favorite Galactica actor, but the line for him was real long so talking to him at length was out of the question, but he did manage to stay charming.and Herb was a real treat, just a wonderful person to talk to... and those were the only 3 from the original Galactica that I had met, I had a Super 8 film of the original movie for them to sign and all 3 said the same thing, "Where on Earth did you find THIS?" I spent years trying to find a projector to play it, but now I gave up and just display it
I reckon they had their best reunion together at the Birmingham NEC convention in the United Kingdom back in August 2005 (look it up on google) where it was the largest BSG cast reunion of all i think, except for Mr Larson himself. Stu Phillips, Noah Hathaway, Anna Lockhart, Laurette Sprang etc all showed up. Others reunions in the States might've suffered from the reaction to some immature convention folks sometimes or been too tired and whatnot. They are one of the best TV show casts mind you.
It's Fantastic!
Always wished they used Boomer more. Starbuck, Boomer, Apollo, Adama, and Sheba were my favorites.
I wish they would have given him a love interest!Or, even Col. Tigh!
@@MrMaxismybaby It would have been nice to see Terry Carter (Col. Tigh) and get his take on the series.
@@nopcshere6097 I agree.
Yes, Boomer and Jolly (among a few others I can't remember offhand) only got a couple lines here and there. Boomer did get some decent dialog in the ep with Fred Astaire as Starbuck's father. A little on the cheezy side, but still a decent story and not as "happy" as some might think.
We got it as a movie in the UK. But it was *Awesome!*
I Will Always Love You, Little Lady Sarah Rush, as Commander Rigel
Corporal
sorry to boooore you Noah...in 15 years from now(2019)...you would give anything to be here again
If I had magic powers I would go back in time and make ABC-TV give Glen Larson the one year push back production time he needed to make the series.And if the network had granted him his wish the show might had lasted 5 years or more.
Absolutely. ABC should've let Larson do it the way he wanted to. It would've been one of the greatest tv shows ever
Easily
*Showing my Support with my **_Hairy Blue Thumb of Encouragement_** ⭐😃👍*
This got Fracked up in the 1980 version. Got worse when they tried the new version. What they should have done was let the Battle Star Pegasus been the remake. And made the show around that. Then have the a host of things that could happen. Like meet back up with the Galactica. Guest from the OBSG appear. Two battle stars out there kicking butt. The OBSG had feelings and some playful humor. It was heart felt in many ways. And Starbuck was a player The new stuff is more like a pissing contest to see who' winky was bigger and who jump who's bones first. The women in the old show were ladies and had beauty. In the new one they are rough and tough and seem to have lost that gracefulness a woman / lady has. It is sad they destroyed that show.
***** I agree. The women in the remake have no class.
+William Wynn The female Starbuck was the worst. Like you said, the original Starbuck was a player, but he was also a professional Military Pilot. The 2005 female version was an asshole. If she'd been in a real military setup, she'd have been put in the guardhouse and dishonorably discharged very quickly. She was insubordinate in the extreme, arrogant and a whiner.
Beautifully said. After the 90s people and shows changed. You have described the changes on humanity very well in the last 40 years.
William, I know this is 4 years old but I agree 1000%. There was absolutely no reason to change the show's characters, make it more "dark" and "realistic," etc.
Some ppl will come here and say TOS was campy, which sadly it was, but it was MORE than that. I am tired of fans of the new version who think I enjoyed the cheezy eps. (I HATED THEM) or think I just want happy, funny, really upbeat eps 24/7. I DON'T. The bad eps make it look like it was just a kiddie show. If you can ignore them and the 1980 disaster, you will find some fine writing and acting. There are some heartfelt stories and relationships in there.
The new series may have some great stars and stories, but it made it look like men are wimps and only women are tough and powerful. I'm not a feminist by ANY means, but for gosh sakes, why did they have to make some of the main characters female? Couldn't they have male AND female warriors who are both tough and powerful? Why be one sided? And why be depressing? If you don't think the characters in TOS had despair, watch some of the better eps and see. They lost loved ones, friends, etc. They went thru hard times. It's not as "happy" as you might think. There is too much doom and gloom in the new series, too much realism. I get enough realism and despair just walking outside my door, watching the news, and seeing how ppl act IRL and on the internet.
Regarding some of the new series cast - I don't care how long Katie Sackhoff played "Starbuck". I'm sure she is talented and did a great job but the version she played and the version Dirk played are different. (I know Dirk has become a nasty old geezer in his old age, sorry to say.)
I will always call the "reimagined" version GINO (Galactica In Name Only). To those who love the new series, please let those of us who still enjoy TGS do so without sarcasm, laughter, or criticism. I don't expect everyone to love it, but I also wish there were more respect between us. If you like the new version great. Just don't expect everyone else to agree.
Can we PLEASE do that?
Sarah Rush was damn cute!
Rest in peace, Richard.
Crazy knowing that just over 4 years after this Hatch would be dead.
Really sweet comments from Richard Hatch (who I had a crush on during this show) about Lorne Greene and sci-fi fans.
Dirk was really funny his con appearances with Dwight Schultz for A Team. They have a nice friendship and chemistry.
25:44 Dirk was really awake that day.
Hard to believe Richard is no longer with us anymore :(
I so wish the network had gone with his vision when they brought back battlestar, imo it was a big mistake they didn't as it would have been so much better than the version they went with.
Count me in agreement on that too.
If you haven't seen Prelude to Axanar, Hatch as the Klingon warlord Kharn is so good and menacing. So sad that he died.
I think Dirk was hammered. LOL
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I hared when Rick Springfield's character Zac was killed in the movie!
Richard Hatch was cool when i was a kid watching BSG OG , what he said about the network tv in this , and how they stamped out NASA Tv , and keep trying to stamp out most things Scyfy on network tv , He said the words i will allways say , " they don't get it , so they cancel it , because the ratings are better than what they want people to watch " sorry not an exact quote but thats what i got from this ,,, god bless him
Seen it on the big screen in Calgary, Canada.
yeah what happend to Noah Hathaway man he was kinda a jerk seemd like he didnt really want to be thier
Noah, whoo? sorry little guy.
I hate to say this, but the only ones who seemed to give legitimate answers and take this seriously were Boomer and Apollo (Bojay and Rigel too, but they didn't have much to say) Boxey turned into a pun/brat who uses foul language, and Starbuck might have meant to be funny and sometimes serious, but he just seemed to be kind of out of it.
Noah really doesn't fit in here!
jjk7322 He was a child on the show
He seems more childish now than he did on the series.
Where is my baby Anne Lockhart??
+Creed Justice She's in the Batcave!
Noah is being a jerk.
He is total douche bag
Who would have thought Boxey would grow up to be such an asshole?
He will always be Tom Sarek to me.
circa 2020 Peacock is supposed to eventually stream the new BSG // but there is room for the version of starbuck that dirk talked about now in 2020 streaming allows for such content to be made for and to order to adults as TVs come with adult viewing controls and HBO MAX, HULU type competition for the adult market the version of the 55 yr old starbuck still smoking and drinking and playing around like a Fonz it would play it would in an era of cancel culture the version dirk said could not in 2012, could play in 2020 on select streaming // RIP R H.
THat's just his personality.
It's Boomer!
Battlestar Galactica should have been two-hour movies four times a year like originally planned. This would have allowed the scripts to be better and the audience viewing would have remained high as it was a "special event" during sweeps week. But ABC killed the golden goose by forcing a series with no time to write quality scripts. The show could have lasted five years if they had stuck to the original plan.
The two people closest to the "Nerd" MOderator- I don't remember then being on the show. What about Anne Lockhart- Cain's Daughter or the actress who played Lorne Green's Daughter? Also, Dirk Benedict seems like a real jerk on the Video and it also seems like he may be drunk or stoned.
Dillan as like star buck and troy.like boxie
Noah should have put his phone away. Seems a bit disrespectful.
Hmm.
I meant hated
The Old was the BEST !!!
Richard, Herb, Sarah and Jack were great. Noah and Dirk should have stayed home. They probably got paid a thousand each, maybe more, to show up for that too. Noah with his cussing is just so classless in public forum. Dirk just was a silly jerk. Its the same at Star Trek conventions ive seen too. Some of those actors are total assholes to fans. Most are washed up has beens now but act like their Gods at those conventions.
i want to give dirk benedict a slap
I want to use Dirks nuts sack as a speed bag! HHHAAAHAAA
MegaKamandi lol You'd be swallowing them.
You mean you want to slap his ass haters gonna hate.
it was a joke I love Dirk .and I would slap his ass if he asked me too!
I wouldn't but I'd take him along as my wing man any time :-)
I don't give a frack why people think nbsg was so great..other than the special effects, it was dank depressing and oversexes..classic was upbeat had aliens...and was fun.!
Then don't give a frack. The old one had its place, and the new one as far as I'm concerned was phenomenal. I don't understand why it's either one or the other with some people like you? As for Dirk's misogynistic belly-aching, well, Katee Sackhoff was a better Starbuck, is better looking, and a hundred times a better person.
Vern, if you love Sackhoff and the new series, great. If someone else doesn't, that's their right. Just saying.
It's interesting how Dirk Benedict is talking about how a character like _his_ Starbuck couldn't exist then (2012).
That's even true now (2021) especially with the Twitter crowd and the woke fad in Hollywood....
Unless it (a _BSG_ continuation) was independently produced.
I think Dirk really hates the new Galactica and the lack of humour in it, which is horrible. I haven't even watched it! I just give up with TV after the 80's.
He hates it because Katee Sackhoff turned her Starbuck into one of the great Sci-Fi female characters of all time, while he'll just be an * when all is said and done.
@@ohioexpax1592 That's only part of it. He also hates because it deviated from the original in so many ways. Not just feminizing characters. And again, in case you didn't get it the first time, I HATE THE CAMPY EPS. TOS was NOT always happy and upbeat. But it sure seems like the new series was mostly (if not always) depressing, dark and gloomy. Do we really have to have that much darkness in a series? Yes I know this is how the world is but do we need constant reminders of it in everything we watch?
Dirk is a poor representation of TOS, because of his grumpy attitude. But look at how Richard Hatch felt about it. (I know he was on the new series too, thanx.) Look at how some of the original cast felt. Except for Noah, LOL. He's a punk with a crappy attitude.
Edit - I realize it looks as though I am against women who are tough and strong. NOTHING COULD BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH. I'm a woman myself (not as pretty as the ones on either series) but I've had to deal with some major issues too, and I've had to overcome a lot so I know about being tough and strong.
For anyone reading this - I'm NOT against powerful women, it just appears to me that in the new series, they make it look like men are not (tough, powerful etc.) but the women are. TOS had their share of both, and from what I saw of the new series, it didn't seem that way. Why not have some males and females who are strong? And NO I'm not a femininst, I don't have a masculine ego, etc. These are just my opinions (yes I know it's stupid and I suck, thanx.)
The new one sucked! Bring back the orginal cast and new show and Lorne Greene Hologram
I loved the old one. I loved the new one. Why do you have to choose? One was meant to be campy; the other much darker. Variety is the spice of life.
@@ohioexpax1592 If some don't like the new series (myself included) let them feel that way. And please don't think they are being "masculine" or are male (bc I'm a female).
TBH, there is no way you could bring back the original cast due to their age, but you could bring the ORIGINAL version of the series back instead of the re-imagined, feminizing of some characters, dumbing down of others doom and gloom version we got instead (again JMO, you don't have to agree). It's great that there are some tough women in the new series, but how about some tough men (as warriors) too? A little more balance?
Also, since you also say you loved TOS you should know that it was NOT - I repeat *NOT* - intended to be "campy." They simply had some very bad scripts and did their best with what they had. I doubt that Glen Larson intended for it to be campy or dark. As I've said over and over, there ARE some serious storylines and not every ep has a happy ending.
I really hope you don't believe fans like myself enjoy TOS for the camp (I hated them). I enjoyed it for the few GOOD stories that were made, the fine acting, and the theme of hope instead of depression and despair. Trust me, TOS cast has moments of despair too. It's there. It upsets me to no end that so many fans tend to see TOS as just a comedy for kids. I hate the fact that there are some simply awful scripts the cast got. Some downright STUPID. But they did what they could with what they had.
I only wish the new series had a little more hope and a lot less realism. But I know in this day and age, ppl want realism, depression and despair. I'm just older and have seen too much of that IRL. I really hope nobody will think I want nothing but upbeat, happy, joyful eps in whatever I watch (I DON'T).
Star Wars Episode 7....the worst one, by far
Noah's behavior sums it up - who cares?
I watched the original - gave up before the end of the first season because it was clear, they had no idea where they were going, literally and figuratively. It felt like a rehash of Bonanza except Ben Cartwright was now Adama, and the Ponderosa was the Galactica. In any case the only reason they had this panel was because of the reboot. You might as well have had a panel for Petticoat Junction.