Battlestar Galactica: The Second Coming (1999)

User Rating:

6.5/10   

Directors:

Richard Hatch
Jay Woelfel

Writers:

Richard Hatch (writer)
Sophie LaPorte (writer)

Genre:

Sci-Fi | Short

Cast

Richard Hatch	...	Commander Apollo
John Colicos	...	Baltar
Terry Carter	...	President Tigh
Jack Stauffer	...	Bojay
George Murdock	...	Dr. Salik
Richard Lynch	...	Count Iblis
Phil Brown	...	Council Elder
Mickalean McCormick	...	Lt. Troy
Ali Willingham	...	Ensign Cienna
Szilvia Naray	...	Col. Athena
Nicholas Walker	...	Sire Talamon
Jere Jon	...	Capt. Temel
Don Hughes	...	Lt. Tristin
Athena Demos	...	Capt. Kir'oss
Frank Ruotolo	...	Lt. Atilla

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Company:

Su-Shan Productions

Trivia:

Although public showing at sci-fi conventions is allowed, licensing restrictions prevent this short from being televised or made available over the Internet. Another 1970s sci-fi cult classic, "Space: 1999" (1975), was also the subject of a one-time-only revival in 1999 (Message from Moonbase Alpha (1999)).

Movie Connections:

Follows "Battlestar Galactica" (1978)

Wish it would come to fruition!!

Hatch and the gang that assisted with the new CGI stuff and editing in the finer points from series footage have made a trailer that says- YEAH!!! I saw this at a private home showing almost 2 years ago and was simply delighted. Talking with Mr Hatch there, his enthusiasm was very apparent but so was a glimmer of doubt as he talked of being thwarted here and there on the way to presenting the trailer to Universal. And we hear a new series and or film from elsewhere may come to pass (Please leave Glen Larson out of it! I thank him for spawning the series and damn him for letting it become what all his series do- crap). BG's potential was in performances compelling, stories occasionally great but often good and an overall backdrop that could replace the excitement of a movie serial as we once thought would be (George). I want to see this project become a full big screen treatment. We'll see....