10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
A kind of "best of" Galactica 1980, September 6, 1999
This review is from: Battlestar Galactica: Conquest of Earth [VHS] (VHS Tape)
Though, I do agree that the G'80 series was horrible, it did have some interesting moments. "The Return of Starbuck" was obvoiusly the best episode. "Conquest of Earth" starts off with the first part of "Galactica Discovers Earth" , then skips the stupid subplot and goes right into "The Night the Cylons Landed". Thank goodness they edited all the stupid scenes from it though. I think maybe Glen Larson released "Conquest" to kind of squeeze something good out of G'80. One review on here said that there was no explanation as to the two Dr' Zee's. Actually there is a redub in "Conquest" that mentions that one is Dr. Zee and the other is his brother Dr. Zen. For the most part, "Conquest" is not a great movie, but it's much better than the entire series of Galactica 1980.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
A Sloppily Edited Movie Which Is Satisfactory At Best, August 3, 1999
By A Customer
This review is from: Battlestar Galactica: Conquest of Earth [VHS] (VHS Tape)
I must say first of all that amongst the sea of people who were against the very concept of a "Galactica 1980" series in which the Galactica found earth, I was one of those people who actually thought that "Galactica 1980" was pretty cool when I was a child. Now that I'm grown up, I understand why this short-lived "Galactica 1980" series was a disaster and why people these days are screaming for redemption in the form of a new "Battlestar Galactica" movie. I would agree with many people who say that the series in which this movie was based upon is "bastardized".
This movie can only serve two purposes: First, it should put to rest any curiosity about what elements made up "Galactica 1980" and it can introduce the unread masses to what was never meant to be in Sci-Fi television. Second, it's for people like me who just want one more glimpse of some pieces of the episodes in "Galactica 1980" before it fades into oblivion. After all, I thought it was quite cool to see Troy and Dillon wear watches which made them invisible and to see the bikes which flew. These are novelties.
Other than those two reasons, this movie is altogether sloppy in its editing. The places where the score was rerecorded are disparagingly obvious, the voice-overs are very distinguishable, the change of actors for certain characters in mid-series (e.g. Dr. Zee) was never explained. Dr. Zee is one actor in the first hour and in the second hour, he is played by another actor. At least the producers of this movie could have done better job of making it look like they put some effort into this cut-and-paste film, and it only adds insult to the numerous injuries inflicted on "Galactica 1980" by diehard "Battlestar Galactica" fans.
Buy it if you think it will become a hot collector's item in the next 20 years. Otherwise, pretend the whole premise of "Galactica 1980" never existed.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
They finally made It!!!!, December 31, 2001
This review is from: Battlestar Galactica: Conquest of Earth [VHS] (VHS Tape)
I loved the original when it first started. When they finally reach earth its kind of cool. They got new flying bikes and stealth technology..I just wished the movie was edited better. But its one every collector must have....long live battlestar galactica............
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