Much of what made "Battlestar Galactica" great was a pushback against "Star Trek". Moore had been one of the mainstays of the "Next Generation" and "Deep Space Nine" writers' rooms, but had become ...

If you wanted to assemble a time capsule of late 1970s pop culture, the original "Battlestar Galactica" would be a good place to start. Not only was it an unashamed attempt to cash in on the ...