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Re: Just got done watching original BSG on DVD. [message #25524 is a reply to message #22218] Mon, 19 November 2012 19:25 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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> In article <5091E9B7.BD1C035@hotmail.com>, RT <traRvEskyMOVE@hotmail.com> wrote:

>

>> Your Name wrote:

>>> In article <507AF460.89488CDD@hotmail.com>, RT <traRvEskyMOVE@hotmail.com>

>>>> Your Name wrote:

>>>> >

>>>> > In article <506C55B2.565E634A@hotmail.com>, RT

> <traRvEskyMOVE@hotmail.com>

>>>> > > Your Name wrote:

>>>> > > > BillV2320@webtv.net (The Void Era Man) wrote:

>>>> > > > >

>>>> > > > > In hindsight with the new series someway behind us and all of its

>>>> > > > > offshoot options truncated, i think i can say i like the Original

>>>> > > > > better.

>>>> > > > > maybe it has nostalgia because i was only 14 when it debuted

> and scifi

>>>> > > > > of that magnitude was rare in theater OR TV in those days.

>>>> > > > > yeah, it had some corny stories and it didnt have the gritty

>>> 'real' feel

>>>> > > > > of the new, but i like it because it was more escapist

> fantasy and not

>>>> > > > > just a displaced post apocalypse set in space.

>>>> > > > > i kind of see that roland moore sold his premise clothed in BSG

>>>> > > > > because ...

>>>> > > >

>>>> > > > The revival of Battlestar Galactica wasn't even remotely Ron

>>> Moore's idea.

>>>> > > >

>>>> > > > It was started long before he was recruited to the job, but

>>> originally the

>>>> > > > new series was going to be a proper sequel to the original

> Glen Larson

>>>> > > > series, and at one stage it was helmed by Bryan Singer who

> unfortunately

>>>> > > > had to pull out due to commitments with the X-men movie and other

>>> things.

>>>> > > > He did much of the ground work, including getting many of the

> CGI models

>>>> > > > created that Ron Moore than later took over.

>>>> > > >

>>>> > > > I'm not even sure it was actually Ron Moore's idea to do a remake /

>>>> > > > reimagining, or whether that was (partly) forced by the idiots

> in studio

>>>> > >

>>>> > > See

>>>> > >

>>>> > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlestar_Galactica#Attempted_ revivals

>>>> > >

>>>> > > and

>>>> > >

>>>> > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlestar_Galactica#2003_reima gining

>>>> > >

>>>> > > > management. It wouldn't surprise me if he wanted to make his

> own, likely

>>>> > > > hopeless, show and just like his mentors (Star Trek's Beavis &

> Butthead

>>>> > > > twins: Berman and Braga) got pushed into doing something he didn't

>>> really

>>>> > > > want to do OR if he agreed to do it simply to get a big name on

>>> his resume

>>>> > > > so he could then do his own show.

>>>> > > >

>>>> > > > > it was much more likely to be picked up as a series if it had an

>>>> > > > > established name on it already.

>>>> > > >

>>>> > > > The problem is that that makes no sense at all. If the original

>>> Battlestar

>>>> > > > Galactica was supposedly so bad, why would they reuse the

> name? Anyone

>>>> > > > with a micro-milligram of common sense isn't going to watch

> something

>>>> > > > called "Battlestar Galactica" if they didn't like the original

>>> show called

>>>> > > > Battlestar Galactica ... that would be like going into a

> restaurant to

>>>> > > > order spinach soup when you know you don't like spinach soup,

> but are

>>>> > > > stupidly hoping / expecting it's not actually spinach soup. :-\

>>>> > > >

>>>> > > > It would make FAR more sense to use a totally new name for

> their very

>>>> > >

>>>> > > Why would it make sense?

>>>> >

>>>> > If you don't know, then there's zero point even attempting to explain it

>>>> > ... as I said,the vast majority of the human race are apparently lacking

>>>> > in any "common" sense.

>>>>

>>>> This means you can't explain it.

>>>>

>>>> The story line is that Galactica is supposed to be the last

> battlestar. What

>>>> else would you call the show????

>>>

>>> I've already explained it, and those too dumb to understand it will never

>>> understand it.

>>

>> No, you haven't, because otherwise you aren't following the storyline.

>>

>> You want a last battlestar named, oh, Battlestar Fred? Or something about

>> battlestars and no attack on the colonies???

>

> There really are some complete and utter dumbasses on the Internet. The

> sticker "remove brain before use" should REALLY be taken off modems. :-\


I would to see your synopsis of a Battlestar Galactica show that didn't
include the Battlestar Galactica...

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