| Re: Just got done watching original BSG on DVD. [message #22218 is a reply to message #22217] |
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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. :-\
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