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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Chairboy on March 01, 2003, 05:08:55 PM
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SciFi channel is doing a new Battlestar Galactica mini-series, possibly as a prelude to a new series. They aren't doing the Glen Larson thing and continuing the story 20 years later, it looks like they're starting over again.
SciFi Channel news release (http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/intro/index.html)
http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/intro/index.html (http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/intro/index.html)
Obligatory silly AH connection:
(http://hallert.net/images/galactica42.jpg)
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oh my god
if we're lucky, there will be nuclear war first
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It was a cool show for one reason. It had 'face' out of the A-Team in it, and in the intro for that show, there was one of the shiny evil robots which he gives a second glance.
Other than that it was pretty crap. I liked it when I was five, but now I'm 24 it's aged like a bottle of vinegar.
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You kidding? That show was great for the time. If done well, this could be pretty cool. (and yeah, the A-Team thing was cool.)
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Originally posted by hawk220
oh my god
if we're lucky, there will be nuclear war first
What an assinine statement... considering the world political climate right now. People like you should keep your traps shut!
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settle down bodhi, get your panties unbunched. its called flippant sarcasm.
wow. some people just LOVE to be irritated.
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"but now I'm 24"
Shit, I've got socks older than that.:)
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Love Battlestar, would've got the DVD box set by now if they hadn't thought to milk the $US dollars first...
I've read a little of the Ron Moore's battlestar and it could be rather bad...Apollo, Starbuck, Boomer are all now call signs ie. John Apollo Doe. The destruction of the colonies and the fundumentals of BStar are different. Starbuck's a women, with a possible love angst thing between her and Apollo etc etc...
Tronsky
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Ah, at least we won't get to see Dirk Benedict again, like tronski said, he's replaced by an actress.
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I want to see moffit kick some butt.
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i had battlestar galactica running shoes! BOOOYAH!
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So long as they can make Battlestar Galactica 1980 a "bad dream" sequence and not *really* one of the episodes....bleah...
Yea I've been following this Battlestar stuff for some time, there is a real nasty debate between fans wanting Richard Hatch's ("Apollo") vision of what BG should be and Geln Larson's....the two despise one another
There was a big to-do on this on SciFi about a year or two, elaborating the 2 sides opinions.
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"By your command"
Man I loved that show... wanted a robotic dog... got me a pug.
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Originally posted by Bodhi
What an assinine statement... considering the world political climate right now. People like you should keep your traps shut!
Holy toejam, someone needs to switch to decaf...
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Jane Seymour...
yum.
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Heard the MAW is standing in for the Cylons in the new one.....
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Originally posted by LePaul
So long as they can make Battlestar Galactica 1980 a "bad dream" sequence and not *really* one of the episodes....bleah...
Yea I've been following this Battlestar stuff for some time, there is a real nasty debate between fans wanting Richard Hatch's ("Apollo") vision of what BG should be and Geln Larson's....the two despise one another
There was a big to-do on this on SciFi about a year or two, elaborating the 2 sides opinions.
Same, I thought Hatch's and especially Moore's versions were not the way to go....
Perhaps its just better to let it all alone, and live in the glory days of 1979!
Tronsky
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I remember Battlestar Galacta. I was, oh I'm guessing, 13-years old at the time and as I recall made a great jump in the special effects as used in t.v. shows at the time. The show I remember as being quite interesting (I was in 4th or 5th grade at the time) was Space 1999. I'd love to see some of those again. I recall it being almost a Twilight Zone on the moon.
Yeah, leave it be (Battlestar) as a good memory.
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Originally posted by -tronski-
Same, I thought Hatch's and especially Moore's versions were not the way to go....
Perhaps its just better to let it all alone, and live in the glory days of 1979!
Tronsky
The documentary on their opinions was pretty well done. Hatch just soured a lot of people with this "let's make my own version and THEN they'll just HAVE to like my vision of Battlestar Galactica". The guy is pretty full of himself, his website tells of what an inspirational speaker or something he is now. Aren't washed up Sci Fi actors fun when they flounder in their own self-importance? :D
Dirk Benedict was interesting...he liked Hatch's "energy" and passion, but felt it was best to go the way Larson wanted to go, if they did do this over again.
Perhaps with such heavy opinions on both sides, it was best to wipe the slate clean and do it all over again, nullifying to warring factions?
Beats me man, I'm holding out for a new Buck Rogers! Be-de-be-de-be-de Hey Buck! :)
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Originally posted by Sandman_SBM
Jane Seymour...
yum.
Jane was the best reason to watch that show, other than the cool flight jackets and the kick-butt Vipers. The Cylons were ok as far as being the bad guys, but the robotic dog and the annoying boy were horrible attempts to pander to the "family" audience. But "Star Trek" was still the king of mainstream sci-fi and it had the added bonus of scantilly clad alien babes. Ah, yes. The green-skinned women of Orion....
After the first season or two, when they made it to Earth, things went horribly awry.
I guess its only fitting that its being directed by the guy who made a horrible mess of a movie adaptation from an Anne Rice novel by pandering to the MTV audience. I wouldn't be surpised if the actors end up getting replaced after the first year. The only bright spot is that the producers have done some good work so maybe they'll catch the errors before the show gets yanked.
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oh god, not more glory seeking big-hair wanna' be so-called pilots fighting overgrown shinny metallic toys again