Comments on: Battlestar Galactica: New Movie in the Works — Is It What Fans Want?

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 15:34:20 +0000

Come on..the original show was so hammy it was rediculous. Lorne Greene and his bad toupe’s…the horrible last couple of seasons set on earth…that annoying little robot…and that kid. thank god it was cancelled and put out of its misery. Now the remake..much more dark and gritty and serious…much better drama. Great actors..and they even brought back one of the old original guys. I grew up on the original series..but the reboot was so much better!

By: Millennian

Millennian — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 01:01:39 +0000

I want (and I think the post war boomers want) a BSG REVAMPED with more of what we liked about the original. Pangea, Eden and The Fall of Lucifer. More intrinsic charecters and memorable dialog.

Something like finding the cup that Lucifer once bore light in to the gods and even to God.

Narration continues for pilot,

TNENT speaking,

“Captain! We are inside the first asteroid cave, sir. We have identified the device as a hydrogen oxygen engine of some kind, that utilzes helium/tritium radiance, and converts silicon to what appears to be any element we know about…”

SILK speaking, “And then Some!”

TNENT continuing, “It’s over twelve stories high and the electrodes are still visible, though corroded… the metalic substance appears to be an alloy of, uh? Silk! Do you have the alloy data set ready to send yet?”

Silk exclaims,
“A cup! It’s a cup!”
“It’s a giant cup of light!”
“A Light bearing cup!”
” MY GOD! IT’S A LIGHT CUP! WE’VE FOUND IT!”

TNENT continues, “One moment, Captain.”

By: Skyler

Skyler — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:40:37 +0000

I can only hope that a continuation of the Original 1978 Series (barring the events of Galactica 1980) will take place this time. Nothing against the Ron Moore series, but fans have been waiting a long time to finish this story. Please Keep the Original Cast, Characters and Themes alive in this movie. Finish the story we never got to see. Include a cast of younger actors to take the story to the next generation, bring back any original actors that want to return to bring the story full circle. If they do not want to return, give them a end befitting a Colonial Warrior.

If you need ideas, watch Battlestar Galactica the Second Coming to see what a lot of the Fans want….

By: ManWithSword

ManWithSword — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 04:44:26 +0000

I think if this film doesn’t have the involvement of Ron D Moore, David Eike, and the cast from the reimagined series, then its going to be an embarassing flop. Bryan Singer’s last attempt to revive a franchise was Superman Returns which was frankly lifeless and banal. Ron D Moore has given Battlestar Galactica some much needed depth and subtlety in its writing and characterization. Glen Larson, famous for the original BSG, Airwolf, and Knight Rider, only brings swathes of cheesyness to the science fiction table, and that, coupled with the ‘talent’ of Bryan Singer, can only result in a loud, explosive, glossy, but ultimately shallow cinema outing for the BSG franchise.
What I would like to see is Universal buying the cinema rights from Glen A Larson, and the BSG franchise, with the cast of the series, returning to the big screen. Ron D Moore’s BSG, and judging by the pilot, Caprica also, was and will continue to be the best drama on television to date.

By: Jean Williams

Jean Williams — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:23:28 +0000

I would love to see the continuation of the original BSG A show based on the original actors and their children…something along the lines of The Second Coming would be wonderful. But i know they have other ideas….please at least bring back the original Actors who fought so long and hard for BSG fans. Give us Starbuck and Apollo…please!

By: Diane

Diane — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:57:10 +0000

I would be first in line to see a continuation of the original!

By: Jackson

Jackson — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:58:40 +0000

The article says “Though it often won its timeslot, the ratings weren’t likely high enough to justify the production costs and it was cancelled in April 1979.”

Kronus, your quote says, “the show went down due to cost overruns.”

The bottom line is that the cost was too high compare to what ABC was making back.

If the show got bigger ratings, they would have continued to air it, no matter if the executives understood it or not. The networks are businesses that are looking at the bottom line, nothing more.

By: Kronus

Kronus — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:38:36 +0000

Necron2.0…BANG ON! Keep the truth alive! I remember this when I was a kid. For some reason many are wanting to play down ABC’s true intentions as to why BSG was cancelled. Here is a quote from http://www.tvparty.com/70battlestar.html :
“The series eventually was shot down in its infancy by penny pinching on the part of the network, despite the fact that its ratings were healthy. As actors began to settle into their roles, and writers had a better handle on the characters, the show went down due to cost overruns.”

By: Shawn H

Shawn H — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:32:51 +0000

You know it’s funny because no matter how much the sci fi channel will tell that the original Galactica fans don’t exist, when it counts, we come out of the wood work in a pretty good number.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:30:53 +0000

I wold love to see the oriiginal BG back on but same actors & sets, costumes and up dated special effects other than that the formula worked great. I have heard of it coming back before.It did’t happen I just wish they would go back and redo the special effects for the original dvd’s

By: monolith21

monolith21 — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 07:44:19 +0000

I can’t wait to see this film! Brian Singer and Tom DeSanto really are the right people for the job. Heck, most of the defining moments of the Ron Moore series came from their continuation ideas! I’m sure they’ll go in a new direction though. Its about fracking time this movie got made!

By: Necron2.0

Necron2.0 — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 01:06:43 +0000

One thing that should be noted about Ron Moore’s remake is, despite all the media hoopla and viral campaigning, it never garnered enough ratings to beat out even an animated sponge. Even on SciFi, it could only MATCH the ratings of a show that had already been running for several years – a show that had become stale.

By comparison, the original BSG had rewritten the map of television, quite literally. Despite what has been suggested in the article above, it was not cancelled for ratings or production costs. It was cancelled for no more indepth reason than that the executives at ABC were biased against Science Fiction and did not want to be known as the network for geeks. This is documented in the magazine “Fantastic Films” (issue #29, June 1982) in the article entitled “Who Killed the Battlestar.”