Battlestar Galactica (NEW FILM)
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Riceball
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Not much news, but I guess that it's still in the works is news. This makes me wonder, if the movie does well enough, will they bring back BSG to the backlot tour at Universal Studios? Obviously not the original but a new version based on this new movie. Sadly, even if they do knowing Universal it will be just another 3D screen projection thing like Fast and the Furious and King Kong.
mkstewartesq
Sr Member
Didn't many of us say the exact same thing in 2002, when the new BSG series was announced with zero involvement from Hatch and Larson (and, in fact, expressly ended Hatch's own efforts at a grass-roots revival of the series)? I seem to remember that turning out pretty well overall, what with that Emmy Award-winning, Peabody Award-winning series that ran from 2003 to 2008.
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Axlotl
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Didn't that ship sail in 2002 when somebody decided Battlestar Galactica should be a soap opera?
I hope whoever's behind this movie steers BSG back to it's space-combat action roots.
This has HUGE potential for the kind of franchise everybody seems to be scrambling for in Marvel's wake.
If they do this right, it could be bigger than Star Wars.
patrickivan
Sr Member
No--- No you are not alone. I struggled through it. Bored to tears. Dialogue, story... *shudder*
Not to dump on anyone who likes it. I've no issue if anyone does.
Cool upgraded ships and FX though!
And if there's a movie with some actual interesting story line to it, I'd be more than glad to pay to see it.
Nitz146
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The First season was ok but after that it REALLY took off. It became one of my favoite shows.
Yeah,
Plus I've been watching the original again on METV,
The whole heart of BG... basically Mormons in space, paternal, mythical, biblical, family.
I just wish they would have called the new one something else, it might have left the door open.
But I suppose there is no way that would be presented today anyways I guess.
Galactican
Sr Member
I'm looking forward to this. As long as they manage to give the Cylons their bad-azz robotic voice back I'm in. Woo-hooo, woo-hooo...! 
So will this be old BSG or reboot BSG? I'm in either way.
No some were horrified by what that Series did.
For me it was a HUGE wasted opportunity, the first 2 seasons were all right and the rest just took a nosedive and crashed and burned. :unsure
For me it was a HUGE wasted opportunity, the first 2 seasons were all right and the rest just took a nosedive and crashed and burned. :unsure
I didn't even make it through the first episode of Nu-BSG. I bailed after the fembot murdered the infant, although I found that distasteful, that isn't why I turned it off. it was that BLASTED kids-with-a-camcorder armature-hour camera work that made me leave, as it was giving me a headache! The movie industry spent decades, and millions of dollars finding ways of eliminating shaky camera work, and some people go do nausea-cam on purpose because they think it looks more 'real'. IT DOESN'T!!
David.
David.
MooCriket
Master Member
No definitive news yet on that. A year ago it was speculated that it would be a franchise building reboot of the 70's series. I am hoping whatever we get is closer to the 70's show.
SmilingOtter
Master Member
If it's not connected to either of the series, then I'm curious about how they plan to tell the story in 2+ hours. the story seems much better suited to a TV series than feature films.
mkstewartesq
Sr Member
Probably just like the first two-hour episodes of each of the original series and the reboot. Start just before the attack, show the attack and its aftermath, show some big conflict/new setting that happens as they embark on their journey, and end with the fleet searching for earth, thereby setting up the (hoped-for) sequels. I certainly don't see them finding Earth in the film, as that would effectively destroy the "come back to see what happens next" potential.
Which is one of the main reasons why I (or, I would suspect, most of the people who have spoken up in this thread) wouldn't see a point to it. It's a retelling of an origin story that's already been told twice before - so the only way to make it interesting is to add some new facets or changes (which nu-BSG did, and apparently no one in this thread liked.)
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Axlotl
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I want them to assume that this will be a franchise and end the first movie on a cliffhanger. Then end the second movie on a cliffhanger.
Make every movie just like The Empire Strikes Back.
The world of Battlestar Galactica is perfect for the kind of throw-back serialized storytelling GL was going for with Star Wars.
But please, please, please invest in some art/production design this time. Show me a pic of some guy in a 20th century suit and tie holding a Glock and I'm out.
Interesting coincidence: This just showed up in my "recommended" list.
Make every movie just like The Empire Strikes Back.
The world of Battlestar Galactica is perfect for the kind of throw-back serialized storytelling GL was going for with Star Wars.
But please, please, please invest in some art/production design this time. Show me a pic of some guy in a 20th century suit and tie holding a Glock and I'm out.
Interesting coincidence: This just showed up in my "recommended" list.
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