I''ve already mentioned my feelings in my reply on the main page (I''m mr Anonymous, D''oh) I''ll also add that Ron Moore did some of my favourite trek stuff from my favoutite trek series DS9. However I hope to hell that they take Boxey and that stupid ""monkey in a suit"" daggit out this time around! I''m cautiously hopeful. (fingers crossed!)

I have an idea, how about we all wait till it comes out before we start talking about how awful it''s going to be.

I know there is a lot of absolute crap out there but no one forces you to watch it. So if you hate the idea of them remaking BG than while everyone else is watching the new one you can stick in a tape or DVD of the original and pretend it''s new all over again!

I sorta agree with Gaald. I mean how many of us thought the LOTR was ging to turn out as well as it did when we started reading about the changes Peter Jackson was making. I think that is probably a best case scenario, but still....I prefer to keep an open mind until I see the movie and realize how bad they f*cked it up.

It''s not so much that they''re remaking BG, it''s that the entertainment industry in general seems to have completly run out of ideas. Maybe it''s just me, but it seems like there''s a lot more remakes coming out these days. The only reason to make another version of Battlestar galactica is to make money off the name. Otherwise, they could do esactly the same story, and call it something else. If it''s a good story, then it should be able to stand on it''s own. Of course, every fanboy on the internet would start screaming ""BATTLESTAR RIP-OFF"" if they did that

That you''re happy they decided to pull the plug now rather than mandate shows from the producers which would''ve destroyed the series forever?

Show costs too much money vs. ad revenue. Way too much money. If Sci-Fi hadn''t axed it, they would''ve slashed its budget by a quite a bit, which almost certainly resulted in a very scaled down 4th season with perhaps even actors, writers, directors, and even producers bolting.

And who are they getting to play Cmdr. Adama? Well according to this it''s Edward James Olmos.

Riiight.

She appears to have a maw that could swallow the world.

Or your soul.

Yes, Rat Boy, it is ... but we let you hang around anyway!

It occurs to me that the same complaints against this new remake are the same ones that were directed at George Lucas when Episode I came out. People said it was to cheesy, it was to cute, and that Jar-Jar was obviously aimed at children. Yet if you never saw the original Star Wars and had just saw it now for the first time as an adult, you''d probably have the same impression. I think the main problem is that we''re comparing something we saw from the viewpoint of a child to something we''re seeimg with the viewpoint of an adult. Of course we think it won''t be as good, because back then, everything was new to us. Now of course, after having seen dozens and dozens of similar shows, we''re more jaded and are more likely to spot problems. Like Griffon said, it really wasn''t that amazing of a show anyway. The plots and storylines weren''t exatly rivaling Shakespeare. I think we''re comparing the new to our memories of the original, which may or may not match what we really saw.

Okay, I like Mr Olmos just fine...but why did this spring to mind instantly?

Crewmember - ""Sir, Cylyon Battlestar on Scope!""
(cue 80''s ''moody'' rock song)
Adama - ""Crockett! Tubbs! LAUNCH!""

/groan

lol.

I know I''m kicking a dead thread and this is a bit off topic... but I don''t care! I''ve just seen the LAST episode of Farscape tonight..... AAaaaaghhhhh! how can it end like that , THIS SUCKS I knew they''d canned the show, but I always keep away from spoilers so I didn''t know how it ended! I must say I''m gutted! I must know what happens next! They can''t be dead!

Oh, how wrong you all were.

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