New Battlestar Galactica - Worth a Series?

rwxJava asks: "Ok, so it finally aired! IMHO it was pretty good. The special effects were great (no major laws of physics were broken except maybe FTL travel), the characters, while drastically different from the original, were believable! After about an hour or so, I stopped trying to compare the mini-series with the original. My only complaint has to be the amount of commercials that Scf-Fi put in. I was able to put up a Christmas Tree during one commercial break. Guess the network needs to cash in on such a hyped up event! By the end, I was left wanting more! Anyone else think it is worthy of conversion to a series?" Now that you've have had a time to watch the entire 4-hour epic (does 4 hours really make a "mini-series"?), do you think your earlier comments were on target?

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[nickroethemeier]

Dude... get a Tivo... or better yet.. BUILD ONE www.mythtv.org and you'll get around those pesky ads

Just waiting for a thread about Mormon content...

[John Harrison]

in the original series. Every /. story involving BSG or Utah ends up having a nasty Mormon thread involving lots of ACs. So where is it?

.. what are these "commericals" you speak of?

[Pfhreakaz0id]

OH, someone who doesn't have a Tivo or replayTV yet. I never watch commercials anymore (but then again, I never watch live tv. Even if I'm not recording, I'll pause it and go do something else for a half hour just to avoid watching commericals).

So, what did you expect. . ?

[Fantastic Lad]

When you re-hash in order to cash-in on a child-hood memory of something loved. . .

Why, you get C*R*A*P!

There was no reason to re-make this show. The original was plenty dumb without the help of today's crop of even dumber television production people.

If you wanted to make a genuinely good Battle Star Galactica show, then you must continue the story that everybody already knows. Unfortunately, this ain't easy with that set-up. Galactica 1980, if I recall, sucked beans. In any case, I always thought the original idea for BG was meant to be a 'Chariots of the Gods' spin on Genesis. But this isn't exactly gripping stuff anymore. The idea of "Humans are of Alien Origin", while interesting, has been explored and isn't exactly current, interesting news.

So what IS current and fascinating. . ?

Here's what I'd like to see in a good Sci-Fi show. . .

Star Wars. In a galaxy far, far away. Jedi. Lots of planets. No one big 'Ship' which stands in for the much-loved and oft-copied Enterprise. That has been done. I want to see politics and mysticism done right. I want to see swashbuckling and adventuring across a galaxy embroiled in civil war against a fascist Empire.

Although, I don't think such a show could happen on today's ultra-controled media. Lucas' brain was melted for a reason.

Can't have the populace getting any bright ideas about higher awareness and rebellion against the Dark Side. --Or Old Repbublics transforming into scary new Fascist Empires. . , now can we? Although, I CAN'T think of a SINGLE reason why this might be. . .

-FL

Re:What about "why do the cylons want to kill us"?

[Penguinshit]

Wow.. you know.. I could *totally* live with that. And it would be much better than that "Theodore 'Christ' Preston" bullshit we all knew was coming but couldn't tear our eyes away from because of the sheer morbid horror of it all...

Let's face it, Keanu Reeves' best acting job came when he got run-through by John Malkovic's sword in "Dangerous Liasons" (oh, and I suppose "Speed" was kind of fun, but that's probably only because Dennis Hopper makes a good psycho).

Re:What about "why do the cylons want to kill us"?

[xaaronx]

My personal fantasy ending was one I knew Hollywood wouldn't have the guts for:

The machines win. Zion's destroyed. Most, if not all. of the "free" humans are wiped out . . . including Neo, because he wasn't the One (maybe Morpheus is a survivor if there are any and he blames his belief in Neo, and thus himself, for the defeat).

The last scene if the free humans are wiped out is of an Agent, not the now dead Smith, interrogating a hacker and the final shot is a zoom out and a door closing in front of the camera.

The last shot if any free humans survive is of a young teenager pulling herself out of some rubble and looking around and then up, looking tough as fuck and determined. She's already been introduced BTW.

Neither one's totally hopeless, but way too dark for a Hollywood film.