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New Battlestar Galactica Series Greenlighted
Trunks writes "A few days ago the Sci Fi Channel officially announced a 13 episode season for Ronald Moore's Battlestar Galactica remake. Looks like they'll be bringing back most of the cast members, including Edward James Olmos and Mary McDonnell. The new series will begin a few days after the miniseries that aired a few months back. Production commences next month in Vancouver, B.C." This had been speculated previously, and the rumors are indeed true.
Just because production is in BC doesn't mean the idea came from there. Lots of American movies are shot in BC and Toronto ("Hollywood North") lately.
The 2003 mini-series was shot in Burnaby. Most of the work ws done on sound stages (presumably on Boundary Road) but SFU was also used for one or two scenes. The production office is in North Van.
To be honest I had serious reservations about them bringing this one back. However, once I actually sat down and watched it I was blown away. Personally I think they hit a homerun with the pilot and can't wait to watch the new series. They did so many thing right IMO: the Sci-Fi wasn't so much "Fi" as I thought they'd throw at a show of this type. For example: Ballistic weapons, somewhat realistic space flight (thrusters), and the cinematic zooms all help add some realism to the space scenes.
On top of all that they nailed the human side of the story. Family ties, personal relationships, etc all played a huge role in the pilot (perhaps even more so than in the original series). For me, this is the element that makes the show so good.
My only fear is that they change the characters or take away from the dynamics of what they were building.
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As far as I know SFU was also used in 'the 6th day', 'Agent Cody Banks' and the 'Stargate SG-1' (the campus is known as 'Tolana' in the series).
Can't find the reference links right now though (try Google).
nope. It is simple exchange rate economics. It is just cheaper to pay in Canadian dollars then American dollars, they have all the same unions and regulations that they have south of the border in Washington, but costs are a whole lot less.
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Sounds like you didn't watch the end of the mini-series.
True, still not the original role, but not what you described, either.
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Yes, one of the most overused pieces of movie music in history. The "Battle at the Pyramid" track from the Stargate soundtrack is used in countless movie trailers, not to mention all over the TV show. Heh. Like you said, they finally have some newer music based on David Arnold's original score for the film. I like the "sad" version of the theme; it's almost piano-y.
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The Seventies. It wasn't that the studios decided to suddenly start making good movies. It was more a case of them not knowing what kind of movies would sell. So they let filmakers have free reign over content. Read the book: "Easy Riders, Raging Bulls" for the full story.