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Battlestar Galactica Resurrection Effort Described
MistGhost writes "A background story of the effort, both by Richard Hatch, and Ron Moore to resurrect Battlestar Galactica (NYT link so remember to lie on their free registration). Now that the show has started it's second season (at least here in the States) this article appears. " I sat down with the Tivo last night and really enjoyed the premiere. I think the SG-1 retooling as real potential too- that show has been stale for a long time.
Battlestar Galactica had it's moments that do stand up to the test of nostalgia (I was 7 and 8 in 1979), however Battlestar Galactica 1980 was a steaming pile of crap then, and even more so now. I was so glad 1980 aired while my mom was in the 'TV IS BAD FOR YOU!' stage and wouldn't let us watch television.
As a rock-in-roll Physicist once said, No matter where you go, there you are.
Richard Hatch's postition on becoming an actor in Ron Moore's version of Galactica seemed to be a combination of "don't cast me as a bit part in a miniseries", contractual negotiations concerning his promotion of a remake of Moore's original series and an attitude of, "hey I got us [the original Galactica fans] this far, didn't I?". I'd love to see him in that GalactiCon video backing Moore and looking like a complete sellout. Big money, here I come!
From the article, Hatch seems to provoke an air of original determinism, when in fact he really just wanted to be back in the next iteration of the show that launched him to sci-fi stardom. To all of the fans of Richard Hatch, just know that he sold out as soon as his antics looked like they were played out. We'll never know how much he really wanted an "original restart" since he signed a agreement ending his assault on the Galactica property and their appointees post haste.
As for Ron Moore, I can only say thank you!. You jump-started a series that was dead in the water and a sequel that was likewise (does anyone remember the ill-fated Galactica 198x series, with the two lunk-heads on motorcycles?) dead on arrival. Moore was in a position a stark few of us wish we were, to re-tool a franchise and re-make history, refreshed and revitalized. Hatch would have been dumber than that robotic dog's pcb turds to not have seen this and change his tune.