I'm still schizo about what the Sci-Fi Channel's done. I mean, on the one hand, I'm still supporting the "Second Coming" project which -- despite rumours to the contrary -- isn't dead. On the other, I think if you're going to go back and re-tell the story from the beginning, they couldn't have done it much better that what we're watching now. And that's got me to thinking...
How about a "re-imagining" of Uchuu Senkan Yamato/Star Blazers? There was a feeble attempt to create a live-action version for American audiences some years ago that would have featured the refitted USS Arizona as the Argo, but it (the project) never got off the ground. I found this a relief, because it shat all over the original concept as far as production quality goes, much like the aborted abortion of Glenn Larson and Todd Moyer's (of "Wing Commander" infamy) proposed BSG film project.
I think it could work if it's treated with respect, and if the story/dialogue doesn't get dumbed-down for a perceived target audience the way Star Blazers was...
--Jonah
Posted by Mark Nguyen (Member # 469) on :
There was already a re-telling of Star Blazers. They called it "Crusade".
[duck]
Mark
Posted by Peregrinus (Member # 504) on :
Oh, ha-very-ha...
--Jonah
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
I don't understand this, unless you were some sort of rabid fan of the original series of BSG - I can't see why you can't simply LOVE the new series. It's some of the best sci-fi, nay, TELEVISION on... television.
Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
I'm not sure there's any way to realistically spin a sunken battleship being retrofitted into a top of the line spacecraft. Not to mention the issue of flying around in a graveyard, but then that's a problem you'd have with the Yamato too. Having never seen the show, I wonder how that was addressed.
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
I don't know if the graveyard aspect was explained, but there was a reason for using a resurrected Yamato. Radiation bombs from the enemy were raining down on Earth, forcing the population underground. An enemy of the people raining radiation down on Earth contact Earth and offer to provide them with the technology to reverse the radiation damage. They also send them plans for a FTL engine and weapon. They use the Yamato because they can tunnel under it to get to it and convert it into a spaceship in secret.
Whether you thinks that's a reasonable explanation is up to you.
On Edit: I suppose I should also mention that the surface of the Earth was turne into a desert and that the enemy had pretty much wiped out the entire space defense fleet and shipyards.
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