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The schematic of the Galactica makes it look like an Eaves Dominion design!
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Looks like they altered the profile of Galactica, if only by adding to the bottom section, for whatever reason.
Interesting that those two pics of Cylon's (page 4) are very similar to the original series, tho that second one appears to have a smaller eyeslot, making it seem like he's mimicking a human w/only one eye. Wish they'd included some sort of captions w/the pics so we'd know who/what everyone/everything is.
I'm going to do my best to keep a very open mind about this series when it finally aires.
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So. . . They can mess with the design of the Galactica, but not the Vipers - easily onme of the less-plausible SF ship designs ever? They can make Starbuck and Boomer women, and Tigh white, yet have to have Boxy AT ALL? And, by the look of it, played by someone almost identical to the original little pest?
That said, I always like BG, can clearly remember going to see it in the cinema (the pilot was released theatrically in the UK to cash in on the Star Wars craze, and we had to wait for about 5 years before they showed the series) so I'll give it a go. 8)
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That's like being annoyed that we "bagged" other sci-fi channel gems as Tremors: the series, Scare Tactics, and Crossing Over with John Scammer before they aired.
Some things require an open mind, but when the synopsis calls it a "sexy version" of the original, it's hard to take it seriously. All this turd needs now is to have Gene Roddenberry's name slapped onto the front of the title to open the Seventh Seal and doom all of science fiction forevermore.
I'm trying to keep hope alive for the "V" re-launch movie....mabye I'll skip all the spoiler threads to maintain some shred of hope there.
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What's really irratating about this whole "re-imagining" of Galactica is that this concept seems like they were trying to spend as little to no money on sets, props, and special effects as possible and screw Richard Hatch out of an acting part and paycheck.
I think that he should be acknowledged for his efforts of trying to keep Galactica alive and generate some interest in a new series or movies. I understand that his novels and comics were well received by Galatica fans.
It seems pretty thankless to me that they didn't hire him for even a part on this "re-make".
The whole thing will probably be a disaster and kill off the Galactica franchise for good and torpedo future efforts to produce what we the fans really wanted. For heaven sakes, if you are going to call something Battlestar Galactica, you should remake it or add to it with most of its concepts in tact. Not rewrite the whole thing and then stick on the title.
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The Galactica franchise. OK. (Actually, a really drawn out OK, like: oooookaaaaaay.)
The, uh, franchise is not in danger of being killed by some new version. It is in the stomachs of worms already. It is fueling the growth of bright fields of flowers.
Nobody owes Richard Hatch anything. He was an actor on a TV show. Had his pitches fallen on more receptive ears, then good for him, I'd be saying. But they didn't. He should just take his million dollars and be happy.
Now, I can't imagine that I'll actually watch this new Galactica. I'm not exactly full of fond childhood memories of the show, despite watching it a lot in syndication. The only part that I actually found interesting was burned through in the pilot. So, from where I'm standing, the only appealing approach is to toss everything that came after and go back to that. But that's what Homeworld is for. Anyway, what I was getting at was that of all the complaints one could make about this miniseries, cheap-o production values seem the least supportable. Those are some pretty nice pictures.
Besides, wasn't famed TV producer Glen Larson shopping his own remake/sequel around town too? Shouldn't he get some support?
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