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Hi guys I was just wondering if anybody has or knows what the new Battlestar is going to look like? I have hear some rumors that it is no were near the original great old lady but something way off. If what I have heard is true it then I guess good old Ron Moore has pretty much wreck BG with his so called re-imagining garbage.
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Starbuck has a sex change, Tigh got bleached, and Glactica looks like a pregnant guppy from the side....
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Thank goodness they're not changing the Viper's appearance, though!
To be honest, though, I'd suggest withholding judgment to see the final CGI's in action... I remember seeing a preview sketch of the Serenity before "Firefly" aired... that looked like shit, too, because it didn't give a clear sense of its perspectives and coloring, or even really its shape. Hopefully, the ships will look better in action.
(This is assuming that everyone's not just hating the designs just because they're not reproductions of the originals.)
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Addendum: In browsing that site further, I found a concept sketch for one of the civilian ships in the "ragtag fleet," and the ship is compared to the OLD Galactica! Kinda confusing... though I suppose it could just be an early sketch from before the Galactica's redesign was completed. Hope springs eternal, though...
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To be honest, though, I'd suggest withholding judgment to see the final CGI's in action... I remember seeing a preview sketch of the Serenity before "Firefly" aired... that looked like shit, too, because it didn't give a clear sense of its perspectives and coloring, or even really its shape.
Good point, especially since Zoic, the same company that provided FIREFLY's superior fx work, is doing GALACTICA.
I am still boycotting the SciFiChannel (between cancelling FARSCAPE and not picking up series proposals like David Gerrold's STARHUNT and the way they carve up old TREK when they run it, there just ain't much to admire about them at all), but I suppose I'll see this BG on DVD when I get one of those 'rent one/get 2nd one free' offers from BLOCKBUSTER next year (that's how I finally wound up seeing ATTACK OF THE CLONES, too.)
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Cylon fighters are large droids now (sound familliar?) with no crews and they fire missiles wit long contrails in space. Pretty high tech.
New Cylons are Terminator-esque humanoids (sure saves on costumes, I'll bet!) with some rare older "centurian" redesigns in CGI.
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Oh, I can't wait to read the reviews here in Dec....
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quote:Cylon fighters are large droids now (sound familliar?) with no crews and they fire missiles wit long contrails in space. Pretty high tech.
New Cylons are Terminator-esque humanoids (sure saves on costumes, I'll bet!) with some rare older "centurian" redesigns in CGI.
What do you expect? Can't wait for Lucas to sue them again! And now they get to add Cameron to their list of enemies. Oh, the joy of being a ragtag production......
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Am I the only one who's honestly looking forward to it, then? I've watched the original "Galactica" series, though not all of the episodes. I've enjoyed them, and think that they were very good for their time. But I'm also very eager to see what Ron Moore has up his sleeve. I respect the opinions of fans who don't want to see the original formula messed with -- and I do wonder whether a new original story might've been a better way to go -- but I'm still interested to see what "Galactica" will be like now. The previews, although limited, make it look pretty darn interesting. The new dimensions added to Baltar's character, the new deviousness and generally greater intelligence given to the Cylons... I think it's got some promise. (But then, so did "Andromeda" years ago... )
Yes, I know I'd probably feel quite different if it were a TOS remake we were talking about here... but, well, so it goes...
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