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According to the commentary on the miniseries DVD, Moore wanted to keep the look of the ship much closer to the original, and had to fight with somebody higher up to keep any resemblance at all.
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I don't know. I think the McCarthy remake of the Star Chamber was pretty much a lifeless, moneygrubbing affair. Joe can call it a "reimagining" all he wants, but I know for a fact that Richard Hatch wrote some incredible legislation that would have been truer to the source material.
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YOu guys ever seen the Vipers and Galactica designs from the second Galactica series (the one that got canned just prior to filming)?
It's odd but almost the same thing happened to Galactica as Star Trek: Phase II.
Except Galactica never became a movie and the series was dead untill this new version.
The Vipers were damn cool though nad the Galactica had a only a few detail changes.
Both Galactica designs suffer from "starblazers syndrome"- meaning they have all the imporntant stuff on the dorsal side and nothing on the ventral side....no weapons even.
I guess it's the moving landing bays that bug me on the new version: moving parts on giant spacecraft is goofy.
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Where does everyone love on the new Galactica? With the retractable bays, most of the interior of the ship would be empty to accomidate the machinery needed to retract them inward.
...though, if they had a higher level of technology, it could be done on magnetic rails, I suppose.
It'll be intresting to see if the new G has main guns like the old one did. I recall the old Galactica destroying a basestar on one occasion with it's forward weaponry. With a name like "battlestar", you think it's more than just an aircraft carrier.
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quote:Originally posted by Topher: The basic shape is the same, yes, but the new Galactica is much better, IMO.
Earlier tonight I made a graphic comparing both by superimposing schematics of the old one on renderings of the new one. You may find it here.
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quote:Originally posted by Jason Abbadon: Where does everyone love on the new Galactica?
Judging from the miniseries, I'd say mostly in maintainance closets.
Marian
That was not exactly a cozy, romantic lovenest though.
..and I (obviously) meant "Where does everyone live on the new Galactica" but as it's St. Valentine's Day, it works both ways and I'll play it off as intentional.
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