Battlestar Galactica 2003
I have only seen a preview of the show. They tell us that the story is the same, but updated.
My main gripe so far is making Starbuck a woman. An angry woman. Sorry, this doesn't work for me. We need the buddy feeling of the two leads. He is supposed to be the relaxed cigar-smoking, gambler who stays cool. He's a joker and a ladies' man. Apollo is the one who gets emotional. Hopefully, the new Starbuck won't be too angry. Boomer is a woman too. Okay, I can deal with this because this is a support character and could be either. I cannot find Athena or Sheba in the new cast list. Did they decide they were now superfluous?
Katee Sackhoff, the new Starbuck, tells us to "Deal with it."
They appear to have made the Cylons human-shaped. Production costs are down, but will it work? Cylons don't stop. They keep coming. They don't have expressions, so you don't know what they are thinking. You would know if a 6ft+ Cylon had come into the room. They were scary.
If they look like humans, this is a different show. Number 6 is a female human-shaped Cylon. Well this has just become Bladerunner in space. Yay.
The uniforms are no longer brown suede. They look like the uniforms out of Enterprise. Not a bad thing in itself, but why change such cool looking outfits?
On the postitive side, the special effects look good. They have very good looking Vipers, and the Battlestars don't look bad either. I hope the writers remember that it's characters that drive the story, not special effects.
Apparently, the series has been commisioned so people must have liked it. Maybe I just don't like people messing with a good thing. Like Lucas adding a crap Jabba to a New Hope, but we won't get into that now.
This is airing here next week, so we'll see.
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We saw the new BG on Friday night - and I just didn't like the Starbuck character (chippy, mouthy tough-chic), nor the Apollo character (arrogant, humourless)but there were other interesting minor characters and the special effects were pretty good. Not a patch on the original, but I'll give it another chance this week.
Richard Hatch is good and miffed about the whole thing, especially since his remake was not produced years ago. I have heard people who liked it, but they do say it has to be watched on its own, not as anything to do with the original.
I have the videotapes of the new show now, but I'm loathe to watch them. I have a feeling I will hate it.
I saw the 'movie' on Sky, was that the series cobbled together or was that a precursor to the series. Is the series currently showing somewhere? I enjoyed the film and would like to catch the series.
Saw the new Battlestar. Taped it. Love it. Sure, there is room for improvement, but there always is with pilots. Anyone remember how stiff Star Trek, the Next Generation was in the beginning? And the characters? SO two dimensional! But once it hit stride, it took off. Galalctica 2003 was much better in that sense by far. It has true potential. Were half the "fans" griping about the remake even born when it aired? I was there, glued to the set. It was great, in 1978, but wouldn't work today. A classic is a classic, but you can't relive the past. Doesn't work. I love what they are doing with the new one. Biggest flaw? There weren't enough Battlestars in "Battlestar". We get lip service about Galactica being the last of the original battlestars, and then don't get to see even ONE of the newer ones to compare it to. Maybe they'll correct this in the series.