Sci-Fi Channel remake of Battlestar Galactica
Hello, all,
Well, I'm sure a great deal of you, if not all of you have read about or at least heard of the Sci-Fi channel remaking Battlestar Galactica into a four hour epic movie, serving as a pilot for a potential new series.
There appears to be a pretty good cast lined up. Among those is Edward James Olmos, whom I assume is going to play Commander Adama.
Now, for something that may get a bunch of old school BG fans in a sure undie bundie: Starbuck is going to be a woman in this remake. Well, I must say I will find this interesting, myself, to see how the Apollo/Starbuck dynamic will work this time around.
Many old school fans will probably balk at the mere mention of this changeup.
It looks like they are going to try for a somewhat more realistic approach to the Cylon assault on humanity...bringing it across much the same way as 9/11 hit us. (Of course, in the 90's and the millenium, visual media has seemed to strive more uber-realistic portrayals of fictional events.)
Furthermore, it looks like they might try to redesign some of the ship designs. The reason being that ships need not look so aerodynamic in space. I don't think they're gonna mess to much with the Colonial Viper design. I hope they don't monkey around too much with anything else.
I will expect the special effects to be nothing short of spectacular. Considering the work that Sci-Fi did for the DUNE movies...this movie should ROCK visually.
Although I am an old school BG fan (Galactica 1980 notwithstanding....it does not exist....la la la la la), I will give this new effort a chance. I will see what it has to offer. If it grabs me in the pilot, I will watch a few episodes to see if it can keep me. If they screw BG up...well...I still have that good ol' 2hour and 5 minute DVD of the original pilot.
What'chall think of the project?
Respectfully,
General Chang
"So the Enterprise is on her maiden voyage, eh? Now that is one well endowed lady. Ah'd like to get mah hands on her ample nacelles, if ye'll pardon the bit o' engineerin' parlance." -Scotty, STAR TREK, 2009