Battlestar Galactica Movie News.
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Well, within nuBSG's continuity, Cylons evolved pretty much independently in two different star systems (the Colonies, and Not-Earth), and - more to the point - Colonial society managed to be almost an EXACT COPY of our own civilization (hell, even "All Along The Watchtower" turned up, millennia before Bob Dylan's birth
) so this doesn't seem too far out of line.As for TOS: Obviously it can't be the prequel, since it takes place at least in the present day (given that we hear the Galactica pick up the Apollo 11 signal), and nuBSG was 150,000 years in the past. So maybe nuBSG is the prequel. Meaning: The Cylons later went back to the colonies, rebuilt and repopulated them, and even forgot that they were Cylons. Thus starting the whole thing over again.
And I admit I do find it fascinating to think that every iteration of BSG that we will ever see, takes place in an endlessly repeating cycle within the same universe...
I hope the this new BSG film is a total reboot of the original BSG 1978-80 series and not Ron Moore's nuBSG 2003-09.
A new BSG trilogy could be first film colonies destroyed, second film battle cylon centurions & search for Earth and the third film find present day Earth [not 100,000+ years in the past] fortify the Earth's solar system against the cylons.
A new BSG trilogy could be first film colonies destroyed, second film battle cylon centurions & search for Earth and the third film find present day Earth [not 100,000+ years in the past] fortify the Earth's solar system against the cylons.
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Might be more likely now that Larsen has moved on.
TOS Galactica is on both Netflix and Hulu, if you have access to either of those.
There was an old Gold Key Star Trek comic where Kirk fights Kirk. It was explained that the Big Bang happened, the universe expanded to a certain point, then it collapsed in on itself, only to explode again in another Big Bang and repeat the cycle. The Kirk from the previous cycle was placed in a stasis pod that could survive the collapse. His goal was to kill "our" Kirk and alter the repetitive cycle.
So, what has happened before will happen again.
On the subject of 'all this has happened before' I would have liked the series finale of BSG 2003 to have ended, after the montage of robot shots we got, with the camera begining to pan up and dissolve to a space scene. Stu Phillips' Battlestar fanfare strikes up and with Lorne Green narrating 'Fleeing from the Cylon tyranny, the last Battlestar, Galactica leads a rag-tag fugitive fleet on a lonely quest, a shinning planet known as Earth.' with a CGI recreation of the classic Galactica and her fleet ala the end of a TOS episode.
I think a few years ago they would've got, but the current formula is moving towards a lighter tone and trying to base your movie around nostalgia factors. I'm not sure that would work with Galactica though, how many people are nostalgic for the original series now? I'm 30 and don't even remember it, I do remember repeats but I always thought it looked nothing but a cheap Star Wars knock off and would've rather watched B5/Trek.
Is this a common theory? I've never heard that before.
Oh, I don't know. I can just see Universal trying to get their own Guardians of the Galaxy with this BSG. Viper pilots would probably dress similarly to Star Lord...
It seems to me that the original series would make better blockbuster fodder. The later series seems more suited to the long-form serial approach that it used. The infiltration of the human Cylons seems more of a small screen type storyline that takes advantage of the intimacy of the living room.
Yeah, I'm curious about that as well.
The only thing I remember on that point is that if Richard Hatch had gotten his Second Coming project off the ground, he would have explained Galactica 1980 as a virtual reality simulation. Specifically, a simulation of what would have happened if first contact with Earth had gone disastrously wrong...
I really enjoyed the original series as a kid and absolutely loved the Ron Moore version. I still regard the latter as the greatest sci-fi TV show ever and up there with The Wire & The Sopranos as TV drama at its height.
So, having had an enjoyable, camp and lightweight but ultimately forgettable BSG and a grim and adult, utterly essential take, on the one hand, I can say that there's nothing more to be done with the show. But on the other, I can see that there's room for something in the middle ground, which won't detract from my enjoyment of either of the previous iterations. I'd have been more interested if Bryan Singer was still attached but I'll still give this a chance.
So, having had an enjoyable, camp and lightweight but ultimately forgettable BSG and a grim and adult, utterly essential take, on the one hand, I can say that there's nothing more to be done with the show. But on the other, I can see that there's room for something in the middle ground, which won't detract from my enjoyment of either of the previous iterations. I'd have been more interested if Bryan Singer was still attached but I'll still give this a chance.
Don't have Netflix and Hulu isn't available in my part of the world. Thanks for trying though.
Certainly, any BSG film made at this point will be based on the original, but I think some of Ron Moore's ideas might seep into it all the same. Female Starbuck, human-form Cylon commanders instead of the Imperious Leader for example.
Depending on how much DNA, if any, survives from whatever Glen Larsen, Bryan Singer, and others had discussed, we're more likely to get a fairly standard repurposing of the original series - which means the old Egyptian-influenced uniforms, alien Cylons and their eponymous robotic henchmen, etc., with possibly a 'status upgrade' for some of the supporting female characters - than anything based, even in part, on the new series...
of course provided that this thing actually sees the light of day, which, as noted, I have serious doubts about.
of course provided that this thing actually sees the light of day, which, as noted, I have serious doubts about.
^^All I'm going by is back when Bryan Singer was involved, he said he was seriously considering a female Starbuck for the movie. And everyone's trying to be like Guardians of the Galaxy these days. Paramount actually mandated Star Trek Beyond to be like it, and indeed Kirk's field uniform does resemble Chris Pratt's Star Lord outfit. It wouldn't surprise me to see Universal try to get a slice of this pie too.
I think another route for more female participation would be to bring Athena in as a fighter pilot from the start. Perhaps even as co-captain with Apollo but for Red Squadron and utilize them more than the original series did. That way they could keep the old Apollo/Starbuck buddy dynamic but still be able to bring it up to date.
Wasn't that also the plot of a Futurama episode?
