From what I understand that's what he really hated. He didn't want the show to become a full blown war show, but he understood there needed to be conflict. I think the killer plants killed the show. I have that episode on tape, I can't believe it.
Any SEAQUEST fans?
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From what I understand that's what he really hated. He didn't want the show to become a full blown war show, but he understood there needed to be conflict. I think the killer plants killed the show. I have that episode on tape, I can't believe it.
At least that we can agree on.
Looking at what has been said, I don't think it is possible to do a reimagining that works, even with the supposed "good writers" I suggested upthread, because one will always lean too far into the military aspect or too far into the exploration/science fantasy aspect, neither of which will hold viewers in today's climate. What would have to be done is a radical reinterpretation of the whole idea, perhaps setting the new series in a far-future world where dry land is a mythical place, like a seaQuest-meets-Waterworld; and the crew of the seaQuest, which to them is an ancient vessel, are a band of wanderers (shades of Andromeda perhaps?) looking for dry land and becoming a de facto peacekeeping force.
Xeris, with all due respect, can you get your story straight.
First you say it needs science fiction, science fact, and human interest, or without any one of those three you have a dead fish.
Now you say, setting it in a far-future world where dry land is a mythical place, is somehow the answer. Which is a contradiction at least in part if not completely of your other statement. If its set on a far-future earth, or simply world. you loose the science fact, because if it is earth, the oceans, tides, currents, the simple environment/setting. would change, and anything information that follows would be speculation at best, and to borrow a phrase, fantasy at worst.
If you were going to make Seaquest, a waterworld meets Andromeda as your idea suggest. Why call it Seaquest at all and not just create something new entirely. Its like JJ. Abrams said "if you re-imagine something you should just imagine something else."
Plus, I think you need to give today's viewers at least a little more credit, after this election I think they still have the ability to surprise. And the last thing we need is another dumb down show. If the networks are just going to do that they might as well just re air Seaquests second season.
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If Seaquest is to be, re-booted, re-imagined, or simply continued. The idea should be to keep it simple and true to the original. Otherwise why not just create an all new show entirely.
Alright, I may be contradicting myself a little, but I don't think a show set in the far future should necessarily lose the science fact. Yes, we know that were the ice caps to melt completely this would change the currents - there would be no tides because there is no land - but extrapolation is not speculation, at least not exclusively. I'd like to read Christopher Bennett's take on a pelagic world in Over a Torrent Sea (Titan book 5) to see how his "real science" approach to science fiction works.
I do agree with JJ in some respects that if you're going to reimagine, you should imagine something else, but nuBSG is reimagined and while it is still BSG it is different at the same time. As for seaQuest itself, after thinking about things and looking at the series, I personally think it has too many flaws to be redone or have a sequel series made. In this instance it would be more beneficial to an "audience" in either television or literature to do an entire different show/novel.
That said, I would watch a reimagining or a sequel of the show just out of curiosity, and if it held my interest then all to the good.
I recall reading an interview with O'Bannon or an article on seaQuest in Starlog on this very subject. IIRC, O'Bannon like Roy Schieder wanted the series to be more character-driven rather than the plot-heavy episodes we got. Apparently, he wanted to do an entire episode in which the seaQuest was cut of from the world after what appeared to be a nuclear strike, exploring the situation through the characters in the claustrophobic setting of the sub.
If the show were to be reimagined, retooled or whatever re-word you want to use, I think the original premise has great potential to explore what our world might be like in say 15 to 20 years. What would be the political climate? What about our natural resources? What about the climate changes and would that necessitate colonizing Earth's oceans? What is the seaQuest's primary mission and how does that conflict with it's secondary?
Perhaps it's main mission is to keep the oceanic peace while it's second is scientific dealing with the climate crisis or renewable engergies? Not so much exploring but further science through the ocean itself. As someone stated upthread, in order to colonize a fair amount of mapping would have to be done. Or maybe one the sub's directives is to map for colonization.
What would motivate the people aboard seaQuest and how would those motivations clash with one another? One thing that I like about the first-season is the creation of a surrogate family for Bridger. I'd like to keep that in any new iteration even if Lucas was annoying and a Wesley-clone. They did what TNG never really did in giving Bridger a new "wife" and "son."
The concept was so ripe for projecting what kind of world we'd inhabit in 2015, but failed to do so in a satisfying manner for me. It could've discussed things such as fuel, global warming, etc in a way that hadn't or couldn't be done in any other drama. Instead, it opted for the easier and cliched stories found in other science-fiction programs like Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. It's a sea show so let's do a ghost ship, etc. Meh!
Nevertheless, the first season is one of my guilty pleasures. The seasons that followed, pure rubbish for me.
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No, not entirely. I know I finally finished watching Season 2 over the 4th of July holiday this year, but I don't remember exactly when I bought them.
No reimagining please. Enough with them already.
Just do a new series set in 2042 or something and bring in a new crew and maybe a couple of the originals. They can still disregard whatever they want from the first series.
Remember the good old days when things would come back years later and actually still be tied to the original product? (Star Trek, for example.)
Continue the original, or make something new, Hollywood. Oh wait, you're out of ideas? Never would've guessed.
Just do a new series set in 2042 or something and bring in a new crew and maybe a couple of the originals. They can still disregard whatever they want from the first series.
Remember the good old days when things would come back years later and actually still be tied to the original product? (Star Trek, for example.)
Continue the original, or make something new, Hollywood. Oh wait, you're out of ideas? Never would've guessed.
Agreed, I liked the earlier seasons but it just got too convuluted at the end.
Funny, I thought Season 3 was the best. For the most part because Michael Ironside was basically seaQuest's version of Captain Jellico (down to the fact that he forced Lucas to wear a uniform!). Capt. Hudson was so badass, he probably ate little pieces of Robau for breakfast every day. 
Quality-wise, Season 1 ws the second-best. And we better pretend that Season 2 never happened.
Quality-wise, Season 1 ws the second-best. And we better pretend that Season 2 never happened.
Funny, I thought Season 3 was the best. For the most part because Michael Ironside was basically seaQuest's version of Captain Jellico (down to the fact that he forced Lucas to wear a uniform!). Capt. Hudson was so badass, he probably ate little pieces of Robau for breakfast every day.
Quality-wise, Season 1 ws the second-best. And we better pretend that Season 2 never happened.
I agree. After the second season I almost gave up on the show but I liked the new direction . It's too bad the show didn't get a whole 3rd season.
I liked the 3rd season only because Mike Ironside was in it. (Anyone else think he'd make a great TREK captain?) & I thought the design of the seaquest it's self was a pretty cool concept.
