Well, at least with the Singer-deSanto project they built some sets and stuff. The Hatch proposal was little more than a pipe dream.
Battlestar Galactica getting rebooted (again) for NBS's streaming service
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Galactica 1980 was the first remake.
it's... debatedNo no, that was a continuation
This is what happen's when Glen Larson's monkeys think that they don't need Glen Larson.
I remember when the reboot was announced fans of the classic series exploded in uncontrollable fury. All twelve of them. Really, they actually believed that TOS Galactica was a Star Trek-like phenomenon and they could not understand why it was not done as a sequel.
Precisely. He was directly involved with at least 3 reboots that I can recall, likely 4, before and after RDM's version. The first failed attempt can't be put on his doorstep, as it happened during the 9/11 attacks and everything went pear-shaped back then. But the other subsequent times were all on him.
Nothing but great praise from him regarding the BSG mythos and how passionate he was about it, only to get pulled away by some other shiny bauble some studio exec threw in his face. He once gave up BSG for a ultimately-failed reboot of the Munsters. The MUNSTERS? Fuck...that shows you where his priorities were. No passion, all paycheck. I'm glad he's out of the game now, for a large variety of reasons that don't need to be discussed here. I didn't see his name attached to this latest incarnation at all, thankfully.
Everyone ignores 1980.
There were a number of remake attempts. RDM was the only SUCCESSFUL remake. Before his, Bryan Singer and Tom Desanto were working on a continuation series when 9/11 hit. They had artwork, sets, 1:1 scale Vipers and a whole ton of camera-ready material that were scrapped in 2001. IIRC, some costume elements and set pieces were recycled for RDM's version.
During that time, Glen Larson was trying to get several TOS BSG-themed film projects going because he had ownership of feature film rights, not Universal, (including one Cain/Pegasus story) all failed.
After RDM's project, Bryan Singer tried, I think, 3 more times to do his own thing - the first time he was taken away for working on the X-Men series of movies (early 2000's - understandable). The next time, IIRC, was on account of Superman Returns (2006 - not so much). Then there was the Munsters Remake (2011 - don't get me started), and then one small mention of him several years later with another attempt in 2016 as a producer after Larson died in 2014 and Universal acquired the full property from his estate.
Every time brings us an explosion of interest and fan speculation, which invariably diminish into nothing, only to be resurrected again about 5 years later each time, to similar effect. Rinse and repeat. It is a sadly familiar refrain with this particular IP.
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That actually looked kind of good. I mean for a 90's early space opera type of show. I know I would have watched it. Looks better than anything we saw on Andromeda and Earth:Final Conflict.
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Oh yeah, forgot to mention that one too! Yes, Hatch had been working towards getting a continuation project going since the early-mid 90's, before anyone else. He drove himself nearly broke to make that trailer, and his project had damn near all the original cast. A shame it never went anywhere, although I was glad to see he finally got some personal air time as Tom Zarek.
I gotta say, BSG seems to have been that one property in all of Hollywood that saw more activity in attempting a return to the screen than actually getting to the screen.
I gotta say, BSG seems to have been that one property in all of Hollywood that saw more activity in attempting a return to the screen than actually getting to the screen.
I wonder if the full length (30 minutes) version still exists. AFAIK, it was never shown to the public.
I've never seen it, although an HD version of the shorter trailer did come out a couple of years ago. Don't know if we'll ever get to see the full-sized version now that he's gone. 
I'd like to think that Hatch's estate has a copy. With what he went through to make it, they surely wouldn't just throw it away. And I think he'd have wanted people to see it.
IIRC, since he was doing that project off the books, he had a legal agreement with Univesal not to release the full trailer to the public outside convention showings. Originally, I think that applied to all versions of the trailer, but then some of the showings leaked on YouTube and that particular genie was out of the bottle. The full-length version, however, still remains under lock and key to this day.
Because, I suspect, while people involved in the project are in love with the concept of a "continuation", every time they realize that it isn't a very good idea. BSG isn't Doctor Who or Star Trek, so they should make it accessible to a new audience. But at this point, it's more simple creating a reboot/remake whatever.
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I think I'm one of the few who actually liked Mockingbird Lane, no it wasn't amazing, but I enjoyed and definitely would have stuck with it if it went to series.
Mockingbird Lane definitely showed some promise from what I remember.
Herman has to be sterile?
Is he undead, or reanimated?
If his parts come from a dozen different places, then his balls and brain may not be from the same donor?
Eddie might not be Herman's biological son.
Imagine your dad gave you a sex doll for Christmas.
Is he undead, or reanimated?
If his parts come from a dozen different places, then his balls and brain may not be from the same donor?
Eddie might not be Herman's biological son.
Imagine your dad gave you a sex doll for Christmas.
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