Battlestar Galactica getting rebooted (again) for NBS's streaming service

[Orphalesion]

Eh, if there is one SciFi series I can live without ever seeing anything related to it ever again, then it's BSG, especially NuBSG (always hated that show with a passion for many, many reasons).

If there has to be a reboot of a SciFi franchise, then why not Babylon 5 instead? Heck, I'd even rather see a reboot of Lexx rather than additional BSG stuff.

 

[David cgc]

It's not original.

Yeah, but describing The Expanse as "some famous IP" prior to the show is a bit of a stretch. I feel like even, say, the Imperial Radch books had more buzz, picking one contemporary off the top of my head.

 

[137th Gebirg]

It's not original.

Neither was BSG, to be fair.

 

[Jayson1]

If they ever do another Battlestar Galatica maybe they should focus on the war between the humans and Cylons. We audience will know in the future that the Cylons will drive the humans away in a convoy but that is the future.

 

[137th Gebirg]

That’s kind of what Blood & Chrome was supposed to do as a pilot for a new human/Cylon war series with a young Bill Adama. Never materialized, sadly. It had great potential.

They also did the Caprica series - which was never originally planned to be a part of the BSG universe - then I think RDM & David Eick read the pitch and figured out how to work it into the greater mythos. Only lasted one season (or, two half-seasons as they liked to do).

BSG prequels don’t seem to do so well.

 

[Jayson1]

They could go with a different approach and have the Cylons win the war in like season 2 and they enslave the humans. Humans destroy the colonies that are now controlled by the Cylons and the few who survive flee the area on a search to find earth. I also kind of like the idea of Earth humans coming to that part of the Galaxy and want to colonize the 12 worlds. Their is already Cylons life living their. They killed their human slavers and now new humans arrive and they may kill them and steal their worlds.

 

[Ithekro]

If based on the OS maybe a hundred years or so back. The Battlestars themselves are hundreds of years old, and the war lasted about a millennia. Have some give and take. Maybe some of the loss of the outer outposts of the 12 Colonies of Kobal, but also some push back against the Cyclon Empire.

 

[BillJ]

I saw the other day that Peacock cancelled the project.

 

[137th Gebirg]

Yes, sad news, but not at all unexpected.

It's Lucy with the football, and the BSG fanbase is Charlie Brown.

Maybe next time we'll get it.

Sunk cost fallacy...

 

[FreezeC77]

I saw the other day that Peacock cancelled the project.

Wonder if NBC is switching the money for it and other projects to the massive NBA tv contract. Saw a story that some entertainment agencies think it will reduce scripted content because of the cost and the amount of programming it can replace.

 

[Commander Troi]

They also did the Caprica series - which was never originally planned to be a part of the BSG universe - then I think RDM & David Eick read the pitch and figured out how to work it into the greater mythos. Only lasted one season (or, two half-seasons as they liked to do).

I really liked that show.

 

[137th Gebirg]

Agreed, it was a very good show. But it was also different - maybe a little too different - from BSG. Different doesn't always sell, and I think it suffered from never having starting off its life with BSG DNA, which was shoehorned in later to integrate it to the greater mythos. Seemed a bit forced, which didn't go unnoticed by the fandom.

 

[C.E. Evans]

The articles from Tvline and Deadline both said that the plan now is for Universal to shop the BSG Reboot around to other outlets, possibly including the SyFy Channel again.

I still wouldn't hold my breath though...

 

[Tallguy]

Is anyone really clamoring for a nunuBSG? I mean if they made it and it looked good I'd watch it. But then if they made something else and it looked good I'd watch that too.

I think there are still some movies or some such of nuBSG that I still haven't watched. That ending was so terrible it killed the show for me.

Compared with Lost that I have watched three times now.

 

[StarMan]

Given what nuBSG accomplished, I have no desire to see a reboot.

 

[Sketcher]

Lost In Space has had four iterations, so I'm sure someday somehow a third BSG isn't out of the realm of possibility.

 

[theenglish]

Lost In Space has had four iterations, so I'm sure someday somehow a third BSG isn't out of the realm of possibility.

Four?

I looked online and found this that I had never heard of before:

The Robinsons: Lost in Space (TV Movie 2004) - Plot - IMDb

The Robinsons: Lost in Space (TV Movie 2004) - Plot summary, synopsis, and more...

www.imdb.com

Is that what you're referring to?

 

[Sketcher]

Four?

I looked online and found this that I had never heard of before:

The Robinsons: Lost in Space (TV Movie 2004) - Plot - IMDb

The Robinsons: Lost in Space (TV Movie 2004) - Plot summary, synopsis, and more...

www.imdb.com

Is that what you're referring to?

Yeah I was looping in the 04 pilot, since it at least was another attempt, and you can find it easy enough nowadays online.

And fun fact, the sets from that pilot got repurposed as the Pegasus sets for BSG.

 

[JD]

Wasn't this supposed ot be on Peacock, the NBC streaming service? Now, is it just me, or do most people NOT consider it a "real" streaming service? Like it feels more like an extention of COmcast / Xfinity, but also hihglighting NBC content.

Out of all the streaming services, how many people willingly pay money to subscribe (as opposed to watching becaus eit is part of a Comcast package)? I know when i had it, it just was the default to any NBC shows I was watching (like Quantum Leap)

Like, Peacock has some exclusive Peacock series...but are any of them lighting the service on fire (like a Stranger Things for netflix)?

I am guessing the service isn't doing great, so they won't be invetsing in any new series (we will see how the new Gladiator show, Those Who Are About to DIe will do)

I am surprised no one has said "THis has happened before, and it will happen again"

My mom signed us up for it a few months ago when they were offering this big deal where it was only like $20 for a whole year. She's a big Premiere League Football (soccer) fan and there are a lot of games that are only available on Peacock.

They also did the Caprica series - which was never originally planned to be a part of the BSG universe - then I think RDM & David Eick read the pitch and figured out how to work it into the greater mythos. Only lasted one season (or, two half-seasons as they liked to do).

BSG prequels don’t seem to do so well.

I just double checked on Wikipedia to confirm my poor memory, and it was actually Universal's idea to combine Remi Aubuchon's pitch with the BSG prequel idea. Moore and Eich hadn't gotten beyond the early development stages on the BSG prequel when Aububochon approach Universal with his original pitch, and then after they heard it they decided to put him together with Moore and Eich to turn it into the BSG prequel.

I really liked that show.

Agreed, it was a very good show. But it was also different - maybe a little too different - from BSG. Different doesn't always sell, and I think it suffered from never having starting off its life with BSG DNA, which was shoehorned in later to integrate it to the greater mythos. Seemed a bit forced, which didn't go unnoticed by the fandom.

Once it really got going, I actually ended up liking Caprica more than BSG.

 

[CorporalCaptain]

Is anyone really clamoring for a nunuBSG?

I mean, no, but I wasn't looking for nuBSG, either. Then RDM knocked it out of the park with the miniseries, I was hooked, and I enjoyed the ride immensely, warts and all.

So, my interest in this, the Peacock project, was mainly curiosity, to see whether there's a new wrinkle to be had that's interesting, and if so what.

Caprica, Blood & Chrome, Razor, and The Plan were all frightful bores, however.

So, unless there's the new, interesting wrinkle, nah, I'm fine without it.