Topic: OT: Battlestar Galactica miniseries boycott (Read 26814 times)

DONOTDELETE · « **Reply #120 on:** September 16, 2003, 04:30:07 pm »

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David Ferrell · « **Reply #121 on:** September 16, 2003, 04:35:37 pm »

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David Ferrell · « **Reply #122 on:** September 16, 2003, 05:19:28 pm »

Who is the new BSG aimed at (from http://www.cylon.org/bsg2003/remake-review-01.html ):

To understand the new Battlestar Galactica series you have to understand who this production is meant for, or rather, who its not for. If you are under the age of 12, over the age of 25, or have spent more than 72 hours in any military service, this production might not hold much appeal for you. If you have strong conservative views, heart-felt religious views, or consider yourself a loyal fan of the original Battlestar Galactica then this show may offend you. If you're between the ages of 13-24, like MTV-level displays of sex and flashy screen tricks and don't really think through the subliminal implications of storylines, you'll probably enjoy this production quite a bit.

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Certainly not my cup of tea.

Thanks,

Dave

Dogmatix! · « **Reply #123 on:** September 16, 2003, 05:27:39 pm »

I'll be quite comfortable watching the new BSG as a stand-alone source of entertainment. Will I consider it to be a worthy redux of the original? Likely not...

Do I think myself a hateful individual worthy of derision for choosing to watch it? Of course not.

Strafer · « **Reply #124 on:** September 16, 2003, 05:29:37 pm »

Ah.

Been given the BayWatch spin to it... probably with a dash of Raw is War.

Count me out in advance. This is making Enterprise sound good.

Mog · « **Reply #125 on:** September 16, 2003, 05:34:21 pm »

I'll watch it if it makes it over to the UK. Oh, and I'm almost 39 and I really enjoyed Firefly, yet I've heard it's cancelled after one season?

Dogmatix! · « **Reply #126 on:** September 16, 2003, 05:35:18 pm »

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I'll watch it if it makes it over to the UK. Oh, and I'm almost 39 and I really enjoyed Firefly, yet I've heard it's cancelled after one season?

Ayep. I was bummed. I actually only got to see a coupel of the episodes, but I enjoyed the pilot quite a bit. That show had proimise.

SFC Bennie · « **Reply #127 on:** September 16, 2003, 06:33:59 pm »

My emotional attachment to the original is limited - it was cheezy at the best of times - but I don't see why they're making these changes. Starbuck's gender was never a problem with the series.

Scott Bennie

CptCastrin · « **Reply #128 on:** September 16, 2003, 07:34:23 pm »

Sorry but for my part I will probably watch it. And I'll be watching it for the same reasons I watched the original ... it's scifi and it's being done with cutting edge FXs.

The settings and stories will probably only barely resemble the original and I for one won't miss that much. The acting was often cheezy and BSG ranked below Space1999 in my list of the best SciFi TV shows ever. But it's main problem was it was riding coat tails as soooo many scifi series did. Though the effects were great (even though they "reused" models from other movies and shows) the script writting was at times awful. But then it was only around for what ... 2 seasons? 1? Kind of says something.

The new BSG will not be made for those that remember the old BSG, I'll agree to that. But I say ... cool! SciFi is about shaking things up a bit and looking into the "future" and staying rooted to the "old BSG" is counter to that. Maybe the new one will suck, but maybe it will transend the old because it breaks new ground (a la ST:TNG) ... who knows.

In either case I'll be keeping an open mind.

Mr. Hypergol · « **Reply #129 on:** September 16, 2003, 07:40:14 pm »

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maybe it will transend the old because it breaks new ground (a la ST:TNG) ... who knows.

Ahhh but as I said above, ST:TNG didn't replace the original Star Trek....it built upon it. There's a big difference here.

I do agree that Space 1999 was awesome. Now that would be a great show to "continue"........

Mentat Jon · « **Reply #130 on:** September 16, 2003, 07:50:06 pm »

my 2 cents,ill watch BSG on the sci-fi channel,just to see what new spin they put on it.

are they selling that new BSG on VHS,not all of us have those new fangled DVD players

Jim · « **Reply #131 on:** September 16, 2003, 07:50:21 pm »

Hrm... if I see it on, I will watch it. I really liked the original... I wish they could have found Earth, though... (not counting the stupid series they made where they found Earth... that one should have never been made)...

Oh well...

Jim

Lieutenant_Q · « **Reply #132 on:** September 16, 2003, 07:55:12 pm »

Gah! I was hoping that this would stay off this board. I get enough of this at the BSG fan club that i am a member of. For those of you that care, I am against the remake as much as some people are, but i'm not fanatical about it. I will prolly be watching the first one to see what it is like, and if it interests me, I will continue to watch it. Will I think that it is truely BattleStar Galactica...No. Will I ever be convinced that it is somthing other than a cheap knock off...No. But I will watch it and see just what Mr. Moore (he did give us parts of TNG remember) has in store for us.

ActiveX · « **Reply #133 on:** September 16, 2003, 11:08:24 pm »

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my 2 cents,ill watch BSG on the sci-fi channel,just to see what new spin they put on it.

are they selling that new BSG on VHS,not all of us have those new fangled DVD players

VHS? When did they stop with BetaMAX?

Aldaron · « **Reply #134 on:** September 17, 2003, 07:25:50 am »

Personally I'll give it a chance just like I did with ST:TNG and it's new set of characters. Some of the new BSG seems interesting. I'm not too keen on the idea of the human cylons taken from BSG1980 and putting them in at the begining but we'll see. As much as I liked the original BSG watching now a lot of it is cheesy (especially the episode with Starbuck on the planet that was captured by Cylons and castles and the kids that were still fighting them). Hopefully the new series gets labels correct and consistent. Everytime the original visited a new system they called it a galaxy when in truth it was just a new star system they reached. They can keep the time labels, that didn't make a difference but at least keep distances and such so they make sense.

DONOTDELETE · « **Reply #135 on:** September 17, 2003, 09:04:13 am »

Hello David Ferrell,

You and I, don't very often agree,
so this should give the whole Taldren Forums "pause"...

I agree.
Thank you for the warning.

I'm an ultra-fan of the Old BSG,
and I'm gonna vote with my wallet as well,

Its truely sad,
that after all this time (since the 1978-1979 AD, Old BSG),
they go and ruin, IMHO, what could have been a great experience for the fans,
and the Studios to make money,

I personally believe that "IQs have sharply dropped in the Studio",
I smell the "hand of Glen Larson" in this one

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If you have strong conservative views, heart-felt religious views, or consider yourself a loyal fan of the original Battlestar Galactica then this show may offend you.

Take care ,:)
GeneralWolfe

Captain Krenn · « **Reply #136 on:** September 17, 2003, 11:24:29 am »

I'll probably watch it.

But then again I was never an avid BSG fan, so it probably won't offend me as much as it would if I were.

I can certainly understand the POV of fans of the original show. From what I've seen, about the only thing
this mini series is going to share with original series is the name.

The producers of the show said if you were a loyal BSG fan it would probably be a good idea not to
watch it as its only going to anger you.

That being the case, why did they even bother using the same name?

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conversation I had with a friend's kid

Me: Wow that looks like a Cylon helmet.

Kid: What's a Cylon?

Me: OK, now I feel reaeelly old!

BortaS · « **Reply #137 on:** September 17, 2003, 11:34:28 am »

I'll watch it, but I will take it as a completely different show than the first BSG. I'll use the apples and oranges approach to it.

Oberon · « **Reply #138 on:** September 17, 2003, 01:40:08 pm »

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my 2 cents,ill watch BSG on the sci-fi channel,just to see what new spin they put on it.

are they selling that new BSG on VHS,not all of us have those new fangled DVD players

DVD players are pretty cheap [I got a JVC for a pretty old 2nd TV for ~$70, I've seen unknown brands for ~$50] here in TN, they cannot be that bad in Boston. Get one. If you can't afford one, then, good luck in the near future, and get one ASAP.

TobinDax · « **Reply #139 on:** September 17, 2003, 06:18:26 pm »

I can't believe people would waste an effort with a boycott like this. I will not be buying any products from this, but I look forward to seeing a remake of a series that I watched faithfully, yes even the stupid galactica 1980 with it's super scouts. I look forward to a real dramatic and sci-fi treatment and not the ABC disco era cheese that handicapped the shows' best intentions.
How many of you who are going to boycott the mini-series watched the last planet of the apes movie? Should no one have watched it because of the original? Hollywood is in the habbit of remakes to bring movies/shows up to present era standards as well as to bank on a proven product.
I ran into enough people back in 1986 who weren't going to watch that next generation crap either. It went on to succeed without them, although I know some of them changed their tune.
So if you don't want to watch a new spin on BSG, that's fine, but spend your energy more constructively on things that matter, like playing Orion Pirates on the dyna!

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