Battlestar Galactica returns! (Possible spoilers leaked)

[ColonelHardisson]

Also, the fact that SciFi has been moving away from space-oriented shows - like B5 and Farscape - by their own admission, the future of BG on SciFi doesn't hold a lot of promise. Better that it show up as a syndicated series.

 

[Alaric_Prympax]

Though i'll give them credit. Considering it was nearly a kids show, they did have a pros...er...socialator(sp) as a main character.

Though they did make her a nurse very quickly.

 

[Ranger REG]

Apparently Ronald Moore’s new “re-imagined” series is stirring a resistance movement amongst fanatics of the original series.

I imagine that Sci-Fi will probably show the same lack of concern for this movement.

At the risk of getting flamed, I hope that SCI-FI will support Ron D. Moore's effort. It would even be a great endorsement if they can get Dirk Benedict to have a recurring role (albeit not Starbuck, but perhaps a close relation to the female character) on the new remake.

As I said before, I know of Mr. Moore's work. I'm sure that he will remake BSG fit for today's sophisticated audience, both old and new. Otherwise, if purists have their way, we may have to accept GALACTICA: 1980 as canon to BSG lore.

The detail about "Starbuck has to be male" is a ridiculous gender-biased notion, IMHO.

 

[Black Omega]

At the risk of getting flamed, I hope that SCI-FI will support Ron D. Moore's effort. It would even be a great endorsement if they can get Dirk Benedict to have a recurring role (albeit not Starbuck, but perhaps a close relation to the female character) on the new remake.

It would be great to have Dirk Benedict back, though definitely in a new role. He is a little old to be the hot shot pilot now. I recall the original idea for BG:1980 (as much as the series sucked) was that it was well in the future from the original series. Dirk Benedict as an aging former hotshot in charge of a new generation of hotshots could work.

As I said before, I know of Mr. Moore's work. I'm sure that he will remake BSG fit for today's sophisticated audience, both old and new. Otherwise, if purists have their way, we may have to accept GALACTICA: 1980 as canon to BSG lore.

The detail about "Starbuck has to be male" is a ridiculous gender-biased notion, IMHO.

I find myself agreeing completely with Ranger REG. Scary.

 

[Whodat]

The detail about "Starbuck has to be male" is a ridiculous gender-biased notion, IMHO.

The reason that the ‘Starbuck is a woman’ detail disappoints me is that he was my favorite character on the show – possibly one of my top twenty favorite television characters of all time. I enjoyed the dynamic between he and Apollo. They were good friends, but they were also very much opposites. Apollo was a disciplined, military type/Starbuck was a scoundrel.

Like a saloon gambler, Starbuck used to carouse, smoke cigars, use bad language, and play cards. In one episode he was dating Athena and Cassiopeia in two separate rooms at the same time! It would be great to see the new Starbuck have a few of the same old habits, but I just can’t see the producers allowing the character to take that direction as a female.

Just to clarify: I’m not arguing that ‘Starbuck has to be male’. I’m arguing that ‘Starbuck has to be Starbuck’.

But I accept the changes, since this is a “re-imagined” series. I am willing to give the series a chance, and I want it to succeed.

 

[Ranger REG]

Maybe the female "Starbuck" will get to do what the old "Starbuck" have done, and depending on her sexual preference, she'll be bedding with a different partner every night.

 

[Brown Jenkin]

Put me down for the lets not mess with the sex of characters camp. I am all for some re-inventing and updating but I will draw the line at changing the sex of an established character. If you want something different like that go ahead and make a new character entirely. Just think how we could update LotR if we changed Merry into a girl (the name would fit better to), and for the next X-men movie what if we made Wolverine female as well. If you want to bring a female into a leading role in Battlestar Gallactica then go ahead and make a new character, but don't go changing Starbuck into a woman.

 

[Ranger REG]

You can't honestly compare a classic epic modern fantasy literature to a "short-lived but ready-for-remake" science-fiction TV series?

IMHO, the "sacred cow" element of BSG is the comraderie between "Apollo" and "Starbuck." You can't really throw in a third character -- a female -- into the mix, so it can be enjoyed by both male and female viewing audience. Third place ain't right.

 

[Brown Jenkin]

You can't honestly compare a classic epic modern fantasy literature to a "short-lived but ready-for-remake" science-fiction TV series?

Sure I can. What makes something classic and what doesn't. There are plenty of people, myself included, who find Battlestar Gallatica a classic. Wasn't Star Trek TOS also a short lived science-fiction TV series that was had more than enough b level effects. TNG did it right in its upgrading for modern times.

IMHO, the "sacred cow" element of BSG is the comraderie between "Apollo" and "Starbuck." You can't really throw in a third character -- a female -- into the mix, so it can be enjoyed by both male and female viewing audience. Third place ain't right.

A sacred cow of Star Trek TOS was the trioka of Kirk, Spock and Bones and thier relationship. Now just imagine if instead of TNG they updated TOS and recast Bones as female. I guess by your logic that would have been fine because you still had the trioka.

 

[Assenpfeffer]

Sure I can. What makes something classic and what doesn't. There are plenty of people, myself included, who find Battlestar Gallatica a classic. Wasn't Star Trek TOS also a short lived science-fiction TV series that was had more than enough b level effects. TNG did it right in its upgrading for modern times.

Of course, there are also those who feel that TNG was a disgraceful embarassment to the Trek legacy. Where does that leave us?