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[Paul Farquhar]

I've been hoping that Hollywood would discover the series ever since I first read it, back in the '70s. The Anime is nothing like it.

According to the internet JMS wanted to make a movie, but couldn’t get it off the ground.

 

[Thomas Shey]

I've been hoping that Hollywood would discover the series ever since I first read it, back in the '70s. The Anime is nothing like it.

They'd have to decide what to do with the period-piece elements. Same problem Skylark has (though maybe even worse there).

 

[Ryujin]

They'd have to decide what to do with the period-piece elements. Same problem Skylark has (though maybe even worse there).

Or they could lean into the Buck Rogers esthetic. Unless you're talking about possible social issues which, as a white male, may have gone over my head at the time.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

It’s quite sexist, but I wouldn’t expect an adaptation to be slavishly faithful. I think geek culture often gets too hung up on that.

 

[MarkB]

Or they could lean into the Buck Rogers esthetic. Unless you're talking about possible social issues which, as a white male, may have gone over my head at the time.

There is the sexism element, but probably the bigger issue is the pre-WW2 "eugenics yay" stuff built into the basic premise - the good-guy aliens are conducting a galactic-scale breeding programme to make the perfect beings.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

There is the sexism element, but probably the bigger issue is the pre-WW2 "eugenics yay" stuff built into the basic premise - the good-guy aliens are conducting a galactic-scale breeding programme to make the perfect beings.

That’s easy - you just make the “good guy” aliens questionable. That’s what JMS did with the element he stole for B5.

It’s called Good Kosh Bad Kosh.

 

[Ryujin]

There is the sexism element, but probably the bigger issue is the pre-WW2 "eugenics yay" stuff built into the basic premise - the good-guy aliens are conducting a galactic-scale breeding programme to make the perfect beings.

Ah, yes. There is that. I think it could be written off pretty easily as finding candidates who are at the edge of the next evolutionary step for humanity, without really changing anything much else.

There is the sexism element, but probably the bigger issue is the pre-WW2 "eugenics yay" stuff built into the basic premise - the good-guy aliens are conducting a galactic-scale breeding programme to make the perfect beings.

I would assume that proper casting and not sticking slavishly to the original dialogue takes care of that.

 

[GreyLord]

Which channel?

I have it on DVD, but a quick google seems to indicate it can be seen on Amazon, Apple TV or Fandango.

 

[chuckdee]

Ah, yes. There is that. I think it could be written off pretty easily as finding candidates who are at the edge of the next evolutionary step for humanity, without really changing anything much else.


I would assume that proper casting and not sticking slavishly to the original dialogue takes care of that.

Yeah, there's a way to do that correctly. Think super-soldier in MCU. From the Red Skull's side it's couched as eugenics. From the allied side, just a way to project force on the battlefield.

 

[Thomas Shey]

Or they could lean into the Buck Rogers esthetic. Unless you're talking about possible social issues which, as a white male, may have gone over my head at the time.

Little bit of both. While not as bad as some of his cohort, Smith's handling of women was--not ideal. And I'm not sure we ever saw a non-white person among his human characters (though maybe he just didn't describe them in enough physical detail for it to show).

(And as others have mentioned, you at least need to handle the whole Arisian thing very--carefully).