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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Darrin Drader" data-source="post: 1259617" data-attributes="member: 7394">I think they knew that they were going to alienate a good number of the fans, and I don't think they care so much. As far as I'm concerned there are two ways that a franchise can go. You can start making it for the fans, or you can keep the control in some other place. In BSGs case, I think the control is spread out a mile wide and two inches deep, but they are insisting that that's where the control is. The producers aren't as interested in making the TOS fans happy as they are in drawing new viewers into the fold. With this miniseries, they're targetting the B5 fans, the Farscape fans, yes the Star Wars fans, and then the fans of the other minor space operas like Andromeda, etc. They're baiting the hook with a known brand name (Battlestar Galactica), and the promise that this is going to be some really kick butt, action packed science fiction. They're definitely more interested in making money that satisfying the few die-hard loyal fans that are out thereNow, I really don't see that as all that bad, to be honest. The fact is that if you made a series (mini-series, movie, whatever) designed to appeal only to the loyal fans of the original, it would be a ratings flop. In order for this to succeed, it has to find a new audience, and that involves changing some things. Did they change too many things? Possibly, but I'm still willing to give it a chance, Ultimately it all comes down to business, and this is the business of entertainment in the 21st century. Love it or leave it (hmm, why is it that I don't watch much TV anymore???)</blockquote>

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