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<blockquote data-quote="LightPhoenix" data-source="post: 1259701" data-attributes="member: 115">Man, I think I agree with you 100%.&nbsp;Sci-Fi fans also tend to believe that they are the center of the entertainment world, and the fact is that they're a very small minority.&nbsp; For all that Star Wars is a cultural phenomena and LotR is kicking butt in the box office right now, the number of people that have watched even Star Trek is abysmally low in comparison.&nbsp; The fact is (unfortunately) that sci-fi shows cost a lot to make, and need good numbers to make back money spent on the show.&nbsp; The original BSG probably would not have brought in those numbers.&nbsp;Do I think they changed too much?&nbsp; Yeah, I do.&nbsp; Do I have high hopes?&nbsp; No, I don't.&nbsp; I like Ron Moore's work a lot (especially on Carnivale), but fembots?&nbsp; Come on.&nbsp; I agree with a lot of what he's said in interviews, but I don't think you need to make the Cylons look human to make them seem human.&nbsp;Then there's another point no one's mentioned here (and I apologize if you did and I missed it).&nbsp; Moore's probably working with an extremely small budget - hence human-looking Cylons.&nbsp; SFC has been known to &quot;request&quot; changes to appeal to the rapidly shrinking male 18-35 audience.&nbsp; And as someone did mention above, there's too many fingers in the pie.&nbsp; So blaming this on Moore or the writers may be pointing the finger at the wrong place.&nbsp; Maybe they thought they were going to have the opportunity to make the show they wanted to make, and it got lost in the shuffle.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="LightPhoenix, post: 1259701, member: 115"] Man, I think I agree with you 100%. Sci-Fi fans also tend to believe that they are the center of the entertainment world, and the fact is that they're a [i]very[/i] small minority. For all that Star Wars is a cultural phenomena and LotR is kicking butt in the box office right now, the number of people that have watched even [i]Star Trek[/i] is abysmally low in comparison. The fact is (unfortunately) that sci-fi shows cost a lot to make, and need good numbers to make back money spent on the show. The original BSG [i]probably[/i] would not have brought in those numbers. Do I think they changed too much? Yeah, I do. Do I have high hopes? No, I don't. I like Ron Moore's work a lot (especially on [i]Carnivale[/i]), but fembots? Come on. I agree with a lot of what he's said in interviews, but I don't think you need to make the Cylons look human to make them seem human. Then there's another point no one's mentioned here (and I apologize if you did and I missed it). Moore's probably working with an extremely small budget - hence human-looking Cylons. SFC has been known to "request" changes to appeal to the rapidly shrinking male 18-35 audience. And as someone [i]did[/i] mention above, there's too many fingers in the pie. So blaming this on Moore or the writers may be pointing the finger at the wrong place. Maybe they thought they were going to have the opportunity to make the show they wanted to make, and it got lost in the shuffle. [/QUOTE]

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