# Battlestar Galactica: The Next Generation? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 9, 2001, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-the-next-generation/92461 "2001-11-09T16:50:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2001, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-the-next-generation/92461/1 "2001-11-09T16:50:26Z")
I heard rumors that Fox is reviving the BG in a new series sometime in 2002 (Forget about Galactica:1980…it never happened). Anybody interested? ---
**Author:** ![dalovindj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/65b543/32.png) [@dalovindj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalovindj)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2001, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-the-next-generation/92461/2 "2001-11-09T17:07:32Z")
I’ve been dreaming of something like this for a long time. I imagined a Major Motion Picture, however. I wonder if the Cylons will still have smoothe forheads? > [@](#): > > (Forget about Galactica:1980…it never happened). Thank God. DaLovin’ Dj ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2001, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-the-next-generation/92461/3 "2001-11-09T18:53:25Z")
I’ve been waiting for such news ever since I went into a toy store in 1999 and saw the new BG action figures. I was like “Yeah, new BG is coming!” It must have been in development for a long time. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2001, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-the-next-generation/92461/4 "2001-11-09T18:59:17Z")
Well, considering that _Star Trek: Phase Two_ (sic) began pre-production in like 1976, then had its set designs and some of its characters shanghaied by _Star Trek: The Motion Picture_, then got morphed into _Star Trek: The Next Generation_ 11 years later … I wouldn’t want to start holding my breath. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2001, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-the-next-generation/92461/5 "2001-11-09T19:04:27Z")
Actually, doesn’t Thatch (IIRC) have a trailer he shows at scifi conventions? Anybody know if there’s a copy somewhere out there on the web? ---
**Author:** ![dalovindj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/65b543/32.png) [@dalovindj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalovindj)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2001, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-the-next-generation/92461/6 "2001-11-09T19:06:32Z")
> [@](#): > > smoothe forheads Damn **e** ’s. Never goin’ where I tell them too. Take the e from smoothe and give it to forhead, it needs it. ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2001, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-the-next-generation/92461/7 "2001-11-09T22:13:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by slortar \* > \*\*Actually, doesn’t Thatch (IIRC) have a trailer he shows at scifi conventions? Anybody know if there’s a copy somewhere out there on the web? \*\* Hatch. Richard Hatch. Yes, he does. Info about the proposed seris can be found at the [Battlestar Galactica Fan Club](http://www.battlestarfanclub.com/) ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2001, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-the-next-generation/92461/8 "2001-11-09T22:18:49Z")
This may be old news to y’all, but to continue the ST/BG parallelism, Richard Hatch has also published a BG novel (note I don’t actually assume he wrote the thing :)). _Anything Shatner can do, I can do better I can do an-y-thing Better than him._ It’s called _Battlestar Galactica: Resurrection_ and I’d link to it but I have crappy luck trying to link to pages at Amazon. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2001, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-the-next-generation/92461/9 "2001-11-09T22:25:16Z")
> [@](#): > > Hatch. Richard Hatch. Yes, he does. I recall watching a SciFi Channel special on BG which showed a bit of his trailer. Followed by a talking head from FOX saying something like “yes it’s lovely, but we can’t figure out why he spent so much of his own money on this thing because he doesn’t own the rights and he’s not going to any time soon.” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Bad\_Astronomer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f05b48/32.png) [@The\_Bad\_Astronomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Bad_Astronomer)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-the-next-generation/92461/10 "2001-11-10T00:04:46Z")
Heh. Go to [http://www.badastronomy.com/conpix/](http://www.badastronomy.com/conpix/) and scroll about halfway down to see yours truly with Apollo himself. BTW, the trailer for his vision of BG was pretty interesting, but in the end the chances for it getting made were realistically nil. He didn’t own the rights. ---
**Author:** ![kingpengvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@kingpengvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kingpengvin)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-the-next-generation/92461/11 "2001-11-10T07:25:10Z")
From what I understand Hatch and Larson were both trying to revive Galactica but Universal owns the rights and they want nothing to do with it. Probably for the best, that show was very seventies and deserves to stay there. ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-the-next-generation/92461/12 "2001-11-10T16:09:52Z")
(bolding mine) > [@](#): > > The new **Battlestar Galactica** production is fighting for its life. The Fox Network is quickly losing interest in the new show just a month before filming was slated to start (in December 2001). The sets were being constructed; casting was being lined up; visual effects, costumes, and props were being readied. The production designs and values are INCREDIBLE. > > And if the Fox Network decides not to support the show, **Battlestar Galactica** may likely NOT return. Ever. > > If you feel that **Battlestar Galactica** deserves a chance for success, help us NOW. This remains a sci-fi classic among fans worldwide. And Executive Producer Tom DeSanto is ready to deliver. Your support is needed, though! We need to communicate to Fox that we WANT **Battlestar Galactica** to return! and, of course, a link to the **Battlestar Galactica** Revival petition to save it: [http://www.petitiononline.com/bsg2001a/](http://www.petitiononline.com/bsg2001a/) and another quote from the site (bolding mine): > [@](#): > > **Battlestar Galactica** is coming back, courtesy of Executive Producer Tom DeSanto, showrunners Dan Angel and Billy Brown, Studios USA and the Fox Network. While casting has not been announced, the show takes place within the original **Battlestar Galactica** universe (without the events of **Galactica 1980** ). > > During the week of November 1st, co-Executive Producer Bryan Singer (and planned director for the pilot episode) left the production to focus full-time on Fox’s **The X-Men II**. As a result, confidence in the production has been affected. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2001, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-the-next-generation/92461/13 "2001-11-14T21:55:45Z")
From today’s [IMDb Celebrity News](http://us.imdb.com/PeopleNews/#2) (that shortcut will stop working when tomorrow’s comes out): > [@](#): > > Variety reports that the planned TV revival of Battlestar Galactica has crashed after filming committments on X-Men 2 forced director Bryan Singer to pull out of directing the pilot. Singer, who had been a driving force behnd the revival attempt was initially supposed to direct the pilot early next year so co-backers Studios USA and Fox could preview it for advertisers in May. With Singer having to pull out of the pilot, Fox apparently got cold feet and nixed doing the project with another director. Variety says a possibility exists that the project may be revived once Singer completes his movie committment, but that Studios USA declined comment and Singer’s reps didn’t return calls. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-the-next-generation/92461/14 "2001-11-15T19:01:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kingpengvin \* > Probably for the best, that show was very seventies and deserves to stay there. Oh, be nice. While _Battlestar Galactica_ was obviously designed to cash in on the popularity of _Star Wars,_ it had a lot of good stuff going for it – big chunks of creativity, a workable premise, decent characters, cool villians, and no bell-bottoms in sight. 🙂 There’s lots of stuff to be mined in the _Galactica_ vein, and I’d like to see a modern remake/continuation do so. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-the-next-generation/92461/15 "2001-11-15T19:58:48Z")
The odds seem to be about 50-50 as to if the show gets going or not. Here is the [link.](http://www.canoe.ca/Television/nov13_galactica-can.html) ---
**Author:** ![kingpengvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@kingpengvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kingpengvin)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-the-next-generation/92461/16 "2001-11-15T20:34:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by rjung \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by kingpengvin \* > > Probably for the best, that show was very seventies and deserves to stay there. > > Oh, be nice. While _Battlestar Galactica_ was obviously designed to cash in on the popularity of _Star Wars,_ it had a lot of good stuff going for it – big chunks of creativity, a workable premise, decent characters, cool villians, and no bell-bottoms in sight. 🙂 > > There’s lots of stuff to be mined in the _Galactica_ vein, and I’d like to see a modern remake/continuation do so. \*\* Believe me I am being nice. Space the Canadian equivilent of teh Sci Fi Channel has been airing this show every saturday (Actually both seasons but Galactica 1980 has been renamed Battlestar Galactica) And after watching the entire run three timesI give up. The premise is not bad but then it fails. 1)For a race who “Hate humans with every fibre of their being” It makes no sense they allowed Baltar to run a good portion of their fleet. 1. The three dimensinality and vastness of space is ignored for lame assed plots. Lets face it in the second episode they have to worry about mines. (How many were there that they couldn’t fly around?!) 3)Every solution for their problems involved them blowing something up. And the democratic politicians were allways made to look like fools. 1. the same effects used over and over again. I understand it is expensive and so effects have to be reused but how many times in a single episode are we going to watch that same Cylon ship blow up over the Galactica?! 2. The two dimensional characters. Not one came close to actually appearing to be real. 3. The 70s!!! I hate the Seventies, the Dry look the goofy digital watches that are supposed to look futuristic. The PET computers that run the ship, the spacey disco music, the astrology references and stupid constelation names. On the plus side I liked the Cylon Synth voices.