Golly, I looked around to see if there was confirmation on this at Ain’t It Cool News, and I feel like I’ve been left out of the loop.
Not only has there been ongoing “controversy” over this production for a couple of years, it was being made here in Vancouver. (Was? Is? Depends on the SciFi Channel now that Fox has dropped it, I guess.)
The filmjerk site confirms one thing that one thing which suck about the first one, is going to suck about this one, no FTL travel.
I realize that the physics majors out there will tell me that FTL is impossable, but...
Space is big, space is real big. Without the plot device of FTL travel, your entire show never leaves the star system. Finding the "lost planet" earth could have been accomplished with a telescope.
“Space is big. You just won’t believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it’s a long way down the road to the drug store, but that’s just peanuts to space.” – Douglas Adams
Does anyone remember how the writers managed to put the Galactica’s crew on 1970’s Earth? I don’t remember much about that scenario except that there were too many children and the Galactica kids all had super strength as a byproduct of their journey, a la Kal El. Was there some sort of “freak wormhole in time and space” device used? Was it as much of a glaring contradiction to the broad suggestion throughout the rest of the series that our ancient civilizations were built up by descendants of the Galactica exodus as it seems?
And in which episode did Starbuck settle in Seattle with his repaired-Cylon buddy, intent on starting a ruthless franchise operation?
Well I don’t remember how the Galactica managed to get to Earth in the Ever untimly title “Galactica 1980” However their last episode of that godawful series dealt with the Fate of Starbuck. Not to bad but smacked of the “Enemy Mine” cliche.
This series has no right to be revived in any way possible. It has as much a chance as a remake of “SPACE:1999” (Gee remember when that date seem so futuristic) or “The Lost Saucer” .
That being said I think the ideas put forth about the look and feel could make for a very interesting show. It would be nice to see a revolutionary sci fi show. They are all looking the same to me. I tried to watch Firefly but couldn’t get over the fact that it is the same formula that others have taken which is to put an old genre and stick it in space. Doesn’t work for me. This on the other hand, if they keep the ideals posted might be worth a look.
Maybe if the bad guy robots don’t have one ping-pong ball eye that bounces around then maybe they can focus on the enemy ships and shoot one down for a change. (besides the random main character crashes on a planet plots)
You do know that one of the cast members of Space:1999 is trying to revive the show? They’ve even gone so far as to create a short film about it. (You can download it from the web, but I don’t know where. Might be able to find the link if anyone’s really interested.)
That being said, this could be good, or it could suck dinos. Given Sci-Fi’s record (Anyone for Dune? Anyone at all?), it’ll probably suck dinos.
You mean Richard Hatch’s Battlestar Galactica: Second Coming trailer? Notoriously hard to find. I did find this just now while looking for it, though, which is kind of funny.
No, I mean one of the cast members of SPACE:1999 is trying to revive the show and has shelled out money to produce a short film with a cast member sending a message saying that they’ve had to abandon Moonbase Alpha and are going to live on this planet they’ve just found.
Which cast member? That still sounds an awful lot like a description of the Second Coming trailer, produced, written, and directed by Richard Hatch (Apollo), was made specifically as a promotional item to generate enough interest to get a pilot made.
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:smack: D’oh. Right-- Space: 1999. That slipped by me how many times? Even with the “Moonbase Alpha” elaboration. I think I’ll go have a little lie down now.
That’s cool to hear-- I haven’t seen any Space: 1999 since it was originally broadcast, but I still remember playing with my Space: 1999 toys when I was seven & thinking how lucky I was that I’d probably be able to go to the moon if I wanted to before I was thirty. One more bitter disappointment.
What kills me is the $200 price tag for the entire Space:1999 series. I mean, I liked it, and would probably get the series just for fun, but no way would I shell out $200 for it. Maybe, maybe $60 or so.
