# The new Battlestar Galactica miniseries **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 9, 2002, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-battlestar-galactica-miniseries/141478 "2002-12-09T08:38:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-battlestar-galactica-miniseries/141478/1 "2002-12-09T08:38:37Z")
Is this going to be fun, or is it going to suck so hard our ears will pop? [Alleged plan via FilmJerk](http://www.filmjerk.com/archives/0212/021208galactica.html?) The direction they’re taking this thing seems like a 180 from the movie/original series. They’re going for _gritty realism_. What the hell? For me, the whole appeal of Battlestar Galactica was the over-the-top corniness of it. Okay, so they’re going to try to avoid old cliches in favour of new cliches. (It reads like _Homocide_ in space, from a design point of view.) What I want to know, is it still going to be a ludicrous hodge-podge of Mormonism, astrology, and freemasonry, but with laser-guns? What the hell? I say, What the hell? “Let’s do _Battlestar Galactica_, but, you know, ultra-realistically.” “By your command.” ---
**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:** [December 9, 2002, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-battlestar-galactica-miniseries/141478/2 "2002-12-09T10:31:06Z")
I don’t know what that is, but it ain’t Battlestar Galactica. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-battlestar-galactica-miniseries/141478/3 "2002-12-09T11:00:31Z")
Golly, I looked around to see if there was confirmation on this at [Ain’t It Cool News](http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=10753), 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.) How did I not hear about this? ---
**Author:** ![Harp\_and\_Sword](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/9de053/32.png) [@Harp\_and\_Sword](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harp_and_Sword)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-battlestar-galactica-miniseries/141478/4 "2002-12-09T17:56:46Z")
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. ``` Geeze, TV writer are morons. ---
**Author:** ![Harp\_and\_Sword](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/9de053/32.png) [@Harp\_and\_Sword](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harp_and_Sword)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-battlestar-galactica-miniseries/141478/5 "2002-12-10T13:47:21Z")
D’oh! ``` At least they don't forget to put an "s" at the end of "writers" Preview is my friend! ``` :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-battlestar-galactica-miniseries/141478/6 "2002-12-10T20:57:00Z")
“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? ---
**Author:** ![Legomancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@Legomancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legomancer)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-battlestar-galactica-miniseries/141478/7 "2002-12-10T21:10:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Larry Mudd \* > **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?** The original series was contemporary, not in the future. They were seeking Earth - present day Earth - and eventually found it. Grim-n-gritty, huh? Cause lord knows THAT hasn’t been overdone. ---
**Author:** ![kingpengvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@kingpengvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kingpengvin)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-battlestar-galactica-miniseries/141478/8 "2002-12-10T21:11:28Z")
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” . ---
**Author:** ![kingpengvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@kingpengvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kingpengvin)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-battlestar-galactica-miniseries/141478/9 "2002-12-10T21:23:29Z")
oops posted too soon. 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. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-battlestar-galactica-miniseries/141478/10 "2002-12-10T22:04:27Z")
> [@](#): > > Is this going to be fun, or is it going to suck so hard our ears will pop? You mean just like the original version did, or in a new way? ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-battlestar-galactica-miniseries/141478/11 "2002-12-10T22:31:57Z")
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) ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-battlestar-galactica-miniseries/141478/12 "2002-12-10T23:36:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kingpengvin \* > \*\*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” . \*\* 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. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-battlestar-galactica-miniseries/141478/13 "2002-12-10T23:49:15Z")
> [@](#): > > 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 mean Richard Hatch’s _Battlestar Galactica: Second Coming_ trailer? Notoriously hard to find. I did find [this](http://www.geocities.com/youngdaggit/bg-second-coming.jpg) just now while looking for it, though, which is kind of funny. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-battlestar-galactica-miniseries/141478/14 "2002-12-10T23:55:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Larry Mudd \* > \*\*You mean Richard Hatch’s _Battlestar Galactica: Second Coming_ trailer? Notoriously hard to find. I did find [this](http://www.geocities.com/youngdaggit/bg-second-coming.jpg) 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. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-battlestar-galactica-miniseries/141478/15 "2002-12-11T00:19:22Z")
Which cast member? That still sounds an awful lot like a description of the [_Second Coming_](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0193000) 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. [previews] :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. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-battlestar-galactica-miniseries/141478/16 "2002-12-11T00:22:17Z")
**Larry** , it (_Space:1999_) is on DVD, but I don’t recommend watching it. From what I understand, it doesn’t age well at all. ---
**Author:** ![Atrael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Atrael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atrael)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-battlestar-galactica-miniseries/141478/17 "2002-12-11T13:59:01Z")
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.