Remember that mediocre ’70s sci-fi show Battlestar Galactica that got remade into an uneven-but-in-general-pretty-goddamn-badass TV series? Of course you do! By which I mean, of course you remember the uneven-but-in-general-pretty-goddamn-badass version. Nobody except sad old nerds remembers the original version, and they only remember it because they like to angrily complain about Starbuck being a man and why that’s important for some reason.
ANYWAY, new Battlestar might be dead—it’s ill-advised spinoff Caprica tanked, and news regarding a potential new series, Blood and Chrome, is the opposite of promising—but Bryan Singer’s still threatening to bring back the ’70s version. Because why not, I guess. Via Blastr:
Singer’s version will have nothing to do with Ron D. Moore’s recent successful take on the classic sci-fi series, but will rather be a re-imagining of Glen Larson’s 1978 original series, with Larson on board as a producer.
So that’s that. Hey, maybe this could turn out great! I mean, all evidence would seem to be to the contrary, but maybe it could be great! Personally, I’m just hoping they cram another unlucky chimpanzee inside a suffocating robo-dog costume. Is that wrong? That’s wrong, huh.
I actually liked Caprica, despite all the VR-5 shit. It was really developing into a great show, judging by the last episode. Seeing what brought the war is a bit more interesting than the war itself, though probably not as exciting.
I liked Caprica. I think it gets lost in the middle, especially with the Adama gansta storylines. I think it should have been centered around Zoey pre-robot/terrorist plot. Also should have focused way the eff less on religion, but that was the problem with the other series too.
“Caprica” got off to an auspicious start. In fact I thought the pilot (I watched the unedited version on DVD before its TV debut) was damned good at depicting a human civilization on the cusp of a technological singularity. Though it got bogged down in melodrama and quasi-religious mumbo-jumbo from time to time, it was a compelling show compared to most other dreck on TV these days. And the series finale actually atoned for whatever shortcomings it may have had.