Battlestar Galactica: The Motion Picture

[kennermike]

I was reading this but I think theirs a little confusion if I read it right Bryan Singer and producer Tom Desanto version was alot like richard Hatch's vision that he wrote in his novels which I loved.Ron Moore and David Eick are the pin heads that re amagined everything.Tom Desanto who is one of the producers of the first and new Transformers film is a hardcore fan I heard he has one of the biggest original Galactica collections in his office in Hollywood the script he wrote for the dead 2001 continuation had the blessing of Glen Larson and Richard Hatch I have read parts of the script online over the years and the first scene was a galactica bridge kinda worn from years of space use and a guy lighting a wood match moving towards his cigar revealing slowly the face and a seated Dirk Benedict as Captain Starbuck man talking about this has opened alot of wounds for me that I had forgotten 8 years ago

[jwyblejr]

The thing I like more with the new series than the old is everything isn't always tied up in a nice little bow at the end. Old series it always seemed to be "Yah,here come Starbuck to save the day,the end." Nowadays you have no idea what's going to happen and to whom. I like the twists and turns. It's what brings you back.

[fallensaviour]

The best thing about the new series is it is ending!!!

Sorry to all the new BSG lovers but.I can't stand it!

Starbuck is not a chick!!!
Lets reimagine Star wars,only this time Han-Solo is a girl.
W.T.F. David B is right they had strong female cast members in the original and they should have stayed with that.
Sorry just how I feel.And the fact that they cheaped out on affects with human looking aliens was just a crap move.

[Hector]

"Too much drinking...too much sex"

Hey...this is not a kiddie show like the original...that's why it's shown at night only (and cable).

Too much drinking and too much sex is alright by me, lol.

What is this? The Bible belt forums or something???

Please...




Now I HATE the original crap even more...and more...thanks to this thread.

[kennermike]

the bible belt forums I love it funny stuff!!!!!!!!

[Hector]

[Hector]

I will say something that you haters of the new show will appreciate (gulp)...

I don't like the new Starbuck either.

No...not because she's a chick...but because she's just a hard up ***** with too much bloody testosterone...and not a single hint of estrogen...that's why.

The single most unfeminine heterosexual female in the history of television.

I was happy when she supposedly died...and quickly saddened when she reappeared.

Bloody bullocks.

[UnderdogDJLSW]

Boy it is a good thing that we don't talk politics on this forum. I would hate to see what that would be like if we are all getting at each others' throats over "Battlestar Galactica." Can't we all just get along?

[palitoy]

As a fan of both series for different reasons, I find all the hate towards the new pretty ludicrous at times. The original is a product of it's time and let's face it, it's pretty darned disco and the new one is a product of it's time with all it's grunge.

Some of the criticism back and forth is very valid but a lot of it just equates to nerd rage over changes made. Which I'm totally prone to by the way, I ain't hucking rocks out of my glass house. I just don't have the emotional attachment to this property. I've got my classic series DVDs and they're fun but I also watch the new series.

I personally hope the classic fans do get their movie, I'll go see it. I understand how disapointing it was to have that snatched away from you like that.

As a fan of Logan's Run, I had Singer do the exact same thing to me. He was going to make a new movie that would have kept fans of the movie and the book happy, now? I'm gonna say that the new movie will likely make me sad.

[megoscott]

IMO most of the hatred toward the new Starbuck is outright sexism. It's pretty hard to so severely challenge your average sci-fi boy's notions of femininity. Tough women are great as long as they have long flowing hair and wear gold bustiers.

Who cares about Dirk Benedict?

[palitoy]

IMO most of the hatred toward the new Starbuck is outright sexism. It's pretty hard to so severely challenge your average sci-fi boy's notions of femininity. Tough women are great as long as they have long flowing hair and wear gold bustiers.

Whoa, whoa let's not get on Xena's case here.

I don't know why a female Starbuk is such a big reach, the character a tough cookie and lots of woman in this world get male nicknames placed upon them. I think that Katy Sackoff has made her version of Starbuk totally real and endearing.

I'm not sure if it's overt sexism as just simply an aversion to changing the original series. On paper, it looks like exploitation, it's what comics do. I was skeptical originally but then I gave it a shot.

Who cares about Dirk Benedict?

Well, Dirk Benedict for one. I liked his version too but in the original context. Starbuk is female for a lot of reasons in the new series, not just so she's a "hot chick".

[david_b]

"Too much drinking...too much sex"

Hey...this is not a kiddie show like the original...that's why it's shown at night only (and cable).

Too much drinking and too much sex is alright by me, lol.

What is this? The Bible belt forums or something???

Please...




Now I HATE the original crap even more...and more...thanks to this thread.

Careful here, Hector..: It's really a 'to-each-his-own' type viewpoint. Even ignostics and athesists don't necessarily care for what some shows throw in to grab the 'lowest-common-denominator' audience.

It's simply a matter of taste. Thanks for the input though. I do agree on the Starbuck character. This new series is simply 'just another show'.

And it's not just a old classic show vs. new show thing: I thought Firefly was outstanding.., and loved the female characters..!

david_b

[ctc]

>I don't know why a female Starbuk is such a big reach,

My only problem is the name, since it implies male-ness. The actual character is no better or worse (or really DIFFERENT) from anyone else on the show.)

Don C.

[palitoy]

>I don't know why a female Starbuk is such a big reach,

My only problem is the name, since it implies male-ness. The actual character is no better or worse (or really DIFFERENT) from anyone else on the show.)

Don C.

You have no female friends who get a male nickname? I know Starbuck was his name on the original show but here it's just a nickname for a woman named Kara.

[ctc]

>I know Starbuck was his name on the original show but here it's just a nickname for a woman named Kara.

See.... even THAT bugs me. It seems like a really tennuous connection thrown in as an attempt to pander to old fans. Or capitalize on the name. It's almost a non-sequitur.

>Too much drinking and too much sex is alright by me, lol.

That sort of thing bugs me too; when it's just thrown in. More pandering, this time to the 14 year old on all of us. That's why I hated the nekkid chick in Baltar's head: she's a caption with clevage. Having to TELL me what's going on is bad enough, but trying to disguise it with boobs is kind of insulting.

Don C.