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Battlestar Galactica Reboot Moves Forward at Peacock With New Showrunner (www.cbr.com)

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[–] Zoidberg@lemm.ee 19 points 10 months ago (5 children)

I was looking at my Goodreads account and I've read around 300+ sci-fi books. There are TONS of stories that could be awesomely adapted to TV. Why do they insist on rehashing the same old shit?

[–] nick@midwest.social 6 points 10 months ago

Or finish the expanse, fuck.

[–] maegul@lemmy.ml 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Cuz Hollywood is dying or going through a dark age. No faith in trying new things. Complete profit driven cynicism from the top. An interest in only making substantial profits when entertainment is probably best run as a low-profit industry so that risks can be taken in order to enrich and progress culture.

How does anyone else feel about the quality of writing they’ve been seeing lately? I feel like I can detect a drop in quality over the past couple of years. At first I thought it was all the work done over the pandemic but I feel like it’s persisting.

[–] Nomad@infosec.pub 4 points 10 months ago

People that liked this show as teens now earn money fulltime. So the answer is: consumers with cash reliving their childhood.

[–] Evotech@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Low risk, making tv is expensive

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Well last time they rehashed Battlestar Galactica it actually went well, so can't knock all rehashing imo

[–] Zoidberg@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Went well? Seriously? First year was good and I liked it. From that point on it was downhill. An entire year lost on semi religious cult BS. Then another year lost in a muddy planet. Then all the "All along the watchtower" mess. With the most stupid ending conceivable. "Let's throw the ships into the sun". Why??? Oh and we made such a mess with the story that Starbucks just disappeared out of thin air...

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

8.7 on IMDb. I'd say that's pretty good.