Buck Rogers would be a cool one to reboot; plus it already has the " we're going to trash the world " backstory.
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I don't think that's NBC though. NBC does own Flash Gordon I think. Or at least they keep trying to make Flash Gordon happen.
It wasn't good the first time around with all the religious hokus pokus. If they god rid of that crap, maybe it might be good.
If you combined the last reboot with Esmail's mindfuckery, it would be spectacular. IDK why anyone would be against another run.
Giver.
Esmail isn't the showrunner though, he's only producing it. So I'm less optimistic than you are.
Instead of rebooting everything let’s get another few seasons of westworld (like season one of course)
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The zeitgiest would love the 12/13 tribes storylines. Absolutely no way they get convoluted with contemporary middle eastern issues. Nope. Not at all.
Of course, the original 1970s one was Mormon propaganda.
A Mormon blogger explains it quite well- https://www.millennialstar.org/battlestar-galactica-and-mormonism/
So Mitt Romney is leaving the Semate to take over the Lorne Green role?
Must see TV indeed, Jedediah
Well, last time, when they were doing terrorist attacks against the cylons, it was reflecting the middle east at that time. Except the good guys were the terrorists. I thought it was quite brave as there was still a gung ho spirit about the invasion.
I agreed that it will be topical again. Maybe they won't be as brave. Or maybe they'll be braver.
I'm pretty much against it because I feel like it's an opportunity to have to explain which BSG is actually the good one of them all to everyone you ever talk to about it. (Also, way way too soon for another reboot!)
Surely it is Buck Rogers turn
NBC doesn't own it and there's apparently a whole rights issue thing going on-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck_Rogers#Future_films_and_conflict
They should do Galactica vs Ender’s Game.
I'd watch a new BSG for sure. I'm not exactly hopeful that it will actually happen. But if it does, I'd still watch it for sure
I'd watch it because I distinctly remember being let down by the ending of the last version -- everything after the writers' strike was hot garbage. American TV really needs to learn to do tight seasons and series instead of dragging everything out until fans give up on it.
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I'm indifferent.
My care about BSG died when they ended the last reboot with them salivating over finding tribals they could fuck and use as breeding stock.
Everything has happened before, and everything will happen again.
I hope they go back to the original source material and come up with something that actually makes sense this time. Maybe take a few details from the newer version that "worked", but otherwise discard it and try again from scratch. Do something new with it.
And if you're going to put "they have a plan" in the tagline for a series, actually have a frickin' plan in mind.
Love this show they can reboot 100 times!
Why should you or I be for or against it to begin with? I don't quite understand.
We can predict success or failure, but as to whether the company ought to spend it's money that way, I don't see much value in chiming in.