[Lara]

Hi Eric, and everyone else in these threads.
I've only just discovered this area , so I've got a lot of catch up to get up to speed
But having followed Eric's adaptations for a goodly while now, finding them in a forum like this with him here to discuss them with is terrific. His comment in the first post of this thread is spot on:

Originally Posted by Eric Paddon

This is the kind of continuity rectifying touch I have in mind when I talk about the idea of remaking the episodes at a new level without disrupting the overall familiarity.

Now, to trade some opinion about the adaption of Saga..

Originally Posted by Eric Paddon

#3-I decided to bring back a subplot cut from the final version of the episode but in a different way, namely the "Serina's dying" subplot. Clearly, this was the reason why Serina felt the need to seek out Apollo as a possible substitute father for Boxey, but without it, it always seemed a bit abrupt for the two of them to suddenly come together. But since it wouldn't make sense to bring it back the way it was first written (lest you lose LPOTG in the process), I decided to do it this way. At the time Serina seeks Apollo out, she thinks she's dying, but she really isn't *the result of a phony diagnosis by a crooked doctor), and later when she realizes she isn't it frees her up to be more open about her new attraction to Apollo, and provide some plausibility for them eventually marrying very soon. Likewise, to explain further Apollo's receptiveness to Serina, I thought it would be plausible to suggest that Apollo was familiar with Serina as a public personality and had always had some kind of crush on her.

The mutual recognition on Caprica says she was known to Adama: perhaps he had been outspoken in the past and therefore courted by the media.

I don't think its necessary to make Serina too overtly mercenary about finding a father for Boxey. her line to Apollo about 'not knowing anything about Boxey's father' always made me wonder if she was estranged or possibly even in an abusive relationship. This would add plausibility to the speed of her relationship with Apollo and still fit with her relationship with Apollo developing after he demonstrates he has chemistry with Boxey and is a total gentleman with her.

Incidently, I was watching a prog on WW2 RAF pilots and their female friends the other night including several parts of an interview with one widow who described how quickly her and her fiance had fallen in love under the threat of iminent death. Her words were (not exact quote) the whole of life was being lived fast forward and when you allowed yourself to feel good emotions you embraced them wholeheartedly. Her biggest regret was they didn't marry, but they had hesitated because it didn't seem right to do it so quickly. She also noted the RAF didn't like the fighter pilots attached because it took away their edge. Both of them had been under considerable pressure to have their fling then move on.

Originally Posted by Eric Paddon

#4-Another element of foreshadowing is to give some plausibility to Cassiopeia later becoming a med-tech, so I added some dialogue when she has her arm fixed about being aware of medical equipment and having had training in medicine at one time before she decided to become a socialator.

Again, its a good fix, but I've never been bothered by her metamorphosis. She's a smart girl and knows she needs to find a good place on the fleet. Her realtionship with Cain showed us she was more than a common street walker: probably a courtesan or high class escort, so she would have a lot of skills with emotional/ people relationships/ etc that would lead to being suitable as a med tech.

Originally Posted by Eric Paddon

Saga is the kind of episode where the structure remains quite good and requires at most some fine-tuning (unlike some other episodes that I think could use more of a major overhaul in their retelling!)

Absolutely!!

Cheers,
Lara