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Old October 16th, 2004, 05:52 AM   #28
Trevor Angelus
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I wouldn't change much. None of the scripts, yes even greetings from earth part2 and the Young Lords. I would add things though. A larger cast and seperate them to different parts of the fleet so you get different perspectives of everyone's situation. The civilians, the politicians, the military.

I like Ron Moore's idea of human Cylons, for espionage only though. No fembots, leave porn in pornography. There is no need to make the show "darker". The human race is on the brink of anihillation, how much darker can it get? You need the heroes to be bright knights in shinning armor as a beacon of light and hope to guide others through the dark. Not self loathing depressed people that have little hope or faith in themselves. we have to much of those characters already, in this situation such people are not reliable.

I would update the technology, not the actual designs of the ships, but the view screens and gadgets they use. I would update Muffit to appear more canine like.

I would have placed the Carrilon episode later in the series, instead finishing the pilot off with lost planet of the gods.

I would have introduced Serena into the series as Apollo's wife with Boxey as his son, or as Zak's wife.

Would place more emphasis on their plight as the last remnants of humanity. I would do this by showing the destruction of all other types of military vessels, thereby showing the audience that the Galactica is the ONLY means of defense against the Cylons. I would have had a character, or taken an existing character and changed his background slightly, that came from one of the starving freighters to give perspective to the show. I would show them drafting people from these ships to replenish the military. I would show them hodgepodging and jerry-rigging new military ships from existing ships, space debris, or floating derilicts. Show them going on salvage missions.

I would have them picking up other species that the Cylons were trying to annihilate along their way.

I would have had a John Crichton type character from Earth eventually joining the cast to give them a glimpse of what they are journeying to, and if it's such a good idea. He would eventually become a viper pilot and be their advisor on earth. Plus a veritble wealth of pop culture referances like Crichton.

I would have cut the comedy out of the cylons and Baltar. I would present them as a truely terrifying threat. They are out to wipe out ALL sentient lifeforms, so any backwoods planets they come across have not even heard of the Cylons. The Cylons would not be dumb and predictable, but dangerously clever and adaptive. They would not be fooled by the same trick twice. Baltar would have been altered into a cyborg, his sentiant life is "tollerated" only for his insight as a human. Neural monitors detect any sign of deception to ensure his loyalty. More different cylon models and ship designs.

More story arcs. I would have liked to have seen a 5 or 6 ep story showing a pyrric victory over the Cylons that forced them to crash land their convoy onto a planet and establishing a base there out of neccessity. The larger ships were no longer space worthy. And once they have the opportunity to repair them, would everyone be willing to leave? Or a story arc about cylon "criminals". Cylons who developed invividual thought, some good, some evil. They are fugitives for being traitors to their species, free will and individual thought are the highest crimes a Cylon could commit against its people.

Would like to have Tim Minnear, David Abramowitz, or Bill Panzer on board, if not all.

I woud have said Ron Moore for what he did for TNG, but he made too many unneccessary changes for me. It was too earth, and it's not about earth. It's about "brothers of man who are fighting to survive somewhere beyond the heavens" The show should reflect that it is not from earth.
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