Battlestar Galactica to the Big Screen?

[martok2112]

Two men, both carrying bouquets of flowers, walk into a large building.

Man 1: To be, or not to be?

Man 2: What?

Man 1: To be, or not to be? That is the question which must be answered. Whether 'tis--

Man 2: No bloo'y question at all.

Man 1: I beg your pardon?

Man 2: Well, the girls we're loo'ing for live in apartment 2A.

Man 1: So?

Man 2: So? SO?!!! That pretty well answers that daft li'l question you were put'in forth there a moment ago! The girls live in 2A, which is NOT 2B. Did you forget already?!

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WESTMORELAND. O that we now had here
But one ten thousand of those men in England
That do no work to-day!

MAN IN CROWD: (muttering) Lazy bastards!

KING: (in the midst of speech)We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;....(continues on)

ANOTHER MAN IN CROWD: (chuckling) Poor ol' sod' can't bloo'y well count now, can 'e?

MAN BESIDE HIM: Whatcher' tal'in 'bout there?

ANOTHER MAN IN CROWD: Well, there's some bloomin' thousan' of us, aren't there? Ah should think that counts as more than jus' a few.

MAN BESIDE HIM: Well, er, ah think 'e was--

ANOTHER MAN IN CROWD: An' do ah look bloo'y happy to ye'!? Ah sure in the 'ell ain' 'appy to be 'ere, tha's for certain! Loo'in to get all chopped up 'n' mangled jus' 'coz some wankah in a fancy 'ead decoration calls us to war for 'im?! Ah' sure as 'ell didn' vote for 'im!

MAN ON OTHER SIDE OF HIM: Oh, bloo'y 'ell, 'ere 'e goes again wi' 'is Supreme Entitlement speech!

ANOTHER MAN IN CROWD: Look, Supreme Executive Power does no' derive--(rambles on)

MAN BESIDE HIM: (leans over to MAN ON OTHER SIDE OF HIM) You call'd that one, mate!

ANOTHER MAN IN CROWD:-- Ah mean, jus' because some wet wench lobs a scimitar at ye'--

MAN ON OTHER SIDE OF HIM: Get off! Yer' talkin' 'bout the wrong bloo'y king anyway!

ANOTHER MAN IN CROWD: Ah'd rather be a' 'ome shaggin' me waff a good'n' then be standin' 'ere waitin' for us t' get all burnt,'n' decapitated, 'n' disemboweled, 'n' dismembered, n'...

MAN BESIDE HIM: Oh, piss off! Ye're spoilin' th' mood!

KING: (finishing)....upon St. crispin's Day. So if you do doubt your courage then come no further, for certain death awaits ye', with nasty, big, pointy teeth. (brings hand to mouth to simulate gory fangs)

MAN DOWN ANOTHER TWO TO THE LEFT OF PREVIOUS CONVERSANTS: What an eccentric performance!

So the question: you could mix Shakespeare and Monty Python together, but why would you want to?

Answer: Because I can!




:D

[Gemini1999]

Someone's been smoking crack again...

[martok2112]

I'd love to stay and chat, but crack don't smoke itself. :D

[peter noble]

Some may have seen that Singer's signed on to direct the next X-Men film.

Now, what does this mean for the BG film?

I'm friends on Facebook with someone who knows Singer and he says that the BG moviesis stone cold DEAD.

[David Kerin]

It sure does look that way. The way Singer announces and then jumps project to project is ridiculous. If you don't have a clear plan to pursue a project, then don't announce things like Battlestar or Logan's Run, only to ignore it from that point on.

I still wish Tom DeSanto would get a crack at something Galactica. I know he pushed for an animated series years ago, maybe someone would have a new interest in that! Clone Wars seems to have done well for Cartoon Net, and using the voices of Hatch, Benedict, Jefferson... et-all... would be perfect. Sadly part of the list that will never likely happen.

On a bright side, I did get my copy of "By Your Command", so there's a way to still keep me in my Battlestar state of mind.

[TwoBrainedCylon]

Wow, ... another Galactica film effort that never got beyond a press announcement and a rough script. Who would have thought that would happen? I wonder if they got as far as making a few pre-production drawings and the like that they can release in a couple of years.

In five years, someone with some cash and an inside angle to Universal might convince them to do a trilogy of direct-to-download films to wrap up the original series. As long as the Sci-Fi Channel isn't involved, they might be OK. At this point, I don't think there's much else we can hope for.

All my best,


Russell

[martok2112]

I am saddened.

[Senmut]

The point is, someone doesn't WANT to ever see a BSG film come to light. As more and more of the original cast pass from the scene, this will become easier, and those passings will be used as excuses as to why it can't be done.
This will, if it ever happens, have to be done on-line in the same way os some Trek incarnations or other SciFi has been done. But TPTB will never actually expose one frame of film on this. Ever.

[TwoBrainedCylon]

Never contribute to conspiracy what you can contribute to incompetence.

I sincerely doubt there's a sinister plot in the Black Tower against the original series. The folks with money don't see the potential following for the 1978 series as a good investment in regards to their return on investment. Other folks who have been able to steer the franchise have seen it as a way to further their own careers. Its been a bad combination and its not one that I ever see changing.

The time for anything with the original cast has passed. The number of potential viewers under the age of 50 is growing increasingly smaller every year.

You do the math.

[peter noble]

All being told, I think it's for the best. The weird hybrid of the the two series thing would have never satisfied anyone and any Galactica movie could never match the one I see in my head.

[Apolloisall]

All being told, I think it's for the best. The weird hybrid of the the two series thing would have never satisfied anyone and any Galactica movie could never match the one I see in my head.
Yeah, besides, David gave us a nice little wrap up.:salute:

[Gemini1999]

When I heard the news that Singer accepted the director job for the next X-Men film last night, I knew immediately what it meant. It was nice for that brief moment of time when a new film project for Galactica was announced, but the absence of news that came after the announcement made me wonder if it would actually happen or not. I can accept the idea that the film project is dead. Its been too long and too much has happened in the genre where the film might enjoy the sort of success we would like it to have. I think that Universal knows that, I think that Singer knows that and with the mild reaction that announcement got from the fanbase, we know that too.

[Senmut]

And besides, the VS makes better scripts than they could! ;)

[Creep]

Maybe BSG movie is more alive than it seems. I mean BSG was always kind of tied with Star Wars. When "New Hope" came out so did the BSG show. When "Phantom Menace" came out so was the interest for BSG revival and Hatch made those trailers which then led to GINO. And when it was announced that Disney bought Star Wars all of a sudden SyFy outed "Blood and Chrome" which seemed to be forever buried in the syfy's basement. So when the new Star Wars movies hit the screen it may again revive BSG as it did so far.

Even Ben Affleck gave tribute by showing BSG actors on a lot in his 70's movie "Argo"
http://i.imgur.com/mUNlO.png
Maybe he directs the next BSG movie.

[monolith21]

I'm not too worried. I mean I don't necessarily think we are in some great shape to have the film made, but truth be told we know as much as we did before. The film had the first draft of the script commissioned not all that long ago. That means that it would have to have a few more drafts and the revisions turned in before any real movement could happen. Singer could direct a few movies in the time that that takes and still work on pre prodution.

I always come back to Transformers. DeSanto menioned he was committed to working on that film in 2003 and it was further along than Battlestar was production wise and it was still 2007 before the film hit theatres. This stuff takes some time.

[Andreas]

Bryan Singer last news on Battlestar Galactica Movie:

Singer has revealed that he remains keen to make a Battlestar Galactica movie, but that X-Men is his inevitable priority. "I have that one on hold for a moment", he said, "so hopefully, I'd love to be able to get back to that, but for now I'm just focused on this X-Men business".

http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/battlestar-galactica/24485/bryan-singer-battlestar-galactica-movie-on-hold

What's wrong with this guy?
Looks like he have not enough passion to make a Battlestar Galactica movie?

:salute:

[martok2112]

Nothing new there.

[137th Gebirg]

Yeah - I'm in the "whatever" camp when it comes to Mr. Singer. As flaky and flighty as he has been about this particular project in the past decade-plus, I don't think I want him working on it at all - ever. He clearly doesn't care enough about it to light the fires proper. The fact that he squandered the last opportunity to do a TOS project in favor of the aborted "Munsters" movie, of all bloody things, says it all.

No thank you...

[TwoBrainedCylon]

How long has it been since Glen promised we'd see a film in two years?

Just wondering.

[Titon]

Quite frankly i wish they would just leave our memory of what we had alone.

Glen will be long gone before anything ever comes out of TOS Galactica. Better to just leave us to our own thoughts on the series. I keep it alive in my own way.

:)

[Apolloisall]

I agree.

[BST]

This scarcely becomes a blip on my radar any more. Although, I would champion someone's effort to forward a TOS-based movie along the process, I won't be holding candlelight vigils. The time has long passed for that and that's a shame.

A TOS-based theatrical release could have been one hell of a big deal. There is definitely a money-spending customer base for good science fiction. X-Men is a good example. All the super hero movies are another. What baffles me is how anyone can overlook the potential that this show brings, with so much of the backstory untold. Any writer worth his or her salt would be foaming at the mouth to do this. Why can't it get a green light?

Universal's manipulation of the property reminds me of the weather, in a way. In the winter months, in Pittsburgh, we sometimes get quick moving snowstorms called "Alberta Clippers". They originate in Alberta, Canada and move very quickly from west to east, often times dropping enough snow to be a nuisance but, not so much as to be a problem. That's how I view Universal's machinations - enough to keep the product breathing but, not enough to really move it forward OR to let someone else move it forward.

It's a shame. There are many wonderful stories, inside TOS Galactica, waiting to be told.

:(

[martok2112]

This scarcely becomes a blip on my radar any more. Although, I would champion someone's effort to forward a TOS-based movie along the process, I won't be holding candlelight vigils. The time has long passed for that and that's a shame.

A TOS-based theatrical release could have been one hell of a big deal. There is definitely a money-spending customer base for good science fiction. X-Men is a good example. All the super hero movies are another. What baffles me is how anyone can overlook the potential that this show brings, with so much of the backstory untold. Any writer worth his or her salt would be foaming at the mouth to do this. Why can't it get a green light?

Universal's manipulation of the property reminds me of the weather, in a way. In the winter months, in Pittsburgh, we sometimes get quick moving snowstorms called "Alberta Clippers". They originate in Alberta, Canada and move very quickly from west to east, often times dropping enough snow to be a nuisance but, not so much as to be a problem. That's how I view Universal's machinations - enough to keep the product breathing but, not enough to really move it forward OR to let someone else move it forward.

It's a shame. There are many wonderful stories, inside TOS Galactica, waiting to be told.

:(

Pete, I think part of the problem is that pretty much any writer that looks at doing a take on Classic Galactica is going to likely make changes that, although to them might seem to reflect their interpretation of what comprises the spirit of the original show is going to likely end up doing something that will displease those who loved the show. I think even if they go into the project with the best of intentions, they'll still piss of the fans of the original, somehow, someway....it's almost inevitable....and I think that's why some of them, despite their potential reverence for it, are gun shy to approach it.

Of course, there are those powers that be that will look on TOS with disdain, with the eye of the present, and not the love of the past.

[Senmut]

Basically, it's a case of keep dragging it out, until all those who remain of the original cast/crew are either too old, or dead. Then, problem solved.
For whatever reason, some folks do not want a BSG film done. If someone wasn't dragging their heels, it would have been done long ago. Even in H'wood, if enough people want something done, it happens.

[jewels]

Other interpretations
1. Comcast announced this week that they were finalizing the purchase of the last 49% of NBC-U from GE. Both Comcast and GE stock went up after the announcement (that bodes well for what investors think of the new owners)

2. Some of this might still be from Universal's lack of funds and good ROI on a lot of their recent year's movies.

3. Jack the Giant Slayer is a Hollywood machine response to the 2 recent Snow White movies, Grimm and Once Upon a Time.

4. X-men is a sure bet with Singer having a hand in it. (3 good returns on his 3 prior flicks). Success builds cred., Cred builds bigger budgets and more creative freedom.

5. If they wait long enough, the rights will be with Glen's heirs and Glen will be out of the picture. This could give the creative team more latitude, good, bad or indifferent.

Just some thoughts. Not holding my breath.

Jewels

[Andreas]

A movie in the vein of TOS Galactica would be great!
For me was the orginal Galactica concept always to big and expensive for the
small screen!
Universal don't understand that the have ''for years now'' a big franchise in his hand like Star Wars!!!
But Universal like more to produce crap like ''Battleship''!!!
I get a headache when i think what Larson or Tom DeSanto or Bryan Singer could do with the money for a great Battlestar Galactica movie.
Me makes also a little confuse that we hear nothing from Tom DeSanto anymore?
And one word for the new Bryan Singer movie ''Jack the Giant Slayer'' i'am sceptical at the moment that the movie will be a big office number?
Great cast but the CGI looks crap.
What i mine is the last big box offiice hit what Bryan Singer ''direct'' is long time ago. :/:

Hope you all can read my english?? (May be bad grammar)

[ray243]

Perhaps the success of the new Star Wars trilogy might spark universal to embark on making a big-screen version of Battlestar Galactica.

[martok2112]

Granted back in '78 they gave the show the go ahead because they wanted, essentially, Star Wars for weekly television.

But, I suspect that in this time, despite their other misgivings about Classic Galactica, they'd see it as nothing more than a "Star Wars" wannabe that they'd try to put on the screen.

Most of the younger audiences in this day and age that enjoyed the new series would probably see it that way too, especially if they are ignorant of the Classic series itself. Even in this time, most folks are still far more aware of Star Wars than they are of Battlestar Galactica.

[Andreas]

Let me say it this way!
The pilot and the 2 parts episodes had the best quality in story and FX!
Today on the big screen you can do the orginal concept !
78' they didn't had the money and it was a TV-Show so the most grim ideas and planets and aliens, they didn't could show!
I think also the ideas what Tom DeSanto and Bryan Singer want for the TV-Show were great and better as the Ronald D. Moore show but still to expensive for TV !?;)

[martok2112]

Let me say it this way!
The pilot and the 2 parts episodes had the best quality in story and FX!
Today on the big screen you can do the orginal concept !
78' they didn't had the money and it was a TV-Show so the most grim ideas and planets and aliens, they didn't could show!
I think also the ideas what Tom DeSanto and Bryan Singer want for the TV-Show were great and better as the Ronald D. Moore show but still to expensive for TV !?;)

The original concept of running for the original Battlestar Galactica was to be a series of telemovies, released every three to six months, where the producers could focus bigger budgets in terms of visual effects, and generate more solid stories. Just imagine the Galactica we would've had back then if they'd gone that route. Instead, the network wanted a weekly series, and then (becoming part of the problems that plagued the original series) stuck their fingers in many aspects of production, resulting in half-finished scripts before shooting, script revisions during shooting, and last minute hand ins in the middle of a scene's shot.

It was almost as if Classic Galactica crumpled under its own weight.

[Sarika]

Pete, I think part of the problem is that pretty much any writer that looks at doing a take on Classic Galactica is going to likely make changes that, although to them might seem to reflect their interpretation of what comprises the spirit of the original show is going to likely end up doing something that will displease those who loved the show. I think even if they go into the project with the best of intentions, they'll still piss of the fans of the original, somehow, someway....it's almost inevitable....and I think that's why some of them, despite their potential reverence for it, are gun shy to approach it.

Of course, there are those powers that be that will look on TOS with disdain, with the eye of the present, and not the love of the past.

Well said indeed, Martok.
You have perfectly expressed my exact thoughts upon this.:salute:

[martok2112]

Well said indeed, Martok.
You have perfectly expressed my exact thoughts upon this.:salute:

<----takes a bow

Thank you, my dear. :)

....and now for my next trick.... :D

[Sarika]

<----takes a bow

Thank you, my dear. :)

....and now for my next trick.... :D

Awaits his next trick....staring wide eyed.
:LOL:

[martok2112]

.....er.....

<---- looks around....

Gah.....I forgot what my next trick was. :D

(runs...hides)

[Sarika]

.....er.....

<---- looks around....

Gah.....I forgot what my next trick was. :D

(runs...hides)

Sighs then gets up and walks off. Mumbles something about one act wonders...

"Anybody want my ducket for "The Great Martok's Amazing Tricks" show"? :D:LOL::nervous:

[martok2112]

Sighs then gets up and walks off. Mumbles something about one act wonders...

"Anybody want my ducket for "The Great Martok's Amazing Tricks" show"? :D:LOL::nervous:


"Rootahhh....voootaaahhh....zoot! Observe....a live rabbit out of the hat, yes?" :D

[Sarika]

"Rootahhh....voootaaahhh....zoot! Observe....a live rabbit out of the hat, yes?" :D

She turns back around.

With one hand on her hip, she says.

"Is that all you got?":/:
:wtf:
:D

[martok2112]

Seriously, my dear Sarika, you're not going to make me pull out the Abra-ca-pocus? It is not such for mortals to witness. :)

[Senmut]

.....er.....

<---- looks around....

Gah.....I forgot what my next trick was. :D

(runs...hides)

Tricky of you.

[martok2112]

That's my famous "disappearing" act, Senmut. :D

[Sarika]

Still standing with one hand resting on her hip, she nonchalantly examines the nails on her other hand.

"I want the Abra-ca-pocus, Martok, sweetie, or else", she says sweetly.
:D

[martok2112]

Very well, Sarika. You asked for it!

(waves fingers mystically and menacingly toward Sarika!)

La da dee dee, la da dee dee, la da dee dee da....abra-ca-po------cus!

POOF!

(And Martok turns into a longhorn sheepopotamoose!)


Ahhhhhggggghhhhhhhhhh..........! Backfired......again!!!!!!!

[Lara]

Bryan Singer last news on Battlestar Galactica Movie:

Singer has revealed that he remains keen to make a Battlestar Galactica movie, but that X-Men is his inevitable priority. "I have that one on hold for a moment", he said, "so hopefully, I'd love to be able to get back to that, but for now I'm just focused on this X-Men business".

http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/battlestar-galactica/24485/bryan-singer-battlestar-galactica-movie-on-hold

What's wrong with this guy?
Looks like he have not enough passion to make a Battlestar Galactica movie?

:salute:

had to doublecheck the date on that post.. de ja vu!! (sigh)

Lara

[Lara]

and who let the sheepopotamoose in here again? And where has Martok gone..
Ohh, right :blush::LOL:

Sarika, I think its time to break out something from the top shelf, call the others in and pop a region 1 copy of Saga into the machine (cos its got the extras..) and recharge the vibe off the big plasma screen, the big big sound, and the huge heart of those keeping the faith..

Bliss

Lara

[Sarika]

Don't worry Martok.

She leans down to pat the creature on the head.

Sheepopotsmoose's are very fashionable this Yahren ....
:D

Now. What was that Lara?
Top shelf you say?
Saga?

Call everyone in?

Turns to shout out..

"Hey everywarrior! Drag your colonial butts in here"!

Don't look at me, Lara told me to do it.

The Siress pats the sheepopotamoose again, ad it let's out a cry that sounds like a large antlered animal just ate a lamb..
:LOL:

[Senmut]

That should be "astrums", Sarika.

[Sarika]

Well then, what are you waiting for?
Move your astrum...:bounce:

[Senmut]

Smart astrum!

[Sarika]

Who me?:blink:
:D

[BST]

......just walkiin' by, whistlin'.......

[martok2112]

<---The Martokian Longhorn Sheepopotamoose makes a noise at BST, which is somewhere between a snort, a baa, and a low!

[BST]

<---The Martokian Longhorn Sheepopotamoose makes a noise at BST, which is somewhere between a snort, a baa, and a low!

....and BST is so dangblasted confoozed that he has that deer-..and the antelope play... in the headlights look.

:eek:

According to the chatter, that long moose sheep horn whatchamacallit is a house pet. :D

[martok2112]

....and BST is so dangblasted confoozed that he has that deer-..and the antelope play... in the headlights look.

:eek:

According to the chatter, that long moose sheep horn whatchamacallit is a house pet. :D

Only semi-domesticated.... :D

[Sarika]

"There, there, Martok".

The Siress says, as she pats the docile bizarre creature.

"You'll get used to your new form in time"...
It looks up at her with a blank yet looking as though it is concentrating on something in its mind rather intensely.

"Oh I know that look in your eye, Martok".
She let's out a sigh.
"We're going to have to house train you, aren't we..."

:LOL:
:D

(Now how did this thread go so pear shaped?)

[martok2112]

(plop plop)

<------ the equivalent of a :devil: grin crosses the M.L.S.'s face.

(I'd hold my breath if I were you.)

[BST]

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[Senmut]

You folks are ALL crazy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[BST]

Took ya this long to figure it out, eh?

Oh, laddie, ya might need to have a wee bit more of the grog!!

:D

[Sarika]

Grog...Ambrosia...home made buzzer...mushies dipped in grog..mushies dipped in Ambrosia...Ambrosia dipped in home made buzzer...*hic*!
Apooollo dippshed enn Amrosheeiah....*hic* and..

Looks at the a strange creature leaving giant calling cards on the floor, her eyes cross and the Siress passes out...
*Thud*

[Gemini1999]

I'm guessing that with the recent flurry of off topic discussion, I could probably unsubcribe from this thread, eh?

[martok2112]

Considering the lack of optimistic news that seems to be continually growing...and the sudden turn of silliness, I 'spose so.

[Sarika]

Considering the lack of optimistic news that seems to be continually growing...and the sudden turn of silliness, I 'spose so.

Huh? What silliness? This perfectly normal ...isn't it?:blink::D

[Senmut]

I'm guessing that with the recent flurry of off topic discussion, I could probably unsubcribe from this thread, eh?

Stop needling everyone!!!!!!!!

[137th Gebirg]

http://i767.photobucket.com/albums/xx320/gebirg137/Star%20Trek/spockwaitwhat.gif

[Apolloisall]

That's no Borellian Nomen!

[Senmut]

You have a point, there.

[BST]

I'm guessing that with the recent flurry of off topic discussion, I could probably unsubcribe from this thread, eh?

Why would ye want to do THAT ??? Have ya gone daft, man??

Aye, a fine mess we're in..... ;)

[peter noble]

http://variety.com/2014/film/news/battlestar-galactica-movie-gets-new-life-at-universal-exclusive-1201153687/

[137th Gebirg]

My wife showed me this yesterday. While the BSG lover in me hopes beyond hope that this is true, I'll believe it when I see it. I'm gratified that Singer doesn't appear to be attached to this one and Larson is. Maybe this time it will actually get done.

[Darrell Lawrence]

I posted the link in the News/Front page before I saw this ;)