http://www.scifi.com/galactica 404?

[dvo47p]

I noticed that I could not find a link from http://www.scifi.com/galactica to the BSG forum. Is this an ominous precursor to the new “re-imagined” Battlestar Galactica lite Forum?

I bet this hyperlink http://www.scifi.com/battlestar will connect up to the bboard when Scifi has the Battlestar Galactica lite mini ready, to go straight into television oblivion. The production is slated to begin March 24th.

THIS COULD BE A TEMPORARY SCREW-UP, THE FARSCAPE & BATTLESTAR GALACTICA GOLD SQUADRON SITES POPED RIGHT UP?


ERROR 404 – FILE NOT FOUND

Sorry, we couldn't find the page you requested.

Check the file path and make sure it is correct.
If you continue to have trouble finding the page
you're looking for, try starting over from our
home page or using our search utility.

SCIFI.COM – SCIFI.COM SEARCH

[jewels]

dvo try this
New link for original BSG homepage on Scifi's site
http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/classic/

ain't that sweet: we are now "classic" in their eyes. Don't be standing downwind from that fan, is all I can say.

[jewels]

http://www.scifi.com/battlestar is the moore/eick remake site: Live today no less.

Think about timing and write Mr. Diller.
J.

[dvo47p]

I do belive my popcorn is in a different aisle.

[Micheleh]

Here lies a slumbering giant, its name known to many, its voice
remembered by but a few. For a brief moment, it strode the Earth, telling
tall tales of things that never were, then stumbled over a rating point and
fell into a deep sleep.

I think there's life in that old giant. But I think that just poking him with a
stick and expecting him to leap to his feet and resume his journey as if no
time had passed would serve only to hasten his final death throes. He
needs a makeover. Especially that '70s hair.

So we've set out to bring the old boy back to life and give him a new
look and a new outlook on life. And we're going to ask him to tell his
stories again, from the beginning. Tell them again, but this time go
deeper. See, we were young once and when the old guy spun his tales of
Apollo and Starbuck, we were satisfied with clear-cut heroes and nakedly
evil villains. But we're older now. We've eaten a lot of popcorn over the
years. We're ready for a bigger meal. Make the story more complicated.
Make the people less black and white. Challenge us, provoke us, grab us
by the throat with those massive hands and dare us to invest ourselves in
flawed characters who face ambiguous choices in an imperfect world.
Dare us to root for heroes with all-too-human weaknesses. See if we'll still
embrace them if they fall prey to their imperfections.

Ask us to care for human beings instead of caricatures.

"Our goal is nothing less than the reinvention of the science-fiction
television series."

With those words leading the way, I turned in the final draft of Battlestar
Galactica. Bold words, perhaps. Arrogant even. But they accurately
describe the ambition driving this project:

We believe you can explore adult themes with adult characters and still
tell a ripping good yarn.

We believe that to portray human beings as flawed creations does not
weaken them, it strengthens them.

We believe that bringing realism to science fiction is neither contradictory
nor a fool's errand.

We believe that science fiction provides an opportunity to explore our
own society, to provoke debate and to challenge our perceptions of
ourselves and our fellow Man.

We believe science fiction can still be relevant.

We believe all these things and more.

If you agree with us, then this is the show for you. If not, then thanks for
coming, but the popcorn is in a different aisle.

Over the course of the next year, this site will bring you news and updates
on the Battlestar Galactica miniseries as it is shot and produced. Our aim
is to provide you with unprecedented behind-the-scenes access to
photos, storyboards, early story outlines, script pages, conceptual artwork,
interviews, live Webcasts from the set, even preliminary cuts of scenes.
You'll get to see things that are normally kept under tight lock and key —
we're going to do this in an open, inclusive way. Let you see the process.
See the mistakes and hopefully see the triumphs as well.

Stick around, it's going to be a helluva ride.

Ronald D. Moore
Executive Producer / Screenwriter

I'll go throw up now. :( :( :(

[Micheleh]

"its voice remembered by but a few......"

"We believe science fiction can still be relevant.

We believe all these things and more.

If you agree with us, then this is the show for you. If not, then thanks for coming, but the popcorn is in a different aisle."

Is it just me, or is this tantamount to a big f*ck you to we, the so-called 'few', the pathetic popcorn fanhood?

Well, I'm returning the sentiment. As far as I'm concerned, from this moment forward, the remake project no longer exists. I don't care about it, I won't discuss it, and I sure as hell won't bother to even turn on the TV to avoid it.

I have had enough. Ron Moore and co.... f*ck off, yourselves.

[Micheleh]

One last comment- do you notice that his argument is entirely justificatory? He doesn't say oen thing about why the new show is good, he jsut says that the old show is pathetic juvenille popcorn garbage, and he will do better.

HIS ENTIRE ARGUMENT IS AIMED AT US, THE FANHOOD HE IS INSULTING AND PASSING OFF AS POPCORN.

*Sigh* :(

(And no, I am never going to let that 'popcorn' remark go as long as I live, lol!)

[Rhade]

Originally posted by dvo47p
I do belive my popcorn is in a different aisle.

I don’t know anything about which aisle the right popcorn is in, but I’m guessing there’ll be plenty of it on the floor. ;)

This just in from the United States Nielsonological Service:


Based upon careful analysis of fan reaction to Ron Moore’s ideas, the U.S.N.S. has decided to issue an Outraged Fan Advisory. Forecasts indicate an 82% chance of steady flurries of popcorn, mercilessly pelting television screens across America the night the new Battlestar Galacitica miniseries airs on SciFi. The flurries are expected to begin around 8:00 EST and then sweep westerly across the continental United States as the evening continues. Said flurries may be accompanied by howling winds, with expected gusts of up to 90 m.p.h., generated by millions of viewers simultaneously exclaiming, “What the Hell?! Starbuck's a girl???”


:D

Rhade

[Micheleh]

I can see it now... a new nickname in the making.

Introducing Ron 'Popcorn' Moore! Only saltier, and less taste!

Lololol.....

[jewels]

Rhade: you are priceless tonight. ROTFLMAO. :thumbsup:

Please send that to Tracy B. @ dirkbenedictcentral
Dirk needs to see that one.

[ojai22]

''Ask us to care for human beings instead of caricatures.''

Are the characters in his script indicative of the people who inhabit Ron Moore's world? Sad state of affairs.

[peter noble]

"Moore lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Ruby, and their children Robin and Roxy."

Jeez, you couldn't make that up surely?

I can just imagine them at home wearing tank-tops with bright red Rs on them.

Good grief!

Peter

[Micheleh]

"... and their dog, Ruff."