So Do You Still Want to Pursue the Dream

[jewels]

The mini aired. I don't care whether you liked or hated it. This question is outside of that.

It wasn't the 25 year long dream that we've shared of knowing more of the story we fell in love with either Sept. 17, 1978 or in the intervening years thereafter.

So do you still want to pursue the dream?

[Muffit]

A dream only dies when we stop believing faith has merit.

:muffit:

[Starbuck]

Yes, of course I still support the continuation! :girl: :choco:

[dah66]

Yes, more than ever. The mini was disappointing and only hinted at what Galactica could be today.

[dilbertman]

Q) So do you still want to pursue the dream?


A) HELL YES!

Jim:colwar:

[thomas7g]

A tired tom gives his thumbs up :)

[repcisg]

:D

[amberstar]

YES!!!!!!!!

Now more than ever I want to keep the dream alive and a continuation faithful to TOS to become a reality!!!!!!!!!
This is truly the year of Galactica! We have not been this close to getting what we want. So, don't give up now KEEP THE DREAM ALIVE!:D

Amber

[The 14th Colony]

Absolutely. The dream pursued is my intent.

[GalacticanCajun]

I intend to continue the fight.:) :woof: :beaver: :choco:

[Dawg]

Yes.

It is my opinion we have not yet seen Battlestar Galactica reborn.

Yes, I will continue to pursue the dream. I believe it is attainable.

I am
Dawg
:warrior:

[LadyImmortal]

I'm still in!

--Rhonda

[The Ninth Lord]

Voted YES. The dream is very much alive.

[BlueSquad2001]

All of my family still believes and wants to continue the fight for our beloved story and characters!:beer: :beer: :beer: :beer:

[BST]

Originally posted by Muffit
A dream only dies when we stop believing faith has merit.

:muffit:

This sums it up for me!

:thumbsup:

[Muffit]

:)

[Corwwyn]

If they make it, we will come.

[BlueSquad2001]

I'm getting pissed at the fact that they ,meaning the powers that be, do not attempt to hear us and do it right?!!! Get off your..#%$! And do it right! Give it back to us. We have done everything that a human can do to PROVE for years that this is WANTED..and NEEDED! C'mon man.:mad: Get it together and quit teasing. As a matter of fact, knowing the marketing gimicks that I'm used to, I would not doubt if making us all wait this long, was indeed a marketing strategy masterminded from the get go!:devil:

[launchcruiser7]

watch pigs space before new battlestar with female starbuck :salute:

[thomas7g]

Pigs In Space were pretty cool I thought. But that's another thread. Go Kermi!

[Eric Paddon]

I find myself in the position of saying yes I want a continuation, but realistically feeling more and more the time has passed.

[amberstar]

I find myself in the position of saying yes I want a continuation, but realistically feeling more and more the time has passed.

Don't loose faith Eric.
Just look at what CFF is doing, I believe that will get Larson's attention and open the door to a continuation. It is up to us " The Fans" to keep the dream alive.

Amber

[bsg1fan1975]

the people in my corner still want it! So lets not give up the fight!

[thomas7g]

I find myself in the position of saying yes I want a continuation, but realistically feeling more and more the time has passed.
NO no nonono.... NOPE!

:)

[shiningstar]

Don't lose the faith Eric. Hatch accepted a acting role ..........he hasn't given up on BSG and
on getting a continueation. While I don't agree with his decision ......I respect his right
to make it. He hasn't given up the dream, I haven't given up the dream and don't you
give it up either.

[Eric Paddon]

I've never really had that much faith to begin with over the years about a continuation happening because too often, I've seen Galactica fans get burned and hopes dashed. The 15 Yahren Con debacle, the Hatch-Larson wars (Larson didn't help things by not understanding that fans wanted the original cast and Hatch didn't help things with awful novels that showed an appalling ignorance of what went on in the series, which made fans like me leery of him being in charge of a revival effort).

When John Colicos passed away, that for me was when I realized that a continuation as I really hoped to see it was never going to happen. It's made me a lot more resigned to the idea of one never happening because by virtue of a lost decade, we lost the best window to get the best kind of continuation. Today, by necessity, the original cast can only play at best a supporting role in any movie idea and the ability to truly build off of what was established in the series IMO can only get lip service at best because of all the attention that needs to be devoted on making any movie great from a stand-alone project.

I'd see it, yes, but my enthusiasm for it is very minimal at best for these reasons, and also because I see no evidence to suggest that the remake's presence, especially with Richard now participating in it, can possibly be helpful.

[BST]

Eric,

Just another little morsel to nibble on......

Sci-Fi, on it's best possible day, would NEVER scratch the surface, ratings-wise, as a major network.

A theatrical movie, OTOH, will be available to folks of all shapes and sizes! :D

;)

Oh, there are possibilities and we need to take advantage of every one, no matter how the odds are apparently stacked, at this particular moment in time.

[bsg1fan1975]

Eric I hate to disagree with you about the novels written by Richard. I like them very much as it gives us a sense of what might have been if his version had come along instead of Moore's.

[Eric Paddon]

Eric I hate to disagree with you about the novels written by Richard. I like them very much as it gives us a sense of what might have been if his version had come along instead of Moore's.

And that is precisely the problem with me. Richard's vision as defined by his novels was for me and many others like me who have written fanfic for a decade, is one where continuity was thrown out the window and Richard and his ghostwriter clearly never bothered to sit down and actually watch the episodes again. Pure-blooded Kobollians, Rigel as a man, Apollo and Cassiopeia instead of Apollo and Sheba, forgetting all about key plot points of LL, WOTG and HOG does not IMO make for good Galactica any more than Moore's reimagining did.

[amberstar]

I do love Hatch's novels, though they were rushed into publication. I like the concept of going back to Kobol, and putting the science back in fiction. With the new vipers and something of a teleporting devise. I agree Cassie and Apollo should not be together, I still would like to see where Hatch is leading us to with this plot.
He has done much to bring TOS back, and with this new acting part (even though it is on Moor's mini) I don't think it will hurt our continuation efforts.
I hope you will continue to share the dream with us.

[shiningstar]

Eric I hate to disagree with you about the novels written by Richard. I like them very much as it gives us a sense of what might have been if his version had come along instead of Moore's.

I agree with you Bsg 1000000000000%

[Eric Paddon]

I think the problem I'm having with Richard's novels that I'd like to see addressed more by those who like them, is the matter of continuity with what was established in the series. I have tried reading them and each time I find myself throwing them across the floor in disgust because I keep seeing characters acting in a way so at odds with what the series established, and also seeing plot points and details that are totally at variance with what happened in these episodes. You can not for instance have Zac on the Ship Of Lights saying at the end of "Armageddon" that they don't know where Earth is when the whole point of WOTG was their giving them the general coordinates to Earth (even "Galactica 1980" remembered this plot point in "Return Of Starbuck"!). You can't forget Rigel's gender, or forget about Baltar's imprisonment, and then drop with no explanation the Apollo-Sheba romance after "Armageddon".

I'm probably prejudiced just from the standpoint of being a fanfic author, but having part of that realm for a decade I know that fanfic authors for Galactica generally follow a rule that before they write, they have to start thinking about whether this is true to what was established. In the fanfic group I belong to, we're there to keep our fellow writers from doing something in their stories like having for instance Boomer recognize Kobollian writing from LPOTG which doesn't work because Boomer was never on the planet surface in LPOTG. Knowing the episodes inside out is essential because Galactica was a continuing story arc where what happened was important for future episodes and you can not change premises or ignore those developments if you want your story to have credibility. And that's why Richard's novels will never be enjoyable to me because I've seen too many people who'll never get paid for their efforts do a much better job of writing Galactica stories with a more authentic sound to them.

[bsg1fan1975]

that's your view. but i still will read the books and like them because he brought back the characters we all know and love. for a while he was the only one listening to the fans and delivered the hopes of the BG universe continuing!

[Eric Paddon]

that's your view. but i still will read the books and like them because he brought back the characters we all know and love. for a while he was the only one listening to the fans and delivered the hopes of the BG universe continuing!

Actually, there were already two comic books series about Galactica that appeared before the first Hatch novel did and both of them showed a greater care toward series continuity, at least initially in the case of Max Press, before they got out of hand with too big concepts.

I can not be satisifed simply with a desire to bring back familiar characters because with it must come a high standard of story quality and care and respect for what was established in the series. Without it, you might as well forget it IMO.