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Old February 17th, 2003, 06:05 AM   #2
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I Beg to Differ...



Date: 02/16/2003
From: Sept17th1978eightPM


I Beg to Differ…
The look and feel as far as Colonial uniforms and the Galactica bridge, Adama’s quarters other rooms and corridors don’t look dated. The ribbed shirts with Egyptian accented collar dress look great today, and the fighter pilot helmets should retain the Egyptian Pharos headdress look.

The monitors and keyboards etc. looked dated, and the Cylons need a lot of help from the chest down. The S/FX shots really make show age poorly.

The sets and costumes should not be great departures from TOS.
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Jon

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I like the idea



Date: 02/16/2003
From: Apothis


However, the costumes do not need a major reinvention to work. Keep the Egyptian motiff like Jon suggest and that would work fine.
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This could work well



Date: 02/17/2003
From: ScifiProphecy


You'd still have to have the Cylons created by aliens while the human made droids would be based on Cylon designs and captured centurions. The colonials would have thought they could avoid the mistakes that led to the actual Cylon civilization. Eventually the colonial cylons too would have turned against their creators. After their banishment they would have joined forces with the Cylons taking with them information that would help create the human looking Cylons.
The reunion episode with Galactica and the original cast probably wouldn't work because of the time difference. For time to "slow down" you need to travel (almost) at the speed of light, you can't go faster. The FTL drive is based on some kind of shortcut where you don't have to exceed light speed to go faster. So if the Galactica doesn't have or can't use the FTL they're the ones traveling near the speed of light. Therefore, it's the Galactica crew that should have aged more slowly. Besides, was it ever even established anywhere that the Galactica fleet doesn't have FTL capability, or was it just the bad science in the original? A reunion episode would probably require time travel or something, unless the Galactica fleet stopped for a long peirod of time or even turned back for some reason etc. Most importantly, what I want is a continuation to the original, not just a quick reunion. That would mean another Galactica series with original cast members reprising their original roles.
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This definitely works



Date: 02/17/2003
From: KLAW


I always thought Adama and the Rag Tag Fleet escaped the Colonies too easily but if the Cylon fleet was at Ragnar waiting for the Caprica's Rag Tag Fleet then of course Adama gets away without having to fight a blockade of Basestars.
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Both stories are good



Date: 02/17/2003
From: admiral_kirk


But combining the original with the new gives a very compelling story from the ambush at the armistice to the infiltration of the Colonial defenses. I agree with KLAW that the Galactica escaped way to easily from the Cylons while leaving their homeworlds. If the Cylons were at Ragnar then Adama gets away without having to fight his way out. Also by the time the Galactica arrives at Caprica, the nuclear assualted would have ended which is why Adama and Apollo were able to land on Caprica without opposition. Also having the other fleet explains why Adama was able to make it to Carolon without meeting much opposition. The Cylons were too busy chasing the other fleet.
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