What would a Moore BSG series be like?

DaveC001 · January 13th, 2003, 03:10 PM

Given Moore's mutilated premise - mankind has not ventured out into the stars, there are no other forms of life, and the Cylons are a homegrown creation - there doesn't seem to be any room for the epic sweep that made the original series so special.

Remember: We're discarding all the mythological and spiritual elements, so the Beings of Light, the true origins of Kobol and the mysterious Iblis origins of the Cylons are out. And the Cylons have become more of a "Where's Waldo" in space, as the colonials have to decide who in their midst is a Cylon in disguise. Such is not the stuff of which epics are made.

What's left, then? Well, life aboard the fleet, of course. Moore has said he wants the new show to have a "you are there" naturalistic feel. We already know that means plenty of sex, but I think it also means lots of petty bickering and squabble stories as Laura Roslin butts heads with hard-nosed military leader Willy Adama.

LAURA
"Damn it, Willy, you a$$hole - the teachers on barge 7 need more erasers!"

WILLY
"Up yours, Laura, you &*(&^%! I've got the Kobollian Medal of Honor! Don't try to tell this old war doggie what to do!"

Yeah. That's fun to watch.

Is this what Moore means when he says "you are there?" Because all of us ARE there - we deal with this kind of mundanity on a daily basis in some form or another. We tune in to SciFi to ESCAPE the mundane.

Well, too bad. With Moore's BSG, we get squabbles; we get sex, we get petty little personal intrigue instead of grand storytelling. Moore thinks he is taking the opera out of space opera. What he's really doing is putting the soap into space opera.

Is there really a high demand for Days of Our Lives set in outer space?

KJ · January 13th, 2003, 03:22 PM

To answer your question in the most honest way possible for a fan or causal fan to respond to the answer is of course

Moore's BG is, CRAP? CRAP, CRAP, CRAP, CRAP, CRAP, CRAP, CRAP, CRAP, CRAP, CRAP, CRAP, CRAP, CRAP, CRAP, CRAP, CRAP, CRAP, CRAP, oh and did i mention the Ron Moore version from all sources and information released that has made it to the fanbase, causal fans and people in general sounds, looks and is 100% CRAP!!!..

I'm just saying what we all need to get of our chests! am i alone in this yes or no?

KJ

siress13 · January 13th, 2003, 04:17 PM

another version of The Starlost with warriors visiting different ships and interacting, finding lost children and settling squabbles over food and clothing.

CONTINUATION ONLY

:colwar: :sunshi:

Corwwyn · January 14th, 2003, 04:52 AM

I quite agree with you Stallion.

Quite apart from deconstructing what most BSG fans consider "the essential aspects" of BSG (will he remodel the Galactica too?!!), the premise seems designed to limit the available storylines to endless same-old same-old.

Titon · January 14th, 2003, 05:35 AM

Simple, there will be no series.

Moore is a hollywood puppet, plain and simple. He is a hack in my eyes with what he's trying to create. In the long run we will all truely see how "bad" it could be.

Disheartining really.

LucianG · January 14th, 2003, 09:29 AM

To answer the basic question:

A series not worthy of being called Battlestar Galactica...and very short lived.

LucianG · January 14th, 2003, 09:31 AM

Hi Siress13,

Just noticed you were from Smyrna. Hello from another north-side Georgian.

Tony