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Battlestar Galactica Reboot Moves Forward at Peacock With New Showrunner
Submitted 1 year ago by neme@lemm.ee to moviesandtv@lemm.ee
https://www.cbr.com/battlestar-galactica-remake-new-showrunner/
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Zoidberg@lemm.ee 1 year ago
I was looking at my Goodreads account and I’ve read around 300+ sci-fi books. There are TONS of stories that could be awesomely adapted to TV. Why do they insist on rehashing the same old shit?
nick@midwest.social 1 year ago
Or finish the expanse, fuck.
maegul@lemmy.ml 1 year ago
Cuz Hollywood is dying or going through a dark age.
How does anyone else feel about the quality of writing they’ve been seeing lately? I feel like I can detect a drop in quality over the past couple of years. At first I thought it was all the work done over the pandemic but I feel like it’s persisting.
Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Well last time they rehashed Battlestar Galactica it actually went well, so can’t knock all rehashing imo
Zoidberg@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Went well? Seriously? First year was good and I liked it. From that point on it was downhill. An entire year lost on semi religious cult BS. Then another year lost in a muddy planet. Then all the “All along the watchtower” mess. With the most stupid ending conceivable. “Let’s throw the ships into the sun”. Why??? Oh and we made such a mess with the story that Starbucks just disappeared out of thin air…
Nomad@infosec.pub 1 year ago
People that liked this show as teens now earn money fulltime. So the answer is: consumers with cash reliving their childhood.
Evotech@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Low risk, making tv is expensive
kambusha@feddit.ch 1 year ago
What the frack?
aeronmelon@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Michael Hogan has the greatest potty mouth in the industry.
Drusas@kbin.social 1 year ago
Jesus fuck, can we just not?
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
And Firefly has no reboot.
Teon@kbin.social 1 year ago
Yay! More tv shows getting ruined because the entertainment industry has Zero creativity!
altasshet@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
What year is it?!
maquise@ttrpg.network 1 year ago
Would really prefer they did something new/different with the IP than rehash the same old stuff.
Drusas@kbin.social 1 year ago
Or if they didn't use the IP to keep rehashing the same stories and make something unique.
dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
I feel if it only really achieved cult fame during the new golden age of television, a reboot of a cult show made during the most popular era of television is going to not be as popular and be objectively worse. I would generally be up to be proven wrong, but I wish they’d leave BSG alone unless it was some kind of continuation or spinoff instead of a reboot.
delmain@beehaw.org 1 year ago
We’ve had one, yes, but what about second reboot?
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I’ll take things that were perfect in their original incarnation and don’t need a reboot for 200$ Alec
toxicbubble420@beehaw.org 1 year ago
meanwhile Dark Matter is selling their set pieces after being cancelled
Taleya@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Stop rebooting BSG and get back onto B5 already you floons.
SteefLem@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Question: what was wrong with bsg 2005 to need a “reboot”? Hope its a new show not actually a reboot because those are some big shoes to fill
zcd@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Very close to perfection, the only complaint I have personally is the ending was kind of… eh? But not sure how they could possibly match some of those performances particularly Adama
ericisshort@lemmy.world 1 year ago
To me, the show went downhill as the mysticism became the focus, so the reboot handling that aspect differently would be an improvement in my mind.
Drusas@kbin.social 1 year ago
The writers' strike killed it, but it had a fantastic first season and a half or so.
state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
I really liked the miniseries, but the actual show was awful. It was very obvious the writers didn’t have a plan and just made up new shit every episode. It had its moments, but it was very far from being perfect.
ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 1 year ago
2006 Galactica is incredible except for the last 30 minutes. Having everything wrap up with supernatural incidents that were never hinted at felt like it undercut the visceral 4 season journey before it.
Shadow@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
This article practically pretends that whole show didn’t exist, and only refers to the miniseries.
Pratai@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
They lack the creativity to come up with new IP so they rehash old shit knowing people are dumb enough to watch it.
hitmyspot@aussie.zone 1 year ago
It was great, but that’s really why they are rebooting. Any successful show is more likely to get an instant audience if they reboot rather than try something new.
Then if it’s good, the audience will stay. If it’s not, they won’t. Getting people to try something new is hard to build.
The problem is people often reward bad shows with views just because they liked the original. I’ve certainly given up watching any reboot until the first season is over and reviews are in and it’s been reviewed. If they don’t respect my time, I’m not playing their game.
SteefLem@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Well at least its not another reality show where some prick buys leaves for a living to sell at turtles or something.
But they could expand i mean they are expanding star trek like there is no tomorrow’. Not all good but better than rebooting star trek tos. And it worked. But yeah…. Money…