At last, my take on 'new vs. old BSG'.

[The Saltex Brujo]

No new posts here since 4/25/12.
I was on this group before the 'reboot' and stayed away from all the
hullabaloo that invaded. i was reserving judgement. i saw the initial
reaction of the oldguard fans of 'real BsG' scorning the 'reimagining'.
i was, and am, a fan of the original BSG.
but i also withheld judgement until i saw the New Version.
In hindsight the cries of the original fans was swept away in the rave
reviews and rabid fandom of the new series, which in many minds, is the
ONLY BattleStar Galactica. The Original has been reduced to a curiosity
and somewhat of a campy joke.
I remember the comic book relaunches of 'classic' BSG by Maximum and
Realm presses in the mid-9o's and Richard Hatch's novels and efforts to
get BSG back on the screen. i felt excited that at last galactica was
printing out NEW material in nearly 15 years!
But all those efforts stumbled and petered out, though technically
Richard lost out to the Relaunch.
On to that: i have EVERY season and iteration of the New BSG on DVD and
find it a very well done production. i have gone back and watched
segments a number of times and get a new perspective every time and i am
truly sorry to see Caprica cancelled: the teasers for Season Two looked
very intriguing and the ultimate cancellation of the Blood and Chrome
project sucks.
i buy the New BSG in the comic book form too.
But, i think they could have told the story of the New BSG in a series
where they could have invented their OWN universe without hijacking The
Battlestar Galactica
milieu and retooling it for their needs. just keeping the facade and
seeming of the original but gutting the story elements and minuti=E6 for
their own.
it shows that, while there are still inventive writers in hollywood, the
studio heads are reluctant to invest in new 'names' and bank on
nostalgia and known properties to get new series across. it shows the
derth of creativity in hollywood nowadays as they ransack their vaults
and reimagine every series or movie even halfway popular and NO
treasured memory of TV shows past are safe from their desecration.

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[Clu]

The below statement summarizes why I have not invested the time to watch
the entire reimagined Battlestar Galactica.

I appreciate the efforts that went into making such a series, and how in
the end the series seems to expand the original story, and even elements
of Galactica 1980 and what was planned into the multiple seasons the
reimagined got in the end.

No, I don't think the classic series has been reduced to a curiousity.
Campy possibly, but a mere curiousity?

Well I guess the best way to put it is both universes were bleak, dark,
and horrific in what happened. Both touch on similar problems and
obstacles.

I remember in the classic series how Adama tells Athena of how he was
passing out lottery tickets to those that would go, leaving behind those
that did not get a lottery ticket. A very dark description told in a
narrative. Told in passing. In the reimagined this would not have
been left to the imagination but shown in gory detail for like 25
minutes of the show, while in the classic series it is touched on for 2
minutes.

Reimagined focuses on how human kind is replacable, and how everyone has
a breaking point. The show in the end shows that we are no more than
machines ourselves, and how the problems they faced were created by mankind.

Classic focuses on how we are more than machines, brought about and
guided by a higher power. We did not create the problem that attacked
humanity, sometimes life just happens and life is not fair. But in the
end humanity can overcome and maintain dignity in the process.

While both series have their simularities, I think I prefer the focus of
the classic series personally.

Jubal

Post by The Saltex Brujo
But, i think they could have told the story of the New BSG in a series
where they could have invented their OWN universe without hijacking The
Battlestar Galactica

[The Saltex Brujo]

Re: At last, my take on 'new vs. old BSG'.

Group: alt.battlestar-galactica Date: Sat, Jul 7, 2012, 2:55am (EDT+8)
From: ***@swbell.net (Clu)
The below statement summarizes why I have not invested the time to watch
the entire reimagined Battlestar Galactica.
I appreciate the efforts that went into making such a series, and how in
the end the series seems to expand the original story, and even elements
of Galactica 1980 and what was planned into the multiple seasons the
reimagined got in the end.
No, I don't think the classic series has been reduced to a curiosity.
Campy possibly, but a mere curiosity?
Well I guess the best way to put it is both universes were bleak, dark,
and horrific in what happened. Both touch on similar problems and
obstacles.
I remember in the classic series how Adama tells Athena of how he was
passing out lottery tickets to those that would go, leaving behind those
that did not get a lottery ticket. =A0 A very dark description told in a
narrative. Told in passing. =A0 In the reimagined this would not have
been left to the imagination but shown in gory detail for like 25
minutes of the show, while in the classic series it is touched on for 2
minutes.
Reimagined focuses on how human kind is replaceable, and how everyone
has a breaking point. =A0 The show in the end shows that we are no more
than machines ourselves, and how the problems they faced were created by
mankind.
Classic focuses on how we are more than machines, brought about and
guided by a higher power. =A0 We did not create the problem that
attacked humanity, sometimes life just happens and life is not fair. But
in the end humanity can overcome and maintain dignity in the process.
While both series have their similarities, I think I prefer the focus of
the classic series personally.
Jubal
On 5/7/12 12:05 AM, The Saltex Brujo wrote:
But, i think they could have told the story of the New BSG in a series
where they could have invented their OWN universe without hijacking The
Battlestar Galactica

yeah, the new BSG was very depressing and bleak and while it did have a
'higher power' angle. their 'God' was a cruel and capricious one: making
humans and cylons suffer holocaust, humiliation, cruelty and ever
damning them that their legacy was violence and murder, but holding out
that humanity was "savable'.
plus i never really liked the mandala wheel approach to events: the
'what happened before will happen again' schtick.
I preferred the Original BSG approach that the phase of conflict that
pitted colonial vs. cylon was just a phase of an ongoing battle going on
between 'good and evil' at different levels of technology and
physiospiritual development.
BSGC [BSG Classic] was also far more hopeful than the new series. Lorne
Greene's Adama had a steadfast vision and loyalty to his Deities and
wasnt the surly atheist pragmatist of olmos's portrayal. Plus i likjed
the ambience and 'feel' of BSGC.
the new is just a contemporary story transferred into space to sell to a
scifi audience.

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