ManFromPorlock
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IIRC, Cylons were created to be blown away, since people couldn't be shot during "family hour" (an oddity of the late 70s) programming.
IIRC, Cylons were created to be blown away, since people couldn't be shot during "family hour" (an oddity of the late 70s) programming.
Don't forget the Mormon influences...
I have to agree with the poster who liked the miniseries and the linked final sequence of episodes from the original series. While it was still 70s TV cheesy, at least it was pretty well done.
The new version still takes it out behind the woodshed, though.
You are probably right about the LDS element.
I think the new one is better too, yet I am uncomfortable saying it. "Reboots" don't have to do the work from the ground up. They are taking an idea that has already been formed and developed and embellishing it. Nothing wrong with that per se.
It's pretty well-documented. Quite a bit of interesting reading out on the web.
This one went a bit further than the standard reboot. Moore and Eick not only did a lot of tinkering with the core story, they added a ton of new material - and now a completely different show set in the same universe.
I was a huge fan of the original as a kid. It came out at the right time as I was coming off my Star wars high and needed a fix. It was pretty cheesy but was a product of its time. I always thought of it as Bonanza in space because of Lorne Greene. Always liked John Colicos as Baltar too. If you thought the original show was bad you haven't seen the abomination that was Galactica 1980.
The new BSG is a worthy reboot imo. Pretty dark show maybe a little too dark at times. Went places the original could never have gone at the time.
Ditto - I mean what was up with that ending!? Talk about a mobius "trip"!The last season of BSG was my least favorite. Not because it ended, but it just got weird.