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   > In article , brucegb@austin.rr.com (Bruce   
   > Burden) wrote:   
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   >> Your Name  wrote:   
   >> :   
   >> : "Better" is simply a matter of opinion.   
   >> :   
   >>         I can't say either version is "better". They are too   
   >>    different, and too widely seperated in time for me to say   
   >>    I like one over the other.   
   >> :   
   >> :                                                while if you like   
   >> : over-complicated / realistic sci-fi like Babylon 5, then the Ron   
   >> Moore's   
   >> : "remake" is likely "better".   
   >> :   
   >>         Well, perhaps the first couple of seasons. I really liked   
   >>     B5 (well, aside from the final season on SciFi, because the   
   >>     show was compromised when PETN decided to drop it, but be that   
   >>     as it may...)   
   >>   
   >>         I really liked new Cattlecar Gallactica, until the New   
   >>     Crapica arc. At that point, I felt that the writers/Moore Ron   
   >>     had chucked the first two seasons out the airlock, and hit   
   >>     the big red button. Once the Chief at. al. decided they were   
   >>     cylons, I hit the eject button, and never went back.   
   >   
   > After butchering the original Glen Larson series for ideas, the talentless   
   > hack Ron Moore probably didn't have any real clue what to do.   
   >   
      
      
   The original was, while admittedly entertaining in the same way one would   
   watch old-school episodes of CHIPS or the Dukes of Hazzard, a 2-dimensional   
   show aimed primarily at children; RDM's BSG was created for adults, in a   
   more naturalistic style.   
   Re-imagining BSG was not actually Moore's idea - he had pitched a space   
   drama show, but the execs pushed the idea of a BSG redo.   
   Moore is far from "talentless" as you say, otherwise the show would never   
   have come close to being the award-winning, "Best show on Television"; with   
   regard to the New Caprica arc, there were some really brilliant aspects that   
   were shown in the storyline...surely nothing one would have ever seen on the   
   old-school BSG, although both did feature Richard Hatch, who really did his   
   best acting as Tom Zarek than he ever did as the original Apollo.   
   I agree that it should have been planned a little better, like JMS did with   
   B5, but RDM still made it work, creating intricate plotlines with   
   3-dimensional characters that brought it a depth that few shows have even   
   today; although the "Final Five" aspect did seem a little contrived, I was   
   still blown away by the revelation scene in Crossroads part 2; I will never   
   be the same whenever I hear All Along the Watchtower (whether it's Bear   
   McCreary's cover, or the Hedrix or Dylan ones).   
   The next day at work (it was aired on Sundays back then), I couldnt' get   
   that tune out of my head, I was humming it at my desk all day long (at low   
   volume so the girl sitting next to me wouldn't think I was crazy;).   
   I even enjoyed the Finale, and while I can see the reasons behind some of   
   the complaints, overall I think it worked out pretty well (although I still   
   think it would have been kind of interesting to see them end up on   
   modern-day Earth rather than 150,000 years ago).   
      
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