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   In article , brucegb@austin.rr.com (Bruce   
   Burden) wrote:   
      
   > Joseph S. Powell, III  wrote:   
   > :   
   > : 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;   
   > :   
   >         As I said: It was what it was.   
   > :   
   > :                                   RDM's BSG was created for adults, in a   
   > : more naturalistic style.   
   > :   
   >         Shrug.   
   > :   
   > : 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.   
   > :   
   >         I understand Hatch pushed a BSG series many times. It wasn't a   
   >     redo, it was a "oh crap, the Cylons found us on Earth", according   
   >     to the trailer that I saw.   
      
   Before Ron Moore was brought in there was multiple attempts to get a   
   proper new Battlestar Galactica series or movie going over the years.   
      
   Richard Hatch has been trying to get one made for decades (almost since   
   the hopeless Galactica 1980 show was made), but the studios weren't   
   interested. He's also kept the books and comic books going to some degree,   
   as well as the various conventions and trying to get his own sci-fi movie   
   / show off the ground (which from the trailer looked rather hopeless).   
      
   Then the studio suddenly decided it was a good idea to bring back a   
   follow-on "Battlestar Galactica" series themselves (no doubt simply to   
   protect their copyright and/or jump on the nostalgia fad bandwagon of   
   bringing back old shows). They brought in at least two people to do it, as   
   well as changing it through various ideas of a cinema movie, a TV movie,   
   or a TV series. At one point it was almost ready to go as a proper   
   follow-on movie / series (ignoring Galactica 1980) with a script and 3D   
   models of the Galactica, etc. created, and some of the original cast back   
   on-board ... BUT then of course the morons in management and the   
   bean-counters stuck thier noses in and it got delayed, at which point the   
   guy they had could no longer stay due to other commitments (Spider-man 2,   
   I think from memory). It was then that Ron Moore was brought in and the   
   whole thing changed into a silly in-name-only "reimaginging" (not sure if   
   that was his idea or the management morons) - he even used some of the   
   work already done by the previous people.   
      
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