From: BillV2320@webtv.net   
      
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   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 minutiæ 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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