From: drclu@swbell.net   
      
   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   
      
   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   
      
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