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BATTLESTAR GALATICA has STAR TREK to Thank For "Reinterpretation"

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By TRexx / 21:16, 1 April 2005 / General Genre/SciFi

"BATTLESTAR's timing could not have been more perfect. Shortly after the show premiered in January, STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE was canceled because of poor ratings. But BATTLESTAR producers dismiss talk that BATTLESTAR is the new TREK," writes César G. Soriano for USA Today.

"People have said it will replace the importance and attachment that people had to the TREKs in the past, but I don't want to compare and contrast," says Sci Fi Channel president Bonnie Hammer. "STAR TREK lives in the sci-fi world; BATTLESTAR GALACTICA takes a step outside of it. It's very much grounded on tough issues we deal with today."

Soriano opines that it's because of STAR TREK that producers decided to resurrect BATTLESTAR as a "reinterpretation" rather than a continuation of the original series.

"It would have felt like a hangover from the 1970s," says BATTLESTAR executive producer David Eick, who developed the show with lead writer Ronald D. Moore. "The only reason to do another space opera is if you can go in a different direction than you can do with STAR TREK and all its imitators... Nobody does science fiction better than STAR TREK."

Read the complete article in the TV pages of USA Today.

Wired is calling BATTLESTAR GALACTICA "the best sci-fi TV ever."

'"It's so good," my wife exclaimed as the credits rolled on an encore viewing of the penultimate episode earlier this week. "It's like NEXT GENERATION meets THE WEST WING,"' shines Suneel Ratan. "Stacked up against [Edward James] Olmos' Adama, legendary STAR TREK captains Kirk and Picard come off as even bigger, unbearable, pompous assess than we might have remembered."

Read Ratan's rave at Wired News.



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RE: Teasing the trekkers... | Report this post to moderator
By: Bella Oxmyx (Odo's file, contact) @ 13:48:31 on Apr 02, 2005

Star Trek is not a woman, Hbasm. Being loyal to one "franchise" to the exclusion of all others will not improve your character or demonstrate your superior moral fiber. All it will do is limit and narrow your view of the world. And if you are a real Trek fan, as you claim, you'll recognize that that's contrary to the message at the core of Trek. IDIC? Sound familiar?

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RE: Teasing the trekkers... by Hbasm @ 12:15:06 on Apr 03
    RE: Teasing the trekkers... by cooper2000 @ 15:48:36 on Apr 04
       RE: Teasing the trekkers... by Hbasm @ 03:11:18 on Apr 05
    RE: Teasing the trekkers... by Bella Oxmyx @ 20:50:45 on Apr 03
       RE: Teasing the trekkers... by Hbasm @ 05:02:59 on Apr 04

RE: Teasing the trekkers... | Report this post to moderator
By: cooper2000 (Odo's file, contact) @ 15:42:39 on Apr 04, 2005

I am guessing he is a troll too.
Dude, liking Trek is fine but liking it if it is not good and watching it just to watch it is, hmmm...Pathetic.
Get out of the house and go on a date or something. There is more in life than Trek.
Do you know Star Trek is not real???

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RE: Teasing the trekkers... by Hbasm @ 03:16:44 on Apr 05

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By: Nuclearmothman (Odo's file, contact) @ 22:40:23 on Apr 02, 2005

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I am not a sci-fi fan.

How old are you? 12? This is the silliest thing I've ever read. This is like a Yankees fan saying he's not a "baseball fan." Or a Cowboys fan saying he's not a "football fan."

So what if "sci-fi fan" is a general term and "Star Trek fan" is more specific? A well-rounded, well-adjusted person can be BOTH AT THE SAME TIME! In fact, most Trek fans are also sci-fi fans as well, because...get ready for this...Star Trek IS sci-fi!

Eve if you watch Star Trek, and only Star Trek, you are still a "sci-fi fan," whether you want to call youself one or not.



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RE: Teasing the trekkers... by TRexx @ 00:26:57 on Apr 03
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