New Reboot of Battlestar Galactica

[Josquius]

A Town Called Eureka has been a little show. I don't think I'd say fun.

[HisMajestyBOB]

As an aside, the new B5 would have been based on the old story, but have completely new characters and story arcs.  JMS said he would get some of the old cast back in guest roles (like Bruce Boxleitner as the Earth Alliance president that gets assassinated, maybe) but there would be no reprising old roles, and no old roles to reprise.

I'd rather see him do something completely new, if similar to B5 thematically, than that.
Not saying that it would be bad, but that we've seen B5 already and it's great.

[Crazy_Ivan80]

a series on the Night's Dawn Trilogy might be nice.
Galaxy spanning, zombies, aliens, spacebattles, groundbattles, jungles, megacities, al Capone, sex

[crazy canuck]

As an aside, the new B5 would have been based on the old story, but have completely new characters and story arcs.  JMS said he would get some of the old cast back in guest roles (like Bruce Boxleitner as the Earth Alliance president that gets assassinated, maybe) but there would be no reprising old roles, and no old roles to reprise.

I'd rather see him do something completely new, if similar to B5 thematically, than that.
Not saying that it would be bad, but that we've seen B5 already and it's great.

I would be happy with whatever he did.

I would be even more happy if others tried to emulate him.

[viper37]

He had full creative control, a $2 million-an-episode budget, and a full 24-episode order.  This was going to be for a new distribution system WB was launching in collaboration with several cable providers.  It was the distribution part of the new venture that broke down, not the content part.

As an aside, the new B5 would have been based on the old story, but have completely new characters and story arcs.  JMS said he would get some of the old cast back in guest roles (like Bruce Boxleitner as the Earth Alliance president that gets assassinated, maybe) but there would be no reprising old roles, and no old roles to reprise.

Would have been nice.  Hopefully, it's something that will work in the future

[grumbler]

I'd rather see him do something completely new, if similar to B5 thematically, than that.
Not saying that it would be bad, but that we've seen B5 already and it's great.

Agree, and to some extent I think he would agree as well.  The problem is getting people tom fund stuff, and, as I noted, it seems getting remakes funded is easier.

[grumbler]

I don't see why that's true. Eureka's been a fun little show for four seasons in the same little town, and plenty of mainstream shows are set in modern day New York, or suburbia.

We are talking space opera here, though.  Other genres do quite well with limited casting (Death and the Maiden had a cast of three, and was excellent).  For Space Opera, the BSG 'verse just seems too constrained, to me.