Comments on: Why Bryan Singer doing a Battlestar Galactica Redux Is A Bad Idea /blog/bryan-singer-to-direct-battlestar-redux/ Critical Media | Movies, TV, Games, Comics and anything else that matters Fri, 14 Aug 2009 21:22:03 -0600 #?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jamais /blog/bryan-singer-to-direct-battlestar-redux/comment-page-1/#comment-83 Jamais Fri, 14 Aug 2009 21:22:03 +0000 /blog/?p=1548#comment-83 In the original, you had religious rarely touched on; pretty much the sole exception was an arc where they had to deal with advanced beings posing as gods. Sure the Lords of Cobol were mentioned frequently, but mostly as a mild oath. This is opposed to the new one, where you couldn't escape religion: Baltar ended up leading a messianic cult based on himself, President Rosalyn virtually depended on her visions to run things, Adama faced several crises of faith, Kara Thrace was a virtual angel (dying on the homeworld and then disappearing in the finale when her job was done), and the journey to Earth was cached in their mythology. There was a lot of religion in the New BSG, and Moore even pointed it out in interviews a lot. Just...weird..... In the original, you had religious rarely touched on; pretty much the sole exception was an arc where they had to deal with advanced beings posing as gods. Sure the Lords of Cobol were mentioned frequently, but mostly as a mild oath. This is opposed to the new one, where you couldn't escape religion: Baltar ended up leading a messianic cult based on himself, President Rosalyn virtually depended on her visions to run things, Adama faced several crises of faith, Kara Thrace was a virtual angel (dying on the homeworld and then disappearing in the finale when her job was done), and the journey to Earth was cached in their mythology. There was a lot of religion in the New BSG, and Moore even pointed it out in interviews a lot. Just…weird…..

]]> By: Jamais /blog/bryan-singer-to-direct-battlestar-redux/comment-page-1/#comment-81 Jamais Fri, 14 Aug 2009 20:29:20 +0000 /blog/?p=1548#comment-81 First off, the new version has even more religious overtones than the old. Religious elements were backgrounded in the old, but were in the foreground in the new; Baltar was a religious leader, the president had visions, and Kara Thrace was an angel, after all. If you're slamming the original for religious overtones, then why give the new one a pass?<br><br>That said, it's unlikely to be a franchise-killer; as fans of the old series and the new series tend to be mutually exclusive. At the same time, I agree that the movie itself is likely to bomb because the old series was a product of its times. It's definitely a bad idea, but mostly due to timing than anything else... First off, the new version has even more religious overtones than the old. Religious elements were backgrounded in the old, but were in the foreground in the new; Baltar was a religious leader, the president had visions, and Kara Thrace was an angel, after all. If you're slamming the original for religious overtones, then why give the new one a pass?

That said, it's unlikely to be a franchise-killer; as fans of the old series and the new series tend to be mutually exclusive. At the same time, I agree that the movie itself is likely to bomb because the old series was a product of its times. It's definitely a bad idea, but mostly due to timing than anything else…

]]> By: reznik360 /blog/bryan-singer-to-direct-battlestar-redux/comment-page-1/#comment-82 reznik360 Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:44:34 +0000 /blog/?p=1548#comment-82 Slight clarification: I wasn't slamming it for religious overtones, I was pointing out what could be a flaw in the more decidedly 'christian' themes.<br>I like the original series, but it was pretty heavy-handed. Religion & Love,<br>as cheesy as they can be when done poorly, are the central themes in RDM BSG<br>and handled brilliantly, in my humble opinion. <br><br>I do sincerely hope that I'm<br>wrong, and it turns out to be great. I have faith that Bryan Singer would do<br>an excellent film, however I don't see it being the huge blockbuster success<br>that big studio money and attention would seem to require. There's just a<br>multitude of other films based on other sci-fi franchises that I'd rather<br>see Singer do instead. Slight clarification: I wasn't slamming it for religious overtones, I was pointing out what could be a flaw in the more decidedly 'christian' themes.
I like the original series, but it was pretty heavy-handed. Religion & Love,
as cheesy as they can be when done poorly, are the central themes in RDM BSG
and handled brilliantly, in my humble opinion.

I do sincerely hope that I'm
wrong, and it turns out to be great. I have faith that Bryan Singer would do
an excellent film, however I don't see it being the huge blockbuster success
that big studio money and attention would seem to require. There's just a
multitude of other films based on other sci-fi franchises that I'd rather
see Singer do instead.

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