In 2019, Mr. Robot creator Sam Esmail announced that he was working on a reboot of Battlestar Galactica, the sci-fi series from the late 1970s about humanity st
I’m torn about this reboot of a reboot. On the one hand, the BSG reboot is one of my all-time favorites, although the religious overtones lessened my enjoyment. And just like another of my favorites, Star Gate, they now are in the talks to get a reboot. On the other hand, a reboot is about the only way we will get more from either franchise.
The BSG reboot really suffered from being a product of its era.
It’s when shows were first really dipping their toes into telling an overarching narrative, but writer’s rooms were still very much geared toward producing stories of the week. The result was that a lot of shows at the time would start incredibly strongly, set up a lot of really interesting premises, and then just meander along because the writers were literally making things up along the way and because there was no coherent plan.
Know how Game Of Thrones fell apart in the last couple of seasons when they outran the preplanned narrative of the books? That’s how a lot of TV ended up in the early 2000s. BSG and Lost are probably the two most prominent examples from around that time, but it was a pretty common problem as the format of TV shows was starting to change.
Heroes lives in my brain as some of the absolute best TV ever made and some of the worst. The first season is incredible, the drop in quality afterwards is shocking.
See, the weird religious pivot entirely ruined it for me, to the point where I can’t tolerate even the good bits. But also, that is the case so much that I don’t want to engage with a re-reboot anyway, so I’m weirdly in the same place.
I’m torn about this reboot of a reboot. On the one hand, the BSG reboot is one of my all-time favorites, although the religious overtones lessened my enjoyment. And just like another of my favorites, Star Gate, they now are in the talks to get a reboot. On the other hand, a reboot is about the only way we will get more from either franchise.
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The BSG reboot really suffered from being a product of its era.
It’s when shows were first really dipping their toes into telling an overarching narrative, but writer’s rooms were still very much geared toward producing stories of the week. The result was that a lot of shows at the time would start incredibly strongly, set up a lot of really interesting premises, and then just meander along because the writers were literally making things up along the way and because there was no coherent plan.
Know how Game Of Thrones fell apart in the last couple of seasons when they outran the preplanned narrative of the books? That’s how a lot of TV ended up in the early 2000s. BSG and Lost are probably the two most prominent examples from around that time, but it was a pretty common problem as the format of TV shows was starting to change.
Heroes lives in my brain as some of the absolute best TV ever made and some of the worst. The first season is incredible, the drop in quality afterwards is shocking.
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BSG had the perfectly bleak, nihilistic ending in the middle of the last season but unfortunately continued on after that.
See, the weird religious pivot entirely ruined it for me, to the point where I can’t tolerate even the good bits. But also, that is the case so much that I don’t want to engage with a re-reboot anyway, so I’m weirdly in the same place.