Could nBSG renew interest in an oBSG continuation?

[Galvatron]

It occurred to me that with nGSB ending and Richard Hatch's active involvement in the show, could he finally have the opportunity to get his continuation of the original series produced?

[Thanas]

Are you serious?

[Galvatron]

Of course. Why not? Do you think Richard Hatch lost interest in the whole thing?

[CaptJodan]

Of course. Why not? Do you think Richard Hatch lost interest in the whole thing?

The vast majority of PEOPLE have lost interest. nBSG is probably going to be the dominant BSG once it's over for *most* people who hear the name.

[DrMckay]

It occurred to me that with nGSB ending and Richard Hatch's active involvement in the show, could he finally have the opportunity to get his continuation of the original series produced?

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

No. Just no.

Besides, then we'd have to dig up Lorne Greene's corpse and animate it somehow. It could be the next sci-fi creature feature!

But seriously. OBSG had it's time, and that was in the seventies when we still believed in the inherent goodness of humanity and all that crap. Face it. It was a a show of its times, just like the current incarnation.

Besides, this makes the point for me:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsvpvqvA ... re=related

"I love your slanted walls and your A-shaped halls, I love your bluish glow, and your drunk X.O.

You're a frakkin' awesome machine, so much better than the one with Lorne Greene."

[ray245]

Bryan Singer was close to making a continuation, like 8 years ago.

And there are existing oBSG fanbase around you know.

[K. A. Pital]

I'm with those who say nBSG will dominate the "BSG" franchise in the future, and probably for a very long time, giving birth to countless offshoots and possibly even a continuation; it's just so superior in most regards to an aged show, and it's also a very huge work that rivals stuff like Lord of the Ring or the Star Wars movies in terms of "epic".

oBSG has it's time, but dinosaurs cannot live on after humans have risen.

[JediToren]

oBSG is dead for good. The original BSG's high production costs and declining ratings caused it to get the axe after only one season. Attempts to release episodes theatrically and revive the show with the much hated Galactica: 1980 didn't do much to convince anyone that the franchise was commercially viable. That's why just getting the powers that be to back any incarnation took so long. The tiny oBSG fanbase were the only people convinced that it was commercially viable, and that was more wishful thinking than anything else. It took an established show runner and a couple of Oscar nominated actors to make it happen, and then only after a mini-series to see if it would work.

[Stark]

I'm with those who say nBSG will dominate the "BSG" franchise in the future, and probably for a very long time, giving birth to countless offshoots and possibly even a continuation; it's just so superior in most regards to an aged show, and it's also a very huge work that rivals stuff like Lord of the Ring or the Star Wars movies in terms of "epic".

oBSG has it's time, but dinosaurs cannot live on after humans have risen.

Even from someone who thinks it's crap, it's been going for longer, is more recent, does more 'important' things with regard to drama and is actually of a quality to be shown on TV outside of late-night timeslots. Even if someone DID try to 'continue' oBSG, it'd have to consciously go AGAINST the nBSG mould and would thus be on the back foot from the get go.

[Patrick Degan]

Sorry, but when nBSG actually hit the air and managed to last more than one season, it was the end of the line for the show about the Space Mormons from Planet Egypt. oBSG is a relic; something you'll watch for kicks occasionally but is so corny that it's like seriously discussing a remake of the Buster Crabbe Flash Gordon serials in the original style to entertain ideas about a revival.

Can't say how well nBSG will age, but in the end it will leave a better-preserved corpse than it's predecessor.