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NBC is planning to reboot Battlestar Galactica for the second time. What do you think? (deadline.com)

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I am personally against it despite Sam Esmail's involvement (I really liked Mr. Robot). It's not that I don't think it could be a good show, it's that NBC has plenty of other properties from former science fiction shows they could redevelop, but they're redeveloping this one instead.

If they want to reboot a show for the third time, why not V considering the first reboot was so disappointing? Or maybe go for the 90s nostalgia and reboot SeaQuest DSV or Earth 2.

And then there's all the Sci-Fi Channel/SyFy properties they have at least some stake of ownership in.

I realize asking for something original is asking too much these days, but can't we at least do something other than Battlestar Galactica every 20 years?

I'm willing to be open-minded and give the show a chance if it gets produced, but I don't think it should be produced in the first place.

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[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 14 points 11 months ago (3 children)

The miniseries was at the peak of what is achievable in sci-fi IMO. The follow up with “33” just cemented it.

That's exactly why they shouldn't reboot it. It's hard to make good TV. Reboots are rarely good, because you don't just have to beat the average, you have to beat the previous show. The odds of beating that original BSG are essentially nil.

There's plenty of things they could reboot instead. Do a reboot / spinoff / prequel of Stargate. Re-do Sliders. Buy the rights to Babylon 5 and do a spinoff of that (also, re-release the full quality original, which has been locked up for decades now). Re-make Day of the Triffids, but as a series. The concept there is pretty open-ended so you could go for years.

Or, there's a whole lot of superhero-comedy stuff that could do well. Less extreme than The Boys, but stuff like Misfits of Science, Greatest American Hero, My Secret Identity, etc.

Or adapt something new, like Ringworld, Hyperion, make an Ender's Game series.

Don't try to re-remake one of the most successful remakes ever.

[–] kwedd@feddit.nl 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Re-do Sliders.

Yes! Imagine a reboot of Sliders that actually explores all the fascinating possibilities of parallel dimensions. The concept always had so much more promise than the show actually delivered. Also, don't do the whole Kromag thing this time around.

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago

Yeah, I agree. It wouldn't have to be a comedy either. You could make it more of a dramatic show instead. The original BSG wasn't quite a comedy, but it wasn't as serious as the reboot, which let them explore new ideas.

But, yeah, the possibilities for exploring parallel dimensions are literally endless.

[–] deafboy@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Reboot of Stargate? Sir, drop your keyboard on the ground and put your hands above your head! Nobody has to get hurt!

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 6 points 11 months ago (2 children)

The thing with Stargate is that even the TV series (which IMO is more canon than the movie) was effectively a reboot. And, the TV series had so many spin-offs that it would be perfectly fair to have yet another spin-off with a fresh take. I'm not saying they should go back and have someone other than MacGyver play Jack O'Neil. But, they could make a fresh new Stargate Universe (ahem) and start fresh.

[–] deafboy@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I loved SGU.

The main advantage of a fictional world spanning through the entire universe is that there are infinite possible stories, without the need for a reboot.

They could do a story about the rise of the first goauld system lord, and how it managed to rise to power.

They could talk about the descendants of unas, and how they managed to create a globalized technological civilisation, possibly even meeting the great great great grandchildren of the civilisation seeded by the crew of destiny in the time travelling incident, long after the earth has became a barren wasteland...

Or something about a jaffa archeologist on chulak, discovering an ancient burrial ground, but all the corpses has a wierd worm in their stomach. The plot thickens when they detect a substance known as tretonin, a common dietaty supplement, inside the worm, but nobody takes the discovery seriously, making the jaffa with his outlandish hypothesies an outcast...

Or about a shortage of the artificial food supply in a highly spiritual tribe of wraith, hindering their long and complicated way to ascension...

The possibilities are endless, and I'm sure someone with an actual talent could come up with tons of better ideas.

[–] DynamoSunshirtSandals@possumpat.io 1 points 11 months ago

Someday we'll get that planned SGU conclusion. Someday...

[–] GrabtharsHammer@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Ringworld on HBO with all the rishathra handshakes you can handle would at least hit a niche, I guess