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OKay, speaking of Galactica....
By justbob

I'm not too sure how to say this since I've found I do like the new Battlestar Galactica. That said, my kids aren't going to be watching it. In a separate post I mentioned reinventing as not the best way to go with classic Trek. First, there's the cheapening of the product by scraping established history (even if only established in the TV show and movies).

Second, there's the question I always keep asking myself..."Would Galactica have made it as a TV series following the same premise with a different title, ships, and character names if they'd kept exactly the same actors and scripts?"

It woulda been nice to see, wouldn't it? Sink or swim on your own without the benefit of having a name that many people were hoping to see come back? The controversy over the grittier story alone brought in crowds by the droves just to see if they had reason to loath the show.

So, in regard to Trek? If they're going to get so silly as to reinvent to the point where it just isn't Trek any more maybe they should be ballsy enough to just name it something totally different and take the appropriate blame or praise after the movie's released.

Maybe they can aim for the crowd older than me and get David Caruso to be Howdy Doody in a nice live R-rated movie where Buffalo Bill Smith ends up related to the guy in "Silence of the Lambs."

After all, if you're going to prostitute a series name for profit, why even attempt to keep it in good taste.

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