The Real Battlestar Galactica Spinoff Needs To Be Done Now

By Chris Snellgrove | Published 25 seconds ago

Now that's the latter Battlestar Galactica The reboot has been pulled out of the Hollywood airlock, with fans debating how to bring the franchise back. However, as the reboot likes to remind us, everything that happened before is destined to happen again. With that in mind, I have a simple proposition: we need a Battlestar Galactica a spinoff showing what was going on between the various Colony ships during the 2003 reboot, an idea that hearkens back to that show's first season.

The Original Battlestar Galactica Idea

In all of the reboots, we didn't get too many episodes featuring human ships, and many of the best ones are in the first season of the show. The reason for this is that Ronald D. Moore originally wanted the show to constantly explore what was happening on the ship, but SyFy was concerned about the cost of doing so. And after “Bastille Day” (an episode that takes place mostly on a prison ship) ended up being too expensive to produce, the network and Moore agreed to focus mostly on action on Galactica for future episodes.

In short, this idea will make it perfect Battlestar Galactica spinoff show. It could serve as a true anthology, with each episode focusing on different ships and crews during different points of the original game. Strategically, this can be a real win/win because the audience will always have new characters to fall in love with and the network can hire big names for one-off appearances, which is much easier than locking someone in for a long time. agreement.

Setting a Battlestar Galactica a spinoff during the season premiere will also give fans more adventures during the most exciting time of the franchise…namely, after the Cylons attack the colonies. I'm still thinking Caprica was right, the low ratings of that show and the subsequent cancellation are proof that fans don't really want prequels or other types of spinoffs that stray too far from what they know and love. With this anthology-style ending, we can have a familiar setting (Colony ships) and premise (humanity trying to survive a Cylon-induced apocalypse) and compelling new characters.

Moreover, this too Battlestar Galactica spinoff, there could be room to restore the reboot in a number of ways, including simply bringing in the original audio to serve as the shipment found by the Colony ships. Alternatively, the new spinoff may be able to hire the reboot's cast to provide new voice work. Keeping their voices limited to audio broadcasts means producers won't have to worry about making the actors look new, and the actors are more likely to come back if they have to record a few lines and get a frakkin' paycheck.

At the risk of sounding as arrogant as Gaius Baltar, this Battlestar Galactica The spinoff concept has a little something for everyone: new stories, familiar ships, and endless narrative potential. It could work as a television show or a series of movies made for broadcast, and it would be cheaper to produce (especially since there is no real need for space battles or other difficult scenes). However, this time, another highly paid executive is working on a reboot Galactica from the beginning, and unless the producers accept the idea that has been there for a long time decadesthis franchise will never resurrect itself into a new body.