‘Battlestar Galactica’: Derek Simonds Set As New Showrunner Of Peacock Reboot In Works From Producer Sam Esmail
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There is a new writer at the helm of Peacock's long-gestating reboot of the popular sci-fi franchise Battlestar Galactica.

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.

  • merc@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    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.