Speaking of remakes, I’ve run across a potentially interesting LiveJournal that, aside from one entry on the new Flash Gordon series, seems to be predicated around a defense of the original Battlestar Galactica and a denunciation of the “reimagined” version that’s attracted so much love the last couple years. So far, Countess Baltar (as the LJ author is calling herself) hasn’t made an argument in her own words, preferring instead to let carefully selected quotations from Ron Moore, Glen Larson, and various literary critics make her points for her. It’s an interesting approach, although I would like to hear more from the Countess herself as to what, specifically, she dislikes about the remake.
Despite giving the new series a grudging thumbs-up after seeing a few episodes, I have to admit that I’ve never warmed to it, and indeed I’ve never watched more than just those first few installments. I can’t deny that the series appeared to be well-made and intelligent, but it simply didn’t appeal to me. It wasn’t my Battlestar, and those weren’t my Apollo, Starbuck, and Adama. The reimagined versions of those characters may have shared the same names as characters played by Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, and Lorne Greene — well, sort of, since these exotic monikers have been turned into “call signs” in the new show, rather than actual names — but there was very little else about them I found familiar.
Whatever Countess Baltar’s specific gripes — and I look forward to finding out more about those — I certainly echo her concise statement of opinion in the “about me” sidebar:
Battlestar Galactica (1978)?:
Yes
Battlestar Galactica (2003)?:
No
Starbuck (male)?:
Yes
Starbuck (female)?:
No
Baltar, Count?:
Yes
Baltar, Gaius?:
Hell, no!
