GW, The Galactica Syndrome... I like that! :)
I should state, I really *like* what was done with the new Galactica. That was a true rebooting that borrowed elements of the original and came up with something fresh and new. And I might argue that BSG's changes were appreciated by people like me who remember fondly the original, but also love this one. Of course, the new BSG is a "re-make"---the way the X-Universe is remade every time there's a movie, cartoon, etc. It's easier to accept it, because no matter what happens in the X-men movies, the X-Universe of the comic book world continues to sail along. Unlike "re-make" movies however, Trek movies and shows and books tend to inter-connect. They don't exist side by side, the way an X-movie may exist alongside (but not within) the dominant X-Universe. This new Trek however isn't actually a re-make, but it doesn't interconnect either--at least with anything past the Enterprise era. It involves an alternate timeline/reality that deviates from the old Trek but not completely divorced from it. Trek has certainly flirted with alternate universes before (Mirror, Mirror), but this is the first one I know of based on an altering of the dominant universe we're used to. Usually when that happens, by the end of the episode everything rights itself (Yesterday's Enterprise). We now have two major Trek universes however. So will this new one spawn new series? Books? Will this universe ever overlap with the other one? Be interesting to watch... Sin/Black Galactus --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, gwashin...@... wrote: > > > In a message dated 5/10/09 4:24:35 AM, sincere1...@... writes: > > > > > > My great fear is that this spawns a whole Trek series that won't have some > > universal appeal because they adhere to any dynamic set of principles, but > > a Trek universe where things get blow'd up real good and the movie crowd > > can clap on cue. Too early to make that judgment before the next film, so > > we'll just have to wait and see... > > > > MHO > > > > Sin/Black Galactus > > > > I was about to stay silent on this but the paragraph above prompted me to > put my .02 cents in. > > What Sin/Black Galactus stated is something I call "The Galactica > Syndrome". That is you got a show based on a earlier project that while > forming > it's own audiance base is shunned by most-if not all of the orignials show's > base. Shows like this usually don't have that much of a long shelf-life > being period 'flashes in the pan". > > Pre-new movie Star Trek (OST, ST:NG, ST:DS9, ST:V) while set either/or > different time periods, situtations, characters, etc. could have went this > way. Their was something about those shows (and the movies based on them) > that fans from other shows could like and this brought in many fans from > those > shows. Which in turn made the great. However the flipside of this is > that it produces 'lazy' exicution, that eventually results in bad products > which angers and drives of the fans of those shows. Forcing efforts to > bring > new life into those shows. Sometimes successful, sometimes not. It depends > on how much cannon they 'break' when doing it to make the show new/hip to > make it acceptable to both new/old fans. > > This, IMO is why Enterprise was not well recieved by the pre-new movie Star > Trek community. It broke too much cannon, and many of the stories weren't > that good. Which is also why it didn't get that many new fans (IMO if it > wasn't for the ST name Enterprise would have been canciled in it's first > season). > > while the new Battlestar Galactica was a somewhat hit. It was not so by > many fans of the old series who concider it broke too much cannon (and the > fact it's creators also had 'lazy exicution' sydrome judging from it's later > episodes) and this IMO the show will probally fade over time. And in my > opinion I see the new Star Trek movie and it's alternate timeline will while > finding intial popular support will eventually go the way of new BG as it's > new fans will stick to this movie. While fans of pre-new movie ST will > eventually ignore it and continue on, asking for more stuff in the pre-new > movie > ST background. > > But hey it's only my opinon. > > > -GTW > > > ************** > The Average US Credit Score is 692. See Yours in Just 2 > Easy Steps! > (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1222376999x1201454299/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072&hmpgID=62& > bcd=May51009AvgfooterNO62) >
