GALACTICA Turns Lawless

OMG... Lucy.....Lucy Lawless on BSG..... This.....This is a dream come true. If only Claudia Black, and Ben Browder would rip up their stargate contracts and join this show... I'd be in nerd heaven. Is Lucy going to do that scream???? I hope so. Let the lesbian schenanigans begin!!!

Well someone is excited! LOL. I have to admit that bringing Lucy Lawless on BSG sounds like a cool idea, but I'm even more intrigued by the plot synopsis for this episode. Sounds like its going to be another winner! See you guys on Sci-Fi Friday!

Interesting... the plot does sound good. Maybe she'll be reoccuring???

That would definitely be cool Iracors :)

After long years as Xena and a way too short stint on X-files, Lawless should get recurring roles on Battlestar Galactica. She's something of a myth on TV. You hear her name and you know her so well, yet, there's so much more she can reach for and this is it. May the lords of BSG treat her well!

HAHAHAHAHA!! From XENA WARRIOR PRINCESS?? Oh brother! Even Lucy is better than this ripoff of BSG, that was made against the wishes of it's creator, Glen Larson.
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[b]Why most sci fi fantasy fans hate Ronald Moore[/b]

However, many have a problem with Ron Moore for the key role he played in writing "Star Trek Generations," which many consider to be the turning point of Trek, essentially the franchise killer, though it was to be a slow death over time.

[b]One of the biggest fan "movements" of modern Trek stems from the frustration over the ridiculously mediocre and meaningless death of Kirk, an icon of American pop-culture.[/b] Again, Moore played a key role in this.

[b]Moore has been attached with much mediocrity. Star Trek Generations. Mission Impossible 2.[/b]

My own look at TNG episodes reveals (IMHO, of course) that [b]most of the really good episodes with Moore's name on them are co-written with other writers, and than many of the scripts with only Moore's name on them are pretty mediocre.[/b] Haven't looked at the DS9 episode credits in the same way.

[b]Add to that Moore's role in the remake of BSG when for more than two decades both the BSG fan base and actors have been clamoring for a continuation.[/b]

[b]Top that with Moore's uncommon arrogance in claiming to reinvent an entire genre with a remake of an old TV show.[/b]

Gene Roddenberry never claimed that he was doing anything remarkable. He was just happy to do what he wanted to do, as best he could, while occassionally putting one over on the networks who didn't catch some of the messages he wanted to convey. George Lucas never thought that Star Wars would revitalize and change a genre and an industry, he was just happy to tell the story he wanted to tell. [b]Very few creative types who declare their own work revolutionary will produce anything that truly is.[/b]

[b]So, to his critics Moore has been involved in the two most contentious bad decision

[b]SG-1 ratings steady with 'Avalon, Part 2'

WEDNESDAY - JULY 27, 2005[/b]


[b]Stargate SG-1's ratings held steady in Season Nine's second week, with "Avalon, Part 2" earning a 2.1 average household rating. But viewership for lead-out series Stargate Atlantis and Battlestar Galactica fell from their season premieres, with SCI FI Friday's anchor show suffering a significant drop.[/b]

Stargate SG-1 led off the night once again in the 8 p.m. Eastern/Pacific time slot. The second installment of the 3-part premiere drew more than 2.6 million viewers with the 2.1 rating, holding on to viewership from the season premiere.

The Stargate Atlantis episode "The Intruder" earned a 2.0 rating at 9 p.m., down 10 percent from last week's premiere.

At 10 p.m. [b]Battlestar Galactica suffered a 23 percent drop-off from last week's highly publicized and widely reviewed season premiere.[/b] The episode "Valley of Darkness" held its lead-in audience for a 2.0 household rating. [b]It is the lowest rating to date for the series, which premiered in January.[/b]

The three series earned ratings of 1.2 (SG-1), 0.9 (Atlantis), and 0.7 (Galactica) for their late-night reruns.

SCI FI also began reruns of FOX's cancelled series Firefly at 7 p.m. "Serenity, Part 1" earned a solid 1.3 rating outside of primetime.

New episodes of Stargate continue this Friday at 8 p.m. Eastern/Pacific on The SCI FI Channel!

http://www.gateworld.net/news/2005/07/isg-1iratingssteadywithava.shtml

[b]Ronald Moore booed at 25th BSG anniversary convention[/b]

NBC/Universal, which owns the franchise, ultimately went with a new version of the "Battlestar" saga, which, like the old series, follows the last vestiges of humanity through space as they try to elude attacks from a mechanized race called the Cylons.

Despite this tangled history, when Ronald D. Moore, creator of the new "Battlestar," finally met Hatch in person, the two hit it off.

Hatch had invited Moore to show footage of the new mini-series at a 2003 convention celebrating the 25th anniversary of the original series. [b]To say that the old-school "Battlestar" fans in the audience were a tough crowd is an understatement.

"There was hostility," Moore recalls with a rueful laugh. "I was booed."[/b]

When things got too testy during Moore's Q&A session, Hatch stepped in, a gesture the veteran of "Carnivale" and "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" appreciated.

http://metromix.chicagotribune.com/tv/mmx-0501210010jan21,0,5588322.story?coll=mmx-television_heds

What is being done with BSG is too cool for words. The level of the show's drama and character development speaks for itself. I still say that old-school BSG fans shouldn't diss the new version if they don't like it, but rather spend their time watching the old series and basking in all its glory. Otherwise give the new show a chance and leave your baggage at the door.

Spider seems to have an axe to grind... wow.