Battlestar Galactica
After that depressing bit of Sony news, I thought I'd post this little gem.
You know that the SciFi Channel, owned by NBC, just cancelled Stargate SG1, right? No eleventh season because SciFi called it "too expensive". Fine, whatever you say. Luckily, MGM has confirmed its wish to continue producing Stargate SG1 in a couple of direct-to-DVD movies. That's good, but that's not the point of this post.
A couple years ago, SciFi decided to fund a little abomination called "Battlestar Galactica". Yes, that old 1978 TV series that rivaled feature length movies of the time. But see, SciFi decided to "reimagine" BSG. They screwed with the storyline... they screwed with the characters... they screwed with the mythology... they screwed with everything possible and turned it into a show full of people sleeping with each other in order to get what they want. It's a disgusting recreation of a classic science-fiction show that is arguably better than Star Wars.
SciFi's proud of this little piece of junk they've concocted, and the viewers who don't know any better are just eating it up. For some reason, they just can't get enough of "new BSG". Me, I feel like losing my lunch when I hear the phrase "new BSG". Such a horrible twisted reinvention. But SciFi loves it. More than Stargate, it seems. I mean, of course! Why not? It's a SciFi original series!
Well, see, they enjoy putting Stargate on hiatus during the winter season for NO reason. For nearly six months, they pause both Stargate serieses in the middle before starting it up again in March. Why? Probably just because they can and nobody can do anything about it. This year, though, they were musing about an idea to pause Stargate for LONGER than usual so as to give "new BSG" a chance to "get out from under" Stargate and stand on its own.
See, "new BSG" is sandwiched between Stargates. I believe it goes Stargate SG1, then Stargate Atlantis, then "new BSG", then a repeat of SG1 and then a repeat of Atlantis. "New BSG" is riding the wake of the ever popular Stargate. People who might've missed the first airing of Stargate will sit through "new BSG" and, oh! It's a rating! "New BSG" is being watched, yay! (At least, that's my opinion.)
Welp, guess what? With the announcement that Stargate SG1 is being cancelled, and the on-going Stargate haitus until March... "New BSG's" ratings are dropping... and it seems to be dropping rapidly and sharply. I mean, it's enough so that there's a call to write SciFi to tell them to clean up their act before everything just collapses.
I just knew this would happen. "New BSG" is riding the ratings of Stargate. It can't stand on its own and the current ratings are proving it. It's NOT a good science-fiction show. It's NOT a good show, period! I don't want it, and I don't think anyone else should, either. People that do watch it have no respect for the original 1978 series.
It's sad to think that "new BSG" used to be slated as a sort of continued version of the original series, and that Bryan Singer (one of the best movie directors ever) was going to head up the project. It was going to keep the original mythology and all the original characters, but I believe the premise was that the fleeing Colonials eventually gave up on their search for Earth and settled on a random planet. Don't quote me on that, though... ask Capella. She knows. But the fact was that "new BSG" was going to compliment original BSG! But someone higher up decided to completely recreated the story and churn out this sickening junk that everyone will think of when people mention "Battlestar Galactica".
Me, I'll always remember the original series, and I'm laughing at SciFi's perdicament. They got their wish. "New BSG" is on its own, and it's FAILING. Yes! That's good news! 