Interview with Battlestar Galactica Re-Creator Ron Moore

Mon 06/09/08

This sums it up:

[Battlestar Galactica] was about an apocalypse. The show opens with a genocide, an apocalyptic destruction of 12, count em, 12 planets. Billions of human lives are lost. The survivors heroically run away, fleeing an implacable enemy that is determined to destroy them no matter what, and they’re looking for a mythical place called Earth.

And the first place they go is the casino planet.

And therein lies the contradiction and the problem with [the original 1978 ABC show]. They were unable to square that circle. There was no way in that era of television that they could really play the premise. It’s a dark premise…I felt my obligation on some level was to do the show they should’ve made, the show that really honors the idea of what the show was about…[The current series] is a truer version of Battlestar Galactica in some ways than the original. — Wired Magazine interview with Ron Moore

I’ll put it plainly, if you’ve never seen the new Battlestar Galactica, you’re missing out on one of the best shows on television. If you rent the mini-series and you don’t get hooked, I’ll be shocked.

3 Comments

  1. Daniel

    Absolutely one of my favorite TV shows. It satisfies all my nerd tendencies, but as evidence of its broader appeal, my totally non-nerd, non-scifi-loving wife totally loves the show as well.

    Characters and story-telling, man.

    And mind blowing space battles.

    Mon 06/09/08 at 10:13 am

  2. Paul

    Easily the best drama’s on TV … the name is its big detractor, and keeps many people from even considering watching it (which is unfortunate because it toes the line so well of being barely a SciFi show — no lasers or weird alien beings, fairly plausible world with phones, bullets, fuel, cancer and nuclear weapons; and touches huge subjects with great subtlety). Love. It. (though now, with out cable, have to wait 8 days to see episodes).

    Mon 06/09/08 at 12:31 pm

  3. Nils

    The first season, television history. Oh the fraking epicness! The second one? Meh, alright. Towards the end of that and season three, are you kidding me? Utter shit. Sorry but really BSG, really? I dont think so. Tuneing in on the hopefully final piece with season number four is okay so far and hopefully turns out to be good in the end. ;)

    Thu 06/12/08 at 1:12 pm

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