I am personally against it despite Sam Esmail’s involvement (I really liked Mr. Robot). It’s not that I don’t think it could be a good show, it’s that NBC has plenty of other properties from former science fiction shows they could redevelop, but they’re redeveloping this one instead.
If they want to reboot a show for the third time, why not V considering the first reboot was so disappointing? Or maybe go for the 90s nostalgia and reboot SeaQuest DSV or Earth 2.
And then there’s all the Sci-Fi Channel/SyFy properties they have at least some stake of ownership in.
I realize asking for something original is asking too much these days, but can’t we at least do something other than Battlestar Galactica every 20 years?
I’m willing to be open-minded and give the show a chance if it gets produced, but I don’t think it should be produced in the first place.
Yeah I agree with you. A second reboot of BSG is just unnecessary. The first reboot was almost perfect (except for some of the subplot conclusions, which they botched).
And yes, there are so many other good intellectual properties out there. But not just ones they already own, but many other ones where a screen adaptation hasn’t yet been attempted. For example Gateway, and Hyperion. Both of those were planned by someone but they’ve never materialized. And there’s also William Gibson’s entire Sprawl series, which would be very cool to see on a screen.
And there’s also William Gibson’s entire Sprawl series, which would be very cool to see on a screen.
I love the Sprawl books, and Neuromancer has been in development hell a few times IIRC, but I’m hesitant.
Reading Gibson’s words, they’re so evocative, but a lot is left unspecified and the reader kinda fills in the blanks based on the feeling he is conveying. A show pins everything down visually and I’m afraid even Neuromancer would get rendered as generic cyberpunk without Gibson’s unique style.
OTOH that’s an opportunity for someone to show us something fresh but still true to be books. Not that I really think that will happen, but it’s at least a possibility.
Oh I agree with you, I’m just saying if they must reboot an NBC property, there are other science fiction properties they own that they could go with instead.
And that doesn’t even go into all the Universal science fiction movies. If they must make a TV show based on their properties, let’s see what a good showrunner could do with The Thing or They Live or The Last Starfighter.
I didn’t know how much I needed a Last Starfighter show until right now…
“All this has happened before, and all this will happen again.”
I guess we should have listened to Ronald D. Moore when we had the chance. Now let me ask ChatGPT what it thinks of a BSG reboot.
It’s probably writing it, so it’d definitely be in favor.
“As of this moment, we are at war”
The miniseries was at the peak of what is achievable in sci-fi IMO. The follow up with “33” just cemented it.
While watching it at the time the later seasons faltered, I rewatched it all just over a year ago and it flows better as a binge despite some of the shortcomings.
All of this is to say I don’t think a reboot is necessary but I’m keeping a hopeful, open mind.
The miniseries was at the peak of what is achievable in sci-fi IMO. The follow up with “33” just cemented it.
That’s exactly why they shouldn’t reboot it. It’s hard to make good TV. Reboots are rarely good, because you don’t just have to beat the average, you have to beat the previous show. The odds of beating that original BSG are essentially nil.
There’s plenty of things they could reboot instead. Do a reboot / spinoff / prequel of Stargate. Re-do Sliders. Buy the rights to Babylon 5 and do a spinoff of that (also, re-release the full quality original, which has been locked up for decades now). Re-make Day of the Triffids, but as a series. The concept there is pretty open-ended so you could go for years.
Or, there’s a whole lot of superhero-comedy stuff that could do well. Less extreme than The Boys, but stuff like Misfits of Science, Greatest American Hero, My Secret Identity, etc.
Or adapt something new, like Ringworld, Hyperion, make an Ender’s Game series.
Don’t try to re-remake one of the most successful remakes ever.
Re-do Sliders.
Yes! Imagine a reboot of Sliders that actually explores all the fascinating possibilities of parallel dimensions. The concept always had so much more promise than the show actually delivered. Also, don’t do the whole Kromag thing this time around.
Yeah, I agree. It wouldn’t have to be a comedy either. You could make it more of a dramatic show instead. The original BSG wasn’t quite a comedy, but it wasn’t as serious as the reboot, which let them explore new ideas.
But, yeah, the possibilities for exploring parallel dimensions are literally endless.
Ringworld on HBO with all the rishathra handshakes you can handle would at least hit a niche, I guess
Reboot of Stargate? Sir, drop your keyboard on the ground and put your hands above your head! Nobody has to get hurt!
The thing with Stargate is that even the TV series (which IMO is more canon than the movie) was effectively a reboot. And, the TV series had so many spin-offs that it would be perfectly fair to have yet another spin-off with a fresh take. I’m not saying they should go back and have someone other than MacGyver play Jack O’Neil. But, they could make a fresh new Stargate Universe (ahem) and start fresh.
Just finished a rewatch. Definitely not as good as I remember it.
That poor left Viper always landing crazy!
Fair enough. Did you watch it as it was airing originally?
I ask because I felt the writers strike really hampered it at the time. Just felt like it lost a lot of momentum that I thought it retained on a rewatch.
I did. I memed the so say we all and everything on deadeddit. It definitely was the latter seasons that I don’t think held up as well. Seemed like it meandered.
Ah it definitely did meander. Totally agree there. I just felt it was less meander-y on a rewatch. I watched all the web series in with the rewatch and they helped too I thought.
Isn’t this the second reboot and the third version?
Pardon me, you are correct. I will adjust the title.
Stop with the lazy rebooting of everything!
Feel better?
lol… yep. You?
Okay, deal. But they keep everything from Season 1 and 2 exactly the same, and then take seasons 3 and 4 in a new direction.
Right? Being stuck planet side with a shitty self-preserving President is too close to the future potential of real life, and a reminder of four+ years ago.
I don’t think they should reboot a show or remake a movie that was initially successful and still holds up. Ironically it seems like that’s the criteria for rebooting a show or remaking a movie.
Well yeah, because, you know, money. A whole different logic. 🙄
I would love to see Sea Quest rebooted!
I just want a Babylon 5 reboot! Goddamnit!
There is the animated movie coming out.
Already came out months ago, it was terrible.
Ah, sorry to hear. I was never a fan of the show but I was glad for people who were.
Yes!
Who are you? What do you want?
Earth 2 had so much potential too! It doesn’t have a cult following, so would be a good candidate to reboot. seaQuest was just weird/goofy (I liked it despite the campiness), but if done right, could work
I’m looking forward to it. Yes, it’s dumb they are going for the third reboot but at least it kind of fits the existing story for it to all happen again. An Earth2 reboot would be awesome and I would be a lot more happy with that. New IP would be even better, but also probably have a higher chance of not being good or finding an audience. I just hope the new show makes it for a full run even if it’s not great. I’m so sick of shows that die after the first season or two.
I want to know why Earth 2 went down the memory hole. Was I just looking at it through rose-tinted glasses and it was actually awful or something? I thought the worldbuilding alone made it a good watch.
It wasn’t awful, it was just hapless. It probably would have gotten its sea legs in a second season.
Sad story: the actress who played the little girl died a day after her honeymoon and 8 days before her 22nd birthday, from a heart attack. (She’d had a heart transplant when she was 15.)
That’s so sad. She was great on the show, even holding her own alongside the legendary Tim Curry.
I actually rewatched it a few years ago and it wasn’t awful.
If they’re gonna reboot Earth 2 they also should reboot Space: Above & Beyond
Space: Above & Beyond
I was enjoying the hell out of that show until they ran out of money and decided that since they were “Marines” they didn’t have to fly their ships anymore.
Hmmm do they also have Stargate? It was on sci-fi channel
Amazon bought MGM who owns Stargate.
Yes they do. I hope they don’t try to reboot that too.
No they don’t, Amazon bought MGM who owns Stargate.
I would actually like to see a new V show. I actually liked the last show ( never seen the original). I think NBC did Heroes, maybe they could make a new series in that world or something.
Why not make it a continuation instead
I’m not sure how you could continue from the either the original or the reboot’s storyline, but years ago I worked very hard (and ultimately failed) to get NBCU to agree to a pre-podcast era (i.e. sold on CD) radio drama about a different ship in the reboot BSG fleet and it’s adventures while the main show went on, and you would feature all the fleetwide broadcasts from the show at the right times to fit everything chronologically and I still think that would be an amazing idea. Oh well.
