The Original Battlestar Galactica Spinoff Needs To Be Made

By Chris Snellgrove
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Now that the latest Battlestar Galactica A reboot has been removed from the Hollywood airlock, fans have fiercely debated how to bring this franchise back. However, as the reboot loved to remind us, everything that happened before is about to happen again. With that in mind, I have a simple proposal: we need a Battlestar Galactica spinoff that shows what was happening aboard various Colony ships during the 2003 reboot, an idea that hearkens back to that show’s first season.

Battlestar Galactica Original Idea

Throughout the reboot, we didn’t get too many episodes featuring civilian ships, and most of the best ones are in the show’s first season. The reason for this is that Ronald D. Moore originally wanted the show to frequently explore what was going on in the fleet, but SyFy was concerned about the cost of doing so. And after “Bastille Day” (an episode that took place mostly aboard a prison ship) cost so much to produce, the network and Moore agreed to focus the action mostly aboard Galactica for future episodes.

In short, this idea would make the perfect Battlestar Galactica a spinoff show. It could function as a true anthology, with each episode focusing on different ships and crews during different times of the original show’s run. Creatively, this would be a real win/win because audiences would always have new characters to fall in love with and the network could potentially hire some big names for one-off appearances, which is a lot easier than locking someone down for a multi-season. contract.

Install a Battlestar Galactica A spinoff set during the original show’s time period will also give fans more adventures set during the franchise’s most exciting time period…namely, after the Cylons attack the colonies. While I was thinking capris well, that show’s low ratings and subsequent cancellation is proof that fans don’t necessarily want prequels or other kinds of spin-offs that deviate too far from what they know and love to love With this anthology-style spinoff, it could have a familiar setting (Colony ships) and premise (humanity trying to survive a Cylon-induced apocalypse) along with compelling new characters.

Also, with this Battlestar Galactica spinoff, there would be room to bring the cast reboot through multiple means, including bringing in original audio to serve as transmissions received from the Colony ships. Alternatively, the new spinoff may be able to recruit the cast of the reboot to provide new voice work. Keeping their voices limited to voiceovers means the producers don’t have to worry about making the actors look younger, and the actors are much more likely to return if they have to record a few lines and receive a frakkin paycheck.

At the risk of sounding as egotistical as Gaius Baltar, this is Battlestar Galactica spinoff idea has a little something for everyone: new stories, familiar ships, and endless narrative potential. It could work as a TV show or even a series of movies made for streaming, and it would be relatively cheap to produce (especially since there’s no real need for space battles or other heavy scenes). However, right now, some overpaid executives are working on a reboot Galactica from the beginning, and unless producers embrace an idea that has been around decadesthis franchise will never resurrect itself into a new body.