reboot of a reboot is a re-re-boot?

[lizardbeth]

Y'know, Self, I know it's very exciting to be writing the Plot Kraken again, but still, you don't need to shove ALL the reveals into the first two scenes you're writing. Head!people need to be used SPARINGLY. Besides, I think Hera might like to find her Mommy and Daddy first. Just sayin'.


So, if they reboot old!BSG are they going to swap someone else's gender or keep 'em all guys? There were four women on Old Skool - Serina (dies early), Sheba the pilot (comes later), Athena (commander's daughter and comm officer) and Cassie (nurse), the latter two had catfights over Starbuck. Shining examples of feminism right there. I said over at Sitrep that my bet is that in order to make it "darker and edgier" and yet not use RDM-verse (since if Larson is involved it won't), I bet they'll make Adama more like Cain, since that'll give them instant conflict on the ship after the attacks. And then Apollo (played by James Marsden of course) can try to soften him up. Meanwhile, his good buddy Starbuck will still be a hotshot pilot and still like the ladies, except he'll probably be a drug addict. Luckily there'll be tons of Ho!Yay so at least the slashers will like it.

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[ellestra.livejournal.com]

But it is to be a reboot of the original, right? So it is reboot 2 - the alternate version, or something. With tv movies of current reboot still coming and Caprica I wonder how confused people who will do internet searches about new movie will be. Not to mention all the fandom wanks about which is the "true" version. Like there wasn't any other old, cheesy series to reboot.

All this reboot talk makes me want to watch ReBoot again.

[lizardbeth-j.livejournal.com]

In fairness the movie's not written so it could be anything, including a sequel to RDM's version, but Glen Larson's disdain for Nu!BSG is pretty well known and, IIRC, he holds the theatrical rights, so a movie isn't likely to include any RDM-specific changes. And yes, I'd think with Caprica coming especially, NBCU wouldn't want that sort of confusion. But maybe they figure Star Trek and the comic book movies can withstand separate continuities without getting confused. Or maybe the movie will have to work with Caprica - it's set far enough back a reboot could still incorporate it (sort of like how Nu!Trek gave a nod to 'Enterprise')... I don't know, we'll see. It might not ever get made after all.