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Ron Moore Sets Sights On Third Season Of 'Galactica'
Author: Michael Simpson
Date: 09-09-2005
Source: Now Playing Magazine
The buzz about “Battlestar Galactica” couldn’t be better. As it approaches its mid-season hiatus the second season is getting rave reviews. The first-season premiere, “33,” just won a Hugo award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form. Also, the upcoming North American release of the first-season DVD is expected to be a big seller. No wonder executive producer Ron Moore was prepared to talk Season 3 in a recent interview with nowplayingmag.com.
“We’re sort of looking into larger story arcs as to where the series is ultimately going,” he said. “And we are talking about what season three would be. We’ve had preliminary discussions about conceptually what we want the third season to reflect and how we would approach it.”
When it debuted, the “re-imagined” show met with dissent from some devoted fans of the 1970s original. But that has been drowned out by the spread of favourable word-of-mouth. Ironically the title, which was once compared unfavourably with “Star Trek,” has come to represent the standard by which future incarnations of that show and other new science fiction series could be measured.
The show’s quality is not the only thing that may have helped to win over some die-hard fans of the original. Actors and props from the classic series have made appearances in Moore’s new show. Moroever, characters’ back-stories make reference to an earlier Human-Cylon war that could be seen as the one in the old show. Exploring this history almost made for a very different Season 2 premiere, Moore said.
“We played with different notions; we did have in story development a different episode to start off with, a big flashback episode, and then [we would have] picked up the big cliffhanger in episode two,” Moore said. “And then we kind of abandoned that. Even in the first episode now, you can see there are flashbacks of Tigh and Adama meeting for the first time. They were shot much bigger – we were literally opening on Caprica 20 years ago and playing out the scenes in the bar and the scenes with Adama and Tigh.”
More of this particular story could appear in future episodes, Moore said. He also expressed his enthusiasm for the direction that the character of hot-shot fighter pilot Starbuck (Katee Sackhoff) has taken since her injury in the first season.
“I really liked that,” Moore said “There’s only so much flying that you can do really and it sort of becomes the same. It was interesting taking somebody whose life was defined by that role -– that she’s a fighter pilot -– and then to take that away from her and see what happens.”
Fans who have discovered the series late will have the chance to revisit the genesis of these characters on Sept. 20, when Universal Home Video release the complete first season on DVD.
This is not the first time Season 1 has been available in North America on DVD. Retail chain Best Buy released a ‘UK Edition’ of the set in July. The new release will be different in several ways, however. Unlike the Best Buy release, it will include the original miniseries (Canadian customers should note that Amazon.ca is redundantly offering the new release and the miniseries as a discount package). The new set will also have nine episode commentaries, deleted scenes and several featurettes, some of which were on the ‘UK Edition’ and original North American miniseries DVD.
"Battlestar Galactica" airs Fridays at 10 p.m. ET on SciFi Channel. Canadian fans can see Season 2 on Space: The Imagination Station in January.
Michael Simpson is a writer and science fiction fan living in Canada.
Author: Michael Simpson
Date: 09-09-2005
Source: Now Playing Magazine
The buzz about “Battlestar Galactica” couldn’t be better. As it approaches its mid-season hiatus the second season is getting rave reviews. The first-season premiere, “33,” just won a Hugo award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form. Also, the upcoming North American release of the first-season DVD is expected to be a big seller. No wonder executive producer Ron Moore was prepared to talk Season 3 in a recent interview with nowplayingmag.com.
“We’re sort of looking into larger story arcs as to where the series is ultimately going,” he said. “And we are talking about what season three would be. We’ve had preliminary discussions about conceptually what we want the third season to reflect and how we would approach it.”
When it debuted, the “re-imagined” show met with dissent from some devoted fans of the 1970s original. But that has been drowned out by the spread of favourable word-of-mouth. Ironically the title, which was once compared unfavourably with “Star Trek,” has come to represent the standard by which future incarnations of that show and other new science fiction series could be measured.
The show’s quality is not the only thing that may have helped to win over some die-hard fans of the original. Actors and props from the classic series have made appearances in Moore’s new show. Moroever, characters’ back-stories make reference to an earlier Human-Cylon war that could be seen as the one in the old show. Exploring this history almost made for a very different Season 2 premiere, Moore said.
“We played with different notions; we did have in story development a different episode to start off with, a big flashback episode, and then [we would have] picked up the big cliffhanger in episode two,” Moore said. “And then we kind of abandoned that. Even in the first episode now, you can see there are flashbacks of Tigh and Adama meeting for the first time. They were shot much bigger – we were literally opening on Caprica 20 years ago and playing out the scenes in the bar and the scenes with Adama and Tigh.”
More of this particular story could appear in future episodes, Moore said. He also expressed his enthusiasm for the direction that the character of hot-shot fighter pilot Starbuck (Katee Sackhoff) has taken since her injury in the first season.
“I really liked that,” Moore said “There’s only so much flying that you can do really and it sort of becomes the same. It was interesting taking somebody whose life was defined by that role -– that she’s a fighter pilot -– and then to take that away from her and see what happens.”
Fans who have discovered the series late will have the chance to revisit the genesis of these characters on Sept. 20, when Universal Home Video release the complete first season on DVD.
This is not the first time Season 1 has been available in North America on DVD. Retail chain Best Buy released a ‘UK Edition’ of the set in July. The new release will be different in several ways, however. Unlike the Best Buy release, it will include the original miniseries (Canadian customers should note that Amazon.ca is redundantly offering the new release and the miniseries as a discount package). The new set will also have nine episode commentaries, deleted scenes and several featurettes, some of which were on the ‘UK Edition’ and original North American miniseries DVD.
"Battlestar Galactica" airs Fridays at 10 p.m. ET on SciFi Channel. Canadian fans can see Season 2 on Space: The Imagination Station in January.
Michael Simpson is a writer and science fiction fan living in Canada.
Source SyFyportal