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 Post subject: Galactica Gets Deeper
PostPosted: Mon Mar 22, 2004 12:37 am 
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Edward James Olmos, who will reprise the role of Cmdr. Adama in SCI FI Channel's upcoming Battlestar Galactica series, told SCI FI Wire that he looks forward to deepening the character introduced in the Galactica miniseries that aired last December. "I'd like to see the complexity of what we've gotten ourselves into come about and really be able to understand it for what it is," Olmos said in an interview. "You've got to remember what happens when people are pushed to a level of unexpected changes. ... We can go to some places where the characters have never gone before."

Olmos said that he has had several conversations with Galactica executive producer Ronald D. Moore about the direction he'd like to see his character take. "Space opera has always been plot-driven," Olmos said. "And in this case, if we can now, with a strong plot line, switch to character, you might have a way of exploring the human psyche in a way that we haven't seen."

Olmos said that he believes a new Galactica may also have something to say about the times we live in. "Certainly, yeah," he said. "Because we're going to have to deal with problems that make the problems that we're looking at today on the planet look like [nothing]." The characters in Galactica will try "to hold onto their humanity as it is completely taken away from them. If any indication was given to us as to where we're going in respect to the [series], I must tell you, it's going to be very explosive." Battlestar Galactica will begin production of 13 episodes in Vancouver, B.C., shortly.


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Ronald D. Moore, executive producer of SCI Channel's upcoming new series Battlestar Galactica, told SCI FI Wire that the 13-episode first season will pick up where the hit December miniseries left off and will build on that show's characters and situations. SCI FI on Feb. 10 formally announced a green light for production to begin on the Galactica series, which will bring back cast members Edward James Olmos (Adama), Mary McDonnell (Laura Roslin), Katee Sackhoff (Starbuck) and Tricia Helfer (Number Six), among others. Production commences next month in Vancouver, B.C.

As the new series begins, "a few days have passed since the miniseries, and we're in sort of a dire situation right from the get-go," Moore said in an interview. "I think one of the hallmarks of the series will be that it's always going to be a tense situation. These people are always going to be one step away from disaster. Which doesn't mean that the Cylons will be attacking them every week. But I think the nature of their situation and the reality of what they're facing out there alone, with most of them left with the clothes on their back and whatever food and supplies they happen to have on those ships when the events of the pilot occur is only, God, the beginning. And it's going to take a long time for them to get to any kind of stability or normalcy."

Moore said that he is currently assembling a writing staff for the series, which may include colleagues from Moore's old series Roswell, Star Trek: The Next Generation and HBO's Carnivale. Moore is drafting the script for the series' first episode, has roughed out stories for the first three and has written a series bible, with story and character arcs for the first season.

"The series is going to take its cues from the miniseries," Moore said. "The tone and context will be in that vein. There will be lighter moments. I'm sure there will have things that are unexpected and fun to play as time goes on. But the miniseries, that's the bar. That's what we're trying to [do]. ... We want to do that show every week."

Moore said that he may eventually adapt a few of the original 1978 series' old episodes for the new show. "I've talked about revisiting the 'Pegasus' episode, because I think that's a cool idea at some point. There's a possibility in my head we might go back and play around with the ship of lights that was in the original series. And I'm going to sit down and watch all 22 of them again, kind of go through it. But the first thing that springs to mind is that the old show did a lot of planet-of-the-week type episodes, and we're specifically not doing that on this. So a lot of those aren't going to translate very well."

Moore added that he'd like to find a place on the new show for some of the original series' actors as well. "That's something that I would like to approach them about," he said. "I'm probably going to approach a couple of the actors, if not all of them, at some point, and talk to them about that possibility, because I think that would be kind of cool and fun. And I think it would be interesting to find things for them in the new series. And not just, like, a walk-on, although you could do always do that. But it would fun to give them a role and have them bring something to the new show."
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Nice to know there actually making a series the film/mini series was quite good for a remake

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 Post subject: Yep
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Agreed. I liked it.

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It will be interesting to see what they come up with.

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Back to the subject. I too liked the Galactica mini-series. I think that a series will be good.


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Anybody seen the series yet just wondered what it was like (no spoilers please) just seen we are getting the series in the next couple of weeks no excact date yet but at least they cant put it on the same time as stargate same channel got it here and its not scifi channel.

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First few episodes are already 'in the can' (completed). This might be of some interest to you guys:

http://www.gateworld.net/galactica/s1/index.shtml

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The new series starts monday they put the mini series on the last two days as introduction for those that didnt see it the last ten times they showed it lol


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 Post subject: Um?
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I don't see any listings for it. When and where is it showing?

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It won't show on Scifi to 1/05
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 Post subject: Re: Um?
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Hermskii wrote:
I don't see any listings for it. When and where is it showing?


Sorry hermskii for once the uk got it first we had world premier of it monday was ok but not brilliant suppose it does leave room for it getting better as the series goes on that said i liked it seams to be centred on dr baltar more then the original series did
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