Classic!BSG was my very first sci-fi show, and I loved it to peices. Sure, it had its problems, but which show does not? And for the 1970s, it was pretty advanced - John Dykstra made the visuals, who was, after all, responsible for Star Wars as well.
It had such actors in the main cast as Lorne Greene (from Bonanza), Dirk Benedict (of The A-Team), Richard Hatch (from The Streets of San Francisco), George Murdock, John Colicos, and so on. The female regulars weren't all that great, but they had guest stars like Jane Seymour in it!
The writing was extemely uneven, but it had a unique charm, especially since it was completely independent from any Earth-related politics. People were devoted to it after 20 years still, without any sequels and movies, and very few series could say that.
Then came Ronald D. Moore and pulled it through the sh*t, raping beloved characters into something they were never supposed to be and turning the whole thing one depressing soft-pr0n dreck.
Sorry for the rant, but I feel really strongly about this.
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Re: Original BSG
Date: 2010-10-07 04:35 pm (UTC)It had such actors in the main cast as Lorne Greene (from Bonanza), Dirk Benedict (of The A-Team), Richard Hatch (from The Streets of San Francisco), George Murdock, John Colicos, and so on. The female regulars weren't all that great, but they had guest stars like Jane Seymour in it!
The writing was extemely uneven, but it had a unique charm, especially since it was completely independent from any Earth-related politics. People were devoted to it after 20 years still, without any sequels and movies, and very few series could say that.
Then came Ronald D. Moore and pulled it through the sh*t, raping beloved characters into something they were never supposed to be and turning the whole thing one depressing soft-pr0n dreck.
Sorry for the rant, but I feel really strongly about this.