thread: 2005-10-05 : Various Media Comments
On 2005-10-05, John Laviolette wrote:
I don't know if you would consider this a spoiler for BSG or not, but the show doesn't so much discount the events of the original series so much as it retells them, sometimes drastically rewriting them. it's sort of like re-telling "Romeo and Juliet" or "Cinderella" or any other story deeply embedded in our cultural heritage.
I like that approach. I would like to see more remakes of older shows that are personal retellings, infused with someone else's personal point of view. just as long as that point of view isn't "the same as the original, but with hip-hop" (or skateboards, or something else that's mere color.) you can't just strip and repaint and expect people to think it's good.
