‘Battlestar Galactica’: Derek Simonds Set As New Showrunner Of Peacock Reboot In Works From Producer Sam Esmail
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EXCLUSIVE: There is a new writer at the helm of Peacock’s long-gestating reboot of the popular sci-fi franchise Battlestar Galactica. The Sinner creator Derek Simonds has come on board as wri…

I am personally against it despite Sam Esmail’s involvement (I really liked Mr. Robot). It’s not that I don’t think it could be a good show, it’s that NBC has plenty of other properties from former science fiction shows they could redevelop, but they’re redeveloping this one instead.

If they want to reboot a show for the third time, why not V considering the first reboot was so disappointing? Or maybe go for the 90s nostalgia and reboot SeaQuest DSV or Earth 2.

And then there’s all the Sci-Fi Channel/SyFy properties they have at least some stake of ownership in.

I realize asking for something original is asking too much these days, but can’t we at least do something other than Battlestar Galactica every 20 years?

I’m willing to be open-minded and give the show a chance if it gets produced, but I don’t think it should be produced in the first place.

  • ThePowerOfGeekEnglish
    50•11 months ago

    Yeah I agree with you. A second reboot of BSG is just unnecessary. The first reboot was almost perfect (except for some of the subplot conclusions, which they botched).

    And yes, there are so many other good intellectual properties out there. But not just ones they already own, but many other ones where a screen adaptation hasn’t yet been attempted. For example Gateway, and Hyperion. Both of those were planned by someone but they’ve never materialized. And there’s also William Gibson’s entire Sprawl series, which would be very cool to see on a screen.

    • @[email protected]
      15•11 months ago

      And there’s also William Gibson’s entire Sprawl series, which would be very cool to see on a screen.

      I love the Sprawl books, and Neuromancer has been in development hell a few times IIRC, but I’m hesitant.

      Reading Gibson’s words, they’re so evocative, but a lot is left unspecified and the reader kinda fills in the blanks based on the feeling he is conveying. A show pins everything down visually and I’m afraid even Neuromancer would get rendered as generic cyberpunk without Gibson’s unique style.

      • @[email protected]English
        4•11 months ago

        OTOH that’s an opportunity for someone to show us something fresh but still true to be books. Not that I really think that will happen, but it’s at least a possibility.

    • Flying SquidOP
      6•11 months ago

      Oh I agree with you, I’m just saying if they must reboot an NBC property, there are other science fiction properties they own that they could go with instead.

      And that doesn’t even go into all the Universal science fiction movies. If they must make a TV show based on their properties, let’s see what a good showrunner could do with The Thing or They Live or The Last Starfighter.