‘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.

  • Flying SquidOP
    7•11 months ago

    I don’t know that I’d want them to reboot it. That show was lightning in a bottle.

    • @[email protected]
      9•11 months ago

      I’d like to see spinoffs in the universe but agree about trying to recapture the original cast. And they’re too old now to come back and just keep being space outlaw cowboys like nothing happened.

      • @legion02
        5•11 months ago

        A spinoff of an older River who has her shit together and picked up a lot of Mal-isms and is leading a new crew on the old firefly? Occasional psych-karate mixed on? Fuck it I’m in.

        • @[email protected]
          3•11 months ago

          Basically it was a cool universe had room for more stories.

          Also if people want there’s a book series called the black ocean and the author basically said he finished watching firefly and was like fuck it I want more like that. Its pretty funny instead of anything like FTL or universal translators he just has a wizard do it so its like the crew of firefly except to travel in space they need to keep a cranky beer drinking old wizard happy.