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"As of this moment, we are at war"
The miniseries was at the peak of what is achievable in sci-fi IMO. The follow up with "33" just cemented it.
While watching it at the time the later seasons faltered, I rewatched it all just over a year ago and it flows better as a binge despite some of the shortcomings.
All of this is to say I don't think a reboot is necessary but I'm keeping a hopeful, open mind.
That's exactly why they shouldn't reboot it. It's hard to make good TV. Reboots are rarely good, because you don't just have to beat the average, you have to beat the previous show. The odds of beating that original BSG are essentially nil.
There's plenty of things they could reboot instead. Do a reboot / spinoff / prequel of Stargate. Re-do Sliders. Buy the rights to Babylon 5 and do a spinoff of that (also, re-release the full quality original, which has been locked up for decades now). Re-make Day of the Triffids, but as a series. The concept there is pretty open-ended so you could go for years.
Or, there's a whole lot of superhero-comedy stuff that could do well. Less extreme than The Boys, but stuff like Misfits of Science, Greatest American Hero, My Secret Identity, etc.
Or adapt something new, like Ringworld, Hyperion, make an Ender's Game series.
Don't try to re-remake one of the most successful remakes ever.
Yes! Imagine a reboot of Sliders that actually explores all the fascinating possibilities of parallel dimensions. The concept always had so much more promise than the show actually delivered. Also, don't do the whole Kromag thing this time around.
Yeah, I agree. It wouldn't have to be a comedy either. You could make it more of a dramatic show instead. The original BSG wasn't quite a comedy, but it wasn't as serious as the reboot, which let them explore new ideas.
But, yeah, the possibilities for exploring parallel dimensions are literally endless.