Ok I don't like to many reboots, but some movies and shows should get the reboot treatment. If they are done right, they can be better than the original version.
Now the guys behind ABC's V, the rebooted version, will try their hand at Space 1999, and if you don't know what I am talking about. Here is trailer from one of the shows :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMEZuaguuCU
You can read more about what is planned at the following link. I just hope they don't TRIBBLE up the concept, we do need a good scifi TV show.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/space-2099-television-remake-288601
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Towards the Earth??
It would certainly save them from the risk of an epic first episode and complete let down for the rest of the run.
I watched Space1999 as kid when it first came out in the 70s and thought it was facinating.
I remember also being scared at some of the epsiodes, especially the one where everyone was pretending to be from earth and they were in fact one-eyed spaghetti monsters. Gave me nightmares for months.
I tought V was okay. I wasn't gripped, but I wouldn't mind them doing a 3rd series just to see how it ends.
Now where is my Buck Rogers!!!! Begglie beeglie...
Yes, that's troubling me as well. We'll see.
Okay, maybe a different angle. I like the wormhole idea. But suppose instead of that we have a BIGGER explosion. Forcing the entire universe to undergo massive acceleration away from the moon at somewhere between 50 and 100 km/s/Mpc. Sounds about right.
Funny, that also seems to be the plot of Voyager.. and with minor alterations, Gilligan's Island.
I watched V this last go round, but wasn't a huge fan. But after seeing what happens with truly engaging Sci-Fi on TV lately with SGU, Defying Gravity, and even Fringe (which may be cancelled this season)... I don't have a lot of hope for the show surviving very long.
But then, the original Space 1999 itself only lasted 2 seasons.
I do enjoy them, but I'd rather enjoy really new sci-fi more... if that makes sense. I guess for those who never saw the originals, its pretty new new. ^^
Ahem, there is at least one good Sci-Fi show out there right now. Hint, hint.
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V's trouble spot was NBC, who bumped V in favor of the Olympics mid season, without warning.
People who wanted to watch V, changed the channel when the Olympics were on instead.
V's ratings AFTER the Olympics had plummeted. To NBC that ment failed show, not, "OOPS, we killed it ourselves".
I never watched the V reeboot, but if that didn't work, I can't see Space 1999 working either. Whatever next? Terrahawks?
Please, leave them alone, I want to remember them as they were (probably why I never watched the V re-boot!)
Which version, the first or second series. The second is the best IMO
I think the second was the best too.
V was on ABC. The original was on NBC if not mistaken. Plus the ABC remake we're talking about here did not go against any Olympics.
It's possible, that I misremember the Space 1999 ship being there, but there was deffintely some ships from teh old BSG civilian fleet.
Sorry, I was thinking something totally different. thanks for the correction.
http://www.tombsofkobol.com/brit/1999-ships-01.html
But I don't recalling seeing any of them on BSG.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TckJBvl_uT0