Ask the creator of Battlestar Galactica
I'm interviewing Ron Moore, creator of the new Battlestar Galactica, tommorow morning. I'm sure some of you all are much more familiar with the new BG than I. What should I talk to him about? What questions would a non-fan miss that would still be relevant to someone who hadn't seen the show? FEED MY BRAIN!
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posted by Jesse Thorn at Thursday, September 21, 2006
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What's BattleStar Galactica?
You can talk to him about doing podcasts for every episode. In fact, he's always been very communicative withs fans through the internet, back to when he was writing for Star Trek.
Speaking of Trek I would like to hear him go on about how he thinks the franchise, now celebrating its 40th anniversary, could be improved. It's a topic he is not a stranger to.
Talk about the allegorical aspects of BSG. The show's main theme seems to be "society during prolonged crisis."
A real, real, REAL nerdy question that you have no obligation to ask other to feed one fan's geekiness: what is your reaction to both BSG and DC Comics doing the "One Year Later" trick around the same time?
How bout the Original BSG (and by extensions the new BSG) tie-in with Mormonism?
An explanation for the interesting syndication packages the various incarnations of the show has had over the years would be insightful. I think there were actually 3 different BSG series (before this new one) that sometimes get syndicated in the same package, but not always.
Has SciFi pressured them in any particular directions? Particularly with spinning off "sequel shows" ala Stargate, Stargate SVU, etc.
Wil Wheaton recently wrote some really nice things about Mr. Moore in regards to chances Ron took on Wil (some of which Wil regretfully blew) during Star Trek, suggesting that he often arcs things according to his particular relationship with individual cast members. Did the personality of any of the "talent" on the new BSG have any bearing on story decisions?
I'm curious how Ron feels about some of his crappy station mates (specifically Eur-stinka.)
A considerable number of 80's TV icons have showed up as guest stars, are there any he wanted to get but couldnt, or people who wanted to be on but were ultimately not picked?
and the big one for me:
why the fuck with the octagonal paper? All the papers, books, note cards, picture frames, diplomas, faxes, business cards, everything is frickin' octagonal. Even tv screens are octagonal (kind of.) It's such a bizarre choice to make in light of how our civilization is (according to the mythology of the show) a parallel branch. We have the same type of electrical sockets, Hummers, light switches, firearms, etc, yet fuckin' paper is so fundamentally different. Who made this decision and why?
Thanks for this opportunity, Jesse.
The show is about mankind's relationship with machines. Do the show's creators have a stance on how man should treat its machines? For instance, do they think that artificial intelligence that passes for human is real intelligence? Or, is there a difference between intelligence and artificial intelligence?
The show takes a stand on religion. Even the machines have religion. Is religion an unavoidable consequence of living in a universe full of mysteries (as it will be even in a thousand years)?
Sci-fi seems to go in and out of mass acceptance. The 80's saw a return to taking the genre seriously. Then sci-fi slept for a decade. Now it's back. Lost, essentially science fiction, is the biggest show on TV. Why the ups and downs, when sci-fi seems such a potent way of discussing things most people are concerned with - the future and technology?
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