Battlestar Galactica Gains New Audience as a Mini-Series
Posted by admin on 03 Aug 2011 under UncategorizedFans of the original Battlestar Galactica series wanted a return of the rag-tag fugitive fleet first introduced by Glen A. Larson. It provided something that the original Star Trek did not. While this is interesting it does not explain why the new mini-series attracted a new audience. Both series tell the same story. Humans are nearly wiped out by a robotic race called Cylons. The mini-series had newer technology to draw on and better special effects.
The newer technology is not why the show gained a new audience. The original series was always hopeful and optimistic no matter how bad things got. It was always clear who was in the right and who was in the wrong. The new series, although it still explores moral themes,is much darker and more realistic. Moral issues abounded, and Adama can always be counted upon to do what is right in the end, but many characters act out of necessity.
The psychological element explored in the new series also drew people to it. Moore, unlike the original author explored the psychological effects of the Cylon. It explored how people reacted to the revelation of an enemy within. The exploration of the enemy within element required Baltar, a clear-cut traitor in the old series, to be portrayed as a double agent in the new one.
