14th July 2010, 10:46 PM
The new Galactica is a completely different show. It's a relaunch, not a remake of the original. The series needed more female characters, there were far too few in the old show. It was either add more or change some, and they chose the latter...
I stopped watching it after a season or so because it's such a dark and depressing show that I stopped wanting to watch it (seriously, the new BSG show is very bleak...), but the fact remains, the change was definitely needed, and in that at least they improved things. You can't do sci-fi shows now with like one female character in a large cast. It's unrealistic by modern standards, sexist, and will turn off a big part of your prospective audience.
Switching genders is a "huge change"? Uh... no, not it's not. It's a small change that has a positive impact on the show, but "huge change"... no way. That makes no sense.
It's the depressing, dark direction they took the show in that was the "huge change", not the gender or color of the characters.
I stopped watching it after a season or so because it's such a dark and depressing show that I stopped wanting to watch it (seriously, the new BSG show is very bleak...), but the fact remains, the change was definitely needed, and in that at least they improved things. You can't do sci-fi shows now with like one female character in a large cast. It's unrealistic by modern standards, sexist, and will turn off a big part of your prospective audience.
Quote:Making huge changes (like gender) is the lowest, basest and most vile form of political correction.
Switching genders is a "huge change"? Uh... no, not it's not. It's a small change that has a positive impact on the show, but "huge change"... no way. That makes no sense.
It's the depressing, dark direction they took the show in that was the "huge change", not the gender or color of the characters.