rss feedSinger to direct Battlestar, kittens die
Disturbing news for every right-thinking geek here, as Bryan Singer looks set to direct a big-screen ‘reboot’ of Battlestar Galactica, set to screen in 2011. Aside from the fact that if there was ever a word that gave me an insatiable desire to drown kittens then ‘reboot’ is it, this enrages me (and apparently a whole lot of other angry internet men) for two reasons:
1. Battlestar Galactica finished its multi-Emmy award winning run a mere six months ago; the culmination of four impeccable seasons of politically-enlightened, intensely dark and sheer-frakking-genius space-satire. Not to mention the fact that the previous incarnation was itself a ‘reboot’, to even think about ripping it up and starting again (in it’s original cheese-fest in space form, no less) just to provide some Universal studio execs with another swimming pool filled with gold is tantamount to locking Ronald D Moore and his entire team in a shed and using an industrial hose to spray them with liquid shit.
2. Bryan Singer. Really? Now, I’ve been something of an apologist for his Superman Returns, and long held out hope that, given a sequel, (which ain’t gonna happen) he might not include such a shitty Lex Luthor plotline and, y’know, not make Supes such a fucking emo. Sure, X-Men was alright, but handing the king of spangly superhero drama the keys to a franchise that’s just laboured for 5 hard years to clear its reputation of being ‘the camp space drama with the robot dog’ is akin to hiring the Carry On team to spruce up the Diary of Anne Frank.
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I spent hours and many pounds sterling on therapy to help me forget Superman Returns. Now you mentioned it, I am reliving it.
Shame about the lack of sequel, but maybe this is a good thing?
(Loving the blog, you delightful old cynic!)