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Am Ende der regulären TV-Saison 2006 war "Battlestar Galactica" eines der am höchsten bewerteten und eingeschalteten Sendungen des Sci-Fi Channels und schlug sogar ehrwürdige SF-Serien wie [[W:Stargate SG-1|"Stargate - Kommando SG-1"]] und dessen Ableger [[W:Stargate Atlantis|"Stargate Atlantis"]]. In Deutschland hatte das neue "Battlestar Galactica" auf RTL II leider wenig Erfolg. Während die [[Miniserie]] noch sehr hohe Einschaltquoten hatte, sanken die Zuschauerzahlen während der [[Staffel 1 (2004-05)|ersten Staffel]] rapide. Eine Ausstrahlung der [[Staffel 2 (2005-06)|zweiten Staffel]] auf RTL II ist zum jetzigen Zeitpunkt unklar. | Am Ende der regulären TV-Saison 2006 war "Battlestar Galactica" eines der am höchsten bewerteten und eingeschalteten Sendungen des Sci-Fi Channels und schlug sogar ehrwürdige SF-Serien wie [[W:Stargate SG-1|"Stargate - Kommando SG-1"]] und dessen Ableger [[W:Stargate Atlantis|"Stargate Atlantis"]]. In Deutschland hatte das neue "Battlestar Galactica" auf RTL II leider wenig Erfolg. Während die [[Miniserie]] noch sehr hohe Einschaltquoten hatte, sanken die Zuschauerzahlen während der [[Staffel 1 (2004-05)|ersten Staffel]] rapide. Eine Ausstrahlung der [[Staffel 2 (2005-06)|zweiten Staffel]] auf RTL II ist zum jetzigen Zeitpunkt unklar. | ||
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== Series development == | |||
After the miniseries, the regular series itself was not immediately approved due to financial considerations. Initially, Universal Studios and Sci Fi Channel both deemed that the series was unaffordable, despite [[David Eick]]'s and [[David Kissinger]]'s attempts to secure funding for the series. Fortuitously, the UK network [[Sky TV]] was looking to fund "high-profile American shows", "ultimately making up the difference between what Universal felt it could afford and what we needed to make the show", according to Eick.<ref name="pg 41">{{cite_book|last=Bassom|first=David|authorlink=|authorlinkurl=|coauthors=|year=2005|title=[[Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion]]|pages=41|editor=ed. Adam "Adama" Newell|publisher=Titan Books|location=|id=ISBN 1-84576-0972}}</ref> | |||
Once funding was secured, the official announcement for the series' launch was given on 10 February 2004.<ref name="pg 41"/> Moore, a majority of the production staff, as well as every principal cast member from the miniseries returned to work on the series. Moore also hired the show's writing staff, including [[Toni Graphia]], [[David Weddle]], [[Bradley Thompson]], and [[Carla Robinson]], who mainly worked from the [[w:Rock Hudson|Rock Hudson]] Building at Universal's Hollywood lot.<ref>{{cite_book|last=Bassom|first=David|authorlink=|authorlinkurl=|coauthors=|year=2005|title=[[Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion]]|pages=41-43|editor=ed. Adam "Adama" Newell|publisher=Titan Books|location=|id=ISBN 1-84576-0972}}</ref> | |||
Principal shooting on the [[Season 1 (2004-05)|first season]] was from 19 April to 15 September 2004, with each episode taking eight days to shoot. In an interesting twist, the so-called "American series" was first broadcast on a European network, Sky One, between 18 October 2004 to 24 January 2005.<ref>{{cite_book|last=Bassom|first=David|authorlink=|authorlinkurl=|coauthors=|year=2005|title=[[Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion]]|pages=43|editor=ed. Adam "Adama" Newell|publisher=Titan Books|location=|id=ISBN 1-84576-0972}}</ref> As part of the funding agreement, Sky One was given the opportunity to play the new series first, leaving Americans to wait several months before the series would debut in the Americas. With the first American airdate on [[33|14 January 2005]], some Americans resorted to retrieving digitized versions of the episodes from internet [[w:File sharing|file sharing]] programs. In response to this, Moore and Eick asked fans on SciFi.com's bulletin boards on 18 November 2004 to stop downloading the episodes and to wait to see the series when it first aired on Sci Fi Channel, claiming that downloading the series would adversely affect ratings and a [[Season 2 (2005-06)|second season]] renewal.<ref>{{cite_news|first=Steve|last=Krutzler|url=http://trekweb.com/articles/2004/11/18/419c3ee124590.shtml|title=Ronald D. Moore Implores U.S., Canadian Fans to Refrain from Downloading GALACTICA|publisher=|page=|date=18 November 2004|accessdate=16 February 2007|language=}}</ref> | |||
== Noted Changes from the [[Original Series]] == | |||
The basic story is still present: robotic [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] conduct a [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|surprise attack on the Colonies]], thus forcing several stranded spaceships to coalesce around the last surviving [[Galactica type battlestar|battlestar]], ''[[Galactica]]'', to seek a mythical [[Thirteenth Tribe]] where the survivors hope to find shelter from the Cylons. | |||
Many of the fine details changed from the Original Series. | |||
* The Cylons were created by humanity itself instead of being an [[Cylons (TOS)|separate alien race]].<ref>This shift in antagonists mirror similar dystopian themes found in the ''[[Wikipedia:The Terminator|Terminator]]'' and ''[[Wikipedia:The Matrix|The Matrix]]'' movie series.</ref> | |||
* ''Galactica'' is a 50 year old relic on the verge of decommission. | |||
* The names of "Apollo", "Boomer", and "Starbuck" are changed to call signs. Most characters have standard first and last names; some first names were not given until later in the series, such as [[Felix Gaeta|Felix Gaeta's]] or [[Anastasia Dualla|Anastasia Dualla's]]. | |||
* The futuristic (and often confusing) terminology used to denote units of measurement, such as distance and time, in the Original Series has been replaced with understandable terminology, such as "year" and not "[[yahren]]". | |||
* The ship designs, save for some revisions to the [[Viper (RDM)|Mk. II Viper]] and ''[[Galactica]]'' and a few noteworthy background ships (such as the [[Astral Queen]] and the [[Botanical Cruiser]]), have been redone. | |||
* The government of the Colonies resembles the United States' democrative republic, with a president, vice president, and secretaries. The [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum of Twelve]] appears later, revised as a senatorial body, in the episode, "[[Colonial Day]]". | |||
* Instead of the other-worldly, Egyptian-esque clothing and city designs (i.e. pyramids) seen in the Original Series, objects are more contemporary in design and function. | |||
Characters are altered significantly from the Original Series. | |||
* [[Boomer (TOS)|Boomer]], played by [[Herb Jefferson Jr.]], is now the callsign of a female, Lieutenant [[Sharon Valerii]] ([[Grace Park]]). | |||
* [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]], played as a male character by [[Dirk Benedict]], is now the call-sign of a female lieutenant named [[Kara Thrace]] ([[Katee Sackhoff]]). | |||
* "Adama", "Tigh", and "Baltar" are now surnames. | |||
* The character of [[Adama (TOS)|Adama]], portrayed by [[Lorne Greene]] in the Original Series, becomes [[William Adama|William "Husker" Adama]] ([[Edward James Olmos]]). Adama's beliefs are far more secular than his Original Series counterpart. | |||
* [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]], portrayed by [[Original Series]] star and [[Battlestar Galactica: The Second Coming|Original Series continuation activist]] [[Richard Hatch]], is the call sign of [[Lee Adama]] ([[Jamie Bamber]]). | |||
* [[Baltar (TOS)|Baltar]], who was willingly complicit in the destruction of the Colonies due to his thirst for power, became [[Gaius Baltar]], an arrogant scientific genius that is tricked into working with the Cylons. | |||
* Colonel [[Tigh (TOS)|Tigh]], portrayed by [[Terry Carter]], is now separated from [[Ellen Tigh|his wife]] and seeing out the rest of his [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|long military career]] as an alcoholic in the form of Colonel [[Saul Tigh]] ([[Michael Hogan]]). | |||
The show has taken a more realistic turn, scientifically. [[Science in the Re-imagined Series|Realistic science]], which was painfully absent in the Original Series, is applied in this series as best as cinematic and storyline requirements permit. | |||
Certain models of Cylons [[Humanoid Cylon|appear human, right down to the blood]], which generates some very disturbing problems in distinguishing friend from foe. This mirrors terrorist methods of infiltration and delivering destructive results to heavy population centers (a la suicide bombers). | |||
== Official Statements == | |||
* ''[[Ron D. Moore]] discusses using the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]] as a template:'' | |||
: I approached the original show and looked at what worked and what didn't work. I tried to keep as much of the original show as possible. I kept all the essential elements of ''Battlestar Galactica'': the aircraft-carrier-in-space; the rag-tag fleet; the Cylon attack, the escape and the search for Earth; Commander Adama; Adama's son "Apollo", who's the ''Galactica'''s lead fighter pilot; the rogue pilot, "Starbuck"; their friend, "Boomer"; and Baltar, the traitor. Those were the main things I knew I had to keep – it wouldn't have been ''Battlestar Galactica'' without them. | |||
: I changed the things I knew didn't work. The original [[Baltar (TOS)|Baltar]] didn't have a motivation for betraying his race<ref>Moore's statement is incorrect. Baltar's motivations were power-based; he made the deal with the Cylons, believing that the Cylons would spare his colony and subjugate the human species under him ([[Saga of a Star World]]).</ref>, so I knew I'd have to change that character. I also never understood why the Cylons were so intent on pursuing these humans across the galaxy<ref>See the [[Cylons (TOS)]] article for the Cylons' intent.</ref>, so I changed the background of the Cylons and their relationship with the human beings. Making the Cylons the creation of humanity enabled the Cylons to have a much more complicated love/hate relationship with humans, and also provided us with a way to use humanoid Cylons in the series, which was something we knew we wanted to do because there would be limits on how much we could use CGI Cylons. | |||
: [[Athena (TOS)|Athena]] didn't seem to serve any function in the original show other than look beautiful and be a love interest for Starbuck, so I just got rid of that character. And while I thought [[Boxey (TOS)|Boxey]] was part of the family and decided it would be nice to include him in some peripheral way, I never considered keeping [[Muffit|Boxey's dog]] for a second. The dog was just absurd! it was right out from the moment I took the show.<ref>{{cite_book|last=Bassom|first=David|authorlink=|authorlinkurl=|coauthors=|year=2005|title=[[Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion]]|pages=13-14|editor=ed. Adam "Adama" Newell|publisher=Titan Books|location=|id=ISBN 1-84576-0972}}</ref> | |||
* ''Moore discusses the religious aspects of the series:'' | |||
: The religious aspects of the show developed naturally out of my intention to reflect every aspect of the human experience. I was delighted because I'm fascinated with this notion of monotheism versus polytheism, and I felt its addition to the show enriched it and helped make it unique.<ref>{{cite_book|last=Bassom|first=David|authorlink=|authorlinkurl=|coauthors=|year=2005|title=[[Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion]]|pages=18-19|editor=ed. Adam "Adama" Newell|publisher=Titan Books|location=|id=ISBN 1-84576-0972}}</ref> | |||
* ''Moore discusses using the series as allegory to current events:'' | |||
: The original "[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek|[Star] Trek]]" series ... dealt with a lot of hot-button issues at the time: It dealt with racism, and it dealt with war, and it dealt with a lot of ideas that were very, very timely and very important. And this was a chance to make a science fiction show that wasn't purely escapist, but actually dealt with the world that we live in.<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.thestreet.com/_tsclsii/funds/goodlife/10276628.html|title=Delve Into 'Battlestar Galactica'|date=5 April 2006|accessdate=9 Feburary 2007|last=Wolverton|first=Troy|format=|language=}}</ref> | |||
* ''[[Jamie Bamber]] talks about the discussions that the cast and crew have regarding the show's content:'' | |||
: We discuss everything. We even do try to discuss the sci-fi techie stuff, but we're just not very good at it. When [[A Day in the Life|the script]] throws out something like [[Cally Tyrol|Callie]] [''sic''] and [[Galen Tyrol|the Chief]] in space without any protection, lots [of us discuss] around the set if that was really possible. In the end, we all bow down to the experts who tell us it is. That shuts us up very quick. The political stuff, that's the juice of the show with the cast. That's pretty much what we like to inhabit, those social-political dilemmas and what they mean morally and legally, and how they pertain to the world that we're in now. The interesting thing about this show is that a lot of people come up to me and say, "Is it really liberal, or something?" but everyone across the political spectrum can find a view that they can side with. We don't cast moral judgment on any of them. It is all shades of gray that are out there to be interpreted, and that's the beauty of the writing, I think.<ref name="TV Guide">{{cite_web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/News-Views/Interviews-Features/Article/default.aspx?posting=%7BAC4FC1D4-115F-457C-8E4A-01A539D77D39%7D|title=''Galactica'''s Jamie Bamber Visits a Heavenly ''Ghost''|date=23 February 2007|accessdate=23 February 2007|last=Cohn|first=Angel|format=|language=}}</ref> | |||
* ''Bamber discusses being sympathetic to the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]]:'' | |||
: The Cylons do garner your empathy gradually, as you see more and more from their point of view. That's a bold move. There is a lot about them that should be sympathetic to a Western American audience. They are monotheists, they kind of believe in redemption and rebirth and all these things that a lot of us believe in. The humans are polytheists and are a bit more anachronistic.<ref name="TV Guide"/> | |||
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==Besetzung== | ==Besetzung== | ||
Version vom 12. April 2007, 13:02 Uhr
- Dieser Artikel bezieht sich auf die neu interpretierte Version von Battlestar Galactica. Informationen über die Originalserie von 1978 finden sich unter Kampfstern Galactica.
Zusammenfassung
Das Debüt der Miniserie von "Battlestar Galactica" im Jahr 2003 war eine neu interpretierte und aufgebohrte Version von "Kampfstern Galactica", welche stärker an moderne Gegebenheiten des 21. Jahrhunderts angepasst wurde. Indem Themen wie Zivilrechte, Überlebenskampf, Terrorismus und Religion behandelt werden, wird "Battlestar Galactica" zu einem dramatischen Epos, während es den Überlebenden der menschlichen Rasse folgt—deren Zahl weniger als 50.000 beträgt. Der letzte sich noch im Dienst befindende Typ der Battlestar Galactica führt die fliehende Fotte von den Zwölf Kolonien weg auf eine einsame (und anfänglich erfundene) Suche nach der Erde an, begleitet von Aufruhr von innen und Gefahr von außen.
Hier im "Battlestar Wiki" wird die neue Serie am häufigsten mit dem Zusatz "Neu-Interpretation der Serie" oder "RDM" für die Initialen des ausführenden Produzenten und Chefautors Ronald D. Moore versehen (genauso wie "Star Trek: The Next Generation" öfters als "TNG" bezeichnet wird). Ursprünglich wurde die neue Serie auch mit "TNS" (für "The New Series" - "Die neue Serie") oder "BSG" bezeichnet, aber diese werden immer seltener benutzt. Die "Originalserie" von 1978 wird vorrangig mit "KSG" ("Kampfstern Galactica") oder "TOS" (für "The Original Series" - "Die Originalserie") abgekürzt.
"Battlestar Galactica" begann (bzw. begann erneut) im Herbst 2003 auf dem amerikanischen Sci-Fi Channel als dreistündige Miniserie, welche wie die Originalserie die Zerstörung der Zwölf Kolonien zeigt. Der Stil ist gleichzeitig vertraut und aufwühlend für heutige Zuschauer, die dadurch an die unheimlichen Gefühle erinnert werden sollen, welche viele bei den unregelmäßigen und widersprüchlichen Neuigkeiten und dem Chaos während der Terrorattacken vom 11. September 2001 auf die Vereinigten Staaten hatten.
Während die Galactica sicherlich das vertrauteste Element aus der Originalserie war, unterschieden sich sehr viele andere Elemente in der neuen Serie. Commander William Adama ist ein Schlachten-geprüfter, weltlich geprägter Commander am Vorabend sowohl seines Ruhestandes als auch des seines kampferfahrenen alten Kampfsterns. Die Namen der Charaktere der Originalserie sind nun Rufzeichen, wie im Fall von Adamas Sohn Lee "Apollo" Adama oder der draufgängerischen Pilotin Kara "Starbuck" Thrace. Dass Starbuck zu einem weiblichen Charakter wurde, war für Fans der Originalserie ein brennendes Problem, denn sie fürchteten, dass diese und andere Änderungen die Serie schlechter machen würden.
Die Befürchtungen von einigen Fans wurden schnell durch Überraschung, Dankbarkeit und mit Applaus abgelöst als die Miniserie ausgestrahlt wurde und die reguläre Serie begann. Anders als das Gegenstück, die Originalserie, bestand die neu interpretierte Serie nicht nur vor den Zuschauern, inzwischen geht sie auch in die Vorbereitungen für eine vierte Staffel für 2008. Außerdem bekam sie zahlreiche Preise und Nominierungen, einschließlich eines Emmys und mehrerer Emmy-Nominierungen, einen Hugo-Award, sowie sogar eine in der Planung befindliche Ableger-Serie namens "Caprica".
Am Ende der regulären TV-Saison 2006 war "Battlestar Galactica" eines der am höchsten bewerteten und eingeschalteten Sendungen des Sci-Fi Channels und schlug sogar ehrwürdige SF-Serien wie "Stargate - Kommando SG-1" und dessen Ableger "Stargate Atlantis". In Deutschland hatte das neue "Battlestar Galactica" auf RTL II leider wenig Erfolg. Während die Miniserie noch sehr hohe Einschaltquoten hatte, sanken die Zuschauerzahlen während der ersten Staffel rapide. Eine Ausstrahlung der zweiten Staffel auf RTL II ist zum jetzigen Zeitpunkt unklar.
Besetzung
Hauptcharaktere
- Edward James Olmos als William Adama
- Mary McDonnell als Laura Roslin
- Katee Sackhoff als Kara "Starbuck" Thrace
- Jamie Bamber als Lee "Apollo" Adama
- James Callis als Gaius Baltar
- Tricia Helfer als Number Six
- Grace Park als Sharon "Boomer" Valerii/Number Eight
Nebencharaktere
- Michael Hogan als Saul Tigh
- Aaron Douglas als Galen Tyrol
- Tahmoh Penikett als Karl "Helo" Agathon
- Kandyse McClure als Anastasia Dualla
- Paul Campbell als Billy Keikeya (2003-2006)
- Alessandro Juliani als Felix Gaeta
Produktions-Crew
Produzenten
- Ronald D. Moore - Schöpfer / Ausführender Produzent / Autor
- David Eick - Ausführender Produzent
- Toni Graphia - Co-Ausführender Produzent / Autor
- Harvey Frand - Produzent
- Glen A. Larson - Beratender Produzent
Regisseure & Autorenstab
- Eine Liste aller Regisseure und des Stabes befindet sich im Battlestar Wiki Crew Portal.