Written by Chris Snellgrove | issued
In many ways, Ronald D. Moore was the perfect man to reboot battlestar galactica. As someone who entered Hollywood and wrote screenplays. Star Trek: The Next GenerationHe knows a thing or two about the difficulty of appealing to older fans. Still, even he wasn’t prepared for the initial extreme backlash to the decision to make Starbuck’s character a woman in the reboot series. But once the showrunners realized that all of these naysayers were giving them some much-needed free publicity, they decided to intentionally piss them off as much as possible.
Make Starbuck a woman

wild story of battlestar galactica Showrunners and their angry fans portrayed in Edward Gross/Mark A. Altman book So Say It All: The Complete, Uncensored, Unauthorized Oral History of Battlestar Galactica. In the book, Moore recalls his complicated relationship with die-hard fans of the original series who were irritated by the changes he made, especially the decision to make the popular character Starbuck a woman. But rather than get angry over all the fan outcry, the showrunner quickly realized that he had a source of free publicity for the reboot he was trying to get off the ground.
“Once it came up, I was like, oh, it’s just going to fuel the flames,” Moore said. “We need all the help we can get.” By then, he was encouraging angry fans to “scream about it” and “get mad” for the simple fact that “we need the publicity.” I was ready to encourage.
Especially in terms of being cheeky. battlestar galactica The showrunners claim they urged fans to “take to the chat room” because they needed “more men demanding Ron Moore’s head.” Of course, what makes this story so ironic is that Moore didn’t swap the genders of Starbucks to make a statement about equality or anything. He just wanted to avoid one of science fiction’s oldest clichés.
original battlestar galactica The show focuses on the friendship between two very different pilots: Apollo, who loves to follow the rules, and Starbuck, who loves to break them. While it worked for the original 1978 show, Moore worried that fans of the genre would grow tired of the clichéd trope by the time the 2003 reboot premiered. .
Regarding making Starbuck a woman, Moore said, “I just realized that everything would change,” including “the whole dynamic” between the characters. Moreover, he was writing the show “at the very point when the United States was becoming familiar with the idea of women participating in combat.” Therefore, making one of his most prominent and talented soldiers a woman allowed for the intersection of reality and fiction, a storytelling technique. battlestar galactica It later reached a level of perfection that pleased fans.
angry fan

therefore, battlestar galactica The showrunners weren’t trying to reinvigorate the culture wars by gender-changing the Starbuck character…instead, they wanted to change science fiction’s oldest clichés to make things seem fresh and interesting. is. But once he realized how much his creative decisions had upset a nest of angry fans, he was reluctant to continue kicking that nest in order to generate the publicity he needed to make his show a success. There wasn’t. Unfortunately, the current media environment is different now…Instead of negativity helping a show find an audience, there is a whole cottage industry of hate. YouTube A channel that tries to destroy new franchises before they can get off the ground.
But is that anger supporting the hurt fans? It’s nothing new. Fans angry that creators are simply trying something different…As Moore’s Cylons may remind us, all of this has happened before, and will always be the same. things will happen.