Future Ed Straker?

Yes.. I've always like George Peppard as an actor, but more for things
like Banacek rather than the A-Team..
Definitely fits the Straker role as an Ed Bishop replacement...
although in fairness, would the character HAVE to look like Ed
Bishop.. there are plenty of fine actors who could take on the role..
I think the white hair would have to be kept in though..

John

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> Yeah George Peppard would have been a good Straker, pugnacity,
looks, voice and smoked. Ed Harris (with wig) isn't a bad idea either.
I haven't been watching the new BG so I'll have to look at it to see
the actor mentioned as a candidate. I also thought the idea of doing
the characters a la Final Fabtasy was an interesting concept! It's bad
eough that a remake is being done of TDTESS but NOT Forbidden Planet -
puh-leeese! I felt Leslie Nielsen was a quintessential starship
commander (next to Kirk of course) - but I could be highly prejudiced
- both Shatner and Nielsen are Canadians! Pam the Canuck
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Ah, but if we'd resurrect George Peppard to be
Straker, why not go for the real deal? I'm fairly
sure that Ed Bishop is a choice we all could endorse.

Diorite


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--- In [hidden email], James Finch <cosmicfilms@...> wrote:
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Keanu is no Rennie, but I still like the guy, especially in the
Matrix. I have an open mind to this new version even though I know
no one could ever eclipse the original movie.
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> Here is the imdb.com link:
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> James
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> Tom & Pam McCaughey <mccaug@...>
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> Haven't heard of a remake of Day The Earth Stood Still and if
there is one - I suspect the producers will find someone
more...ahem....suitable, shall we say, to play Rennie's part.
However, could we hire Ah-nie to play Gort? Pam the Canuck

Maybe the remake should have been done by Harlington-Straker
Productions?;-)

I think UFO could use a revitalization much like BGS... not quite so drastic, but darker and edgier.

George

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Jeff

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I've tried twice now to get into the new BG and can't seem to form an interest in it. I can agree with George's posting on making a 'new' UFO edgier and darker (I've already been thinking that way with alot of my fanfic), but I hope if this ever comes to pass, whoever is at the helm of a remake will do a better job. I was never a big fan of the original BG, but I can also say that I won't be a fan of the 'new and improved' BG - just from what I've seen. Is it me, or does the story seem to move very s-l-o-w-l-y? Any remake of UFO has hopefully to be appealing to the original fans (who are the real audience to aim for here) and updated enough to garner new fans. As I posted earlier, the major flaw in Thunderbirds was aiming the film at the wrong demographic. BTW, anyone notice a cameo role in the new BG by Richard Hatch (Apollo in the old BG)? Pam the Canuck

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I'm not a fan of the new Battlestar Galactica either. Seems too much like a sci-fi soap opera to me. I guess it's been quite popular with others, though, so what do I know? Just not my cup of tea. I like the newer Dr. Who much better.

Jeff

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I've tried twice now to get into the new BG and can't seem to form an interest in it. I can agree with George's posting on making a 'new' UFO edgier and darker (I've already been thinking that way with alot of my fanfic), but I hope if this ever comes to pass, whoever is at the helm of a remake will do a better job. I was never a big fan of the original BG, but I can also say that I won't be a fan of the 'new and improved' BG - just from what I've seen. Is it me, or does the story seem to move very s-l-o-w-l-y? Any remake of UFO has hopefully to be appealing to the original fans (who are the real audience to aim for here) and updated enough to garner new fans. As I posted earlier, the major flaw in Thunderbirds was aiming the film at the wrong demographic. BTW, anyone notice a cameo role in the new BG by Richard Hatch (Apollo in the old BG)? Pam the Canuck

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Hi Jeffrey - I have not as yet seen the 'new' Dr. Who. I liked the original tho. I have to agree with you that the new BG seems soap opera-ish in nature. This is NOT what I want for UFO if it ever was to be remake as a feature or even as a series. Another thing I find strange about the new BG - the sets, clothing are all 20th century earth-like and everyone is wearing glasses - I thought in the future we'd be done with such things? I don't see much that's sci-fic about this show. So I'm hoping if UFO IS updated, they'll take it into the 21st century and things will 'look' better as well. I write alot about ultra-modern and specialized hardware, up to date or even tweaked-out computer equipment, et al in my fanfic. In fact I created a new part of SHADO, alluded to but never named on the series, which is the MIB branch - they clean up alien sites and keep people who've had close encounters from remembering what they saw etc. I called that branch the Omega Corporation, and its public persona is as an up and coming computer company, almost as powerful as Microsoft, and making enough money selling its products, to finance itself, since SHADO is likely financed from the black budgets of alot of countries, or at least we get that hint from some of the original UFO eps. Pam the Canuck

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Maybe I'm just jaded.

I can see some space opera elements in BSG, but I wouldn't label it a sci-fi soap opera. The stories do tend to move slowly at times, but it's more about the people rather than the sci-fi elements. I can forgive break downs in special effects and sometimes continuity, as long as there's a good story with the people involved.

Ronald Moore (who's one of the show runners for BSG) is all about the people stories. He wrote the better episodes of the Star Trek: The Next Generation and the bulk of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

Richard Hatch plays a former terrorist turned political leader (I think he's the Vice President of the survivors now).

And I'm a HUGE fan of the new Dr. Who stuff (I grew up watching Tom Baker).

George

Jeffrey Nelson <[hidden email]> wrote: I'm not a fan of the new Battlestar Galactica either. Seems too much like a sci-fi soap opera to me. I guess it's been quite popular with others, though, so what do I know? Just not my cup of tea. I like the newer Dr. Who much better.

Jeff

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I've tried twice now to get into the new BG and can't seem to form an interest in it. I can agree with George's posting on making a 'new' UFO edgier and darker (I've already been thinking that way with alot of my fanfic), but I hope if this ever comes to pass, whoever is at the helm of a remake will do a better job. I was never a big fan of the original BG, but I can also say that I won't be a fan of the 'new and improved' BG - just from what I've seen. Is it me, or does the story seem to move very s-l-o-w-l-y? Any remake of UFO has hopefully to be appealing to the original fans (who are the real audience to aim for here) and updated enough to garner new fans. As I posted earlier, the major flaw in Thunderbirds was aiming the film at the wrong demographic. BTW, anyone notice a cameo role in the new BG by Richard Hatch (Apollo in the old BG)? Pam the Canuck

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> I can see some space opera elements in BSG, but I wouldn't label it a
> sci-fi soap opera.

You know, with episodes like A QUESTION OF PRIORITIES and CONFETTI
CHECK A-OK, UFO has been accused of being a sci-fi soap opera... :-)

Marc

For my money, it just cast an emphasis on the "human element" and
kept it from being just a simple "shoot-em-up" space opera.

And a tad more OT...there is a new channel on cable, on Charter
Cable it's ch. 137, called American Life and on Thursday nites it
features Time Tunnel, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Lost in Space
and Land of the Giants, all classic scifi fare. Happy New Year,all!
Mark T.