Sledgstone
June 4th, 2007, 08:14 AM
http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/10677.html
Executive Producers Ronald Moore and David Eick announced that the SCI FI Channel's award-winning Battlestar Galactica series will end upon the completion of the 22-episode fourth season, which will commence in early 2008. Eick and Moore said that ending the series was a "creative" decision and they told the SCI FI Net: "This show was always meant to have a beginning, a middle, and, finally, an end. Over the course of the last year, the story and the characters have been moving strongly toward that end, and we've decided to listen to those internal voices and conclude the show on our own terms. And while we know our fans will be saddened to know the end is coming, they should brace themselves for a wild ride getting there: We're going out with a bang."
Fans won't be the only ones who are saddened by the end of BSG, by the end of next year retailers too could be mourning the end of one of the most creative science fiction series of the modern era, and more importantly, a series that had developed a strong and devoted fan following and inspired a wide range of tie-in products including comic books from Dynamite, action figures from Diamond Select Toys, an RPG from Margaret Weis Productions, and prop replicas from Master Replicas. The SCI FI Channel will also have to replace it most popular series (see "SCI FI Channel Ratings Soar"). Fortunately we will all have the new Battlestar Galactica around through the end of 2008.
This saddens me but I am also quite pleased. This show always reminded me of anime in the sense that it had a constant ongoing plot and any of the main characters could probably die at any time. When it first started I also thought about Babylon 5 and how that show was also made with a beginning, middle and end and I always assumed BSG would end within 5 seasons too. Of course an ending to a series is something thats often lacking in many American shows because of retail money and ratings. *coughlostcough*
What do you think of this news? are you sad? happy? a mix of both?
Executive Producers Ronald Moore and David Eick announced that the SCI FI Channel's award-winning Battlestar Galactica series will end upon the completion of the 22-episode fourth season, which will commence in early 2008. Eick and Moore said that ending the series was a "creative" decision and they told the SCI FI Net: "This show was always meant to have a beginning, a middle, and, finally, an end. Over the course of the last year, the story and the characters have been moving strongly toward that end, and we've decided to listen to those internal voices and conclude the show on our own terms. And while we know our fans will be saddened to know the end is coming, they should brace themselves for a wild ride getting there: We're going out with a bang."
Fans won't be the only ones who are saddened by the end of BSG, by the end of next year retailers too could be mourning the end of one of the most creative science fiction series of the modern era, and more importantly, a series that had developed a strong and devoted fan following and inspired a wide range of tie-in products including comic books from Dynamite, action figures from Diamond Select Toys, an RPG from Margaret Weis Productions, and prop replicas from Master Replicas. The SCI FI Channel will also have to replace it most popular series (see "SCI FI Channel Ratings Soar"). Fortunately we will all have the new Battlestar Galactica around through the end of 2008.
This saddens me but I am also quite pleased. This show always reminded me of anime in the sense that it had a constant ongoing plot and any of the main characters could probably die at any time. When it first started I also thought about Babylon 5 and how that show was also made with a beginning, middle and end and I always assumed BSG would end within 5 seasons too. Of course an ending to a series is something thats often lacking in many American shows because of retail money and ratings. *coughlostcough*
What do you think of this news? are you sad? happy? a mix of both?