Ordinarily I do not do a fanboy squeal when I hear of an attempt at a science fiction program revamp of an old series, but this one has Battlestar Galactica potential. Tim Minear (Angel, Firefly) is taking on a remake of Alien Nation for Sci Fi or SyFy or whatever they're calling themselves.The original television series on Fox was one of the cases where the spin-off actually exceeded the quality of the movie it was based on. The only mistake that was made was taking the show off the air after one year (although it did spawn a set of television movies).
Tim Minear is a good choice as showrunner since he's used to sci fi shows that rely on characterization. I have to give props to Sci Fi for this decision. Hopefully it will last longer than its predecessor and be leaps and bounds better than their attempted remake of Flash Gordon.
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7-01-2009 @ 2:09PM
Reuben said...
Ok now to just get Nathan Fillion to star as Sykes, and its sure to be cancelled!!
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7-01-2009 @ 4:20PM
Keith McDuffee said...
Jane Espenson actually must have known something about this when I asked her early last month about what sci-fi show should get the reboot treatment next. Either she was looking out for her friend Minear or she put out the idea :)
http://www.cliqueclack.com/tv/2009/06/04/jane-espenson-on-buffys-oz-warehouse-13-caprica-and-dollhouse/
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7-01-2009 @ 5:16PM
La-Di-Dah said...
Haaaa! I love Alien Nation. I have the series and tv-movies. Can't wait to see it back. Knock.
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