Ron Moore Could Make Battlestar Galactica The Best Sci-Fi Ever
All they have to do is cast Rutger Hauer as the sole cylon survivor, scrabbling out of the mist across the blasted sands, torn leather raincoat and shock-blonde hair…
He could spin a tale about how Earth had to go to war against their skinjob replicants and he’s the sole skinjob survivor. Then, he could die. In the rain. …thus proving that all of this has, indeed, happened before.
My god. Can you imagine it? I would have to drown myself afterward, because it would be the greatest thing EVER.
August 12th, 2008 at 5:17 am
While funny to contemplate, we the fans would all want to put the writers into a gas chamber if they implemented it. You know you would, Ian. You’d put on a Che Guevara t-shirt, load a sniper rifle, and march (ok, drive) to Vancouver.
August 15th, 2008 at 10:05 am
No way! There has to be a fifth cylon. And it’s got to be someone that’s going to make you go “Ooooh, yeah that’s a fulfilling revelation”. So it can’t be anyone already in the show: they’ve already established that the main characters aren’t cylons. And if they went with “Adama? Cylon!” I wouldn’t have to drive anywhere, because at the next Con, Ron Moore would be killed by a horde of crazies with bat’leths.
So it has to be someone novel, meaningful, and who provides closure. Otherwise (and this is my greatest fear) they’ll just leave us all hanging and say “watch the miniseries movies! Don’t give up hope!”
Which would, indeed, be gay.