Antrobus
07-22-2003, 08:33 PM
I thought that in the ComicCon promos I read that Olmos was going to be at the BSG meeting. It appears that he wasn't - and this was in SciFi's news.
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Fans Surprise Galactica Star
Jamie Bamber, who plays Apollo in the SCI FI Channel's upcoming Battlestar Galactica miniseries, told SCI FI Wire that he was pleasantly suprised at the positive fan response to a preview at Comic-Con International in San Diego over the weekend. Bamber and fellow cast members Katee Sackhoff (Starbuck) and Tricia Helfer (Number Six) joined executive producers Ronald D. Moore and David Eick to answer fan questions and screen footage from the upcoming miniseries, which re-imagines the original 1970s TV series.
For Bamber, the 1,000-strong Comic-Con audience proved an antidote to months of Internet discussion about the miniseries, much of which has focused on the miniseries' differences from the original show. Those include making Starbuck a woman and changing the Cylons into humanoid beings. "There's obviously been a lot of action on the Internet," the British actor said in an interview. "But it's much more constructive to actually meet people. And people are always much more interesting. And I think I was surprised pleasantly by the response and by the dialogue that's actually there. And they can understand some of the issues that Ron and David were facing when they conceived of the project. And I think, hopefully, that everyone who was there will be one step closer to being on board with us."
Last week, during a preview of the miniseries to television critics, star Edward James Olmos (Adama) suggested that ardent fans of the original series should avoid the new miniseries. "I'd tell them straightforward, please, don't watch this program," Olmos said. "Buy yourself the new DVDs that came out of the old episodes, and whenever we come on, just put that in. ... I know that SCI FI Channel wants to say that everybody's going to enjoy it. They're not. They're not going to like it. I want to be the first one to say it very clearly. Please, tell your readers, do not watch this program."
But Bamber politely disagreed with his castmate. "I think there's a lot of truth in what Eddie says, in that if you absolutely are besotted with what was made in the '70s, then maybe the relationship is so founded between you and that show, that any re-imagining is going to be strange for you," he said. "But at the same time, I disagree with Eddie. ... I understand what he was trying to say. He wasn't saying that our show is bad or that he doesn't believe in it. He was saying, if that's what you love, then stick with it. That's obviously working for you. But I disagree with him, because I think our show can complement the other show. It takes things in different directions. It's much more of a human story. It's much, I think, more plausible, in the sense of the situation that they're in. And as a result, I think it's much more dramatically interesting." The four-hour Battlestar Galactica premieres Dec. 7.
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Looks like SciFi sent out Bamber to do damage control. Did they ask Olmos to stay home?:whip:
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Fans Surprise Galactica Star
Jamie Bamber, who plays Apollo in the SCI FI Channel's upcoming Battlestar Galactica miniseries, told SCI FI Wire that he was pleasantly suprised at the positive fan response to a preview at Comic-Con International in San Diego over the weekend. Bamber and fellow cast members Katee Sackhoff (Starbuck) and Tricia Helfer (Number Six) joined executive producers Ronald D. Moore and David Eick to answer fan questions and screen footage from the upcoming miniseries, which re-imagines the original 1970s TV series.
For Bamber, the 1,000-strong Comic-Con audience proved an antidote to months of Internet discussion about the miniseries, much of which has focused on the miniseries' differences from the original show. Those include making Starbuck a woman and changing the Cylons into humanoid beings. "There's obviously been a lot of action on the Internet," the British actor said in an interview. "But it's much more constructive to actually meet people. And people are always much more interesting. And I think I was surprised pleasantly by the response and by the dialogue that's actually there. And they can understand some of the issues that Ron and David were facing when they conceived of the project. And I think, hopefully, that everyone who was there will be one step closer to being on board with us."
Last week, during a preview of the miniseries to television critics, star Edward James Olmos (Adama) suggested that ardent fans of the original series should avoid the new miniseries. "I'd tell them straightforward, please, don't watch this program," Olmos said. "Buy yourself the new DVDs that came out of the old episodes, and whenever we come on, just put that in. ... I know that SCI FI Channel wants to say that everybody's going to enjoy it. They're not. They're not going to like it. I want to be the first one to say it very clearly. Please, tell your readers, do not watch this program."
But Bamber politely disagreed with his castmate. "I think there's a lot of truth in what Eddie says, in that if you absolutely are besotted with what was made in the '70s, then maybe the relationship is so founded between you and that show, that any re-imagining is going to be strange for you," he said. "But at the same time, I disagree with Eddie. ... I understand what he was trying to say. He wasn't saying that our show is bad or that he doesn't believe in it. He was saying, if that's what you love, then stick with it. That's obviously working for you. But I disagree with him, because I think our show can complement the other show. It takes things in different directions. It's much more of a human story. It's much, I think, more plausible, in the sense of the situation that they're in. And as a result, I think it's much more dramatically interesting." The four-hour Battlestar Galactica premieres Dec. 7.
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Looks like SciFi sent out Bamber to do damage control. Did they ask Olmos to stay home?:whip: