By Chris Snellgrove
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One of the things that science fiction fans love to discuss online is what makes their favorite characters really heroic. For example, some fans like characters who are paragons of impeccable virtue, while others prefer less than perfect characters who must overcome their faults and get up on occasion. Battlestar Galactica The restart of the Ronald Moore showrunner prefers these defective heroes, which he detailed to a fan asking why the discipline of ships had not improved much in the first episodes of season 1. According to Moore, “these people [are] More heroic in their actions just by the nature of the obstacles they must overcome in their daily existence. »»
Battlestar Galactica Heroes
It is unlikely that Moore’s blog response has been surprising for a long time Battlestar Galactica fans because the spectacle did everything possible to portray its heroes as more imperfect than the protagonists of others science fiction TV shows and movies. In this particular case, the fan had written to ask the showrunner why the discipline was so bad and why the commander Adama worsened things in the “turning point” by declaring himself above the law. Moore clarified that “it was a deliberate creative choice” because he found more heroic to show ordinary people surmounting extraordinary circumstances.
THE Battlestar Galactica Showrunner stressed that this program does not revolve around the type of hero that we normally see on television. “This is one thing for the best ship, with the best crew to face the end of the world and a long flight compared to a relentless enemy,” he said, and “that is another thing when you were only a lot of people who were trying to get out of it.” This observation is particularly true if we consider that the Galactica itself was about to be removed and transformed into a museum at the start of the mini-series, and now its complacent crew is thrown into a constant fight for their life.
Ronald Moore said for the fan that “I find a more difficult and interesting environment to tell stories”. This is probably due to the fact that the showrunner began his television career by writing for Star Trek: The next generationA show that explicitly presented the best ship and the best crew of the galaxy carefully solving problems week after week. When he started directing his own show, he deliberately created a writing challenge for himself by placing perfectly imperfect characters in an apparently impossible situation.
While Battlestar Galactica is now rightly considered a masterpiece, some criticisms at the time thought it was weird for the heroes of the show to have such faults. For example, Colonel Tigh is an alcoholic, Doctor Baltar is fraud and Starbuck is downright self -destructive. But Moore told the fan who wrote in that “I find these people more heroic in their actions just by the nature of the obstacles they must overcome in their daily existence.” In simple terms, it is more convincing to watch a Joe every day is struggling with an almost insurmountable obstacle than looking at a perfect person overcoming the challenge with a zero difficulty.
Hear how the Battlestar Galactica The showrunner sees his heroes is a completely revelation of the eyes because he essentially describes Ronald Moore’s approach to the whole series. He played that the public was ready for defective characters rather than paragons of impeccable virtue, and the bet paid: he managed to create one of the best science fiction series ever made. Now we can only hope that future showrunners are ready to launch these dice and make another bet that transforms all the kind.
These future showrunners must channel Adama’s wisdom with regard to this bet, however: “Sometimes you have to drive the six hard.”
