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Prime Video Is Giving A Classic '90s Sci-Fi Franchise The Battlestar Galactica Treatment
It's time for another classic sci-fi series to get the same treatment as Battlestar Galactica , but it's difficult to say just how well that will go this time around.
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Prime Video is set to revamp a classic ’90s sci‑fi series using the same approach that reshaped Battlestar Galactica. The original BSG, a brief 1978‑79 space opera, was rebooted in 2003 as a miniseries before expanding into a full series, abandoning its bright tone for a dark, gritty political and moral narrative. The reboot, led by Ronald D. Moore and David Eick without creator Glen A. Larson, transformed the show into prestige television and proved unexpectedly successful. This precedent suggests Prime Video hopes the new adaptation will follow a similar trajectory.
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