About The Only Thing That Can Be Said About Maury Povich, is That At Least NBC-Universal Loves Him. Lord Knows Nobody Else Does

NBC-Universal is notoriously known for developing corporate affections for would be celebrities who really aren't celebrities (Maury Povich, Ronald D. Moore) and the garbage television programming they usually supply.

I guess the best way to put into context NBC-Universal's unwillingness to revive the "1978 Battlestar Galactica" series...is to look at NBC-Universal itself and conclude what sort of corporation it is. This copyright owner of "Battlestar Galactica" loves garbage television programming such as Maury Povich, and all of the schlock programming currently being broadcast on the SyFy Channel. Is it any wonder why such a corporation repeatedly fails to see the endless commercial and franchise opportunities ever present in the "1978 Battlestar Galactica" series? A series imagination and inspired thinking based?

Instead of bringing back the "1978 Battlestar Galactica" series in its original form, NBC-Universal has always been locked in the mindset of putting trash television on the air such as Maury Povich. Ahhh yes!! The trash daytime talk show format. Where a talk show host such as Maury Povich (actually a ringmaster in a big top circus) presides over scripted melodrama and conflict....acted out by professional actors and actresses playing the roles of his trailer park trash guests. Complete with camera blocking mapped out all in advance to accomodate the staged fist fights.

Is it any wonder why the "1978 Battlestar Galactica" series has never been revived being owned by a trashy corporation such as this?

The Best Possible Filmmaking Circumstances Couldn't Keep Bryan Singer And Glen A. Larson Together

http://www.amazon.com/Universal-Studios-1978-Battlestar-Galactica/dp/1434895408/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1315328283&sr=1-2

The best of filmmaking circumstances....unprecedented cooperation from all parties involved...the best of weather....and the power of gigantic electro-magnetic magnets....couldn't keep Bryan Singer and Glen A. Larson together to make a "1978 Battlestar Galactica" theatrical film. Bryan Singer and Glen A. Larson have earned the rare distinction (shame) of having a filmmaking partnership between the two of them announced as far back as 2001 (and after) in endless press releases...yet not delivering one project with both their names on it in a decade (and counting.) No power in this universe could keep these two idiots together on a project until the project's completion. Nothing...and I mean nothing...would get these two motivated to make and complete a "1978 Battlestar Galactica" theatrical film (not even J.J. Abrams "Star Trek 2" coming out next summer)...because they are of the same mindset as Universal Studios..."If Battlestar Galactica is on the backburner...let's keep pushing it further and further back on the backburner in favor of other projects."

J.J. Abrams "Star Trek 2" is indeed coming out next summer, and (as usual, as always)...the old guard of old farts at Universal Studios continue to not see the commercial potential of a "1978 Battlestar Galactica" theatrical film going up against "Star Trek 2" in a good old fashioned gladiator fight. Universal Studios continues to blow money on untried...iffy projects like "Cowboys and Aliens" instead of a sure thing like "1978 Battlestar Galactica", Glen A. Larson continues to not do what he was supposed to have been doing for the past 30 years (bringing back "1978 Battlestar Galactica") and as for Bryan Singer...well...after the disastrous"Superman Returns"...the less said about him the better.

The best barometer in existence today monitoring this..."cough".... supposed filmmaking partnership between Glen A. Larson and Bryan Singer...is http://www.imdb.com/. It is here that the supposed "1978 Galactica" theatrical film (supposedly being produced by Glen A. Larson and Bryan Singer) was downgraded from..."due out in 2011"....to......"?????".....

Maybe Glen A. Larson and Bryan Singer (together) could give the next commencement speech at any filmmaking school of their choosing?

But they haven't made any movies together or done any sort of work together!! EXACTLY!!

Bring on the graduate hecklers!!

Bonnie Hammer, David Howe, and Mark Stern Are The "Sweathogs" of Cable Television

There needs to be a "Remedial Academics Program" for cable television executives who just aren't making it in their present professions. Of course I'm speaking of Bonnie Hammer, David Howe, and Mark Stern. In comparison to the vast majority of the other cable channels, the SyFy Channel is sort of the "Sweathog Channel" isn't it? The black sheep  if you will, of most of the other cable channels on the television landscape. The cable channel that always under performs ratings wise, and always fails to live up to the expectations of the general public when it comes to being a Science Fiction channel.

Let's just come right out and say it. Bonnie Hammer, David Howe, and Mark Stern are..."Sweathogs." Those television executives who repeatedly under perform as programmers of a television network. Those television executives who need to be placed in a..."Remedial Academics Program" of some sort in order to teach them how to run their cable channel, and teach them what their cable channel is supposed to be. Television executives who need to be taught how to strive for higher standards in television programming.

One of The Many Sure Fire Signs That The SyFy Channel Suffers From a Long Term Creativity Crisis

The opening title sequence of the 1964 "Stingray" series (by itself) has more entertainment value in it than anything Bonnie Hammer, David Howe, Mark Stern, and Ronald D. Moore have collectively done in the past decade.

33 Years Ago, Television Producers Lou Scheimer And Norm Prescott Convinced Television Viewers That Mankind Was Thousands of Light Years From Earth And Our Galaxy

And they did it with a fraction of the budget Ronald D. Moore and SyFy Channel had. Not bad for a saturday morning kid's show. You see, Lou Scheimer and Norm Prescott had....IMAGINATION and INSPIRED THINKING. You can see it in the art direction, production design, WARDROBE, and theme music.It also helped matters immensely that Lou Scheimer and Norm Prescott had genuine affection towards the television audience and genuinely wanted to entertain them.

Unlike Ronald D. Moore and SyFy Channel who had nothing but animosity towards the television audience and broadcast any piece of shit ("GINO", "Caprica") they could throw together in five minutes. I'm stilll waiting for Ronald D. Moore and SyFy Channel to convince me that anything they do takes place thousands of light years from Earth.

Meet The Show That Put Ronald D. Moore's "17th Precinct" Out of Business

http://www.nbc.com/grimm/

Sometimes the pleasures in life come in small doses...A chocolate chip cookie...Not wearing briefs under baggy shorts while enjoying a cool autumn breeze...and acquainting myself with the upcoming television series that put Ronald D. Moore and his much dreaded class reunion with Tricia Helfer and James Callis out of business. Sometimes you beg for a bullet to derail a television series in the works. In this instance the bullet came in the form of "Grimm" putting Ronald D. Moore's "17th Precinct" out of business for good.

This may have been the first indication for us that the newly managed NBC-TV by Comcast does not share the same love affair with Ronald D. Moore that the former NBC did. The second apparent indication of course, that Comcast feels no love towards Ronald D. Moore...is that the SyFy Channel they are now managing apparently put the breaks on the "Blood & Chrome" pilot film.

I haven't seen "Grimm" yet...none of us have. But I already love the show for the simple fact that it derailed Ronald D. Moore's similarly themed "17th Precinct." Any television series and / or chain of events that limits Ronald D. Moore's exposure on commercial or cable television can only be looked upon as..."a gift from above"...You see, if Ronald D. Moore's "17th Precinct" had been allowed to go forward, Ronald D. Moore would have resumed repeating the same mistakes as a television producer he always makes when he is allowed to "run with a project." Mistakes he never learns from and never course corrects away from.

1. Conceiving characters that the mass market television audience does not find attractive in the slightest.

2. An ill-conceived format that was not thought out well enough in advance.

3. Ronald D. Moore's abstinance from diversity when casting his television series. The same damn people keep popping up in all of his shows.

4. The total lack of a sense of humor in his television series, and an over emphasis on the woes of human existence.

5. His ever revolving "Rogues Gallery of Returning Cast Members" would get beaten in acting competitions by any high school drama club.

Perhaps I'm jumping to conclusions here, but what I am seeing from new corporate owner Comcast in their new ownership of NBC-TV and SyFy Channel (Bypassing "17th Precinct" for "Grimm"...apparently derailing the "Blood & Chrome" pilot movie) are early indications of honest to God....level headed management from Comcast. Level headed management that has no love affair going on with Ronald D. Moore. Why should they love the guy? His abyssmal track record with the SyFy Channel speaks for itself.

NBC-Universal Failed to Kill The Memory of The "1978 Battlestar Galactica" Series...And Lost The Fight

http://www.amazon.com/Universal-Studios-1978-Battlestar-Galactica/dp/1434895408/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1314969584&sr=1-2

Stealth marketing has not served NBC-Universal well in the past decade. In their futile attempt to kill the memory of the "1978 Battlestar Galactica" series during the past decade, NBC-Universal still finds itself stuck with ownership of this series that refuses to die, and ownership of Ronald D. Moore's same named series that has died.

I think the lesson to be learned here is that when nothing but malice is behind a corporation's actions..."All that goes around comes around." Because NBC-Universal is the last corporation on Earth that should be owning the "Battlestar Galactica" copyright, they created two disasters for themselves during the past decade.

1. The limitless, untapped commercial potential of the "1978 Battlestar Galactica" series continues to haunt NBC-Universal in its corporate ass because they continue to be too pig-headed and idiotic to take advantage of it.

2. The non-existent, commercial potential of Ronald D. Moore's sham take on "Battlestar Galactica" has left NBC-Universal with two "dud" series ("GINO", "Caprica") that they can't even give away on DVD. In the process, having had to pay Ronald D. Moore outrageous salaries to deliver these two "dud" series to them.

NBC-Universal put up one disgusting fight during the past decade to try and kill the memory of the "1978 Battlestar Galactica" series. Unfortunately for them...their endless, fucked-up corporate agendas meant nothing to the general public that affectionately hung on to the memory of the "1978 Battlestar Galactica" series during the past decade in the midst of every sleazy, stealth marketing trick NBC-Universal could muster to try and generate the opposite reaction from the general public.

The "1978 Battlestar Galactica" series remains firmly in place as a worthy memory (and potential property worthy of revisiting) its fanbase continues to embrace...and a worthy member of the proud legacy of televised science fiction. Ronald D. Moore's garbage series on the other hand ("GINO", "Caprica")...continue to bounce around "Wal-Mart DVD bins" across the country at 90% discount prices...where they will eventually be removed by Wal-Mart and returned to the manufactuers as "sale duds."

When will NBC-Universal ever learn that you have to embrace what you own before you can make money from it?