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Topic: "Galactica" By Legal Definition Or Creative Definition? (Read 539 times)
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languatron
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Ronald D. Moore's television series called "Battlestar Galactica" is a POLITICAL TOOL of the Universal/Sci-Fi Channel corporation. The sad result of multiple political agendas, Universal Studios animosity towards the "REAL 1978 GALACTICA SERIES", and Ronald D. Moore being on the receiving end of multiple, personal favors; all converging at one moment in time to create a disastrous television series that is a strange hybrid of everything that has come before.
As far as Universal/Sci-Fi Channel is concerned, if this television series can be defined as "Battlestar Galactica" in legal terms, then it is "Battlestar Galactica." Unfortunately for Universal Studios/Sci-Fi Channel, when the law begins defining things, these definitions are usually far removed from reality. The law in this country has been warped and twisted to such a degree by corrupt lawyers who are nothing more than "Used Car Salesmen", any sense of logic and rationale has been permanently removed from our legal system. Indeed, the lawyers working for Universal Studios/Sci-Fi Channel warped and twisted the English language to such a degree to suit their own clients political agendas, that what finally emerged from the Vancouver soundstages was not "Battlestar Galactica", but in fact a "STAR TREK SEQUEL SERIES" using the "Battlestar Galactica" title.
What we had here in the genesis of this television series, was a group of studio and television executives assembled in a room, getting themselves all pumped up over the twisted verbiage of what their lawyers were telling them, as to what they could do with the "Battlestar Galactica" copyright. In essence, what these lawyers told the Universal/Sci-Fi Channel executives was this:
"Well, if you hate Battlestar Galactica so much, this is what you can do. You can make a television series that really isn't
Battlestar Galactica, but you can still use the title if you follow a few simple rules of "Legal Verbiage."-(warping and
twisting the English language in order to define this series as Battlestar Galactica).
Making a blunt analysis of the actual contents of Ronald D. Moore's television series, "Battlestar Galactica" is nowhere to be found. Not only from the standpoint of "Creative Definition", but also from the standpoint of COMMON SENSE. Another blunt analysis of Ronald D. Moore's television series, reveals that Universal Studios/Sci-Fi Channel is ENVIOUS of Paramount Pictures "Star Trek" franchise. If I were eavesdropping on the actual conversations that took place between Universal executives and Ronald D. Moore, I most likely would have heard a conversation that involved Universal executives not asking Ronald D. Moore to deliver a "Battlestar Galactica" production, but rather a "STAR TREK-esque" production.
In every sense of the word, Ronald D. Moore's production has the sense and feel of having been designed by COMMITTEE. An army of lawyers, studio executives, and personal friends of Ronald D. Moore all sitting in a room, and laying out what their "Christmas Wish Lists" would be regarding the ACTUAL CONTENTS of this production. What emerged was:
1) Universal/Sci-Fi Channel's HATRED of the "REAL 1978 GALACTICA SERIES."
2) Universal/Sci-Fi Channel's ENVY of Paramount Picture's "Star Trek" franchise.
3) The lawyers MANDATES that this production follow a few simple rules, and adhere to the "Bare Minimum
Requirements" of being legally defined as "Battlestar Galactica."
4) The production follow the television industry's requirements that it contain all of the cliched elements
which marketing claims attracts the COVETED 18-24 demographic:
a) Slutty females.
b) A predominantly young cast.
c) A voyeuristic and perverted preoccupation with sexuality.
In addition to all of these "requirements" inserted into Ronald D. Moore's production, Ron Moore himself also continues to show a remarkable preoccupation with "Star Trek" itself in all of his post-"Star Trek" work, to the point that it shows his TRUE LIMITATIONS as an imaginative writer, and his mental inability to break free from the "Star Trek" universe when tackling other projects.
By "Creative Definition", the actual "Battlestar Galactica" universe as created by Leslie Stevens and Glen A. Larson has nothing to do with "Star Trek: Voyager", or any other "Star Trek" production. Yet, Ronald D. Moore IMMEDIATELY created a "Seven Of Nine" CLONE for this production ("Six"), and his cast of characters all go through the intellectual and behavioral motions of all of the prior casts from "Star Trek: The Next Generation" on through to "Star Trek: Enterprise." Ronald D. Moore, perhaps feeling that he can no longer refute the fact that his production called "Battlestar Galactica" is in fact a "Star Trek" sequel series in light of overwhelming and damning evidence, has himself recently admitted that his production is filled with "Star Trek Cliches." This admission of GUILT now being casually admitted by Ronald D. Moore as he no longer needs to put on the "Ruse" that his production is something original as it already has been sold and is on the air. Ronald D. Moore exhibited the classic "Two-Faced Mentality" in getting his production on the air:
"Lie To Get It Sold, Tell The Truth When It Gets On The Air"
When his production gets cancelled, the "Used Car Industry" will be fighting amongst themselves to get Ronald D. Moore as one of their employees.
By legal definition, Ronald D. Moore's production only had to fill these bare minimum requirements for being called "Battlestar Galactica:
1) Use the character names-(Apollo, Adama, Starbuck, etc.)
2) Have a ship called "Galactica."
3) Have the basic premise intact but jettison the "Egyptian" overtones if you so choose.
Universal/Sci-Fi Channel and Ronald D. Moore did more than this, and how they legally got away with it I will never know. Ronald D. Moore's production is more than a thinly disguised "Star Trek" sequel series, it is a "BLATANT, IN YOUR FACE, NUCLEAR BLAST OF A CARBON COPY, STAR TREK SEQUEL SERIES." The kind of a carbon copy that oozes with "Copyright Infringement", and the character called "Six"-(obviously Ronald D. Moore was still mentally locked in "Seven of Nine" mode) should have been enough for Paramount Pictures to drag Universal/Sci-Fi Channel into court.
I believe that Ronald D. Moore's production, (had the attempt been made 25 years ago to make it), never would have reached the pre-production phase. Our legal system was more rooted in common sense definitions back then. As it is now, the only reason Ronald D. Moore's production exists at all, is the WARPING AND TWISTING OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE WHICH OUR LEGAL SYSTEM HAS ALLOWED TO GET OUT OF HAND. 
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How are you doing. Brandon?
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I forgot about this one!!
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Damn, this is good!!
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A classic!!
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Stellar!!
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One of the best!!
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