languatron
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Life could be this beautiful without NBC-TV in it.
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Ronny boy just can't get any aspect of "Star Trek" out of his head while working on "Trekkie Star: Galactica", can he? Back in 1966, it was not uncommon for Gene Roddenberry to penny pinch as much as he could to save money on the original "Star Trek" series. The area Roddenberry concentrated on the most when saving money was in the weekly set designs, where an alien world was required, or a new set of the "Enterprise" was required.
How many times did Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock visit an alien world, and when they went to speak with the leaders of that alien world, the settings were nothing more than a small kitchen with a chinette cabinet ("This Side of Paradise"), a medievel conference room ("Errand Of Mercy"), on location at the "Pacific Institute of Technology" ("Operation: Annihilate!!"), a wild west backlot ("Miri"), the same conference room from "Errand Of Mercy" seen in ("A Taste Of Armeggeddon"), etc. What Roddenberry mainly did in saving money on weekly set designs, was just have a fairly ordinary looking room with a couple of tables and chairs with brightly painted walls.
Guess what Ronald D. Moore is doing in "Trekkie Star: Galactica." THE EXACT SAME THING. Moore however, is taking it TO ABSURD LEVELS. This SUPPOSED universe of his, that SUPPOSEDLY never heard of Earth, has characters walking around on sets that look like every day apartments, the sitting area of a present day jet plane, etc. I dare say that Ronald D. Moore has even less money to work with than Gene Roddenberry did back in 1966. There is NO SUSPENSION OF DISBELIEF while watching Ron Moore's GARBAGE. His budget limitations utilize present day items such as wall clocks and eyeglasses, and place them on the types of sets seen in "West Wing" or "Strong Medicine." Such as your typical living room set, kitchen, etc. The difference here is, is that Gene Roddenberry and Art Director Matt Jeffries AT LEAST HAD SOME IMAGINATION in either designing their sets, or utilizing already existing resources.
It is safe to say that if you were to adjust the 1966 "Star Trek" budget Gene Roddenberry had to work with, and adjust it into 2004 dollars, Gene Roddenberry would have had TRIPLE the budget Ronald D. Moore is currently working with. Indeed, the 1966 "Star Trek" series looks like a MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR PRODUCTION in comparison to Ron Moore's series. Though Ronald D. Moore is emulating Gene Roddenberry's style of penny pinching in set design, he is doing it WITHOUT Gene Roddenberry's IMAGINATION. So, we end up with a SAD SACK, LOW BUDGET PRODUCTION produced by Ronald D. Moore. 
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