I’m up against a deadline, and since all the focus this week was sociopolitical I have nothing to discuss here. Well, nothing fun to end the week with. I try to keep Friday’s fun and…well, check tomorrow’s weekly article link to see what we could have, and possibly still will, discussed instead. I’m not convinced I won’t just yet but I’d rather end on something that doesn’t make me rage.
Instead, in the name of having a post, here’s an interesting video by Taylord Vision on YouTube. Battlestar Galactica was originally going to be Adam’s Ark, about Earth refugees seeing salvation in the stars after they screw up the planet. However, due to the surprise success of Star Wars in 1979, ABC asked for a bunch of changes to better fit the idea of human-like aliens and taking cues from that movie. Because no matter the time, network executives still don’t waste time understanding why things work. They just order it to work and think they did good.
Well, according to the host of the following video, Doctor Who, an existing sci-fi show at the time, wasn’t immune from network meddling inspired by the galaxy far, far away…by not trying to be Star Wars. Since this is a more pleasant discussion than what I have available, let’s check it out.
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