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A division of Universal tapped [[Ron D. Moore]] to work on a [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|new series]] with co-executive producer [[David Eick]], which debuted in 2003. | A division of Universal tapped [[Ron D. Moore]] to work on a [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|new series]] with co-executive producer [[David Eick]], which debuted in 2003. | ||
The new series takes advantage of the viewer's memories of the 9-11 attacks, starting from its pilot [[miniseries]], where viewers and characters alike hear of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|attacks on the Colonies]], but only hear rumor and speculation for the most part in the initial confusion of the attack. Viewers are not allowed to see the widespread nuclear destruction of | The new series takes advantage of the viewer's memories of the 9-11 attacks, starting from its pilot [[miniseries]], where viewers and characters alike hear of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|attacks on the Colonies]], but only hear rumor and speculation for the most part in the initial confusion of the attack. Viewers are not allowed to see the widespread nuclear destruction of [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] and other colonies, enhancing the viewer's disorientation. | ||
Moore and Eick, in the behind-the-scenes special, "[[Battlestar Galactica: The Lowdown (Miniseries)|Battlestar Galactica: The Lowdown]]," note that the vagueness of the destruction of the [[Twelve Colonies of Kobol]] was deliberately intended to spark viewer's emotions of the terrorist attacks and the malaise and sensations of doom those events wrought from people. | Moore and Eick, in the behind-the-scenes special, "[[Battlestar Galactica: The Lowdown (Miniseries)|Battlestar Galactica: The Lowdown]]," note that the vagueness of the destruction of the [[Twelve Colonies of Kobol]] was deliberately intended to spark viewer's emotions of the terrorist attacks and the malaise and sensations of doom those events wrought from people. | ||
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The series itself often use elements that give visual cues to places and objects seen after the September 11 attacks, such as the [[memorial hallway]] and [[Lest We Forget|a picture of a wounded soldier by an attacked city]]. | The series itself often use elements that give visual cues to places and objects seen after the September 11 attacks, such as the [[memorial hallway]] and [[Lest We Forget|a picture of a wounded soldier by an attacked city]]. | ||
Moore and Eick also mirrored tragic scenes from earlier US history to further increase the sensation of doom in the miniseries. The | Moore and Eick also mirrored tragic scenes from earlier US history to further increase the sensation of doom in the miniseries. The hasty presidential inauguration of [[Laura Roslin]] on ''[[Colonial Heavy 798]]'' cinematically resembles a similar inauguration for US President Lyndon B. Johnson on the presidential aircraft ''Air Force One'' after the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy. | ||
[[Category:Behind the Scenes]] | [[Category:Behind the Scenes]] | ||
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