Earth 2 was a great show, wasn't it? Sure it lasted only one season, but the premise was sweet -- Mankind had all but left Earth behind to live on space stations when some colonists crash-land on an alien planet, begin the long trek to their originally designated landing place, facing both alien and human threats. Now imagine this, what if these colonists were ancestors of the very same Earthlings from OE (original Earth)? Then... the colonists find E2 (Earth 2) and set up shop. Then they evolve and eventually flee the galaxy to create the 12 colonies. Which is where we left off -- the Cylons and Colonial Fleet have found E2! Talk about crossover cream dream!!!
Why it works:
So the humans stop living on E2 because of some crazy reason (nuclear war causes huge amounts of radiation). They move across galaxies and become the Colonial Fleet as we know it. Then the Colonial Fleet comes back to E2, (not OE, that's a dead planet now, duh) and finds that it's super radioactive. They establish some living zones and what-not, only to be terrorized by creepy gray tall guys with sticks (aka Terrians) that can jump/slide/whatever out of the ground (radiation can't get deep underground, I read it on Wikipedia). First of all, freaky. Secondly, sweetest Cylon EVAR!
Even better, Clancy Brown and Ronald D. Moore have a working history (see Carnivale). Seeing that Brown was on Earth 2 (the show, not E2 the planet), Moore would feel overly comfortable working with him to make sure things are portrayed correctly on E2 (historically speaking, of course).
Even better, Clancy Brown and Ronald D. Moore have a working history (see Carnivale). Seeing that Brown was on Earth 2 (the show, not E2 the planet), Moore would feel overly comfortable working with him to make sure things are portrayed correctly on E2 (historically speaking, of course).
Why it doesn’t work:
Earth 2 was cancelled after one season. With only 21 episodes under its belt, there's hardly enough to grasp onto to make a successful sci-fi crossover. Plus the Terrians have no personality, nor do they talk. They just stand around, steal kids and slide in and out of sand and caves. And they're ugly. They probably stink, too. If you think about it, they're really like a mix between moles and potatoes.
Earth 2 was cancelled after one season. With only 21 episodes under its belt, there's hardly enough to grasp onto to make a successful sci-fi crossover. Plus the Terrians have no personality, nor do they talk. They just stand around, steal kids and slide in and out of sand and caves. And they're ugly. They probably stink, too. If you think about it, they're really like a mix between moles and potatoes.
Odds that I’m right:
29,877,119:1
29,877,119:1
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I found this post while looking for any breadcrumbs scattered around the Internet that might hint at a RDM-E2 connection, and it made me giggle. As much as Earth 2 jumped the shark when virtual reality became an element (a mistake RDM didn't learn from when creating Virtuality), it was still high-quality sci-fi, kind of an aesthetic bridge between The Next Generation's early nineties optimism and Battlestar's gritty realism. Stuff that got broken stayed broken (except Alonzo's leg) and there was actually somewhat of a story arc where small events had repercussions later. Sophisticated stuff considering the other big sci-fi show drawing ratings was SeaQuest DSV.
But what really suggested there might be a substantive connection between the two is that when Leoben appears on Ragnar Station, he's wearing John Danziger's costume. ZOMG!
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