Ron Moore begins final script for BSG
With the airing of the third episode last Friday, Battlestar Galactica is down to only 17 episodes left before it ends forever.
Will they find Earth or wont they? And if they do, who is going to make it? Will anyone be living there? If so, what year will it be in our terms? The future, or the past?
Whatever the case, Ron Moore knows what’s going to happen. It’s sort of ominous to realize that at this moment, Moore is writing the final script for BSG.
In other news, I’ve begun writing the finale. It’s strange to think that this is the last Galactica script I’ll be writing, but at the moment that’s overshadowed by the anxiety surrounding the start of any first draft. (Blank pages tend to give writers all sorts of maladies. As in, “Is that a head cold or a brain tumor…?â€Â?)
We’re up in Berkeley for a few days, which has now become my preferred writing retreat. I’ve written three pages of the finale, and I’m already thinking about rewriting them, so this must be a good start.
First let me say that I think anyone who writes for television is amazing, and thinking about the fact that a show like Battlestar Galactica begins with one guy sitting down and writing an initial script is inspiring.
Second, it’s kind of sad to think that when this script is done, that’s it. Sure, we aren’t going to see it until possibly 2009 sometime, but it’s still feels like it’s all coming to an end.
The only reason I look forward to the finish line is that I feel this could be one of the greatest conclusions to a television show ever done. Followed closely by Lost down the road.
I like the idea of shows ending. Maybe it’s this new world of serialized television that makes it appealing, but having a show start, run 4-6 years and end on a high note is pretty awesome.
What do you think? What shows out there have had a great ending to an overall story?
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