Even MORE Moore!

In preparation for tonight's episode of BSG, I give you Ron Moore fans good news.

"Battlestar Galactica" showrunner Ronald D. Moore is making a major move to the bigscreen, signing with United Artists to create and write a sci-fi trilogy.
UA's keeping details of the project under wraps.

The whole thing is here (thanks Variety).

So what does this mean? Well, for one, Ron Moore can write sweet and accessible big-screen sci-fi. Moore wrote the best of the Next Generation Star Trek movies, First Contact. And I say this as a decidedly anti-Star Trek viewer. The show was always hampered by the "utopian society" that the Galactic Federation provided. But First Contact was open to all audiences, regardless of familiarity with the Star Trek universe (though it helps to know what a Borg is), and with sweet set-pieces, James Cromwell, good special effects, and constant action, it is my second favorite Star Trek film, joining Wrath of Khan as the only other entry into the series that was worth watching.

I mean, there's one where they have to save the world with whales. Really.

So let's keep our fingers crossed. I met Ron Moore before the premiere of Season 3 of BSG and got to spend a hefty amount of time picking his brain. He's a really, really bright guy (with beautiful hair...), and he understands that science fiction only works as a genre when it's accessible to everyone and speaks to something greater than robots and aliens.

-RoboNixon