Ron Moore interview

Ron Moore interview

Interview: Battlestar Galactica's Ronald D. Moore

I’ve always been a huge fan of Ron Moore since his early days on Star Trek: TNG. He seemed to really grow into his own with DS9, and took a misstep with Voyager, but he’s found his calling with BSG.

He’s always been open with the fans. I still remember reading his DS9 posts on AOL back in the day. While I’ve only seen a handful of episodes, I like how he’s able to balance the show between political and social issues and character issues.

One of the things that stood out in the interview was this…

((AVC: Were you surprised when some of the things you've done lately—say, when the heroes condoned suicide bombings—didn't provoke more backlash?

RM: We saw a fair amount of heat for it. If the show was on a broadcast network and had a much bigger audience, we probably would have taken a much bigger hit. The fact that we're on cable and we have a smaller audience, I think, went a long way toward shielding us from a major media backlash.

And also just the fact that it's science fiction. We get a pass on a lot of things because it's science fiction. The religious stuff on the show, the political stuff on the show—a lot of people just don't want to take it seriously, because it's people in spaceships and robots running around. So a lot of the mainstream media just isn't going to really take anything in the show seriously. Which gives us a lot of freedom to do what we want.))

But, I have to ask this: What is up with hippie/outdoorsman look he’s been sporting for the past three years?

He looks like a guy that 's smokes weed, but probably fights bears with his hands in his spare time.