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R.I.P Glen A. Larson

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Kugai:
The mastermind behind such TV classics as the original Battlestar Galactica, Knight Rider and Magnum P.I. passed away today from the complications of esophageal Cancer at the age of 77.

http://www.nerdist.com/2014/11/battlestar-galactica-creator-glen-a-larson-dies-age-77/

jwhouk:
EDIT: Whoop, I thought QL was one of Larson's. My bad.

But the list - wow:

* Battlestar Galactica (in practically all of its forms)
* Knight Rider
* Magnum P.I.
* The Fall Guy
* Quincy M.E.
* BJ & The Bear
* The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo
* Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
* The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries
* McCloud
* Alias Smith & Jones
He was so old, he actually wrote an episode of The Fugitive. The ORIGINAL TELEVISION SERIES.

BenRG:
Goodbye, Glen. You gave my childhood some of its crowning moments of heroism, excitement and adventure. The increasingly bland world of TV is poorer from your passing. :cry:

Kugai:
He, Gerry Anderson and Irwin Allen brought us some of the most unique and entertaining shows which most of us grew up on.

He'll be missed indeed.

BenRG:
Watching the original BSG opening reminded me of how our fiction follows our society. When the show was created, the great uniting fear of Western society was a 'Red Storm' overwhelming military assault by a faceless, collectivist enemy without individuality or true humanity and aided by foolhardy and self-obsessed traitors (the Communist block, or at least the popular view of it). Whereas, when Ron Moore wrote his own version of the show, the West's overwhelming fear was destruction that came primarily from within in the form of fifth columnists, disguised as fellow citizens, driven by a murderous religious ideology (Islamicist terrorism).

A similar popular awareness is visible in seasons 8-10 of Stargate SG-1 with their new enemy - the religious fundamentalist followers of the Origin religion.

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