Composer Bear McCreary made heavy use of and helped spread awareness of taiko drums and taiko groups in the soundtracks for the reimagined Battlestar Galactica TV series.

" ( Note: This term reappears in the reimagined Battlestar Galactica in derogatory reference to Humanoid Cylons – who could also be considered a type of replicant.

This has led to a sharp decline in production since 2003, though shows like the 2004 reimagined Battlestar Galactica series, NBC's Heroes, and ABC's Lost attracted strong audiences.

The aforementioned reimagined Battlestar Galactica is a primary example as it's strictly adult character drama focus is a polar opposite to the original Galactica's congenial, family-friendly heroic adventure format.

Recent popular shows produced in Vancouver include The Dead Zone, Smallville, Andromeda, Stargate Atlantis, Stargate Universe, The 4400, Sanctuary, and the reimagined Battlestar Galactica.

These devices can be seen in Babylon 5, Lexx, Andromeda, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Farscape, the reimagined Battlestar Galactica, and Firefly.

From 2003 to 2009, he starred as Commander ( later Admiral ) William Adama in the Sci-Fi Channel's reimagined Battlestar Galactica miniseries, and in the television series that followed.

It was originally used within the reimagined Battlestar Galactica to depict the feeling experienced by characters when the ship engages in faster-than-light travel.

* Zephyr, a ship from the reimagined Battlestar Galactica series

* Billy Keikeya, aide to President Laura Roslin in the reimagined Battlestar Galactica TV series

In the 2009 series finale of the reimagined television series Battlestar Galactica, the virtual Number Six and virtual Baltar appear in coda set on modern-day Earth.

* Samuel Anders, from the reimagined Battlestar Galactica television series

Hatch's next prominent role would be as Tom Zarek in the reimagined version of Battlestar Galactica, in which he made semi-regular appearances from 2004 to 2009.

( Knauf would replace Moore after one season when Moore left for the reimagined Battlestar Galactica.

* Electronic Countermeasures Officer, an officer in the reimagined Battlestar Galactica series

* Number One, John Cavil, a Cylon model in the reimagined version of Battlestar Galactica

* In a 2005 episode of the reimagined Battlestar Galactica, " Flesh and Bone ", Kara " Starbuck " Thrace repeatedly dunks Cylon Leoben Conoy as part of interrogation torture.

The reimagined Battlestar Galactica was very much a political drama due to the way the show dealt with political issues and government very closely resembling that of other political dramas such as The West Wing or Yes Minister but, due to the genre it's based in the show also dealt with political and social issues that can arise from the show's science fiction background as well as common issues arising in normal political dramas that are based on our world in our modern day or the history of our world.

His recurring role as the Cylon Leoben Conoy in the reimagined Battlestar Galactica ( 2003 – 09 ) and his portrayal of the record producer Lew Ashby throughout the second season of Californication ( 2008 ) have earned him a new wide and international recognition.

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** Caprica ( TV series ), also known as " Battlestar Galactica: Caprica ", a prequel series set 50 years before the reimagined series

In the 1951 film version of the book, also called When Worlds Collide, Bronson Alpha was reimagined as a dwarf star and renamed " Bellus ", while Bronson Beta was designated " Zyra.

Badler also appeared in ABC's " reimagined " version of V in 2011, again playing an alien named Diana, who this time is the mother of the series ' chief antagonist, Anna.

The new show follows the same format as Scooby-Doo, Where Are You !, but is reimagined as taking place in the 21st century and is more " realistic " than the previous, more cartoony incarnations, and features music from contemporary genres and all-new, original sound effects to replace the classic Hanna-Barbera sound effects.

: Although designed to be part of the Beast Machines toyline, this figure of Megatron's fortress / spaceship body was aborted, and then revived for the Robots in Disguise toyline in 2002, where it was reimagined as a new body for that universe's Megatron.

Unlike the original series, however, the reimagined series includes thirteen Cylon models that are nearly indistinguishable from human beings.

In the 1978 series, the thirteenth tribe were humans but in the reimagined series the thirteenth tribe were biological Cylons.

Canadian-born science fiction writer A. E. van Vogt reimagined Robert Graves ' Claudius story in his two novels Empire of the Atom and The Wizard of Linn.

* The Feast of Love ( 2000 ) ( Pantheon Books ), a reimagined Midsummer Night's Dream, a story told through the eyes of several different people.

DC's introduction of the reimagined superheroes did not go unnoticed by other comics companies.

The series was revived, reformatted and reimagined after its initial 1955 – 1959 run on ABC, first in 1977 for syndication, and again, from 1989 to 1995 on the Disney Channel.

* Ultimate X-Men – Set in the reimagined Ultimate Marvel universe.

The reimagined Hawaii Five-0 uses the same principal character names as the original, and the new Steve McGarrett's late father's vintage 1974 Mercury Marquis is the actual specimen driven by Lord in the original series's final seasons.

Reading Rainbow was reimagined as an all new APP for the iPad in 2012 and was an immediate success, becoming the # 1 Educational App within 36 hours.

After the success of Yojimbo the studio decided to resurrect its popular antihero, and Kurosawa reimagined the script accordingly.

In March 2012, it was announced that the series would be " reimagined " in a new version entitled Wentworth.

In March 2012, it was announced that Prisoner was to be " reimagined " as a new series entitled Wentworth.

Some of the facts have slipped through the holes – we no longer know them nor have any means of verifying them – and in these cases I have reimagined scenes or reconstructed events in a way I believe reflects the essence of the scene or the event in the minds and hearts of the people who lived through it.

After London, the creative team decided that the show had to be reimagined from the top down.

The musical was reimagined by Howard's partners Marsha Malamet and Dennis Green and performed one night only at Los Angeles's Hayworth Theatre as part of the Bruno Kirby celebrity reading series, directed by Ugly Bettys Michael Urie.

While the former utilized his traditional wardrobe and appearance, the latter reimagined him with a Marilyn Manson-esque sense of style.