Battlestar Galactica

By Charlie Jane Anders When the Battlestar Galactica prequel Caprica hired Desperate Housewives veteran Kevin Murphy as a producer last month, we hoped for the best. But now Murphy is reportedly replacing BSG's Jane Espenson as Caprica's showrunner. How bad a sign is this?

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By Tempo Caprica," which serves as a prequel to "Battlestar Galactica" and tells the story of the invention of the mechanized Cylons, "deals with our relationship to technology and the question of 'When is too much knowledge a bad thing?' Knowledge and technology can turn against you and can be d...

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By brad Last week saw the DVD release of what may be the final Battlestar Galactica movie/episode, a flashback movie called “The Plan.” It was written by Jane Espenson and is the story of the attack and early chase from the point of view of the Cylons, most particularly Number One (Cavil.) (Review fi...

By brad The episode “Revelations” where the ruined Earth is discovered was nominated for the Hugo for best short dramatic program. It came in 4th — the winner was the highly unusual “Dr. Horrible’s sing-along-blog” which was a web production from fan favourite Joss Whedon of Buffy and Firefly. BSG...

By brad Discussion of yesterday’s mega-review of the ending of Battlestar Galactica included much focus on my negative view of the rule of a god as an intervening character in fiction. Many readers feel that the God of Galactica (Gog) did not so much control events as influence them. This suggests...

By brad Moore began the journey by laying out a manifesto of how he wanted to change TV SF. He wrote an essay about Naturalistic Science Fiction where he outlined some great goals and promises, which I will summarize here, in a slightly different order

By Tempo Below is a review/feature on Fox's "Virtuality," which airs Friday. Below the article is the text of an interview with Michael Taylor, who co-wrote "Virtuality" with Ronald D. Moore (both Taylor and Moore worked on "Battlestar Galactica"). Toward the end of the interview, we also talked a...

FOX today (Friday) is airing "Virtuality," what was supposed to be (and may still, if the stars align) a pilot for a series from Ron Moore, one of the honchos behind "Battlestar Galactica." "Virtuality" is about a crew on a deep-space mission with huge potential implications for the human...

By Michael Hickerson Battlestar Galactica creator Ronald D. Moore describes how the finale reflects his views on religion, and what he sees in store for the future of the franchise. Q: How does it feel for you now that Battlestar Galactica is over? Q: What do you see for the future of Battlestar Galactica?

By Michael Hickerson When her viper crashes, Starbuck is trapped on a planet with a wounded Cylon Raider.  Meanwhile, Adama and Lee risk the fleet to find Starbuck before the Cylons find them.   The homage to classic “Galactica” with Starbuck using the trick of waggling the Raider as she comes back to the fleet i...

By Annalee Newitz The other major development, which I feel was rather glossed over, was Baltar's power as a leader of the burgeoning girl police force of the Fleet. As the episode is coming to a close, we see him walking through the Galactica with the woman who ran the cult in his absence. He's tasked her with ge...

By Tempo Typically the writer of a "Battlestar" episode goes to the show's set when that episode is filmed, however, at the time, Taylor was busy with "Virtuality," a Fox pilot he co-wrote with "Battlestar's" Ron Moore. Michael Angeli, another "Battlestar" writer, went to the set in Taylor's pla...

Even though it may not have been the best structured episode, I believe the big takeaway from "Deadlock" is how much intermingling of Cylon and Human culture is going on. First we have Galactica being injected with Cylon goo, and since the stuff is alive who knows what the ship will become. Th...

By Annalee Newitz What "Deadlock" did best, however, was show us how petty failings like greed and jealousy always return to muck up grand plans for the two races. Ellen votes to segregate human from cylon simply to twist the knife in Tigh's back, not because she really thinks it's what's best for the Fleet. An...

By Graeme McMillan Friday's news that plans are apparently afoot for a movie based upon Glen Larson's original Battlestar Galactica series produced some opinions as unexpected as the news itself. There are really people who prefer the original? Daniel-Midnight: "Richard Hatch and Dirk Benedict FTW."

By Annalee Newitz My hope as we enter the homestretch is that show creators Ron Moore and David Eick conclude by exploring how Battlestar is ultimately about two groups' search for social justice - not about a sadistic little boy who blew up the world(s) because he's angry that his body isn't made of steel.

By Annalee Newitz As we learned over the past two episodes, Gaeta and Zarek's idea of justice is to separate the human fleet from the rebel cylons. And then to execute Adama for the crime of "aiding and giving comfort to the enemy." While their actions are heinous, we can understand their motivations: The cylo...

By Annalee Newitz At that point, it seems that all of the pain Gaeta has endured in his efforts to help the human Fleet comes crashing back into his brain. He's lost everything, now. All the sacrifices he made on New Caprica, and all the horrors he endured when he returned, seem for naught. Perhaps he really was th...

By Alan Sepinwall(asepinwall@starledger.com) Spoilers for last night's "Battlestar Galactica" coming up just as soon as I organize a fire drill..."He won't be the last." -Tom ZarekAfter two episodes of watching the characters despair over a never-ending onslaught of terrible news, "The Oath" finally sees some of them taking action ov...

By Annalee Newitz With only a few episodes left in the series, BSG is about to disappear from the airwaves. The question is whether it will stand the test of time as the world changes. We've got three reasons why Battlestar might remain relevant in years ahead, and three reasons why it might be headed for the ash...

By Michael Hickerson Tonight, the long awaited final chapter in the “Battlestar Galactica” saga debuts on SciFi. Fans have been waiting months and years to find out what will happen in the final hours of Ron Moore’s epic series. Jamie Bamber, who plays Lee “Apollo” Adama on the hit series spoke to our sister site...

By nobody@flickr.com (Geekstalt) “Commander Odama”?! For those unfamiliar with the show the “leader of the human survivors” is actually named Commander Adama. So here is Commander Odama and his stalwart crew.. err cabinet... of the Battlestar America, joined together to lead the beleaguered people towards the promised lan...

The largest of these planets was named Australia,as most of the Endeavor crew had been from Australia as well. It had become the center of the new Earth Colonial Colony of these new worlds. The other twelve planets were called after the signs of the Zodiac yes folks! The Zodiac,it was one of Ex...

By Tempo Two days after posting that roundup, I rang in the new year by watching the Jan. 16 episode of "Battlestar Galactica." Notion" is a great hour of television, that's all I'll say. It's a reminder of why this is one of the best shows on television.

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By Andrew The third season of Battlestar Galactica was a little rocky in the middle, but the last episodes set up a real bang. Starbuck was presumably killed, only to turn up during a major confrontation of the Human and Cylon fleets. Season 4 opens even bigger, with one of the best space battles that I’...

Moore admits there may be things that diehard fans of the original won't like about the miniseries. But he's also convinced that there are many things they will like, things that improve on the television show. For Eick, the miniseries stands as a bridge between the old and the new, between f...

At the start of Battlestar Galatica’s third season, Lee, an ace Viper pilot, commands the Battlestar Pegasus. He's also married to Anastasia Dualla (not his life's love, pilot Kara "Starbuck" Thrace), but he is not himself. He has gained weight. Having fled New Caprica, he and his father, A...

By Myles It's apparently streaming on SciFi.com, so I'm avoiding any and all discussion of anything even close to tonight's midseason finale of Battlestar Galactica, "Revelations." All signs point towards an intense and dramatic hour of television, so I'll definitely be bracing myself for som...

Battlestar Galactica Character Lee "Apollo" Adama Status Alive Gender Male Species Human Origin Caprica Portrayed by Jamie Bamber First Appearance "Miniseries" Profession Viper Pilot - CAG Relatives Carolanne Adama (mother, deceased)

By Andrew Dating from the original series in 1978 through the present, at least 5 comic book publishers, including Marvel, have issued numerous series of Battlestar Galactica adaptations. There have been a minimum of five video games, one board game, one role playing game, a space-flight simula...

By Jason the TVaholic G4 has 16 episodes of Cheaters early. MTV has 12 episodes of America’s Next Top Model. Sci Fi has the four-part eight hour Stephen King’s The Stand miniseries. TV Guide Channel has 15 hours of Look-A-Like. TV One has 20 episodes of Good Times. VH1 has 10 episodes of Hogan Knows Best.

By Tempo On Monday evening, I went to one of three Chicago screenings of "Battlestar Galactica: Razor," the TV movie that airs on Sci Fi Nov. 24. It was the third time I’ve watched “Razor,” and it was the most satisfying. The film-quality direction, production values and special effects of “Battlest...

By Andrew So, I got a chance to take a look at Battlestar Galactica: Razor earlier this month, and I'm pleased to say that it's just as good as I had hoped, and that it is probably up there with some of the best Galactica episodes thus far. Razor is the long-awaited tele-event that the SciFi channel has be...

Basically, not that much. 'Razor' is all about the Pegasus, and Starbuck gets sent out on a mission that some of the crew from the Pegasus are on, as well. She definitely goes out on a mission, but it's just (as) support for the Pegasus crew.

By Andrew Galactica: Unity, is set in the universe of the SCI FI Channel original series full of Cylons shows up. Starbuck, Apollo and the other pilots manage to beat the bad guys back and destroy the basestar. In the debris, however, Starbuck in Battlestar Galactica, Harper said. "We've seen one

By Chris Beaumont This series is so well written, acted, and realized that it is so easy to get drawn in and be just flat out captivated by what unfolds. I cannot find the right words to describe just how wonderful this show is, but this episode is a great example of Battlestar Galactica's television suprema...

By Andrew But you and I, we've been through that, and this is not our fate': Another insane 'Battlestar Galactica' season finale The following post discusses Sunday's season finale of "Battlestar Galactica." DO NOT read this if you have not seen it yet. If you have, then by all means, join the discuss...

By Andrew In years past, the Battlestar Galactica cliff-hanger has been an event of monumental story-line importance, a grab-'em-by-the-short-hairs whirlwind of plot threads. Season 1: Adama stages a military coup; Starbuck arrives on Caprica; Boomer fires a couple into the old man's chest. S...

By Andrew S03E20) First of all I want to thank everyone who attended the chat tonight during the episode. The room's still open for anyone who wants to hop in and discuss what went on (if I'm there, I go by 'TVSKeith'). I'm pretty sure there's plenty to talk about.

By Tempo One quibble that doesn't have anything to do with the finale itself: I can’t say I was thrilled with the promotional tagline on Scifi.com for the final episode of the season. It said, “Who are the final five Cylons? Find out on the ‘Battlestar Galactica’ season finale.”

The 18th episode of Battlestar Galactica's third season is an unusual episode to review because so much of it serves as a preamble to what's to come as well ... TV Guy: Yeah, but does he know 'Dod, the Kid From Outer Space"? Times Herald-Record

By Andrew Fom TV Squad: Posted Mar 11th 2007 11:42PM by Keith McDuffee Filed under: Science Fiction, OpEd, Battlestar Galactica, Sci Fi S03E18) Since Ron Moore's podcast came out a few days ago, I'll do a little bit of recap of what he said along with the review.

By Andrew I'm actually not really sure what we're supposed to have walked away with in this episode. Like I said, Starbuck was screwed up, but suicidal-like? Really all that would make sense is that Starbuck turns out to be a Cylon, though I believe Ron Moore has said she's not one.

By Andrew So one of the most hyped episodes of Season 3 of Battlestar Galactica was just released, entitled Maelstrom. While I've gotten out of the habit of reviewing every episode that I see, I have to do something for this one, as well as a number of other episodes.

By Andrew On ''Battlestar Galactica,'' Adama has flashbacks about his dead wife while Tyrol and Cally nearly suffocate in an airlock Marc Bernardin At least this week they didn't try and pass off brand-new material as if we'd already seen it. I knew I'd never seen the ''Helo gets assigned to Dog City...

By Andrew Dr. Strangehate On ''Battlestar Galactica,'' a disease strikes the Sagittaron minority, and Helo discovers that a Caprican physician is killing his patients Marc Bernardin This episode of Battlestar Galactica is brought to you by Tahmoh Penikett's crazy oblique muscles.

By Andrew S03E13) This episode turned out better than I thought it would be when basing it on the previews shown for the past week. And y'know, that's the way it should be, if you ask me. Why spoil things for everyone with cheap ploys to lure new viewers when you can just wow them with the actual episode tha...

By Mike Moody Back on that suspiciously speckless Cylon ship, Baltar - who awakes after another threesome with Three and Caprica Six - gets wise to Three's suicide game and milks her for information. It seems that in the place between death and resurrection she can almost make out the faces of the five mi...

By David Desjardins Before Adama could execute the plan, Agathon cuts off the air in the holding cell with the Cylon prisoners, killing them all before the resurrection ship is in range, thus foiling Roslin’s plan. At the end of the episode we find Roslin and Adama discussing over drinks what happened. Rosl...

By David Desjardins But what puts Battlestar Galactica back on track? What's new? Well during a discussion between Caprica 6 and Gaius, we find out why the ships are so bland and boring on the inside - except for the part where they walk into a room with a buck naked Number 8 (Boomer) doing some Cylon Tai Chi. Cylon...