Battlestar Galactica

By Logan Gawain(noreply@blogger.com) Maureen Ryan of the Chicago Tribune is auctioning off items of TV-related swag that she's accumulated over the years in order to raise money for Haiti relief. So you can get your hands on items promoting Battlestar Galactica, Lost, 24, Chuck, Damages, Deadwood, Torchwood, Life on Mars, a...

By noreply@blogger.com (Logan Gawain) Experience Battlestar Galactica: Downloaded, Titan Book’s full-color companion, unearthing all the crucial details of Season 1 and 2. Filled with interviews from the cast and crew, stunning photos and an in-depth episode guide, this is the ultimate way to experience the show.

By Logan Gawain(noreply@blogger.com) Best of all, there is (and will be even more) exclusive iTunes content available. First up, the world premiere music video and single of “Apocalypse (Theme from ‘The Plan’)” performed live by the Battlestar Galactica Orchestra in concert are now on iTunes.

By Sam J. Miller(samjmiller79@yahoo.com) Galactica fandom has been buzzing about this for since February, with much anxiety over whether the new film will take place in (a) the universe of The Original Series, (b) the Ron Moore universe, or (c) an all-new reboot universe. When the rumors started in February, all signs pointed to a...

By Logan Gawain(noreply@blogger.com) Since Ron Moore was busy in Vancouver directing an episode of Caprica, so the award was accepted by Jane Espenson, with Michael Hogan, Tricia Helfer, Grace Park, Katee Sackhoff, and director Michael Rymer also present. Jane tweeted her thanks.

By ProgGrrl@gmail.com (ProgGrrl) A few other items are missing from the box set as a whole, though they were never available on DVD, including additional Sci-Fi.com blogs and some of the exclusive writer's room and "frak party" podcast commentaries. Also not here are most of the "recap" TV specials (Battlestar Galactica:...

By Logan Gawain(noreply@blogger.com) Virtuality" a two-hour backdoor pilot from Battlestar Galactica writers Ronald D. Moore and Michael Taylor airs on FOX from 8 to 10 p.m. tonight. GS: If a series happens would there be any further overlap of BSG talent - writers, producers, actors?

By samjmiller79@yahoo.com (Sam J. Miller) Friday night, I crowded into the 92nd Street Y with hundreds of other BSG fans for the World Science Festival event "Battlestar Galactica: Cyborgs on the Horizon." In the lead-up to the event I had conducted interviews with panel participants Hod Lipson , Kevin Warwick , and Mary M...

By samjmiller79@yahoo.com (Sam J. Miller) Can you give us a sneak peek at what you'll be talking about this Friday, at the panel Battlestar Galactica: Cyborgs on the Horizon? Are there other lessons from Battlestar Galactica, that the show has to offer us or that it offered to you?

By samjmiller79@yahoo.com (Sam J. Miller) Are you a fan of Battlestar Galactica?  What don't you like about the show? What will your presentation focus on, at the 92nd Street Y event “Battlestar Galactica: Cyborgs on the Horizon”? Do you have a favorite character on Battlestar Galactica?

By samjmiller79@yahoo.com (Sam J. Miller) Here at the Sitrep, we're really excited about next week's phenomenal-sounding event Battlestar Galactica: Cyborgs on the Horizon, at the 92nd Street Y in Manhattan, co-presented with the World Science Festival. Not only is it an opportunity to hear Mary McDonnell and Michael Hoga...

By noreply@blogger.com (Logan Gawain) Also coming up this Thursday, in Los Angeles is the free Los Angeles Times Envelope Screening Series: June 4, 7:30pm Battlestar Galactica (SCI FI) Q & A with exectutive producers Ronald D. Moore & David Eick and actors Edward James Olmos and Mary McDonnell.

By noreply@blogger.com (Logan Gawain) Reviews of the pilot ep of Caprica, available now on DVD: Today's DVD release of "Caprica," the two-hour pilot episode for a "Galactica" prequel series, might be just as polarizing, even among the people who liked the end of "Galactica."

By noreply@blogger.com (Logan Gawain) The Caprica pilot episode hits DVD on Tuesday, and it is one hell of a tease. It’s a tease in the best possible way; that sweet first kiss that you just know in your heart will lead to more. It’s familiar, but new. Most of all, it’s an hour and a half of great entertainment, and something to keep Batt...

By Sam J. Miller(samjmiller79@yahoo.com) And then there's that other science-fiction cliché, the one that has never been important in the Battlestar Galactica universe, and that all of a sudden becomes the ostensible motivation for the complete abandonment of Colonial civilization. Specifically: that technology is bad, da...

By Logan Gawain(noreply@blogger.com) For the geeks out there, especially fans of “Star Trek” and “Battlestar Galactica,” Thursday’s “CSI” is required viewing—there are in-jokes large and small for followers of those franchises (“Battlestar” executive producer Ronald D. Moore even shows up for a brief cameo). I had to stop...

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By noreply@blogger.com (Logan Gawain) Also of note, the Paley Festival is hosting Battlestar Galactica / Caprica: A Look Back and a Look Ahead April 20th at the Arclight Cinerama Dome in Hollywood: In Person: For other upcoming conventions with BSG and Caprica guests the Battlestar Blog is keeping track of it all.

By Logan Gawain(noreply@blogger.com) Battlestar Galactica Finale Ratings Update Slice of Sci-Fi offers their top ten episodes of BSG. Daily Record points to the Six Best Moments. The Washington Post has 10 Business Lessons from Battlestar Galactica. Steampunk Cylons from Dvice. Technology Review reports:

By noreply@blogger.com (Logan Gawain) In this week’s episode of Battlestar Galactica: Daybreak, part 1, I couldn’t help the feeling of dread from creeping over me. We have essentially 2 episodes left (technically a two hour finale, but I think of it more as part 2 and part 3) and they spend a major chunk of this episode in flashbac...

By noreply@blogger.com (Logan Gawain) After the March 20 finale, we won't see Roslin and Adama any more. And we won't see Mary McDonnell and Edward James Olmos working together any more. I can't wrap my head around that. Richard Vine, The Guardian: And Ellen Gray wonders how Battlestar Galactica is going to end.

By noreply@blogger.com (Logan Gawain) Battlestar Galactica Co-Creator and Executive Producer David Eick will present an afternoon keynote address entitled "The Making of Battlestar Galactica" at the 2009 NAB Show on Tuesday, April 21st in Las Vegas. The Super Session will focus on how to launch and produce a hit TV franchis...

By Logan Gawain(noreply@blogger.com) Now here's an interesting tidbit. Apparently a fairly important plot element was cut from last week's "Battlestar Galactica," a development that would have added a whole lot to the confusing and disappointing episode. Writer Jane Espenson mentions it in this interview, and so have onli...

By Logan Gawain(noreply@blogger.com) Glen Larson controls the movie rights to Battlestar Galactica, and he's tried to make a big screen version several times before. There was also an attempt at a BSG continuation series by Bryan Singer and Tom DeSanto that fell apart for various reasons, which finally led to Sci-Fi and Unive...

By Logan Gawain(noreply@blogger.com) Sometimes on BSG you could just give this sort of thing a try, but blasting a character like Tigh had ramifications for other episodes (obviously), so I checked in with Ron Moore before actually doing it. He understood the impulse to up the tension and to create even more stakes for Adama, bu...

By Logan Gawain(noreply@blogger.com) The first five minutes or so of “The Oath” were pretty good Battlestar Galactica, if a little on the on-the-nose side of things (as the show can be every so often). But then, oh, then, “The Oath” turned into the awesomest thing that ever walked the face of this Earth. It had its flaws, and I want t...

By Logan Gawain(noreply@blogger.com) Sci-Fi Wire: Knowing that you had Caprica on the horizon, did you hold back at all on wrapping up the Cylon mythology in Battlestar Galactica in order to give fans an incentive to tune into the new show? Or does Battlestar Galactica settle it for everyone?

By Logan Gawain(noreply@blogger.com) We're very pleased to present an original essay for the Galactica Sitrep by Sam J. Miller, who brings us studious observations on BSG's use of a particular prop we've seen on the faces of Adama, Baltar, and notably on Laura Roslin: The Eyeglasses of Laura Roslin by Sam J. Miller

By ProgGrrl@gmail.com (ProgGrrl) Comic Book Resources and Cort and Fatboy interview Mark Verheiden. The New York Times Syndicate and FanCast interview Jamie Bamber. Slice of SciFi interviews Aaron Douglas. The Straight has some updates on CAPRICA casting in Vancouver.

By ProgGrrl(ProgGrrl@gmail.com) Time Out NY thinks BATTLESTAR GALACTICA was the best show on TV this year. (And that the characters on FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS are like unicorns. And that Gaeta's song was really, really good.) Random Mary McDonnell-related sidenote: the director's cut of DONNIE DARKO hits Blu-Ray early next y...

By ProgGrrl(ProgGrrl@gmail.com) Sci Fi Channel has greenlit "Caprica," the much-anticipated prequel to hit series "Battlestar Galactica." Galactica" has had its fourth and final season in the can for several months, with the final 10 episodes culminating their run March 20. A two-hour movie adaptation, "Battlestar G...

By ProgGrrl(ProgGrrl@gmail.com) The Look of Battlestar Galactica My Favorite Episode So Far Cylons: The Twelve The Music of Battlestar Galactica Let's hope they add Blu-Ray as well. I wonder if "The Music of Battlestar Galactica" is the video that Bear McCreary showed at his LA concerts this spring?

By ProgGrrl(ProgGrrl@gmail.com) BATTLESTAR GALACTICA-related events this year include: Richard Hatch will be signing autographs; more info here (Thursday - Sunday). BSG & CAPRICA production designer Richard Hudolin on the "Production Designers" panel (Friday).

By ProgGrrl(noreply@blogger.com) 2:15-3:15pm - Battlestar Galactica: Last year, Battlestar Galactica took San Diego by storm. Now the best show on television returns to Comic-Con for a panel filled with excitement, laughter, and a sneak peek into the final revelation. Focusing on the character relationships that give...

By Logan Gawain(noreply@blogger.com) The Dr. and Mrs. Who Blogtalk Radio show recently reported that the pilot for Caprica finished filming in Vancouver, but there's no indication yet when they will start production on the 13 episode first season. The radio program also revealed that shooting on one Battlestar Galactica TV mo...

By Logan Gawain(noreply@blogger.com) Entertainment Weekly lists the 12 Things They Learned from Battlestar Galactica this year. All in all a pretty good list. BSG's ratings surged for the finale, says The Hollywood Reporter: The midseason finale of Sci Fi Channel's "Battlestar Galactica" jumped the show's ratings.

By Logan Gawain(noreply@blogger.com) Eddie shares he thoughts on the show about his initial reluctance to do science fiction, how the title Battlestar Galactica made him want to run the other way, the impact of seeing Latinos in the future, and he talked about the monumental quality of the show and aging Adama.

By Logan Gawain(noreply@blogger.com) Other reviews and recaps of The Hub from FlickFilosopher, The House Next Door, TV Squad, The L.A. Times Show Tracker, Galactica Variants, SyFy Portal, Battlestar Galactica Review Blog, Zap2It, TV Fodder, TV with MeeVee, Hollyscoop, BuddyTV CinemaBlend, and a picspam, review and sceen...

By Logan Gawain(noreply@blogger.com) Star Trek and Battlestar Galactica have wildly different aesthetics and ideologies, and both aspire to very different goals. Fundamentally, it boils down to this: Star Trek is about who we want to be, and Battlestar Galactica is about who we are.

By noreply@blogger.com (Logan Gawain) Sure, science fiction arcs often include religion. Usually, religion motivates a monster, or the crew encounters a strange religion, or a show deals with the conflict between science and faith. But what's happening on Battlestar Galactica is utterly different from these situations. Th...

By ProgGrrl(noreply@blogger.com) Speaking of experimentation: there is more news this week on the NBCU and Apple/iTunes front. Apparently NBCU has begun streaming ad-free Quicktimes of some TV shows (including classic BATTLESTAR GALACTICA) that will play on iPhones and iPod Touches. Streaming only? A resounding MEH.

By ProgGrrl Galactica BS: You've worked with Joss Whedon and you're married to Ron Moore, both television writers. From a creative standpoint, what can you tell us about these guys, what they're like and how they work? snip]… Buffy was a very, very, smart show.

By ProgGrrl Pretty much every woman on the show was giving me the creeps during this episode - even Roslin. Much of what gave Roslin her more sinister perspective was suggested by Zarek in this conversation with Lee as he prepares to join the Quorum.

By Logan Gawain Dominic Maxwell in The Times on the other hand, compares and contrasts Battlestar Galactica with their nation's most beloved science fiction series, Doctor Who: The greatest science-fiction show on television is back - and there isn't a Tardis or a sonic screwdriver in sight....

By ProgGrrl Sci Fi Wire has several more pieces this week. Ron Moore describes the post-strike rewrite process in more detail - and here Scifi.com’s writer repeats again that the back 10 will air in 2009. Oy vey. *tries to remain calm* There is this chat with Mary McDonnell, and this paper ran a much longer v...

By Logan Gawain A Galactica Sitrep reader, Danielle, sends word from France that Battlestar Galactica is set to go back into production in late March in Vancouver, B.C. We will finish the story, and I think the fans will be satisfied." -- Edward James Olmos

By ProgGrrl Impeccable sources tell me that Battlestar Galactica's fourth season, put on hold for three months by the just-ended writer's strike, will not be truncated. The SciFi Channel has told Ron Moore that they want to complete the entire 22 episode season four order! The network will be giving...

By ProgGrrl New York,NY – February 8, 2008 – The wait is finally over for Battlestar Galactica fans. SCI FI’s Emmy and Peabody Award-winning original series returns for its fourth original season on Friday, March 28 @ 10pm ET/PT with two back-to-back half-hour specials. The first new episode will pre...

By ProgGrrl I suspect the whole BATTLESTAR GALACTICA loving world knows this already, but the official Sci-Fi channel premiere date for the post-RAZOR season four is now FRIDAY, APRIL 4. Early review copies of the first two eps have gone out (I know because a friend got one) so plot details may start cr...

By ProgGrrl Over at Entertainment Weekly, Stephen King has chosen BATTLESTAR GALACTICA as one of his Top 5 TV Shows of the Year. 1. LOST 2. DAMAGES 3. BATTLESTAR 4. DEXTER 5. FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS

By ProgGrrl The enduring Battlestar Galactica hiatus was recently temporarily spelled by the release of Razor on the Sci-Fi channel and DVD, followed by Battlestar Galactica: Season One on HD DVD (review) a couple weeks ago. Nothing was on the horizon until the premiere of season four in March, leav...

By Logan Gawain Razor, the new Battlestar Galactica movie airing November 24th on the Sci-Fi Channel, written by Michael Taylor and directed by Felix Alcala is an excellent double episode that sheds new light on much of the back-story details that ...

The BSG Razor Minisodes are flashback scenes involving young Lt. William Adama serving as a pilot on the Battlestar Galactica during the first Cylon war 40 years ago. These scenes will be shown for several weeks during Sci-Fi Channel's Flash Gordon series leading up to the November 24 debu...

By Logan Gawain The Battlestar Galactica episode, "Downloaded" did not win the Hugo at the 2007 Hugo Awards presented at the World Con in Japan, but Doctor Who's excellent installment, " Girl in the Fireplace" did -- as I expected it would. Mark Verheiden provides a general update from the Battlestar tre...

By Logan Gawain Ron Moore's wife Terry Moore, "Mrs. Ron" has posted quite a bit about the possible split of season 4's run on the Sci-Fi Battlestar Galactica Forum. All we know for certain is that BSG has a forth season, its final season, and will be made up of 22 hours, which includes 20 episodes, and the 2 hour...

By Logan Gawain “I do not know what Sci Fi is planning to do, nor does Ron, at this point. They are discussing options,” Terry Moore, the wife of “Battlestar Galactica” executive producer and showrunner Ron Moore, wrote on the [Sci-Fi.com] message board.

By Logan Gawain TV Shows on DVD has the first photo of the packaging for the HD-DVD release of Battlestar Galactica season 1. They also report on a promotional DVD NBC will make available at Blockbuster that will included Katee Sackhoff in Bionic Woman, along with Chuck, Life, and Journeyman.

By Logan Gawain We are also proud to announce our GALACTICA.TV Podcast, hosted by Justin Berger (aka hypokritical on the SciFi.com forum). In our first issue he talks you through the Battlestar Galactica saga and his fascination for both the orginal and the new series. In future episodes he'll discuss a var...

By Logan Gawain The writers of Battlestar Galactica are gathering at their offices at the Universal lot to break the stories they are planning to tell in season 4. I’m sure they receive regular memos from the executives of the Sci-Fi Channel. And that would be my memo to the writers of Battlestar Galactica.

By Logan Gawain Battlestar Fan Film Tools Here SCIFI.COM is putting Battlestar Galactica in the hands of its fans with the launch of the Battlestar Galactica Videomaker Toolkit. Ron Moore has been named Toastmaster for the Nebula Awards of the Science Fiction Writers of America.

By Logan Gawain The Los Angeles Times reports that Battlestar Galactica has been approved for a 4th season. Justine at All About Tahmoh Pennikett runs down all the reviews of Helo's episode, "The Woman King". Here are some preview promotional photos of the 3rd from last episode of season 3, "The Son Also Ri...