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BSG Linkroll Pt. XI (Once more, with spoilers)
Webisodes: Yes, they’re coming (we knew that), but earlier than initially feared! Actually, the mini-episodes, directed by Jamie Bamber and James Callis and named The Face Of The Enemy will start going on line next month! And for those of you who consider the information that a Battlestar is actually a huge chunk of metal flying through space a spoiler, here’s another hair-raising tidbit that will be “revealed” in the webisodes (highlight to read): :: Gaeta is gay. And haz buttseks with Hoshi...
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BSG Action figures
Original at Battlestar Galactica Fan Community
• 18 hours ago
I pre-ordered the 4 pack Series 4 BSG Figures that I thought was going to be Adama, Laura, Lee and Admiral Cain. I received an email from BigBadToystore to say ..... "We have learned that the Battlestar Galactica Series 4 assortment has been changed to a set of three, removing the two President fig...
The Bronx Terrace
Original at martinimadness (WordPress)
• Thu, Nov 5
By leahlair I was expecting this to be rather gimlet-like, owing to the gin and lime juice. The extra in it was dry vermouth—yes, I bought more, so the world is safe for humanity again. Although with the remake of V that may not be true anymore. My word, but can no one think of anything original anymore...
On the Set of 24 with Katee Sackhoff (NSFW)Original at the TV addict
• Wed, Nov 4
By theTVaddict In September, you very own TV Addict was given the opportunity to visit the set of 24. And while I’m not at liberty just yet to share my photos of the unbelievably cool looking new and improved CTU (Think: Apple Store with orange highlights) or interviews with the cast (including new additio...
Battlestar Galactica Season 4 Episodes - Watch Battlestar ...
Original at TV Guide
• Mon, Nov 2
more Battlestar Galactica cast & details. Shop ... Battlestar Galactica Cast, Crew, Episodes, Recaps, News, Videos, Forums, and Contests at TVStar ...
Katee Sackhoff Discovers The Big Bang Theory
Original at Cinema Blend
• Mon, Nov 2
We've already seen Summer Glau (Firefly, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles) and now Wesley Crusher himself, Wil Wheaton (Star Trek: The Next Generation). How do you improve on that? How about one of the babes from Battlestar Galactica?
Opinion: The Cylons did not have "The Plan"
Original at ideas.4brad.com
• Sun, Nov 1
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...
DVD Review - Battlestar Galactica: The PlanOriginal at wilybadger (WordPress)
• Sat, Oct 31
By Chris Extras on the DVD include deleted scenes, some behind the scenes stuff, a trailer for Caprica (which if you haven’t yet seen, why not?), and a commentary by Edward James Olmos (who directed the movie), and Jane Espenson (who wrote it).
Review: Curb some of your enthusiasm for Woody Allen's 'Whatever Works'
Original at San Jose Mercury News
• Wed, Oct 28
The story — with the original "Battlestar Galactica" cast members — follows two Cylon leaders (both played by Dean Stockwell) as they plan the destruction ... and more »
Actor Edward James Olmos Explains How “Battlestar Galactica” Leads to “Blade Runner” — An AMC Interview
Original at Slice of SciFi
• Tue, Oct 27
By Michael Hickerson Q: Was directing this Battlestar movie different than directing a normal episode of the series? Q: Some fans complained that Battlestar Galactica didn’t answer all the questions it posed. Will this movie rectify that? Q: Do you have any ideas for future BSG movies?
Review: Cylons Rule in Recycled Battlestar Galactica: The PlanOriginal at Wired
• Tue, Oct 27
By Lewis Wallace The recycling continues in Battlestar Galactica: The Plan. Released Tuesday, the straight-to-DVD movie shows events from the perspective of the humanity-hating Cylons by welding footage from the dearly departed sci-fi series with new scenes shot by director Edward James Olmos.
Review: Battlestar Galactica - "The Plan"
Original at memles (WordPress)
• Mon, Oct 26
By Myles In individual moments, this feels like Battlestar Galactica – as a whole, it feels like a DVD extra where you can click a button and see what the Cylons are busy plotting at that particular time, something which would be more interesting if they hadn’t tried to turn it into a motion picture e...
“Battlestar Galactica: The Plan” DVD — A Slice of SciFi Review
Original at Slice of SciFi
• Mon, Oct 26
By Michael Hickerson Actors: Edward James Olmos, Dean Stockwell, Tricia Helfer, Michael Hogan Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC Language: English Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Number of discs: 1 MPAA Rating: NR Studio: Universal DVD Release Date: October 27, 2009 Run Time: 95 minutes
Battlestar Galactica Movie Reveals The Cylons Never Actually Had A PlanOriginal at io9
• Fri, Oct 23
By Annalee Newitz Battlestar Galactica DVD movie "The Plan," coming out Tuesday, tells the Cylons' side of the story. It's about why they attacked the colonies, and what they wanted from humanity. But watching it will leave you with more questions than answers. The Plan" will be available in stores on Oct. 27.
NBC scales back 'Day One'
Original at From Inside the Box
• Thu, Oct 1
By Rick Porter The show will still premiere in March, following NBC's coverage of the Winter Olympics, and will still get a promotional push during the Games. There's still a chance that "Day One" could be picked up to series (a la "The 4400" or "Battlestar Galactica") if it does well in the ratings, but cu...
One Day Left to Sign Up for BSG Fanfiction Exchange!
Original at Battlestar Galactica Fan Community
• Mon, Aug 31
There is ONE DAY left to sign up for the Autumn 2009 Round at the Battlestar Galactica Fanfiction Exchange. It's an all-pairings, all characters, all genre anonymous exchange. Sign-ups end at 11:59pm PST on September 1st. Hope to see a lot of participants! Sign Up Post is HERE da_angel729
News: Battlestar, Big Bang Theory Win TCA Awards
Original at TV Guide
• Sun, Aug 2
By TV Guide Syfy's Battlestar Galactica received the top honor and The Big Bang Theory picked up two awards at the 25th Television Critics Association Awards, a lively, untelevised affair recognizing critics' favorites. Read More > Battlestar GalacticaThe Big Bang Theory
Podcast: Slice of SciFi #224: A Conversation With Michael Hogan from “Battlestar Galatica”
Original at Slice of SciFi
• Sat, Aug 1
• 2 related articles
By Michael Hickerson Interview: Our conversation this week is with the man who brought Saul Tigh to life for four years on “Batttlestar Galactica,” Michael Hogan. Hogan offers a few hints about the upcoming movie, “The Plan” and his time working on the monumental series. This is the first half of our convers...
DVD Pick of the Week: Big Man Japan
Original at Draven99's Musings
• Tue, Jul 28
By noreply@blogger.com (Chris) Battlestar Galactica: Season 4.5 (also Blu-ray). This is the final batch of episodes for the series, building up to the "Daybreak" finale. This is a show that went out on its own terms, rather than wait to be canceled. They decided to end with season 4, so they were able to plan out the ending, del...
CD Review: Caprica - Music Composed by Bear McCreary
Original at Draven99's Musings
• Mon, Jul 6
By Chris(noreply@blogger.com) That brings me to Bear's score for the pilot episode of Caprica, the Battlestar Galactica prequel. The feature length pilot has arrived on DVD and will make its television debut when the series arrives in early 2010. I am almost embarrassed to say that I have not yet seen the pilot and hope to r...
Review: Strong Acting, Holodeck From Hell Boost One-Off Virtuality
Original at Wired
• Thu, Jun 25
By Hugh Hart Airing Friday at 8 p.m. EST on Fox as a stand-alone movie, Virtuality was originally conceived by Battlestar Galactica producers Michael Taylor and Ronald D. Moore as the pilot episode for an ongoing series. However, the network declined to order more episodes, leaving the two-hour movie l...
Caprica review
Original at Battlestar Galactica's topics
• Fri, May 22
By timrayborn I was very happy with this as a series premier, and I eagerly look forward to how it develops. Sci Fi has picked it up for 20 episodes, so I hope it attracts a strong following. No, there are no flashy space battles, but this is a very different kind of science fiction: dark, grown-up, realistic,...
Harry Potter, Star Trek, Wolverine, Dollhouse and more
Original at Dose.ca
• Tue, Apr 21
By BennyC Then there's my poor Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Fox's other beleaguered sci fi franchise. I had put off watching the season (series?) finale of the show for a week or so not--as with Battlestar Galactica--because I feared it would be unsatisfying in any way, but because...
Harry Potter, Star Trek, Wolverine, Dollhouse and more
Original at The Province - Canada.com
• Tue, Apr 21
By BennyC Then there's my poor Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Fox's other beleaguered sci fi franchise. I had put off watching the season (series?) finale of the show for a week or so not--as with Battlestar Galactica--because I feared it would be unsatisfying in any way, but because...
Review: Caprica Spins Religion, Race Into Worthy Galactica Prequel
Original at Wired News
• Mon, Apr 20
By Lewis Wallace None of this is new, especially to fans of the recently wrapped Galactica, but luckily producers Ronald D. Moore and David Eick have imported to Caprica other hallmarks of their award-winning Sci Fi Channel series as well: the lean writing, the strong acting, the exceptional soundtrack...
Podcast: SciFi Surplus #093 BSG Galactica Finale Council Spoilers
Original at SciFi Surplus
• Thu, Mar 26
By Casey If you haven’t watched the series finale of Battlestar Galactica you need to get that off your DVR or Tivo before you listen this episode. There are going to be major spoilers because this is so big in our sphere of influence that we just can’t hold it in. We have some strong opinions and [...]
TV Talk with GMMR and Ducky: Battlestar Galactica Series Finale Podcast
Original at TV Talk with GMMR and Ducky
• Wed, Mar 25
If you just finished listening to TV Talk Podcast #37, you know that we skipped over the Battlestar Galactica Series Finale talk and opted to do a separate BSG podcast. We talk about how we both got into BSG, our thoughts on the series as a whole, our favorite moments from the finale and the mom...
How To: Steampunk Cylon Design Contest: The end is near
Original at DVICE
• Fri, Mar 13
invites you to create a Steampunk Cylon, a 19th-century version of those genocidal robots from Battlestar Galactica. You can draw it, Photoshop it (or use whatever image editor you want), or even build it and snap a photo. ...
Scenes from the Official Fanfiction University of Battlestar Galactica, a BSG fanfic
Original at Battlestar Galactica Fan Community
• Sat, Mar 7
By Eledhwen, daughter of Elerosse Part two is now up at my lj. :] Still no spoilers.
Scenes from the Official Fanfiction University of Battlestar Galactica, a BSG fanfic
Original at Battlestar Galactica Fan Community
• Fri, Mar 6
It can be read here at my LJ, where I'll also take questions (like the "What's an Official Fanfic Univeristy?" type). There are no spoilers so far because it's set before "The Hub".
Fanfiction: battlestar_blog @ 2009-02-12T10:39:00
Original at Battlestar Galactica Fan Community
• Thu, Feb 12
By callmelydia My first set of Battlestar Galactica drabbles are up over on my fic lj. They take place between the algae planet and the beginning of Season 4.0.
How to build Battlestar Galactica Cylon arm gauntlet armor
Original at wonderhowto.com
• Sat, Feb 7
This is part 2 of a 12 part series on how to build a classic Cylon armor. Todays build is on the arm gantlet pieces. This is a part of the BSG ... www.wonderhowto.com
Podcast: Fragged (Battlestar Galactica episode)
Original at SCIFIPEDIA
• Mon, Jan 26
Worst of all, the Quorum of Twelve has arrived on the Galactica and is demanding to see President Roslin. Tigh resists, but his wife Ellen convinces him that the president has lost her mind and that letting her meet with the Quorum will only cement Tigh's power.
Battlestar Galactica: Key Points from "The Face of the Enemy" Webisodes
Original at TV Fodder
• Thu, Jan 15
The episode begins 6 days after they find the scorched Earth. Possibly the most techno-babble for the entire series on this one episode. Period. An 8 says, "Felix, don't you remember me?" Via a flashback we see that Gaeta has a history with her from New Caprica.
Podcast: Off the wireless
Original at GALACTICA SITREP
• Sun, Jan 11
By ProgGrrl@gmail.com (ProgGrrl) Time Out and Live@7 interview Katee Sackhoff. IGN interviews James Callis and Katee Sackhoff. SyFy Radio interviews Jane Espenson. Fear.net interviews Bear McCreary. Slice of SciFi interviews Aaron Douglas. The Straight has some updates on CAPRICA casting in Vancouver.
Sign-Ups Begin at the "Battlestar Galactica Fanfiction Exchange"!
Original at Battlestar Galactica Fan Community
• Mon, Dec 15
By da_angel729(da.angel729@gmail.com) Sign-ups for the 2009 Spring Fic Exchange at bsgficexchange, the "Battlestar Galactica Fanfiction Exchange, are now open until January 1, 2009! Please sign-up HERE at the Sign-up post. All ratings, pairings, and characters are welcome in this exchange. I'd love to see a lot of participa...
How To: Fandomestic: 13 Geeky Fandom Pumpkins | Fandomania
Original at Fandomania
• Thu, Oct 30
Inspired by the original Battlestar Galactica, this Cylon pumpkin is fitted with red LED lights to simulate the robots’ signature scanning eye. There’s an entire tutorial at Evil Mad Scientist on how to make your own! ...
Fanfiction: FoS08: "The Height of Happiness" Battlestar Galactica
Original at celievamp (Livejournal)
• Sun, Sep 21
By celievamp Genre & Pairing: Battlestar Galactica Laura Roslin / Six, Laura Roslin / Ellen Tigh. Disclaimer: Battlestar Galactica belongs to R&D TV. Transcript of the episode courtesy of SadGeezer.com. Me, I’m just a fan. ...
How To: We may never be able to transport humans, but we might very well ...
Original at slattern23 (WordPress)
• Sat, Aug 16
No one talks about “Battlestar Galactica style avionics or Star Wars style hyper drive, and it’s unlikely that anyone ever will. I’m not sure how to describe the reason for that in a way that Trek-haters, or general scifi haters will ...
Fanfiction: Rec: Battlestar Galactica
Original at dodificus (Livejournal)
• Sun, Jul 20
By dodificus Fandom: BSG Pairing: Kara/Leoben Kara sleeps alone in the bed when she can and the sofa when she can’t. Some nights she feels him watching her when he thinks she’s asleep. He breathes slowly and evenly, eyes fixed only on her and when ...
Fic: The Assassination of Laura Roslin...[Adama/Roslin]
Original at adama_roslin (Livejournal)
• Thu, Jul 10
By whimsy Mimzee Fandom: Battlestar Galactica Rating: R/M for a little language Warnings: Spoilers for Revelations. Character death (sorie!). Blink-and-you-miss-it Hat!Seckz. Summary: They arrived at Earth, and suddenly their chapter was at an end. ...
Fanfiction: flood the sky & blur the darkness - bsg - kara/leoben
Original at dayln03 (Livejournal)
• Tue, Jul 8
By Dayln Fandom: Battlestar Galactica Pairing/character: Kara/Leoben Rating: light NC-17 Prompt: New Caprica, "I prayed for you" // soft, slow, confession Notes/Warnings: Beta by [info] superduperkc // written for [info] rounds_of_kink ...
Opinion: Battlestar Galactica, "The Road Less Traveled": I will turn this sewage treatment ship right around!
Original at sepinwall (Blogspot)
• Sat, May 3
By Alan Sepinwall And because the cast continues to knock it out of the park every week playing these wonderfully-etched characters, I can't look on these episodes as filler. "Galactica" is a show that asks lots of fundamental questions about society and even the nature of existence, but it asks them throu...
Opinion: Galactica's Third Episode Is All Fraked Up
Original at Wired News
• Mon, Apr 21
By sonia zjawinski See also: Battlestar Galactica 4.02 RecapGritty Galactica Paves Way for Caprica, RevolutionBattlestar Co-Creator to Pen Sci-Fi TrilogyInside Story of Galactica's Crazy Closers Remember when the word frak was a subtle expletive used in Battlestar Galactica? Well those times are ov...
Patch: What's gone wrong with Battlestar Galactica?
Original at candleboy.com
• Mon, Apr 14
So why did we spend those episodes on New Caprica again? The only lasting effects seem all too superficial -- Tigh's eye patch, the absence (thank the gods) of Ellen Tigh, some resentful feelings toward Baltar that crop up when it's ...
Podcast: InterviewsOriginal at GALACTICA SITREP
• Fri, Mar 28
By ProgGrrl Zap2It talks with Moore and Sackhoff. Sci Fi Channel UK has posted video interviews with Nicki Clyne on their web site (UK users only); here’s a shorter excerpt on their YouTube channel for the rest of us. The March 8th edition of the Hypaspace podcast features an interview with James Callis.
'Battlestar Galactica firms up April 4 return and sets airdate for specials
Original at Chicago Tribune
• Fri, Feb 8
By Tempo Battlestar Galactica is the gripping saga of humanity's last remnants and their struggle to find a new home while fleeing from their deadly Cylon enemies. Redefining the space opera with its gritty realism, Galactica’s intensity, issues-driven topicality, and command performances...
Opinion: New Book - Battlestar Galactica and Philosophy
Original at The CIC
• Fri, Jan 18
By Andrew BATTLESTAR GALACTICA AND PHILOSOPHYIn its Fourth and Final season, Book Poses New Questions From Show Battlestar Galactica is a great story. "I absolutely love the show," he continued. "It's the most expensive and most successful show the Sci-Fi Channel has ever produced."
Podcast: Colonial Day (Battlestar Galactica Episode)
Original at SCIFIPEDIA
• Mon, Jun 25
January 3, 2004 (UK) Season 1 Episode # 11 Production # 1.11 Writer(s) Carla Robinson Director Jonas Pate Guest star(s) Richard Hatch Nicki Clyne Patrick Gallagher Episode Order Previous Next "The Hand of God" "Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part 1"
Podcast: Dispatch #030: Week of 11 Dec 2006
Original at entil2001.libsyn.com
• Tue, Dec 19
Summary of all reviews posted the past week (10:02): 3 Battlestar: Galactica reviews 1 Supernatural review 1 Smallville review 1 Heroes review Season-to-date commentary on all 4 series Best of the Week (22:05): Battlestar: Galactica 3.11: "The Eye of Jupiter"
Podcast: Dispatch #024: Week of 09 Oct 2006
Original at entil2001.libsyn.com
• Mon, Oct 16
2 Battlestar: Galactica reviews 2 Lost reviews 2 Supernatural reviews 2 Smallville reviews 2 Heroes reviews 1 Ghost Hunter review Best of the Week (25:47): Battlestar: Galactica 3.1: "The Occupation" Battlestar: Galactica 3.2: "Precipice"