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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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from the couch: FlashForward
Original at peterberkleylikes (WordPress)
• Wed, Nov 18
By peter berkley Former castmembers from Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica and Lost. Dominic Monaghan playing a quantum physicist. Global gamechangers. Surreal mysteries. Somebody knew how to make exactly the kind of show I want to watch. And they’ve done it well. (click through for more)
Battlestar Galactica : The Plan - two word review - IT SUCKS
Original at Show Me SciFi
• Wed, Nov 18
By showmescifi Battlestar Galactica deserves better than this kind of treatment. I don’t know if Ron Moore was smoking crack when he put this together or what was going on, but it’s totally wrong. Yeaah we were waiting for Battlestar Galactica The Plan for months. And yeaah we watched within a fe
Opinion: Jane Espenson Explains Caprica's Change Of Showrunner
Original at io9
• Mon, Nov 16
By Charlie Jane Anders According to the Hollywood Reporter, Murphy has taken over as showrunner, but Espenson is staying on as an executive producer, alongside Ronald D. Moore and David Eick. THR notes that Murphy was originally hired back in October as a co-executive producer, to work on scripts in the second h...
Sackhoff and Helfer Takeover CBS Comedies
Original at Tricia Helfer
• Thu, Nov 12
By tara Chicago Tribune: Features Blogs www.chicagotribune.com Katee Sackhoff and Tricia Helfer stage ‘Battlestar’ takeover of CBS comedies by: Maureen Ryan Near the end of this post, you’ll find a photo of Katee Sackhoff in the Nov. 23 episode of “The Big Bang Theory.” If you hadn’t heard about he...
Opinion: Exclusive first look: 'Battlestar' prequel 'Caprica' retools, reduces and readies itself for January debut
Original at The Watcher
• Thu, Nov 12
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...
V Is Bad In Oh So Many Ways
Original at danielstrauss (WordPress)
• Sat, Nov 7
By Daniel Unlike BSG, there is reason to believe that what undertone the show does have is meant to be extremely conservative. Via NewMajority FrumForum, Asylum.com has a few observations: 3. The whole thing could have been lifted from the minds of Glenn Beck and Lou Dobbs.
Battlestar Galactica Season 4 Episodes - Watch Battlestar ...
Original at TV Guide
• Mon, Nov 2
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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...
'Big Bang Theory': Wolowitz soaps up Starbuck
Original at From Inside the Box
• Fri, Oct 30
By Andrea Reiher Katee Sackhoff is best-known for playing maverick fighter pilot Starbuck on "Battlestar Galactica" but will be flexing her comedic muscles on CBS' sitcom "The Big Bang Theory" for November sweeps. Katee Sackhoff makes a 'Big Bang' Starbuck teams up with Jack Bauer on '24'
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 »
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.
“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...
Lost’s Elizabeth Mitchell Fights Aliens in V Reboot
Original at Wired
• Tue, Aug 11
By Hugh Hart With sci-fi reboots all the rage, ABC is updating the 1984 miniseries V about an alien invasion of Earth. In the show, which debuts Nov. 3, Lost star Elizabeth Mitchell will play an FBI agent trying to figure out what weird mysteries lie beneath the skin of the “Visitors,” aliens that have thr...
Podcast: Slice of SciFi #225: Conclusion of Our Interview With Michael Hogan from “Battlestar Galactica.”
Original at Slice of SciFi
• Sat, Aug 8
By Summer Brooks Interview: This week, we continue our conversation with Michael Hogan, better known as Saul Tigh on “Battlestar Galactica.” Hogan offers a few hints about the upcoming movie, “The Plan” and his time working on the monumental series.
Podcast: Slice of SciFi #224: A Conversation With Michael Hogan from “Battlestar Galatica”
Original at Slice of SciFi
• Sat, Aug 1
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...
CD Review: Caprica - Music Composed by Bear McCreary
Original at Draven99's Musings
• Mon, Jul 6
• 2 related articles
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...
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Podcast: Slice of SciFi #220: Interview with Ryan Cafeo of “Luke 11:17″
Original at Slice of SciFi
• Sat, Jul 4
By Michael Hickerson TV Talk: When actor John Barrowman heard the third season of “Torchwood” was shortened to five episodes, he wasn’t happy about it. But creator Russell T. Davies defends the decision and talks about why the run could be a good thing for the show.
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,...
Review: Caprica Is a Very Different but Worthy Prequel
Original at Wired News
• Mon, Apr 27
Battlestar Galactica this isn't. The pilot episode of Caprica is more grounded, both literally and figuratively.
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...
5 Things I Won't Miss About BSG
Original at io9
• Wed, Mar 25
By Graeme McMillan Battlestar Galactica Okay, this is slightly unfair; I thought BSG was a wonderful show, despite all of the above, one that engaged my heart and my mind and poked and prodded in all the right ways, questioning and exciting and entertaining (if you can use that word for such a constantly depr...
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".
Podcast: Slice of SciFi #200: Interview With Katie Sackoff of “Battlestar Galactica”
Original at Slice of SciFi
• Sat, Feb 14
By Michael Hickerson Interview: This week, it’s a repeat of an earlier interview with “Battlestar Galactica” actress Katie Sackoff. Katie talks about her creating the character of Kara “Staruck” Thrace on the hit series and overcoming certain obstacles when she first got the role.
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.
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.
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: Self-pimpage is good for the soul (or so they tell me).
Original at Zinke's Zpace
• Wed, Oct 15
By zinke Old Habits (Battlestar Galactica; Bill Adama; Adama/Roslin; G) My first BSG fic! These are two characters who fascinate me both individually and as a pairing. I am sure most of you are tired of hearing me say this, but when it comes to ...
Battlestar Galactica -- Fighter Fics!
Original at rose
• Sun, Oct 5
By known cylon sympathizer A while ago I asked for Resistance fic recs for both (old) Caprica and New Caprica. You guys linked me to LOTS of stuff--things I haven't read yet, stories I breezed through almost two years ago when I first discovered fanfiction (but ...
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"