Battlestar Galactica

Sci-Fi TV - Fall 2009

source: alving4 (WordPress)

While the fall tv season started strong, it was not really because of new science fiction shows. Several of the new series that fit that bill delayed their starts until October and November, so as an addendum to my Fall TV reviews, I want to talk about them here. Sadly I don’t have much good to sa...

Published Sat, Nov 14

Review: The Prisoner Reboot Takes Sci-Fi Out of Spy-Fi

source: Wired

The new Number Six, played by Jim Caviezel, is marooned in a dystopian Village in the 2009 remake of The Prisoner.All images courtesy AMC Things heat up in Episode 5, “Schizoid,” which — like its inspiration “The Schizoid Man” (viewable above), one of the weirdest episodes television has...

Published Fri, Nov 13

Take Aim At The Common Enemy Of Humanity

source: io9

We're lucky enough to feature Quantum Mechanix's authentic replica of the Cylon targets used on Battlestar Galactica before any other site — even Quantum Mechanix's own site. They're model-makers who brought you the amazing animated-style BSG figures, the Cylon raider filming minat...

Published Fri, Nov 13

Sackhoff and Helfer Takeover CBS Comedies

source: Tricia Helfer

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...

Published Thu, Nov 12

The Cold War in Science Fiction

source: io9

The Cold War affected science fiction during some of its most important and formative years. SF books published during the Cold War reflected that period's politics as well as its rapidly-advancing technologies. Here is a short history of the relationship between the Cold War and scienc...

Published Wed, Nov 11

Stargate Universe - Earth

source: flamingscript (WordPress)

Rush couldn’t hold his angry face for the whole episode and even though essentially nothing happened, we finally have our first major dynamic; the Destiny and the relatively helpless Stargate team on Earth. Yes, anyone with two brain cells knocking about knew this was how it was going to g...

Published Tue, Nov 10

Tune-in alert: Watch 'Sons of Anarchy' take its place as one of TV's best dramas

source: The Watcher

So check out previous Season 2 episodes on Hulu. To get caught up even more quickly, watch "three minute replays" of the last few episodes here. Read critic Alan Sepinwall's rave about the show (and he also supplies a concise recap of the Season 2 story so far). Or just watch Tuesday's episode (...

Published Tue, Nov 10

Katee Sackhoff on Olmos Directing The Plan

source: GALACTICA SITREP

Also, Mojo reviews the recent Stu Philips birthday tribute concert, that Bear contributed to. And check out Mojo revealing how to find the secret special BSG easter egg on the The Plan DVD and Blu-ray. Without revealing what the easter egg is, lets just say that if you watched the original BS...

Published Mon, Nov 9