Battlestar Galactica

Thanks a Lot: Pop Culture’s Finest Moments of 2009

source: Wired

Battlestar Galactica finally touched down in March with a series finale that left fans alternately outraged and awed. In true Galactica tradition, this WTF closer raised as many questions as it answered while thoughtfully exploring the nexus between man and machine. Then, the pilot for...

Published Wed, Nov 25

Happy Thanksgiving! Here's Our Traditional Turkey Dish.

source: bluemoviereviews (WordPress)

Still, where there’s Star Trek there has to be its dumber, more exciting cousin Star Wars, right? 1982’s Dunyayi Kurturan Adam (“The Man Who Saves The World”) used bootlegged footage from Star Wars Episode IV as well as stock footage of American and Soviet test rocket flights to tell it...

Published Tue, Nov 24

from the couch: FlashForward

source: peterberkleylikes (WordPress)

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)

Published Wed, Nov 18

Creditors try to repossess Galactica

source: Battlestar Galactica Fan Community

We're not sure whether the crew of the Battlestar Galactica got a bit behind, or if it was a computer error, but whatever the reason, the Caprica Collection Agency starts badgering for those back payments in this fan video. Good thing Commander Adama and President Roslin know just how to ha...

Published Fri, Nov 13

The Prisoner: An All-Star Appreciation

source: Wired

Ergodic storytelling’s narrative and visual hypertexting, which has revolutionized new media, is what helped The Prisoner stand out from the sci-fi of its time, which included Star Trek. It commanded a devotion to study the show not as passive entertainment, but as nontrivial program...

Published Thu, Nov 12

Katee Sackhoff Discovers The Big Bang Theory

source: Cinema Blend

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?

Published Mon, Nov 2

Battlestar Galactica: The Plan

source: Asta's Journal

And the final of the good? THE ARMS OF APOLLO! It was nice to see you again, boys. :) As for the not so good aspects of The Plan... The continuity people dropped the ball. When Adama was giving his big speech to rally the troops, Lee was no where near Galactica.

Published Sat, Oct 24

Galactica 1980 #2 – Review

source: weeklycomicbookreview.com

Conclusion: The original Battlestar Galactica and Galactica 1980 had some really great core ideas. Battlestar Galactica chucked everything and got a reboot on TV. Galactica 1980 is keeping its history and rebooting at the point of first contact. So far it’s a great ride.

Published Sun, Oct 18