Battlestar Galactica

[ZariusTwo]

It's now premiered in the United States, and is about to end in the U.K next week with a two-part season finale.

What did you think of the first two episodes?

[Raph's Girl]

http://www.trektoday.com/news/100705_01.shtml

Michelle Forbes, who played a Bajoran rebel turned Starfleet officer turned Maquis on Star Trek: The Next Generation, has been cast as Admiral Cain on the remake of Battlestar Galactica. Legendary actor Lloyd Bridges played Commander Cain of the Battlestar Pegasus on the original series

GateWorld reported on the casting from a report at Subject2Discussion, which had sparked rumours earlier that Star Trek: Voyager's Captain Janeway, Kate Mulgrew, might play the gender-switched Cain on the Ron Moore-produced remake.

Forbes, who played Ro Laren, takes on the role of survivor Cain, who makes a shocking reappearance and assumes command of the fleet. The Great Link states that the Galactica crew is shocked to learn that the Battlestar Pegasus also survived the attack on the Colonies.

Raph's Girl note: So yet another character who gets a sex change. :roll:

[ZariusTwo]

I'm not as anal as most Starbuck fans were over the gender change for "Kara Thrace", but Lloyd Bridges' character? You don't want to see the Galactica forums right now... :lol:

The greatest aspect of this series is that it can get away with ripping into the characters because it's just amazing, gripping, and dramatic.

"The Living Legend" was one of the finest episodes of the original series, and it sure as hell will be fascinating to see it adapted here, Moore has already adapted one original series episode' premise and title, "The Hand of God", so it's not above him

[Rikirk]

Ok...I hope no one minds, but silly question time.

So..how are the fans of the series out there taking it? Do you like what your seeing so far? I'll have to admit...I lost my cable service after the end of season 1, I resumed watching with the eppisode of the return of the Pegasus and Admiral Cain. And I may be a little bit slow here...who is this new terrorist cell wanting to surrender to the cylons? And what happened to Tom Zarek? Anyone care to help me patch the gaps in my memory?

man...its amazing to see what this show has become. not many around me gave this show much of a chance ...but I really like what im seeing from the show. Intelligent writing, great characters. All I can say is give me more.

[Turtledude2k3]

I live in canada and space just showed the first episode of season 2 and it will show the next episode tomorrow night which is today from where I live.

I can't wait..

[ThirdMarioBro]

Battlestar Galactica fu*king rules. It just does. I love it.

[Turtledude2k3]

It sure does rules.

I sure can't wait for the people on battlestar to battle the cyclons on their hometurf.

[ZariusTwo]

Some known facts from the original series that may prove relavant to the new series

1. The Cylons were once biological, but were killed by the robotic counterparts. There is an upcoming storyline centering on a Cylon Cival War in the third season.

2. The Imperious Leader was a simulation of the biological Cylon apperance

3. There are Twelve Cylon Models, Kobol has twelve lords


So anyone think the legendary lords of Kobol who are guiding the Cylons in their present attempts to merge their race with humanity? Ron Moore says he does'nt want to apporach the concepts behind the Ship of Lights, so that's an implausibility

[damnhooligan]

So anyone think the legendary lords of Kobol who are guiding the Cylons in their present attempts to merge their race with humanity? Ron Moore says he does'nt want to apporach the concepts behind the Ship of Lights, so that's an implausibility

I'm only halfway through the second season (Godbless Netflix!) so perhaps I could be a bit off in thinking that rather than it being all the Lords of Kobol, it could be one in particular who's guiding the Cylons. Perhaps one who's fallen out of favors with the other Gods. It kinda sticks with the monothestic/polythestic dynamic they've got going on.

[ZariusTwo]

I'm only halfway through the second season (Godbless Netflix!) so perhaps I could be a bit off in thinking that rather than it being all the Lords of Kobol, it could be one in particular who's guiding the Cylons. Perhaps one who's fallen out of favors with the other Gods. It kinda sticks with the monothestic/polythestic dynamic they've got going on.

Prompting the debut of Count Iblis in this version I hope

[Raph's Girl]

The SCI FI Channel has stunned fans today with the announcement of Caprica, a spin-off series from its top-rated Battlestar Galatica. SCI FI calls the potential new show "television's first science fiction family saga," centering on the history of the Adama family and the birth of the Cylons.

Set more than 50 years before the events of Battlestar Galactica, Caprica takes place on the capital world of the Twelve Colonies. There humankind thrives, living in a peaceful society with the benefits of high technology. But the development of an advanced, robotic, artificial life form is about to change everything.

The show is in development by Galactica executive producers Ronald D. Moore and David Eick, 24 writer Remi Aubuchon, and NBC Universal Television Studio.

Here is the network's own description of the series:

The people of the Twelve Colonies are at peace and living in a society not unlike our own, but where high-technology has changed the lives of virtually everyone for the better. But a startling breakthrough in robotics is about to occur, one that will bring to life the age-old dream of marrying artificial intelligence with a mechanical body to create the first living robot -- a Cylon. Following the lives of two families, the Graystones and the Adamas (the family of William Adama, who will one day become the commander of the Battlestar Galactica) Caprica weaves corporate intrigue, techno-action and sexual politics into television's first science fiction family saga.

The announcement comes as part of SCI FI's development slate of original scripted series, mini-series, reality shows, and new late-night programming, with no word on when Caprica might go into production or premiere on the cable channel. The development slate is a long-look ahead at what the network has planned and likely not a formal pick-up of the show -- and some series, for one reason or another, never see the light of day.

If the show receives an order to go into production, certainly don't expect to see it air this year.

http://www.gateworld.net/news/2006/04/scifiannouncesigalacticais.shtml

Raph's Girl note: Umm... do we really need a prequel???

[damnhooligan]

I like the idea of a prequel, but.. 50 years? There goes my hopes of more non-bald Tigh and 70s-mustachioed Adama. I suppose they want to give themselves a fair amount of play with their timeline, so they don't end up stepping on the toes of BSG if the spinoff survives more than a couple seasons.

Considering all the exposition we really had about the Twelve Colonies was mostly said and done by the first half of the miniseries, I think there's a good lot to expand on and elaborate.

[ZariusTwo]

Eeer....and what about the Caprica resistance forces still opposing The Cylons in the present? Should'nt they equally earn a spin-off?

[Raph's Girl]

Eeer....and what about the Caprica resistance forces still opposing The Cylons in the present? Should'nt they equally earn a spin-off?

The Cylons left Caprica and gave Starbuck time to save the entire resistance force.

Spoilers for the season 2 finale:

The people lived on a new planet, New Caprica, for a year with the moronic Baltar as their president. :roll:

The Cylons found them (the planet was in a space cloude) following a radiation trail (one of the 6's destroyed Cloud 9 with an atomic bomb).

The season ended with Baltar surrendering and New Caprica being taken over by the Cylons. (The fleet ran off as soon as their sensors picked up the Cylon fleet).

[Raph's Girl]

SCIFI.COM's SCI FI Pulse video feature will debut Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance, a 10-episode Web series filling the gap between seasons two and three and telling the story of the birth of the human resistance movement and its determined fight against the Cylon occupation.

No word on when this starts but at least this is something to watch while waiting for season 3 to start in October. Sci-fi pulse has many cool things...including deleted scenes from eps of Ghost Hunters and interviews.
http://www.scifi.com/pulse/

[damnhooligan]

Thank the Lords of Kobol. I was hoping that's what they'd make the web episodes about.

It almost makes up for the 2.0/2.5 season break. Almost.

[Anarky]

Okay, I have now watched two seasons of Galactica in less than ten days. I am very, very upset about having to wait until October for new episodes.

But all in all, the seriees is full of surprises which all happen at times you'd never expect them to happen. Very good writing. Also, they manage to make the evil characters look nice and the good ones like vilains. I mean, who forgot about Sharon and the admiral?

So what does everyone expect from season three?

Frakking Baltar...

[ThirdMarioBro]

I don't know what to expect from season 3, and I've learned not to make assumptions about this series, because the writers are always so unpredictable. Either way, I do know one thing that I learned from Tricia Helfer (number six) & Aaron Douglas (Galen Tyrol "Chief") ath a Sci-Fi con. Somebody is gonna' die.

Battlestar kicks so much ass it's not even funny.

[Anarky]

There's a lot of peopledying every episode. But I hope it won't be Cally or the Chief. I like the two of them. Also, Starbuck probably won't die, but maybe her husband will. That'd make some great drama...

But yes, the writing is excellent. Predictability is zero, and that's probably why I like this show so much.

[ZariusTwo]

There's a lot of peopledying every episode. But I hope it won't be Cally or the Chief. I like the two of them. Also, Starbuck probably won't die, but maybe her husband will. That'd make some great drama..

It really would'nt, given his death is flat out predicatble and he really has only appeared in a few episodes during the season. The real drama will come from one of the long term characters who may die according to rumours, and from Adama wondering whenever or not to jump back to New Caprica with Apollo.

[Anarky]

You know, the husband doesn't need to die in the very first episode. He could be around for most of the season and then be killed off in one of the later episodes. That's enough time for the people to bond with him. All we know is that "someone dies" and that doesn't say when and where this person will die.

[Raph's Girl]

The official Sci-fi Channel is now airing webisodes of BSG leading up to the season 3 premier in october...

The webisodes are about 5 min each with 2 airing each week on Tuesday and Thursday.

Go here to see the first one:
http://www.scifi.com

[Anarky]

So the third season's begun. And first I thought that the major change from a spaceship to a planet will doom the show, just like Andromeda died in season 5. But now I've seen one episode and it's so good. It had me on pins and needles again. I was so excited.

Frakking Baltar!

[ZariusTwo]

So the third season's begun. And first I thought that the major change from a spaceship to a planet will doom the show

There not going to be there for long, it's just the Kobal arc only shorter.

[Anarky]

You know, I wouldn't even mind if they stayed on New Caprica for a season or so, if the writing keeps up being that excellent. I mean, with Andromeda, the writing drastically changed to the worse in season five. But here... jeez, the writing's more excellent than ever. Really.

Frakking Cylons! Frakking Baltar!

[Mr._Mutant_Man]

The New Caprica arc was fantastic.

Collaborators was some episode. Felt pretty bad for Jammer, he tried to redeem himself. Glad Gaeta was able to save himself at the last minute.

[Anarky]

Haah, after yesterday's episode I so know who's going to die. But then again, it probably won't be him because that's how this show is.

And they finally brought up the Baltar/Cylon issue. That would explain why he's such a bastard.

And yes, the New Caprica Arc was fantastic indeed, I also liked how it's got a lot of themes we get to hear about on the news only with the roles reversed. That makes the show even more awesome, if you ask me.

[damnhooligan]

C'mon, we need more BSG talk.

http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/9282/emotarghic5.gif HELO! http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/9282/emotarghic5.gif You just know he's gonna end up on the wrong side of Adama's flashlight sooner or later if he keeps this up. Or perhaps he'll be Roslined* presidentially. I kept hoping a slobberingly drunk Tighclops would stumble out of his quarters, beat Helo to a bloody toaster-lovin' stump of a man and be rewarded with the XO position for his heroism. Either way, we need more Tigh. He's my new favorite character.


EDIT: Also, teehee. Crazy Baltar cylon sex scene. Long live Battlestar Sideboobica.

* Roslined: shot out of an airlock.

[Raph's Girl]

"Battlestar Galactica" is hitching its hopes to Sunday nights.

The critically acclaimed Sci Fi Channel drama will move from Friday nights to Sundays at 10 beginning Jan. 21.

Move will mark the first time Sci Fi has tried an original series on the night -- and the first time since its premiere in 2003 that "Battlestar" will have a new home.

Cabler usually runs a mix of original movies and acquisitions on Sunday.

Third cycle of "Battlestar" is off slightly from last season. Since its premiere Oct. 6, series has averaged 2.1 million overall viewers (down from 2.3 million) and 1.4 million in adults 18-49.

Sci Fi exec VP of programming Mark Stern said there are two reasons for moving the series.

"Broadcast and cable networks realized Friday was not such a bad timeslot, so it's not the easy lay-up it once was," he said.

In addition, he added, Sundays have bigger HUT levels and will be less competitive come January when football leaves the sked.

Frosh one-hour "Eureka" showed that "we can launch a show successfully on a new night beyond Friday," Stern said. "Sunday is the home for premiere programming and for us, that's 'Battlestar.' "

Sci Fi Channel also will debut its detective drama "The Dresden Files" Jan. 21 at 9, where it will lead into "Battlestar." Stern said the cabler is hoping that "Dresden" will bring in a new and broader audience to the latter.

"Battlestar" will have at least two major competitors when it makes the move: CBS' "Without a Trace" and ABC's "Brothers & Sisters."

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117954313.html?categoryid=1238&cs=1

Raph's Girl note: Well now I have something to watch Sunday nights at 10 since I don't like "Brothers and Sisters" :P

[Mr._Mutant_Man]

What the heck is Brothers and Sisters?

Now I really wish my school carried Sci-Fi channel, because now I won't be able to catch it when I come home on the weekends.

Still, best show on TV.

[Raph's Girl]

"Brothers and Sisters" is a show about this family. The dad just died and his company is now on the brink of bankruptsy. The mom (Sally Field) tries to keep the family together and just recently found out her late husband had a mistriss.

The series also stars Callista Flockhart. Her character had a radio show but was bumped up to tv. She's a Democrat but the mom is a republican. Needless to say mom and daughter don't get along one bit. One of the brothers is a gay lawyer...another is an Afghanastan war vet who's hooked on drugs (so he can forget).

Here's all the info on it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brothers_%26_Sisters

I tried to get into the show but I generally find something else to watch instead. Now I have BSG as an excuse. *L*

[Anarky]

Blah, so it changes timeslots? So what? Sure, I enjoyed watching it on Saturdays but I can live with monday. But they should better clean up Tuesday, because on Wednesday I have about seven hours of television to watch, which is kind of annoying, considering that there's almost nothing on during the rest of the week.

[damnhooligan]

Aww, man. I was really getting used to awesome pizza/beer/BSG Friday nights. Awesome way to wind down the week.

[Anarky]

Oh, this is bad. Apparently, SciFi has not yet picked up Galactica for another season. This means bad things. Only, they're also planning on making a BSG movie. More details (http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=9397).

I wonder how SciFi can even contemplate not picking up this series. Sure, it's not the original anymore, but it is good, very good. So then, here's hoping for more Galactica awesomeness, even if it's just one more series to wrap things up. I mean, we know it can't go on forever, which is a damn shame too, but at least give us an ending, please.

[LogicDonny]

Oh, this is bad. Apparently, SciFi has not yet picked up Galactica for another season. This means bad things. Only, they're also planning on making a BSG movie. More details (http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=9397).

I wonder how SciFi can even contemplate not picking up this series. Sure, it's not the original anymore, but it is good, very good. So then, here's hoping for more Galactica awesomeness, even if it's just one more series to wrap things up. I mean, we know it can't go on forever, which is a damn shame too, but at least give us an ending, please.

ya it would be disapointing. Battlestar is such an excellent sci-fi series.. Space tv station which is canada version of sci-fi is showing battlestar galactica on sundays as well adn it used to be saturdays. it makes me mad when such a great time slot is changed to a day like sunday. I got fox tv night on sunday to watch.

[ZariusTwo]

Something tells me that "stand alone movie" currently in development may very well have to become a conclusive film if they cancel it.

[LogicDonny]

Something tells me that "stand alone movie" currently in development may very well have to become a conclusive film if they cancel it.


? this is a first i heard.. u must have mistaken stargate for this show..

[ZariusTwo]

? this is a first i heard.. u must have mistaken stargate for this show..

Hell no. There developing a direct-to-DVD Galactica movie right now for real.

[LogicDonny]

Hell no. There developing a direct-to-DVD Galactica movie right now for real.



wwoooooooooooooooooooow!:D I can't wait.. you have any information on it?

[LogicDonny]

Well tonight, begins once again, a brand new episode of Battlestar Galactica..

[Spitfire]

My Dad likes this show alot but he says their ruining it though with stupid drama love stories and they advertise it by playing Nickel Back in the previews.

I've honestly only seen a few episodes that I watched with him. I had no clue wtf was happening cause I didn't watch the rest of the series. But it was filmed in a very amatureish style. Almost like the used used a camcorder. I could tell they did it that way on purpose for something different, I didn't mind. It was okay not really my thing, but it seems like it had some dark storylines so all the power to it if they can keep it on TV. Anything dark is usually canned before it reaches 4 seasons.

[LogicDonny]

Wow Battlestar has returned with a bang! Baltar has been captured back to battlestar, D'arga or whatever her name is has been deactivated for goign against the cyclons by finding the final 5

the supernova part was really impressive and when BSG came from the jump it was like smoking almost from beign destroyed.

[ZariusTwo]

Holy s*it.

They adapt plot elements from the original series (Snatching Baltar) and move forward with their own once more.

[Anarky]

Finally some action and it was great to see BSG back. It just wasn't the same without it. And I never thought I'd miss the mainly-drums-soundtrack.

Anyways, I was very impressed with the story and then I got pissed off to no end and back. Who are the Final Five? Is Baltar a Cylon? My money's on "Yes" or "He's a human/cylon mutt". And now Kara has a mystical destiny as well. Nice to see her get away from the die hard fighterpilot and give her some real substance apart from amazing adventures in flight and kids she forgets two seconds after they're revealed to not be her kids.

[LogicDonny]

Finally some action and it was great to see BSG back. It just wasn't the same without it. And I never thought I'd miss the mainly-drums-soundtrack.

Anyways, I was very impressed with the story and then I got pissed off to no end and back. Who are the Final Five? Is Baltar a Cylon? My money's on "Yes" or "He's a human/cylon mutt". And now Kara has a mystical destiny as well. Nice to see her get away from the die hard fighterpilot and give her some real substance apart from amazing adventures in flight and kids she forgets two seconds after they're revealed to not be her kids.


yep indeed.

let's hope the series contuiens to be on a roll like it did all of this season.

[Mr._Mutant_Man]

The A-Team was'nt bad at all, it was INTENTIONALLY tounge-in-cheek, with only a few subversive, darker episodes, but this remake will no doubt depict the team as "Iraq war desserters" or worse, start some psudo-religious monolouge in the manner of Galactica and bore the audiences to death whilst still being good

I think the religious aspects of BSG have been just as interesting as any other part of the series. The Kobol arc helped the series from becoming too dark, by showing that they do have a map to Earth and their efforts aren't in vain.

[ZariusTwo]

Oh yeah

The map they never brought up again, and even settled for five eps on a new planet...and by their chornology several years

I loved that part.

The show was'nt made "less dark" it's kept it's "mood", or lack there of one, at the standard pace since

[Mr._Mutant_Man]

Oh yeah

The map they never brought up again, and even settled for five eps on a new planet...and by their chornology several years

I loved that part.

The show was'nt made "less dark" it's kept it's "mood", or lack there of one, at the standard pace since

Lack of mood? You do realize the one where Richard Hatch is Apollo is the old show, right?

Plus the New Caprica thing totally makes sense. If they are on the run, and feel that they will be safe from Cylons there, why not settle down? Sure they have more reason to believe in Earth's existence, but when you've been on the move for almost a year at that point I'm sure a habitable planet would have been tempting. Plus the New Caprica story helped them break the monotony of always being in space for a few episodes. Same with the Kobol story.

If you want a show for which to complain about pacing, watch Lost. Or pick up last year's Invasion. There were episodes of Invasion where absolutely nothing happened. BSG at least has character development in their slower episodes. BSG has some of the most fleshed out characters. Tigh may be a hardass but there are still times where you can sympathize with him.

[Raph's Girl]

Well... Good news is BSG has been renewed for a 4th season (13 whole eps...whoop de freaking do :roll: ).

Bad news....Season 4 doesn't premier untill.. JANUARY 2008

That's right... u read that right... we have to wait a bloody fraking year for the new season. :x :dead:

http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/0702/13/index.htm

[LogicDonny]

Yep that's what I heard too. the season will end next month but it's only 10 months to wait..

just like 24 was.. a year to wait.

[LogicDonny]

Well fellow battlestar members..

Kara is dead

It can't be!!! Nooooooo! :cry:

[ZariusTwo]

No, she is'nt. More like ascended to either a god-like status, or transferred to a Ressurection Ship to be revealed later as one of the final five.

Lack of mood? You do realize the one where Richard Hatch is Apollo is the old show, right?

You mean the fun one?

Get off the Emosexual high horse, people can complain and enjoy shows too you know.

[LogicDonny]

Lol.

That could be true but I haven't really seen any clues to wheither she is one of the final five. Baltar might be.

Adama?

WHo knows still... Although her ship blew up, she probably could have escaped in a second before it blew up.

[Raph's Girl]

Yea... Kara's kapoot but she had to so she could become an Ancient/Ascended Being (called Seraphs in the BSG Universe). This is apperantly what happened to Starbuck in BSG 1980 and explains the "Everything that happened once, will happen again"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of_Lights
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seraphs_%28Battlestar_Galactica%29

And I'd like to point out that boy her mother was a biatch. Oi....

[LogicDonny]

Yes her mother was rude.

Anyhow, wow this ship of light and the alien race.. Interesting stuff. WIth the re-imaging of the series, I hope they add this in..

Still battlestar is renewed for another saeson so perhaps.

[ZariusTwo]

Yeah, Moore stated in an interview they were'nt "going near the ship of lights", but then, interviews can reveal as well as conceal plot points, and in this case, it's pretty big.

Good to see that the unaired, unproduced "The Wheel Of Fire" gets an interpretation at last.

[LogicDonny]

Well let's wait till the season finale.. It's a 2 parter so who knows what will happen. It's called Crossroads.

[ZariusTwo]

Thanks for the ground breaking OLD NEWS

[LogicDonny]

I hope Kara isn't a cylon. i hear people says she is but who knows.

Let's find out shall we..

Let's wait!

[Mr._Mutant_Man]

No, she is'nt. More like ascended to either a god-like status, or transferred to a Ressurection Ship to be revealed later as one of the final five.



You mean the fun one?

Get off the Emosexual high horse, people can complain and enjoy shows too you know.

Emosexual? That's a new one on me.:)

Yeah, I see your point. I like Lost, but it started to bore me to tears until two weeks ago. The last two episodes have been back to the quality of the first season IMO.

That last episode was pretty sad, from her mother treating her like crap to Starbuck kinda offing herself. I guess a tragic end for her is kind of fitting, but it seems anti-climactic that her destiny regarding the symbol is that it led to her going nuts and killing herself.

Also, I know people get bummed out whenever they see the dog closing its eyes in the Jurassic Bark episode of Futurama, but Adama at the end of Maelstrom kind of replaced that image for me. When the old man cries, you know it's a bummer.

[LogicDonny]

in shows like this, you grow with the characters loving them and all that and this happens shocking you. The dog example of futrama was a good example. i felt sad inside of the dog. The music playing as well fits the mood well.

[LogicDonny]

So last night Battlestar Galactia started with Part 1 of Crossroads.. This episode did not have a intro scene. It started right at the show after the previous on... and the credits of the actors appeared.. So this episode was really well done. I can not wait next week for the season's finale

President has cancer once again.. She taking the drug again and Lee Adama has quit the military and wore a suit near the end of the episode. Then there this weird eerie music playing at the 2nd hafl of the show and Tigh was all crazily mad over that music wanting it to stop. The final scene happen him saying " It's in the ship" My question is wtf is that music lol.. Also the cylons has returned also.

Pretty much an excellent episode overall.

[Raph's Girl]

President has cancer once again.. She taking the drug again and Lee Adama has quit the military and wore a suit near the end of the episode. Then there this weird eerie music playing at the 2nd hafl of the show and Tigh was all crazily mad over that music wanting it to stop. The final scene happen him saying " It's in the ship" My question is wtf is that music lol.. Also the cylons has returned also.

Pretty much an excellent episode overall.

The song playing is All Along The Watchtower by Bob Dylan. Kara returns next week to reveal something major.

[Anarky]

Wait, Bob Dylan means that they're almost there. A couple of lightdecades away, but almost there. Right?

[ThirdMarioBro]

Well, I decided to watch Battlestar on delay by downloading the episodes, and watching the DVD's because (1) I don't have an HD reciever and TV looks like ass on my HDTV, and (2) It conflicts with Dancing With the Stars. So...yeah. Too bad.

[ZariusTwo]

...Why are you watching that reality junk?

Christ...:ohwell:

[LogicDonny]

Are you talking baout battlestar?

If you guys are right, the next episode shall lead us to something awesome or something dangerous. I can't say anything because there is no words to say.. this is going to be one blast of a season's finale.

I tell you Battlestar Galactica is one of my favorite sci-fi shows right now.. It makes me happy how incredible the writers have done making a world so bleak and manage to create such a wonderful story of humans trying to find home and survive against machines.

[ThirdMarioBro]

...Why are you watching that reality junk?

Christ...:ohwell:

Why do you like that Dragon Ball junk? People like stuff.

[LogicDonny]

Why do you like that Dragon Ball junk? People like stuff.

dragon ball is so 1990. lol.

[Anarky]

Dragon Ball doesn't seem to be an issue here, does it? So we're just going to drop flaming Zarius for his comment about our favourite show and go along discussing that they're probably a FTL-jump or two away. Oh, and before anyone mistakes this for a friendly suggestion... well, it isn't. So drop it. Now.

And that the Cylons are back. I've been waiting for those frakkers to come back and you know what's bad? I think the Galactica is not able to take them on anymore, even with the most cunning plan ever. The ship's so banged up, it's a miracle she's still flying.

[LogicDonny]

hey where the heck did my reply go?

Someone stole my reply! I swear I wrote something here after Anarky yesterday.

[ZariusTwo]

It was deleted because you were ignoring Anark's request to drop the flaming and instigating.

[LogicDonny]

Ok i see. Lol I just thought maybe I was dreaming posting it or something. Now I see.

Yea ok.

[Raph's Girl]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070322/tv_nm/battlestar_dc_1

Sci Fi Channel will air a two-hour episode of "Battlestar Galactica" in the fall, bridging the gap between the current third season and the fourth season slated to begin in January, the cable network said Wednesday.

The episode will feature the whole cast and will not necessarily be related to the story line, Sci Fi executive vp original programming Mark Stern said. It will be filmed in the next few months as the show returns to production and will then be marketed as a separate DVD.

Raph's Girl note: It's nice that they do this.....

[LogicDonny]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070322/tv_nm/battlestar_dc_1

Sci Fi Channel will air a two-hour episode of "Battlestar Galactica" in the fall, bridging the gap between the current third season and the fourth season slated to begin in January, the cable network said Wednesday.

The episode will feature the whole cast and will not necessarily be related to the story line, Sci Fi executive vp original programming Mark Stern said. It will be filmed in the next few months as the show returns to production and will then be marketed as a separate DVD.

Raph's Girl note: It's nice that they do this.....

:D Awesome. Thanks for the news.. Now we don't have to wait to see something new of Battlestar.

[LogicDonny]

OK. Well season 3 just ended a minute ago.. Just trying to shake off the excitement.

First off, this episode has been 1 hell of a good episode. Gaius Balter Not guilty

2nd the mysterious of the final 5 has been shown in the opera house dream but they are glowing in white.

3rd, the music was acutally some sort of Cylon thingy.. 4 people gathered in 1 room where they all realize they are cylons.. Col. Tigh, The Chief, The President's assitance and Kara's husband

the music playing watchtower I think was a great song and the end of the episode the cylons have returned with a twist when all the ships are out preparing to battle, Lee Adama find a weird Bogey on his radar, went to check it out, finds out it's Kara Three who is flying a viper she says it's her and she found earth

Finally the big big thing that really was like whoa

the camera scrolls further away and appears in full view the Milky Way Galaxy then the camera zooooms to Earth.. Yes the Earth..

Oh my!

I tell ya all the seasons of battlestar has always ended with a big bang and this takes the cake..


Now to wait till 2008

[Anarky]

I must have more Galactica. Now. It's not even funny anymore. I mean, I couldn't wait during the last two cliffhangers, but this one's just that much bigger.

And quite honestly, I don't think the four "Cylons" really are Cylons. The writers have been known to frak with us whenever possible. So it could be that they just gathered up there because the music was loudest and because Tigh was drunk once again blabbed about being a skinjob. Besides, Adama has known Tigh for decades now and I somehow don't believe that The Old Man wouldn't have noticed that Tigh doesn't age. And now don't tell me that you didn't notice that they're reborn in the exact same shape, minus the C.O.D. of course.

[Raph's Girl]

According to an interview in If Magazine Edward James Olmos said at the Saturn Awards that Season 4 will be the the last. Click on the link to read the interview.

http://ifmagazine.com/new.asp?article=4445

[MadPirateBunny]

It's only been around for 4 years? gah. I liked the movie but then had to listen to grumpings about how starbuck shouldn't be a fem. Bah.

Adama: "What do you hear, Lieutenant?"
Starbuck: "Nothing but the rain sir."
Adama: "Then grab the cat and come on in."

or something cool like that. hehe

I adore Starbuck like that. But it makes sense they're cutting it here. The SLs ran deep and intertwined and so complex too quickly and I got distracted. But now they're at their final destination so I'll watch the final movie.

[ZariusTwo]

Good. Cut it clean, season three went almost nowhere, and probably to pad out the show over a longer period. Since they know that's impossible now, they'll make this new season much tighter and give it a memorable ending.

[ThirdMarioBro]

All good things must end I suppose. It better go out with a bang.

[LogicDonny]

Thirdmariobros, it will be going out in a bang. No doubt the show has been excellent the entire time.. this is a good time to end it before it goes stale.

[Raph's Girl]

Aaaand EJO lied:

http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?id=41457

Contrary to recent comments by actor Edward James Olmos, the fourth season of “Battlestar Galactica” may not be its last, according to producer David Eick.

"For those of you who have been paying attention over the years, this is not the first time Eddie has made an announcement about the possibility of the show's end," Eick tells SciFi Wire. "I promise you that when [executiuve producer] Ron [Moore] and I make a decision about Galactica's future, we'll let you know."

So...when in doubt...never believe a word out of Edward James Olmos' mouth. :lol:

[ZariusTwo]

The cast are pretty immature anyway if you know how they act in the outtakes:)

[LogicDonny]

*slaps myself.. unbelieable.. thanks for the update.. still I hope the show goes out witha bang and not become stale.

[Raph's Girl]

Aaaand they changed their minds. Seems EJO was right after all. Season 4 is indeed the final season. Unless they change their minds again. :roll:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070601/tv_nm/battlestar_dc_1

[ZariusTwo]

They did'nt "change their minds", the initial denial was damage control, anyone with half a brain cell knew it was'nt going to a fifth season given how the story was developing.

[ZariusTwo]

Holy s*it, "Razor" sounds like it's going to tie up some loose ends from season two

not to mention feature some excellent flashbacks to the original Cylon War

It took them until the final season to pull out the original series Cylons for flashbacks, wow, even better, is that members of the current series cast will be facing some of them in the flashbacks

[Raph's Girl]

Season 4 news:

Looks like they're gonna be pulling Lucy Lawless out of storage for at least 2 eps! Yay! :D

http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/0707/28/index.htm

[Mr._Mutant_Man]

I wonder if anyone who writes for the show is a TMNT fan.:P

http://en.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/Laird

[Raph's Girl]

I wonder if anyone who writes for the show is a TMNT fan.:P

http://en.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/Laird

*rotflmao* Man...now where's the character named Kevin Eastman?!

Peter Laird and he's the Scotty of the show minus the Scottish accent? Weird. Wonder why I never realized him before?? *L*

[Mr._Mutant_Man]

*rotflmao* Man...now where's the character named Kevin Eastman?!

Peter Laird and he's the Scotty of the show minus the Scottish accent? Weird. Wonder why I never realized him before?? *L*

He may have been referred to by his first name maybe one time. I don't remember, but he was a pretty minor character.

He shows up again in Razor, and at the end credits it says his name is "Peter Laird".

[Raph's Girl]

From Comics Continuum:

http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/0802/08/index.htm

Sci Fi Channel on Friday announced that Battlestar Galatica will return for its fourth season on Friday, March 28 at 10 p.m. (ET/PT) with back-to-back half-hour specials. The first new episode will premiere the following week, Friday, April 4 at 10 p.m. (ET/PT).

The first special, Battlestar Galactica: Revisited, will serve up "essential" information on the series' past three seasons, providing the uninitiated with an introduction to the characters and relationships. Galactica's executive producers, Ronald D. Moore and David Eick serve as guides, providing insights and revelations about the series.

The second special, Battlestar Galactica: The Phenomenon, is a "celebrity-studded celebration" of the show's impact on pop culture. Interviewees include Seth Green, country music's Top Male Vocalist of 2007 Brad Paisley and Talk Soup's Joel McHale.

Here's how Sci Fi describes the new season:

"As Season 4 opens, the last remnants of humanity continue their search for a new home, the thin line that separates them from the rapidly evolving Cylons is being redrawn. Galactica's crew, rocked by Starbuck¹s sudden and mysterious return from the dead -- and her claims that she has been to Earth and can lead them there -- attempts to make sense of the inexplicable. Meanwhile, four members of the fleet are still reeling from the revelation that they are Cylons and have been all along."

So.. Brad Paisley's a Trekkie (he's pals with Shatner) AND a BSG fan??? Kewl! :D

[Mr._Mutant_Man]

Seth Green? :sick: Kind of wish he'd have gone away like Tom Green.

[Raph's Girl]

If you haven't seen it yet. Here's the trailer for the upcoming BSG eps.

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[The Shelf]

Ooh, thanks. I hadn't seen that yet. I'm not sure I learned anything from it, but it's cool to be reminded we only have a month and a half left to go before it re-continues. I can't wait!

[ZariusTwo]

FRAK EARTH:)

-Kara finds her own body in the decimated VIPER.

-Ellen is revealed to be the fifth

-Dualla commits suicide

-De'Anna stays behind

[Raph's Girl]

Last week I joked in a chatroom I go to that it would be funny if the final cylon ended up being us. Guess the writers thought so to. :P So if Cylons were around 2000 years ago and colonized Earth....WTF is going on?

That Cylon helmet was from the original series! Which fits with the "Everything that has happened, will happen again" thing. The final 5 (well 4 of them considering Helen was killed off) remember their last life.

"Yeah...see that human looking scorch mark there? That's me!"
"I wrote the song that's been stuck in our head!"

I suppose a piece of wood could survive laying on a beach for 2000 years...

[ZariusTwo]

ANGEL SIX: God's plan is never complete

BALTAR:Great


It didnt end with that exchange, but it darn well should have. Still, that ending montage was chilling.

--The collosal final battle with The Colony

-Athena killing Boomer right after her final redemption. The Cheif is proven right about The Eights, and he maintains his eagerness to detatch himself from all women forever thanks to Tori airlocking Callie. A pity he began the cycle all over again within seconds of it being brought to a halt

-Lampkin got to be President for a day

-The revelation of the Kobal Opera House as the Cylon- projected version of the CIC.

-Cavil's dickwad suicide

-Laura brought cancer to our world, way to go. Her death was heart-wrenching all the same

-Anders' rant on perfection and guiding the fleet into the sun

-Adama walking away from his mediocre job prospects in his flashback

-The Cylon Centurions depart in the Basestar to "find themselves" The bloody cycle's going to start all over again

-Kara is what she is. An angel, the harbinger of death. The fleet abandons their way of LIFE, and Laura herself dies. Kara has acheived what she set out to do, she has no need for Earthly wants, her lover is now a star, and she belongs to them. Poetic, beutiful and approrpriate.

[Andrew NDB]

It's coming back, and it's not a reboot.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/esmail-says-new-galactica-not-a-reboot/

Just read a Wiki on the show (the newer one, not the 70s one) and spoiled myself on the ending. Whoa. I really need to watch this show.

[joe-eyeball]

It's coming back, and it's not a reboot.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/esmail-says-new-galactica-not-a-reboot/

Just read a Wiki on the show (the newer one, not the 70s one) and spoiled myself on the ending. Whoa. I really need to watch this show.

You never watched that show? That’s surprising. That show is awesome right up until the end in my opinion.

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Loved the reboot show. Such a damn good show.

[Andrew NDB]

You never watched that show? That’s surprising.

It is a little bit, right? I have no idea why I never watched.

That show is awesome right up until the end in my opinion.

It's the ending that's piqued my interest, now that I know what happens.

Loved the reboot show. Such a damn good show.

You have no right to talk to me about damn good shows until you finish Punisher season 2.

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

You have no right to talk to me about damn good shows until you finish Punisher season 2.

:tlol: Man, you're not gonna let that go, are ya?

[Andrew NDB]

:tlol: Man, you're not gonna let that go, are ya?

https://i.ibb.co/NrYw2mw/maxresdefault.jpg

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

https://i.ibb.co/NrYw2mw/maxresdefault.jpg

I tell ya what.

After I finish rewatching Breaking Bad, Peaky Blinders, Deep Space 9, and (by that time) Picard, THEN...

Then I'll rewatch Punisher Season 1. I can do that. :trazz:

[Andrew NDB]

I watched the mini and about half of season 1. Pretty good! I'm sold. Starbuck piloting the Cylon starfighter in the guts cockpit was a little shark jumpy, but not too alarming.

[Andrew NDB]

Almost to the end of season 2. Starting to veer a little bit too far into politics and even religion for my taste, but it's OK. My only big complaint is all of the time they're not on a set, it just looks like Vancouver. Either the city (that's supposed to be nuclear rubble) or "the forest" that doubles for a couple alien worlds so far.

[ZariusTwo]

Micheal Lesslie (Little Drummer Girl, Assassins Creed) has been appointed showrunner of the Peacock series

https://deadline.com/2020/05/battlestar-galactica-michael-lesslie-showrunner-peacock-reboot-1202923668/