Posts with tag adama
Posted May 16th 2008 11:55PM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: Battlestar Galactica, Video, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(S04E07) I'm going to go out on a limb (no pun ... oh hell, pun intended) and assume it's not a huge spoiler to mention the fate of Gaeta's leg here, before the jump. Most people in last week's poll thought it was "as good as gone," and they were right. The songs Gaeta sang in the infirmary, along with the haunting music of
Bear McCreary, were very well done. While we have some minor (and sometimes major) characters dying episode-to-episode, not so much feeling has been put into them as has been with Gaeta's amputation. Sad, yet beautiful.
OK, that was a bit creepy, but you get where I'm coming from.
Continue reading Battlestar Galactica: Guess What's Coming To Dinner - VIDEO
Posted Apr 15th 2008 2:03PM by Jonathan Toomey
Filed under: OpEd, Battlestar Galactica, TV Squad Lists, Reality-Free
I finally caved. After all the hype and all the buzz, I gave in. I'm sick of avoiding headlines on blogs and it's frustrating to hear everyone chatting away about "Cylons this..." and "Caprica that..." while I stand by mute and clueless. I've finally started to watch Battlestar Galactica.
I should mention that I'm not completely in the dark. I've tried before. On a couple of occasions actually. I've had a burned copy of the three hour mini-series that started it all for some time now. I could never get through it. This time, I went all out though. I even shelled out the $55 for the season one DVD set. Now, I'm through the mini-series and I'm nine episodes into the season. Four to go before the finale and all of a sudden, I've stopped. I started thinking. What if I had watched the show, right from the get-go when it premiered back in 2005 along with everyone else? Let's pretend. Let's say it is 2005 all over again and episode nine just aired last night -- the one where Tigh's estranged wife shows up. Let's pretend that seasons 2, 3 and 4 don't exist yet. Cool premise? OK...
I don't see what the big deal is.
Continue reading Battlestar Galactica should be called Battlestar Ga-suck-tica
Posted Apr 11th 2008 11:06PM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: Battlestar Galactica, Video, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(S04E02) Let me start out by saying that
Sci Fi airing these episodes online at noon is both a blessing and a curse. It's a blessing that we all get to see our favorite show well ahead of time. It's a curse because it's smack in the middle of a workday for some (though at lunchtime) and at the start of a workday for others. There's no pausing or rewinding, so if you get a bad connection or miss something, you still need to tune in that night to keep up. Not that that's such a bad thing, really, but man it's frustrating.
Continue reading Battlestar Galactica: Six of One - VIDEO
Posted Dec 18th 2007 3:04PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Battlestar Galactica, Web
Last year Anna told us how to make a Battlestar Galactica Cylon Jack-O-Lantern, but do you know how to actually find out if there is an actual Cylon living among your family or circle of friends?
The handy poster on the right can be of help. It tells you all of the clues and behavior to look out for, such as a strange empathy with machines and a spine that glows red. It reminds me of those old posters you used to see (still see?) in restaurants, the ones that illustrated what to do when someone was choking. I still remember the tip that said "Hand to throat means person is choking," followed by a drawing of a man with his face in a plate of food.
The posters are for sale for $19.95, though the site where you order them seems to be down at the moment. Probably from all the traffic generated from a Boing Boing link.
Posted Oct 13th 2007 3:24PM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: Battlestar Galactica, Early Looks, Episode Reviews
"You are capable of setting aside your fears, setting aside your hesitation ... and even your revulsion. Every natural inhibition that, during battle, could mean the difference between life and death.
When you can be this -- or as long as you have to be -- then you're a razor." -- Admiral Helena Cain,
Battlestar Galactica: RazorYes, I was as shocked as the rest of you that, when I got to the TV Squad package drop the other day, one of those magical purple binders was waiting for me, emblazoned with a big white "IF", which could only mean one thing -- SciFi Channel goodness.
Before you continue, I will warn you that some of this is a little spoilery. I don't think it's much, but I'd rather warn you now than incur your wrath later.
Continue reading Battlestar Galactica: Razor -- An early look
Posted Jul 16th 2007 9:44AM by Adam Finley
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Battlestar Galactica, Web
Some cool news for fans of Farscape: the series is coming back in the form of ten new webisodes. As of this moment no actors and writers have been attached to the project, nor have any storylines been announced. According to the Post Gazette, if the Web series is successful enough, the series could return to television. I'd say that's quite a long shot (the series went off the air in 2003), but I certainly wouldn't complain if it came back. I was late getting into Farscape, but I thought it was fun and imaginative.
Continue reading Farscape to become Web series, along with webisodes of Battlestar Galactica
Posted Jun 29th 2007 9:59AM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: Battlestar Galactica
As part of the tour of the
Battlestar Galactica sets (something I'll report on in more detail later), we were given a look at some of the uniforms shown on the show -- officers uniforms, a flight suit, a
burned flight suit and several of Number 6's dresses. Yowch!
All of us couldn't help but stare at what stood off to the right, though. Clearly hidden from us with a sheet such that we'd see very little were three as-of-yet unseen uniforms from the series. We weren't shown any more than what you see to the right here, nor were we told if they were a part of the "Razor" movie or the upcoming final season.
What could be on these uniforms that would give something so big away? Someone on the tour did have an interesting theory as to what they might be.
Continue reading Battlestar Galactica tease at the Sci Fi digital press event
Posted Jun 8th 2007 10:21AM by Kevin Kelly
Filed under: Battlestar Galactica, Celebrities
Okay, we're back with the second half of Wednesday night's
Battlestar extravaganza, and I think I've recovered most of my memories, got the feeling back in my writing hand, and decided I wasn't Cylon. For now.
After Lucy Lawless was done loosely emceeing the event, they opened up the floor to questions from the audience. Now, keep in mind that this event was really for the fans, so I expected a lot of "Um ... in Episode 9 from last season, Starbuck clearly had her pilot's wings on upside down ... does that have special meaning?" type questions, but thankfully all of the questions were stuff we thought we'd be asking ourselves, and only one person got up and asked for a job.
Continue reading TV Squad attends the Battlestar Galactica fan blowout: Part two
Posted Dec 15th 2006 11:37PM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, OpEd, Battlestar Galactica, Sci Fi
(S03E11) You could tell right away from the "previously on" that this was going to be a huge episode. Not that it being the fall finale wasn't enough. Though would you put it past them to end this with a huge cliffhanger? I didn't think so.
Continue reading Battlestar Galactica: The Eye of Jupiter
Posted Dec 9th 2006 9:01AM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Battlestar Galactica, Watercooler Talk, Sci Fi
A blogger
over at Wired thinks that
Battlestar Galactica is headed in the same direction as
Lost: downhill. He wrote his post after last week's boxing episode where Kara and Lee beat the holy living crap out of each other. In particular, he didn't like the "barfy romantic flashbacks". He thinks BSG is headed in a dangerous direction and lists 10 reasons why, including Cylon threesomes, dangling subplots (Helo & Sharon's baby), and side projects that are keeping BSG creators busy.
Even though I disagree with him, I think the post is well-reasoned. I, too, have been wondering what the hell is going on with the Cylon/human baby that the Cylons managed to capture before they fled New Caprica. But, I
adored last week's boxing episode that explains just how messed up Kara and Lee's relationship is. He doesn't like entire episodes being devoted to words like "genocide" and "torture", which I found to be thought-provoking.
I do agree on one point, though. Give Admiral Adama something to do other than just monologues. Edward James Olmos is a great actor and all he's getting are speeches.
Posted Nov 18th 2006 12:06AM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, OpEd, Battlestar Galactica, Sci Fi
(S03E08) I remember back when
I interviewed Carl Lumbly that he'd mentioned something quickly in passing about making an appearance on
Battlestar Galactica, or maybe it was just something I read somewhere later. He'd actually also said that he wanted to take a rest for a while, once
Alias was through, though I'd hardly call his appearance on
Battlestar taking a rest.
Continue reading Battlestar Galactica: Hero
Posted Nov 3rd 2006 11:51PM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Cable, OpEd, Battlestar Galactica, Sci Fi
(S03E06) Well, here I am watching the episodes live with the rest of you. And you know what? It feels good! Now I look forward to every week where there will be a new episode instead of lumping a bunch into one season. There's something to be said about pacing oneself.
Dear lord (lords?), what an opening. Does anyone get tired of seeing Number Six scantily clad, let along on a beach? Though it's about time that Baltar questions the vision of Number Six that plagues his thoughts, both in dreams and seemingly in reality.
Continue reading Battlestar Galactica: Torn
Posted Nov 1st 2006 2:29PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Industry, Battlestar Galactica, Sci Fi
A few more details have emerged about the
Battlestar Galactica spin-off that's in the works. Don Kaplan of the
New York Post writes that first drafts of scripts for the series, called
Caprica, have shown up at the SciFi network's offices, and gets a few details from
BSG creator Ron More on what the show is going to be about.
According to Moore,
Caprica will take place 50 years before
BSG and will be about the creation of the Cylons. The show will center around two families: one who owns the Microsoft-esque coporation that develops the Cyclon technology, and the family of Adama's father, a lawyer who starts to oppose the Cylons' creation. "It's a family drama and a political drama about corporations and politics. It's almost [more] like a sci-fi soap than it is an action-adventure series," Moore tells Kaplan.
Posted Oct 20th 2006 10:01PM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Cable, OpEd, Battlestar Galactica, Sci Fi
(S03E04) Because I saw these first five episodes on DVD, I wasn't subject to spoilers of what was to come in the next episode. I really do feel for everyone who sat and watched the preview for this week, only to be disappointed to learn that Pegasus comes to the rescue. While, really, this was something that seemed pretty inevitable anyway, it was still a bummer to have it told to you ahead of time. And even then, the preview was referring to the decoy. But who the hell is it that decides what's good to show for a preview every week?
Continue reading Battlestar Galactica: Exodus, Part Two
Posted Oct 13th 2006 10:01PM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Cable, OpEd, Battlestar Galactica, Sci Fi
(S03E03) As many people made note of
last week, the previews for this week's episode basically gave away the fact that Roslin lived through whatever happened during the end of the first episode, as the Cylon toasters approached the group of humans in firing squad form. But at the same time several of you were willing to believe that anything could have happened to cause her to live through such a thing.
Continue reading Battlestar Galactica: Exodus, Part One
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