BSG Survivor - Season 2, Round 1

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August 28, 2008 | 2 Comments

Since it was a lot of fun, I’m starting this up again.  Time to defend the honor of your favorite episode of the second season.  And remember, we’re doing this Survivor style, so you want to vote for your least favorite episode in order to get it kicked off the island.

The object of the game [...]

The Plan?

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August 28, 2008 | 1 Comment

Galactica Sitrep reported this morning that a title has been listed for the upcoming Cylon-centric movie that was written by Jane Espenson and will be directed by Edward James Olmos.  According to the website, the title is Battlestar Galactica: The Plan.
I really hope this is an unofficial/working title.

Nearly Mid-Week News Update

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August 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Some things for you to check out today:

In Entertainment Weekly’s list of the Top 25 sci-fi movies and television shows in the last twenty-five years, BSG takes the #2 spot.
This Flickr album has a lovely display of Cylon creatures–not Raiders and Centurions, but unicorns and bunnies.
Mark Sheppard, aka Romo Lampkin, has signed on for at [...]

EJO wins ALMAs

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August 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Congratulations to Edward James Olmos who won two ALMA awards last night.  One for Outstanding Director - Television Series, Mini-Series, Or TV Movie for “Walkout”, and his second of the evening for his role as Admiral Adama.  His date for the event?  His mother.  So sweet.
 

BSG: The Board Game

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August 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment

rustdangel pointed this eBay auction out to those who read the battlestar_blog on livejournal.  Apparently they were selling these at GenCon, and they will be released to the public in October.  According to the image on the back of the box: “Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game places you in the role of your favorite characters [...]

BSG Survivor - Season 1 Winner

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August 18, 2008 | 2 Comments

 
We have a winner!  Thanks to the many of you who participated in this round of Survivor.  I’ll give us all a break before starting in on Season Two to kill time during the hiatus.
 
Congratulations to “33″!
 

 
 Season 1
1. 33
2. Kobol’s Last Gleaming: Part II
3. Mini-Series
4. Kobol’s Last Gleaming: Part I
5. The Hand of God
6. You [...]

McCain Part of the Final Five?

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August 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Normally I’d gladly leave all the political posts around here in the very capable hands of LittleMissKnowItAll, but this one time I’ll make an exception: I’ve seen comparisons before of Saul Tigh and John McCain, but The Phoenix is the first time I have read a side-by-side analysis.  So what do you think?  Is John [...]

Will We Create Our Own Cylons?

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August 14, 2008 | 1 Comment

This video, courtesy of BBC News, is a report about how robots are becoming more and more human-like.  It’s amazing what scientists and engineers are able to accomplish these days, and a little a scary.  And the virtual time machine they show in the video is pretty sweet, too.

Caprica Promo Pic

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August 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment

kelsrealm was kind enough to post this image over at the BSG community on LiveJournal.

Left to right: Esai Morales (Joseph Adama), Paula Malcomson (Amanda Greystone), and Eric Stoltz (Daniel Greystone).
I am excited to see this series simply becase it will be run by the same people and we’ll get more back story, but I also [...]

BSG Survivor - Season 1, Final Round

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August 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment

 
The object of the game is to vote off your LEAST favorite episode of Season 1. You have until 12pm Eastern on Thursday to vote for your least favorite episode of BSG’s first season. Don’t think an episode should’ve been kicked off yet? Unhappy that an episode is still around? Leave a comment and share [...]

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