From Galacticastation.com:
MASSIVE SPOILERS FOLLOW YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED
This Flight Deck Associate Editor has it on good authority (i.e., from his reliable BSG source) that Battlestar Galactica's Season 2 will take a morbid direction.A number of secondary characters and one major character will die within the first four episodes. Socinus will die in Episode 201 ("Scattered"), Tarn will die in Episode 202 ("Valley of Darkness"), Crashdown will die in Episode 203 ("Fragged"), and Boomer will die in Episode 204 ("Resistance"). It is still not known whether the Galactica Boomer will die or the Caprica one. Odds are that since there are multiple copies of Boomer, Grace Park will continue to reprise her role in some fashion after Episode 204.While some of these Galactica episodes have yet to be filmed and changes might subsequently occur in the storylines, Episodes 201 and 202 are completed and at least Socinus' and Tarn's deaths are anticipated.This Associate Editor shared the information with listeners on Shaunomac's internet radio show, Subject2Discussion, earlier tonight.It was then posted at one of the rapidly growing Battlestar Galactica messageboards, Ragnar Anchorage. While some BSG fans were dismayed, others wanted more details. Rest assured, further information will be supplied on this groundbreaking story in the upcoming weeks.
Thursday, April 28, 2005
Wednesday, April 27, 2005
Next Season Schedule
NewsDay is reporting that the next season of Galactica will be split between a fall and spring showing, with ten episodes each:
Sci Fi will show second season of 'Galactica' soon
Wednesday, April 27, 2005
By Diane Werts
NEWSDAY
Hoping to strike while interest in Battlestar Galactica is still hot, Sci Fi Channel will start the hit revival's second season in what feels like record time. Ten fresh episodes will start in mid-July, on the heels of the January-to-April first season of 13 hours. (Another 10 episodes are being shot for winter.)
Its Friday lineup-mates, Stargate Atlantis and a revamped Stargate SG-1, will return then, too - the latter with Ben Browder and Claudia Black, much loved from their Farscape days, along with Beau Bridges and Louis Gossett Jr. For its part, Atlantis welcomes former X-Files icon Mitch Pileggi and North Shore hunk Jason Momoa.
Source
Sci Fi will show second season of 'Galactica' soon
Wednesday, April 27, 2005
By Diane Werts
NEWSDAY
Hoping to strike while interest in Battlestar Galactica is still hot, Sci Fi Channel will start the hit revival's second season in what feels like record time. Ten fresh episodes will start in mid-July, on the heels of the January-to-April first season of 13 hours. (Another 10 episodes are being shot for winter.)
Its Friday lineup-mates, Stargate Atlantis and a revamped Stargate SG-1, will return then, too - the latter with Ben Browder and Claudia Black, much loved from their Farscape days, along with Beau Bridges and Louis Gossett Jr. For its part, Atlantis welcomes former X-Files icon Mitch Pileggi and North Shore hunk Jason Momoa.
Source
Monday, April 25, 2005
New Blog from Ron Moore
Ron Moore has posted up a new blog, this time entitled Production Update, Q&A:
Production Update, Q & A
We've almost completed shooting the opening of Season Two, with Michael Rymer back at the helm filming a two-parter written by David Weddle & Bradley Thompson called "Scattered" and "Valley of Darkness." Things have been going well so far, with a good mood on the set and a feeling of satisfaction and pride running through the whole team at their accomplishments in year one and anticipation for year two. I'm in Los Angeles at the moment, but I'm shuttling back and forth between here and there once again.
In terms of writing, we have scripts in hand for the first seven shows, scripts underway for the next three and stories underway for the next three after that, so we're in excellent shape in terms of being prepared for production. The further ahead you can deliver scripts, the more time each department has to plan and allocate resources, which ends up saving substantial money by simply avoiding last-minute surprises like, "Oh, we need a freighter interior this week" which causes an enormous scramble as everyone has to run around and either find a location with virtually no lead time which must still be completely dressed for camera, or a set will have to be constructed from scratch virtually overnight with consequent overtime overages. The solution sounds simple -- just write the scripts faster -- but executing that idea turns out to be much more complex. Changes in storylines tend to domino backwards and forwards throughout the episodes, requiring more rewriting and a lot of ball juggling to keep it all straight.
It's good to be getting dailies again and see the cast back in uniform after the long break. In fact, it's just good to be doing a show that everyone is so committed to and so proud of. Season two looks like it's going to be something really special.
For the rest, visit the blog here.
Production Update, Q & A
We've almost completed shooting the opening of Season Two, with Michael Rymer back at the helm filming a two-parter written by David Weddle & Bradley Thompson called "Scattered" and "Valley of Darkness." Things have been going well so far, with a good mood on the set and a feeling of satisfaction and pride running through the whole team at their accomplishments in year one and anticipation for year two. I'm in Los Angeles at the moment, but I'm shuttling back and forth between here and there once again.
In terms of writing, we have scripts in hand for the first seven shows, scripts underway for the next three and stories underway for the next three after that, so we're in excellent shape in terms of being prepared for production. The further ahead you can deliver scripts, the more time each department has to plan and allocate resources, which ends up saving substantial money by simply avoiding last-minute surprises like, "Oh, we need a freighter interior this week" which causes an enormous scramble as everyone has to run around and either find a location with virtually no lead time which must still be completely dressed for camera, or a set will have to be constructed from scratch virtually overnight with consequent overtime overages. The solution sounds simple -- just write the scripts faster -- but executing that idea turns out to be much more complex. Changes in storylines tend to domino backwards and forwards throughout the episodes, requiring more rewriting and a lot of ball juggling to keep it all straight.
It's good to be getting dailies again and see the cast back in uniform after the long break. In fact, it's just good to be doing a show that everyone is so committed to and so proud of. Season two looks like it's going to be something really special.
For the rest, visit the blog here.
New Titles and Summaries of Season 2 Episodes + 1st Images!
Gateworld.net has released two more titles and brief summaries of two season 2 episodes, entitled Resistance and The Farm. Caution, spoilers follow:
RESISTANCE
Kara and Helo fall in with a group of humans who have survived on Caprica and started a resistance movement.
THE FARM
Kara is shot and wakes up in a remote hospital facility on Caprica, and learns that her friendly doctor has his own plans for her future.
Interesting to see that Boomer isn't mentioned at all in this. It's good to see that they're following up a bit more with the Caprica storyline, and not abandoning it all together.
In Addition, there are some new images of the first two episodes:
Episode 201: Scattered
Episode 202: Valley of Darkness
More Updates as we get them.
RESISTANCE
Kara and Helo fall in with a group of humans who have survived on Caprica and started a resistance movement.
THE FARM
Kara is shot and wakes up in a remote hospital facility on Caprica, and learns that her friendly doctor has his own plans for her future.
Interesting to see that Boomer isn't mentioned at all in this. It's good to see that they're following up a bit more with the Caprica storyline, and not abandoning it all together.
In Addition, there are some new images of the first two episodes:
Episode 201: Scattered
Episode 202: Valley of Darkness
More Updates as we get them.
Monday, April 18, 2005
Rating Update
The SciFi Wire has posted up ratings for the 3-28 to 4-3 period, during with the opening episode, 33 was reaired. This time around, it got a 2.5 rating!
Sunday, April 17, 2005
Season 1 Review
It's been a little while since an update, so I'm going to post up my review for Season 1. If anyone else has a review that they'd like to share, either e-mail me at JediTrilobite@yahoo.com or post up a comment.
Review: Battlestar Galactica Season 1
It's been several weeks since the first season of Battlestar Galactica has aired, and I've had some time for reflection on how it's gone as a series thus far. To begin with, this show is possibly on its way to becoming one of the greatest science fiction shows of this day and age. Where the 60s and 70s had Star Trek, the Original Battlestar Galactica, and a host of other shows through the 80s, and the 90s had Babylon 5, Stargate SG-1 and other shows; this one is a product of today. It's grim, realistic, gritty and not always with a happy ending.
But it's far from being morbid or too dark. It works and it's solid. It's the way that a show should be. There are several things to comment on. First, the storyline is incredibly tight. Every single episode works on pushing the entire story forwards, whether it's related to the fleet and it's supply problems to the imminent threat of the Cylons and the fate of the human race.
Every episode is strong, well thought out and clearly leading the audience to some conclusion somewhere down the line. While some major questions are answered in each episode, others are left for later, such as the elusive Caprica storyline. There are a number of storylines as well. There's the overarching story of the fleet escaping, with some slightly smaller ones, such as the problems between military and Civilian government, several love stories, Six's motives and Cylons in the fleet. Just the task of addressing almost these every entire episode, while carrying forward a unique story in the first place is astounding. And the fact that they're highly original and bringing a huge story arch that spans the entire series makes this series special.
The effects of the series are simply amazing. Zoic, which is also known for it's works with Firefly, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel and several other projects, really knows their stuff. The effects make this series stand out visually from other space dramas such as Star Trek and Babylon Five, with it's very different look and feel, like that of a documentary film crew, shows that this series is more suited towards reality than anything that's come before it. The filming style is brought over to the live action filming, with snap zooms and different camera angles. When Ronald Moore and Company decided to remake the entire SciFi genre, they carried it to every level.
The characters have probably caused the most distress among fans of the original series than anything else that's been shown thus far. Far from the noble heroic characters from the original series, these characters have darker sides. They have histories that they don't want to talk about, and have done things that they're not happy with. They yell, cry, sleep around, drink and at times, come to blows. They're realistic. They talk and act like us. There has clearly been a lot of thought put into these people, more than other series seem to have at times. The main thing is that most characters break the mold.
A main thing that has really thrilled me is the accuracy of the way that the military and civilians are portrayed. In some series, it's hard to tell the difference: the military personnel are essentially civilians in uniform. Here, there's no question of who is who. The military wear the uniform, know how the wear it and how to act in it. The military tactics are well thought out and realistic, as well as accurate.
The soldiers wear the proper equipment and uniforms, right down the helmets. This is a bone of contention for me, as most of the SciFi shows portray the soldiers going into combat situations with dress uniforms, for example. In addition, there's a clear chain of command, where the fleet commander doesn't go and personally attend to every problem. As in the real military, they send the lower ranking people out first to do something like that, or a higher-ranking person if needed.
The ending brought out some mixed feelings with me. It was both as bad as Farscape's end (if the show was ended with the first season) and just enough to hold us over with a killer (literally) cliffhanger until next season. It was a brilliant way to end season 1, and I know that almost every other person just can't wait to see what happens next.
I know I can't.
Review: Battlestar Galactica Season 1
It's been several weeks since the first season of Battlestar Galactica has aired, and I've had some time for reflection on how it's gone as a series thus far. To begin with, this show is possibly on its way to becoming one of the greatest science fiction shows of this day and age. Where the 60s and 70s had Star Trek, the Original Battlestar Galactica, and a host of other shows through the 80s, and the 90s had Babylon 5, Stargate SG-1 and other shows; this one is a product of today. It's grim, realistic, gritty and not always with a happy ending.
But it's far from being morbid or too dark. It works and it's solid. It's the way that a show should be. There are several things to comment on. First, the storyline is incredibly tight. Every single episode works on pushing the entire story forwards, whether it's related to the fleet and it's supply problems to the imminent threat of the Cylons and the fate of the human race.
Every episode is strong, well thought out and clearly leading the audience to some conclusion somewhere down the line. While some major questions are answered in each episode, others are left for later, such as the elusive Caprica storyline. There are a number of storylines as well. There's the overarching story of the fleet escaping, with some slightly smaller ones, such as the problems between military and Civilian government, several love stories, Six's motives and Cylons in the fleet. Just the task of addressing almost these every entire episode, while carrying forward a unique story in the first place is astounding. And the fact that they're highly original and bringing a huge story arch that spans the entire series makes this series special.
The effects of the series are simply amazing. Zoic, which is also known for it's works with Firefly, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel and several other projects, really knows their stuff. The effects make this series stand out visually from other space dramas such as Star Trek and Babylon Five, with it's very different look and feel, like that of a documentary film crew, shows that this series is more suited towards reality than anything that's come before it. The filming style is brought over to the live action filming, with snap zooms and different camera angles. When Ronald Moore and Company decided to remake the entire SciFi genre, they carried it to every level.
The characters have probably caused the most distress among fans of the original series than anything else that's been shown thus far. Far from the noble heroic characters from the original series, these characters have darker sides. They have histories that they don't want to talk about, and have done things that they're not happy with. They yell, cry, sleep around, drink and at times, come to blows. They're realistic. They talk and act like us. There has clearly been a lot of thought put into these people, more than other series seem to have at times. The main thing is that most characters break the mold.
A main thing that has really thrilled me is the accuracy of the way that the military and civilians are portrayed. In some series, it's hard to tell the difference: the military personnel are essentially civilians in uniform. Here, there's no question of who is who. The military wear the uniform, know how the wear it and how to act in it. The military tactics are well thought out and realistic, as well as accurate.
The soldiers wear the proper equipment and uniforms, right down the helmets. This is a bone of contention for me, as most of the SciFi shows portray the soldiers going into combat situations with dress uniforms, for example. In addition, there's a clear chain of command, where the fleet commander doesn't go and personally attend to every problem. As in the real military, they send the lower ranking people out first to do something like that, or a higher-ranking person if needed.
The ending brought out some mixed feelings with me. It was both as bad as Farscape's end (if the show was ended with the first season) and just enough to hold us over with a killer (literally) cliffhanger until next season. It was a brilliant way to end season 1, and I know that almost every other person just can't wait to see what happens next.
I know I can't.
Wednesday, April 13, 2005
Production Update- Season 2
The Hollywood North Report has an update on the production of the second season, which started recently:
Battlestar Galactica Begins Season II Production
Series nominated for Hugo award...
March 31st 2005 09:03pm | Posted by: Robert Falconer HNR Senior Editor
Battlestar Galactica began shooting episode one from its second season here in Vancouver today, despite a rather cold, wet April day. Episode one is entitled “Scattered,” and picks up directly where the events at the end of season one leave off.
The entire cast has returned, and Richard Hatch will reprise his role as Tom Zarek for at least two episodes this season, and quite possibly more. Hatch is expected to be in town to shoot his first episode sometime in May or June. As he told SciFi Pulse, “[Ron] told me I'm definitely coming back for a bunch of episodes. I'll be filming in May or June…can't say much but I believe I'll be woven into a bunch of political stuff…”
The series has received critical accolades from both sci-fi fans as well as a large contingent of the mainstream press. Moreover, the series has been nominated for a Hugo award. The coveted World Science Fiction Society awards will be given out in Glasgow Scotland this coming August. The series was nominated based upon its first season premiere episode, “33.”
Season one has almost finished its run here in North America. A three-hour finale event will air on SCI FI Channel on Friday April 1 beginning at 8/7C, while Canadian fans of the show will have to wait until April 9 and 10 to see the final episode on SPACE Channel.
Battlestar Galactica Begins Season II Production
Series nominated for Hugo award...
March 31st 2005 09:03pm | Posted by: Robert Falconer HNR Senior Editor
Battlestar Galactica began shooting episode one from its second season here in Vancouver today, despite a rather cold, wet April day. Episode one is entitled “Scattered,” and picks up directly where the events at the end of season one leave off.
The entire cast has returned, and Richard Hatch will reprise his role as Tom Zarek for at least two episodes this season, and quite possibly more. Hatch is expected to be in town to shoot his first episode sometime in May or June. As he told SciFi Pulse, “[Ron] told me I'm definitely coming back for a bunch of episodes. I'll be filming in May or June…can't say much but I believe I'll be woven into a bunch of political stuff…”
The series has received critical accolades from both sci-fi fans as well as a large contingent of the mainstream press. Moreover, the series has been nominated for a Hugo award. The coveted World Science Fiction Society awards will be given out in Glasgow Scotland this coming August. The series was nominated based upon its first season premiere episode, “33.”
Season one has almost finished its run here in North America. A three-hour finale event will air on SCI FI Channel on Friday April 1 beginning at 8/7C, while Canadian fans of the show will have to wait until April 9 and 10 to see the final episode on SPACE Channel.
New Episode Details
Some minor details for the 3rd Season 2 episode have emerged on Gateworld.net:
(Minor Spoilers)
FRAGGED
As Commander Adama lays near death, Colonel Tigh must face the civilian government -- who fear the commander was instigating a coup by arresting President Roslin.
I wonder if Tom Zarak has something to do with this episode, it would really work.
(Minor Spoilers)
FRAGGED
As Commander Adama lays near death, Colonel Tigh must face the civilian government -- who fear the commander was instigating a coup by arresting President Roslin.
I wonder if Tom Zarak has something to do with this episode, it would really work.
Sunday, April 10, 2005
Vote for Galactica at the SyFy Awards
For it's leading with 12 nods for various catagories:
'Battlestar Galactica' Leads Genre Awards Field With 12 Nods
Author: Michael Hinman
Date: 04-10-2005
Source: SyFy Portal
Beginning April 25, for the sixth time, fans visiting SyFy Portal will be able to choose their favorites of television and the movies from the past year in the almost-annual SyFy Genre Awards.
For the past few months, a diverse nominating committee has been pouring over the dozens of actors, shows, movies, and episodes that are eligible for this year's Genre Awards. The decisions were tough, but a nominating slate is now ready.
Breaking an overall record this year is "Battlestar Galactica," which is leading the pack with 12 nominations. That includes best actor and best actress nods for Edward James Olmos (Cmdr. William Adam) and Mary McDonnell (President Laura Roslin). James Callis (Dr. Gaius Batlar) and Michael Hogan (Col. Saul Tigh) are competing for Best Supporting Actor. And Katee Sackhoff (Starbuck), Tricia Helfer (Number Six) and Grace Park (Boomer) are all competing for Best Supporting Actress.
Also getting a handful of nominations was the new ABC series "Lost" with six. Matthew Fox (Jack Shepard) is up for Best Actor, Terry O'Quinn (John Locke)for Best Supporting Actor, and Malcolm David Kelley (Walt Lloyd) for Best Young Actor.
The Stargate series combined for nine nominations, including five for "SG-1" and four for "Atlantis."
Joe Flanigan (Maj. John Sheppard) is up for Best Actor, while David Hewlett (Dr. Rodney McKay) is up for Best Supporting Actor and Rachel Luttrell (Teyla) is up for Best Supporting Actress, all for "Atlantis."
For "SG-1," Amanda Tapping (Lt. Col. Samantha Carter) is competing for Best Actress. and, Michael Shanks (Daniel Jackson) for Best Supporting Actor.
Voting begins April 25 and runs through May 25, with winners being announced May 31. Visitors to SyFy Portal can vote once per day per e-mail address on our special ballot that is made available during the voting period.
Here are this year's nominees:
BEST ACTOR/Television
Ben Browder, "Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars"
Joe Flanigan, "Stargate: Atlantis"
Matthew Fox, "Lost"
Edward James Olmos, "Battlestar Galactica"
Nick Stahl, "Carnivale"
BEST ACTRESS/Television
Patricia Arquette, "Medium"
Claudia Black, "Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars"
Jennifer Garner, "Alias"
Mary McDonnell, "Battlestar Galactica"
Amanda Tapping, "Stargate SG-1"
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR/Television
James Callis, "Battlestar Galactica"
David Hewlett, "Stargate: Atlantis"
Michael Hogan, "Battlestar Galactica"
Terry O'Quinn, "Lost"
Michael Shanks, "Stargate SG-1"
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS/Television
Amy Acker, "Angel"
Tricia Helfer, "Battlestar Galactica"
Rachel Luttrell, "Stargate: Atlantis"
Grace Park, "Battlestar Galactica"
Katee Sackhoff, "Battlestar Galactica"
BEST ACTOR/Movie
Jim Carrey, "Lemony Snickett's A Series of Unfortunate Events"
Ron Perlman, "Hellboy"
Keanu Reeves, "Constantine"
Liev Schreiber, "The Manchurian Candidate"
Will Smith, "I, Robot"
BEST ACTRESS/Movie
Sarah Michelle Gellar, "The Grudge"
Milla Jovovich, "Resident Evil: Apocalypse"
Kiera Knightley, "King Arthur"
Julianne Moore, "The Forgotten"
Kate Winslet, "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"
BEST YOUNG ACTOR
Conchita Campbell, "The 4400"
Malcolm David Kelley, "Lost"
Daniel Radcliffe, "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban"
Amber Tamblyn, "Joan of Arcadia"
Sofia Vassilieva, "Medium"
BEST SPECIAL GUEST/Television
Claudia Black, "Prometheus Unbound," Stargate SG-1
Jeffrey Combs, "The Aenar," Star Trek: Enterprise
Mira Furlan, "Solitary," Lost
Richard Hatch, "Bastille Day," Battlestar Galactica
Callum Keith Rennie, "Flesh and Bone," Battlestar Galactica
BEST EPISODE/Television
"33," Battlestar Galactica
"Act of Contrition," Battlestar Galactica
"Not Fade Away," Angel
"Prometheus Unbound," Stargate SG-1
"Walkabout," Lost
BEST COMIC BOOK ISSUE
"Astonishing X-Men (Vol. 1)," Joss Whedon (Marvel)
"Hellblazer: Dangerous Habits," Garth Ennis (DC Comics)
"Identity Crisis No. 1," Brad Meltzer (DC Comics)
"Identity Crisis, No. 6," Brad Meltzer (DC Comics)
"Original Sins (Hellblazer, Book 1)," Jamie Delano (DC Comics)
BEST NOVEL
"1634: The Galileo Affair," Eric Flint
"Ancestors of Avalon: A Novel of Atlantis and the Ancient British Isles," Marion Zimmer Bradley
"Cally's War," John Ringo and Julie Cochrane
"Shadow of Saganami," David Weber
"Star Trek: Worlds of Deep Space Nine: Trill and Bajor, Vol. 2," Andy Mangels, Michael A. Martin, J. Noah Kym
BEST SERIES/Television
Battlestar Galactica, SciFi Channel
Carnivale, HBO
Lost, ABC
Stargate: Atlantis, SciFi Channel
Stargate SG-1, SciFi Channel
BEST MOVIE
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Hellboy
I, Robot
The Incredibles
GENE RODDENBERRY
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
James Cameron (writer, director)
Peter Jackson (director)
Ronald D. Moore (writer, producer)
Steven Spielberg (director)
H.G. Wells (author)
'Battlestar Galactica' Leads Genre Awards Field With 12 Nods
Author: Michael Hinman
Date: 04-10-2005
Source: SyFy Portal
Beginning April 25, for the sixth time, fans visiting SyFy Portal will be able to choose their favorites of television and the movies from the past year in the almost-annual SyFy Genre Awards.
For the past few months, a diverse nominating committee has been pouring over the dozens of actors, shows, movies, and episodes that are eligible for this year's Genre Awards. The decisions were tough, but a nominating slate is now ready.
Breaking an overall record this year is "Battlestar Galactica," which is leading the pack with 12 nominations. That includes best actor and best actress nods for Edward James Olmos (Cmdr. William Adam) and Mary McDonnell (President Laura Roslin). James Callis (Dr. Gaius Batlar) and Michael Hogan (Col. Saul Tigh) are competing for Best Supporting Actor. And Katee Sackhoff (Starbuck), Tricia Helfer (Number Six) and Grace Park (Boomer) are all competing for Best Supporting Actress.
Also getting a handful of nominations was the new ABC series "Lost" with six. Matthew Fox (Jack Shepard) is up for Best Actor, Terry O'Quinn (John Locke)for Best Supporting Actor, and Malcolm David Kelley (Walt Lloyd) for Best Young Actor.
The Stargate series combined for nine nominations, including five for "SG-1" and four for "Atlantis."
Joe Flanigan (Maj. John Sheppard) is up for Best Actor, while David Hewlett (Dr. Rodney McKay) is up for Best Supporting Actor and Rachel Luttrell (Teyla) is up for Best Supporting Actress, all for "Atlantis."
For "SG-1," Amanda Tapping (Lt. Col. Samantha Carter) is competing for Best Actress. and, Michael Shanks (Daniel Jackson) for Best Supporting Actor.
Voting begins April 25 and runs through May 25, with winners being announced May 31. Visitors to SyFy Portal can vote once per day per e-mail address on our special ballot that is made available during the voting period.
Here are this year's nominees:
BEST ACTOR/Television
Ben Browder, "Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars"
Joe Flanigan, "Stargate: Atlantis"
Matthew Fox, "Lost"
Edward James Olmos, "Battlestar Galactica"
Nick Stahl, "Carnivale"
BEST ACTRESS/Television
Patricia Arquette, "Medium"
Claudia Black, "Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars"
Jennifer Garner, "Alias"
Mary McDonnell, "Battlestar Galactica"
Amanda Tapping, "Stargate SG-1"
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR/Television
James Callis, "Battlestar Galactica"
David Hewlett, "Stargate: Atlantis"
Michael Hogan, "Battlestar Galactica"
Terry O'Quinn, "Lost"
Michael Shanks, "Stargate SG-1"
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS/Television
Amy Acker, "Angel"
Tricia Helfer, "Battlestar Galactica"
Rachel Luttrell, "Stargate: Atlantis"
Grace Park, "Battlestar Galactica"
Katee Sackhoff, "Battlestar Galactica"
BEST ACTOR/Movie
Jim Carrey, "Lemony Snickett's A Series of Unfortunate Events"
Ron Perlman, "Hellboy"
Keanu Reeves, "Constantine"
Liev Schreiber, "The Manchurian Candidate"
Will Smith, "I, Robot"
BEST ACTRESS/Movie
Sarah Michelle Gellar, "The Grudge"
Milla Jovovich, "Resident Evil: Apocalypse"
Kiera Knightley, "King Arthur"
Julianne Moore, "The Forgotten"
Kate Winslet, "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"
BEST YOUNG ACTOR
Conchita Campbell, "The 4400"
Malcolm David Kelley, "Lost"
Daniel Radcliffe, "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban"
Amber Tamblyn, "Joan of Arcadia"
Sofia Vassilieva, "Medium"
BEST SPECIAL GUEST/Television
Claudia Black, "Prometheus Unbound," Stargate SG-1
Jeffrey Combs, "The Aenar," Star Trek: Enterprise
Mira Furlan, "Solitary," Lost
Richard Hatch, "Bastille Day," Battlestar Galactica
Callum Keith Rennie, "Flesh and Bone," Battlestar Galactica
BEST EPISODE/Television
"33," Battlestar Galactica
"Act of Contrition," Battlestar Galactica
"Not Fade Away," Angel
"Prometheus Unbound," Stargate SG-1
"Walkabout," Lost
BEST COMIC BOOK ISSUE
"Astonishing X-Men (Vol. 1)," Joss Whedon (Marvel)
"Hellblazer: Dangerous Habits," Garth Ennis (DC Comics)
"Identity Crisis No. 1," Brad Meltzer (DC Comics)
"Identity Crisis, No. 6," Brad Meltzer (DC Comics)
"Original Sins (Hellblazer, Book 1)," Jamie Delano (DC Comics)
BEST NOVEL
"1634: The Galileo Affair," Eric Flint
"Ancestors of Avalon: A Novel of Atlantis and the Ancient British Isles," Marion Zimmer Bradley
"Cally's War," John Ringo and Julie Cochrane
"Shadow of Saganami," David Weber
"Star Trek: Worlds of Deep Space Nine: Trill and Bajor, Vol. 2," Andy Mangels, Michael A. Martin, J. Noah Kym
BEST SERIES/Television
Battlestar Galactica, SciFi Channel
Carnivale, HBO
Lost, ABC
Stargate: Atlantis, SciFi Channel
Stargate SG-1, SciFi Channel
BEST MOVIE
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Hellboy
I, Robot
The Incredibles
GENE RODDENBERRY
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
James Cameron (writer, director)
Peter Jackson (director)
Ronald D. Moore (writer, producer)
Steven Spielberg (director)
H.G. Wells (author)
Thursday, April 07, 2005
Official Companion Coming Soon
Titan Publishing has secured the rights to Battlestar Galactica to create an official Companion Guide to the new series:
Titan secures rights to new Battlestar Galactica titles
Companion Guide and magazine coming to a bookstore / newsagent near you this summer
Submitted by: ArielOn: 06.04.2005
Titan Publishing Group has announced that it has signed a licensing agreement with Universal Studios Consumer Products Group for the publishing rights to the hit sci-fi show Battlestar Galactica.
The brand new series of Battlestar Galactica - a 're-imagined' version of the cult 1970s television programme, has quickly become one of the most critically acclaimed and popular sci-fi shows on television. Boasting viewer figures of 3.1 million, the debut episode became the highest-rated January show on the SciFi Channel in the US, and the channel's second-biggest premiere ever.
Titan's Sophie Mitchell tells us: "Titan Publishing Group has had complete access to the set of this groundbreaking and innovative new take on the Battlestar universe right from the beginning. Titan's extensive behind-the-scenes access to the I cast and crew has paid off in two exciting new projects for the group."
Firstly, Titan has acquired the World English Language rights for the only authorized companion guide to Battlestar Galactica. Authored by David Bassom, Executive Editor of Dreamwatch magazine and seasoned sci-fi and fantasy writer, Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion will be published in June 2005, and will feature exclusive interviews, insider secrets, a complete episode guide to the mini-series and first season of the television series, and a 16-page colour photo supplement.
According to Titan Books Editor, Adam Newell: "There is no more popular television show at the moment than Battlestar Galactica. Even fans of the 1970s original are converts to the new series. Our companion guide will fill a welcome void for these fans as they eagerly await the second season."
And in addition, Titan Magazines, the largest and most experienced publisher of licensed entertainment magazines in the US, UK, Australia and New Zealand, has added the Official Battlestar Galactica Magazine to its portfolio. This bi-monthly, 68-page guide will offer an extensive selection of cast and crew interviews and on set reports, photos and more.
More information on Titan's publications at www.titanmagazines.com, and for the complete low-down on the Battlestar Galactica TV series, visit the official website at www.scifi.com.
Source: Sophie Mitchell, Titan Publishing Group
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Titan secures rights to new Battlestar Galactica titles
Companion Guide and magazine coming to a bookstore / newsagent near you this summer
Submitted by: ArielOn: 06.04.2005
Titan Publishing Group has announced that it has signed a licensing agreement with Universal Studios Consumer Products Group for the publishing rights to the hit sci-fi show Battlestar Galactica.
The brand new series of Battlestar Galactica - a 're-imagined' version of the cult 1970s television programme, has quickly become one of the most critically acclaimed and popular sci-fi shows on television. Boasting viewer figures of 3.1 million, the debut episode became the highest-rated January show on the SciFi Channel in the US, and the channel's second-biggest premiere ever.
Titan's Sophie Mitchell tells us: "Titan Publishing Group has had complete access to the set of this groundbreaking and innovative new take on the Battlestar universe right from the beginning. Titan's extensive behind-the-scenes access to the I cast and crew has paid off in two exciting new projects for the group."
Firstly, Titan has acquired the World English Language rights for the only authorized companion guide to Battlestar Galactica. Authored by David Bassom, Executive Editor of Dreamwatch magazine and seasoned sci-fi and fantasy writer, Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion will be published in June 2005, and will feature exclusive interviews, insider secrets, a complete episode guide to the mini-series and first season of the television series, and a 16-page colour photo supplement.
According to Titan Books Editor, Adam Newell: "There is no more popular television show at the moment than Battlestar Galactica. Even fans of the 1970s original are converts to the new series. Our companion guide will fill a welcome void for these fans as they eagerly await the second season."
And in addition, Titan Magazines, the largest and most experienced publisher of licensed entertainment magazines in the US, UK, Australia and New Zealand, has added the Official Battlestar Galactica Magazine to its portfolio. This bi-monthly, 68-page guide will offer an extensive selection of cast and crew interviews and on set reports, photos and more.
More information on Titan's publications at www.titanmagazines.com, and for the complete low-down on the Battlestar Galactica TV series, visit the official website at www.scifi.com.
Source: Sophie Mitchell, Titan Publishing Group
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Galactica to be shown on HDTV
This just in from Universal: Galactica will be shown on High Definition TV, along with Century City, The District, Karen Sisco, Law & Order, Monk and several others.
Sundays @ 8pm & 11pm ET
The Battlestar Galactica series is an intriguing take on the classic adventure of a ragtag fleet of humans, the sole survivors of a devastating nuclear attack by the robot cylons. Faced with an un-winnable battle against a deadly enemy, they are forced to flee under the protection of their one remaining warship, the outdated Battlestar Galactica. Pursued by the cylons-some of whom have now taken human form-Commander Adama (Olmos) and President Roslin (McDonnell) lead these last remnants of humanity in search of a new home - a planet called Earth.For more on the Battlestar Galactica series, visit SciFi.com
Sun, April 10
8:00 PM
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA - MINISERIES
Sun, April 10
11:00 PM
33
Sun, April 10
1:30 AM
33
Sun, April 17
8:00 PM
WATER
Sun, April 17
11:00 PM
WATER
Sun, April 24
8:00 PM
BASTILLE DAY
Sun, April 24
11:00 PM
BASTILLE DAY
Sun, May 1
8:00 PM
ACT OF CONTRITION
Sun, May 1
11:00 PM
ACT OF CONTRITION
Sun, May 8
8:00 PM
YOU CAN'T GO HOME AGAIN
Sun, May 8
11:00 PM
YOU CAN'T GO HOME AGAIN
Sun, May 15
8:00 PM
LITMUS
Sun, May 15
11:30 PM
LITMUS
Sun, May 22
8:00 PM
SIX DEGREES OF SEPERATION
Sun, May 22
11:00 PM
SIX DEGREES OF SEPERATION
Sun, May 29
8:00 PM
FLESH AND BONE
Sun, May 29
11:00 PM
FLESH AND BONE
Source
Sundays @ 8pm & 11pm ET
The Battlestar Galactica series is an intriguing take on the classic adventure of a ragtag fleet of humans, the sole survivors of a devastating nuclear attack by the robot cylons. Faced with an un-winnable battle against a deadly enemy, they are forced to flee under the protection of their one remaining warship, the outdated Battlestar Galactica. Pursued by the cylons-some of whom have now taken human form-Commander Adama (Olmos) and President Roslin (McDonnell) lead these last remnants of humanity in search of a new home - a planet called Earth.For more on the Battlestar Galactica series, visit SciFi.com
Sun, April 10
8:00 PM
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA - MINISERIES
Sun, April 10
11:00 PM
33
Sun, April 10
1:30 AM
33
Sun, April 17
8:00 PM
WATER
Sun, April 17
11:00 PM
WATER
Sun, April 24
8:00 PM
BASTILLE DAY
Sun, April 24
11:00 PM
BASTILLE DAY
Sun, May 1
8:00 PM
ACT OF CONTRITION
Sun, May 1
11:00 PM
ACT OF CONTRITION
Sun, May 8
8:00 PM
YOU CAN'T GO HOME AGAIN
Sun, May 8
11:00 PM
YOU CAN'T GO HOME AGAIN
Sun, May 15
8:00 PM
LITMUS
Sun, May 15
11:30 PM
LITMUS
Sun, May 22
8:00 PM
SIX DEGREES OF SEPERATION
Sun, May 22
11:00 PM
SIX DEGREES OF SEPERATION
Sun, May 29
8:00 PM
FLESH AND BONE
Sun, May 29
11:00 PM
FLESH AND BONE
Source
Wednesday, April 06, 2005
Battlestar Galactica: Highest Rating Original SciFi Show
From the Futon Critic:
'BATTLESTAR GALACTICA' ENDS ITS FIRST SEASON AT #1
Released by Sci Fi
Highest-rated SCI FI Original Series of All Time
#1 Friday Show Among P25-54 and P18-49
New York, NY (April 5, 2005) -- SCI FI Channel's 'Battlestar Galactica' ended its critically-acclaimed first season the same way it began - at #1. "Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part 2" (Friday, April 1 @ 10pm ET/PT) was cable's #1 program for the day among P18-49 and P25-54. Scoring a 2.5 HH rating/2.8 million viewers P2+, 'Battlestar's' shocking finale also delivered 2.1 million P25-54 and 1.7 million P18-49, leading SCI FI to the #1 spot in cable prime for those demos.
In its 12-week, 13-episode season, 'Battlestar Galactica' has become SCI FI's highest-rated original series ever. The show has delivered record highs for the Channel, averaging:
--2.4 HH rating --2.9 million P2+ --2.0 million P25-54 --1.7 million P18-49
'Battlestar Galactica' was the #1 cable series to debut in 2005 among P18-49 and P25-54. SCI FI ranked #1 in prime among P25-54 for 10 of the 12 Fridays of 'Battlestar's' run - coming in at #2 in the other two weeks. SCI FI ranked #1 among P18-49 for 7 of those 12 Fridays, and #2 in the other five weeks.
Versus the same time period in 2004, 'Battlestar' showed triple-digit increases in coveted demos:
+118% in HH ratings +142% in P2+ +229% in P25-54 +258% in P18-49
Season 2 of 'Battlestar Galactica' is currently in production and slated for a July premiere on SCI FI.
SCI FI Channel is a television network where "what if" is what's on. SCI FI fuels the imagination of viewers with original series and events, blockbuster movies and classic science fiction and fantasy programming, as well as a dynamic Web site (www.scifi.com) and magazine. Launched in 1992, and currently in 84 million homes, SCI FI Channel is a network of NBC Universal, one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies.
http://www.thefutoncritic.com/cgi/gofuton.cgi?action=pr&id=20050405scifi01
'BATTLESTAR GALACTICA' ENDS ITS FIRST SEASON AT #1
Released by Sci Fi
Highest-rated SCI FI Original Series of All Time
#1 Friday Show Among P25-54 and P18-49
New York, NY (April 5, 2005) -- SCI FI Channel's 'Battlestar Galactica' ended its critically-acclaimed first season the same way it began - at #1. "Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part 2" (Friday, April 1 @ 10pm ET/PT) was cable's #1 program for the day among P18-49 and P25-54. Scoring a 2.5 HH rating/2.8 million viewers P2+, 'Battlestar's' shocking finale also delivered 2.1 million P25-54 and 1.7 million P18-49, leading SCI FI to the #1 spot in cable prime for those demos.
In its 12-week, 13-episode season, 'Battlestar Galactica' has become SCI FI's highest-rated original series ever. The show has delivered record highs for the Channel, averaging:
--2.4 HH rating --2.9 million P2+ --2.0 million P25-54 --1.7 million P18-49
'Battlestar Galactica' was the #1 cable series to debut in 2005 among P18-49 and P25-54. SCI FI ranked #1 in prime among P25-54 for 10 of the 12 Fridays of 'Battlestar's' run - coming in at #2 in the other two weeks. SCI FI ranked #1 among P18-49 for 7 of those 12 Fridays, and #2 in the other five weeks.
Versus the same time period in 2004, 'Battlestar' showed triple-digit increases in coveted demos:
+118% in HH ratings +142% in P2+ +229% in P25-54 +258% in P18-49
Season 2 of 'Battlestar Galactica' is currently in production and slated for a July premiere on SCI FI.
SCI FI Channel is a television network where "what if" is what's on. SCI FI fuels the imagination of viewers with original series and events, blockbuster movies and classic science fiction and fantasy programming, as well as a dynamic Web site (www.scifi.com) and magazine. Launched in 1992, and currently in 84 million homes, SCI FI Channel is a network of NBC Universal, one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies.
http://www.thefutoncritic.com/cgi/gofuton.cgi?action=pr&id=20050405scifi01
Tuesday, April 05, 2005
Ratings News for Finale
From Now Playing Mag:
Galactica Kicks Some Ratings Ass
Written by Scott Collura
Tuesday, 05 April 2005
Having already, to paraphrase Crew Chief Tryol, “kicked some Cylon ass,” the Sci Fi Channel’s hit series Battlestar Galactica has continued to kick ratings ass as well, with its season finale this past Friday sending the first year of the show off in a blaze of demographics glory.
The network has released the numbers for the season finale, “Kobol’s Last Gleaming, Part 2.” The episode was cable TV’s number one program for the day among P18-49 and P25-54. It scored a 2.5 HH rating/2.8 million viewers P2+, while also delivering 2.1 million P25-54 and 1.7 million P18-49.
So what does all that gobbledygook mean? Basically, Sci Fi Channel took the number one spot in cable primetime for those demographics, and in its 12-week, 13-episode season, Battlestar Galactica has become the network’s highest-rated original series ever.
Cool. Let’s hope season two, which is currently shooting and debuts in July, can keep up the ratings momentum and – more importantly – the quality of season one.
Galactica Kicks Some Ratings Ass
Written by Scott Collura Tuesday, 05 April 2005
Having already, to paraphrase Crew Chief Tryol, “kicked some Cylon ass,” the Sci Fi Channel’s hit series Battlestar Galactica has continued to kick ratings ass as well, with its season finale this past Friday sending the first year of the show off in a blaze of demographics glory.
The network has released the numbers for the season finale, “Kobol’s Last Gleaming, Part 2.” The episode was cable TV’s number one program for the day among P18-49 and P25-54. It scored a 2.5 HH rating/2.8 million viewers P2+, while also delivering 2.1 million P25-54 and 1.7 million P18-49.
So what does all that gobbledygook mean? Basically, Sci Fi Channel took the number one spot in cable primetime for those demographics, and in its 12-week, 13-episode season, Battlestar Galactica has become the network’s highest-rated original series ever.
Cool. Let’s hope season two, which is currently shooting and debuts in July, can keep up the ratings momentum and – more importantly – the quality of season one.
Monday, April 04, 2005
SyFyPortal Talks Season 2
SyFy Portal recently talked with some of the writers for Battlestar Galactica, and what we're going to be expecting in the next season. Caution, there are spoilers:
The first season of SciFi Channel's hit series "Battlestar Galactica" ended with Cmdr. William Adama (Edward James Olmos) lying in a pool of his own blood. A president (Mary McDonnell) under arrest. And a son (Jamie Bamber) disgraced.
Normally, season finales wrap up storylines and questions posed through the course of the season. But "Battlestar Galactica" hardly is normal.
Maureen Ryan, a reporter with the Chicago Tribune, recently had a chance to talk to Bradley Thompson and David Weddle who wrote the two-part second-season premiere of the series, expected to air in July. While she didn't use some of the interrogation techniques that Starbuck (Katee Sackhoff) used in questioning Leoben (Callum Keith Rennie) in "Flesh and Bone," but Ryan was able to use her fine-tuned journalistic technique to get some tidbits of the second season out of the writers.
The biggest question on many fans' mind is whether or not Adama -- who now has the inconvenience of two holes in his abdomen -- will be able to live long enough to carry on his mission for Earth.
"I can't answer that," Weddle said. "You saw where the bullets hit him. What do you think? Personally, I think it's goig to be very touch and go. Let's hope he makes it."
Apollo (Bamber) won't be gone forever, however. His jail stint probably will be a little more short lived.
"Can't tell you," Weddle said. "But what does he do now? Does he help Roslin fight to save the government, or has the shooting of his father so traumatized him that he seeks forgiveness for his actions and abandons Roslin? Galacitca needs him, he's one of their best pilots and they don't have many. Yet, he refused to obey orders and held a gun to Tigh's head. So what does Tigh do with him? These will not be easy conflicts for our characters to resolve."
Baltar himself will have a lot to do in the second season, as his collusion with the Cylons continues to grow.
"Baltar's spirituality and relationship with the Cylon god will continue to evolve," Weddle said. "As it does, we will learn more. But the more we learn, the more questions we will have. It won't all be laid out in one nice, neat easy-to-comprehend synopsis. Baltar's journey will reflect the spiritual struggles many of us go through over the course of our lives. He will have epiphanies, achieve a deeper understanding of Cylon theology, but also have crises of faith and be tempted to reject his role on god's plan."
The new political struggle will get the attention of one character who made a couple of appearances last season. You know him as a member of the Quorum of Twelve ... Richard Hatch's Tom Zerak.
For the full article, visit the SyFy Portal
The first season of SciFi Channel's hit series "Battlestar Galactica" ended with Cmdr. William Adama (Edward James Olmos) lying in a pool of his own blood. A president (Mary McDonnell) under arrest. And a son (Jamie Bamber) disgraced.
Normally, season finales wrap up storylines and questions posed through the course of the season. But "Battlestar Galactica" hardly is normal.
Maureen Ryan, a reporter with the Chicago Tribune, recently had a chance to talk to Bradley Thompson and David Weddle who wrote the two-part second-season premiere of the series, expected to air in July. While she didn't use some of the interrogation techniques that Starbuck (Katee Sackhoff) used in questioning Leoben (Callum Keith Rennie) in "Flesh and Bone," but Ryan was able to use her fine-tuned journalistic technique to get some tidbits of the second season out of the writers.
The biggest question on many fans' mind is whether or not Adama -- who now has the inconvenience of two holes in his abdomen -- will be able to live long enough to carry on his mission for Earth.
"I can't answer that," Weddle said. "You saw where the bullets hit him. What do you think? Personally, I think it's goig to be very touch and go. Let's hope he makes it."
Apollo (Bamber) won't be gone forever, however. His jail stint probably will be a little more short lived.
"Can't tell you," Weddle said. "But what does he do now? Does he help Roslin fight to save the government, or has the shooting of his father so traumatized him that he seeks forgiveness for his actions and abandons Roslin? Galacitca needs him, he's one of their best pilots and they don't have many. Yet, he refused to obey orders and held a gun to Tigh's head. So what does Tigh do with him? These will not be easy conflicts for our characters to resolve."
Baltar himself will have a lot to do in the second season, as his collusion with the Cylons continues to grow.
"Baltar's spirituality and relationship with the Cylon god will continue to evolve," Weddle said. "As it does, we will learn more. But the more we learn, the more questions we will have. It won't all be laid out in one nice, neat easy-to-comprehend synopsis. Baltar's journey will reflect the spiritual struggles many of us go through over the course of our lives. He will have epiphanies, achieve a deeper understanding of Cylon theology, but also have crises of faith and be tempted to reject his role on god's plan."
The new political struggle will get the attention of one character who made a couple of appearances last season. You know him as a member of the Quorum of Twelve ... Richard Hatch's Tom Zerak.
For the full article, visit the SyFy Portal
Cinescape Reviews Kobol's Last Gleaming Part 2
Here's the review from Cinescape:
Television ReviewBATTLESTAR GALACTICA (2003): Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part 2
Thank the Lords of Kobol it got renewed...
Dateline: Monday, April 4, 2005
By: JASON DAVIS
By: Columnist
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA (2003): Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part 2
GRADE: A
Reviewed Format: TV Show
Network: Sci-Fi Channel
Original Airdate: 1 April 2005
Cast: Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell, Katee Sackoff, Jamie Bamber, James Callis, Tricia Helfer, Grace Park
Creator: Glen A. Larson
Developer: Ronald D. Moore
Writers: Teleplay by Ronald D. Moore;
Story by David Eick
Director: Michael Rymer
Not that it was unexpected, but the Sci-Fi Channel has sagely renewed Ronald D. Moore's updated BATTLESTAR GALACTICA. So, those still reeling from the shocking final moments of the finale can breathe a sigh of relief. With an elegant first part, "Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part 2" managed to outdo its predecessor with just the right cocktail of action, politics, and emotion. While the first part played like a waltz, with each character gracefully falling into the position required of them by the plot, the second installment followed a much more militaristic beat. The characters seemed like cogs in a machine, clicking into place for a final assortment of revelations to be revealed.
With Starbuck, disillusioned by Adama's poor political savvy and fraudulent promises of salvation, on her way to Caprica in a stolen Cylon ship to search of an ancient artifact, the story seems set to divide the cast on either side of a spiritual argument. President Roslin believes herself a prophet and she's managed to sway Starbuck to her side. Meanwhile, Adama and his staff see Roslin's delusions of grandeur as a threat to the safety of their civilization and must determine how best to diffuse her power without overstepping their authority as the military subordinates to a civilian government. This contest of military versus civilian leadership has been a longstanding point of contention in the series and Moore's slow build to the events of this episode reveal a subtle skill at building tension toward an inevitable explosion. The surprise of who takes what side when the conflict breaks out illustrates a similar skill with intricately drawn characterizations.
While a war of philosophy paralyzes the fleet, the survivors of the Kobol expedition fall victim to a rarity in military science fiction. An unsure CO threatens the safety of the team and it falls to his subordinate to suggest a course of action without seeming to defy his superior's authority. Too often, such scenes play without the real world respect to rank and protocol that comes into play here. A lazy writer would have the subordinate relieve his commanding officer, but the consequences of such a scenario are rarely portrayed with any validity. Here, as in all aspects, BATTLESTAR lends real-world politicking to a realistic plight. Though Number Six's intrusions on Dr. Baltar's conscience have lately seemed a little unsubtle, the Cylon's influence takes on a mystical presence as she guides Baltar toward a revelation couched in the visage of his civilization's ancient glory. Another step of the Cylon master plan is being revealed and it will have startling ramifications for the show's characters.
Speaking of Cylons, Starbuck's arrival on Caprica finally ties Helo and Boomer back into the primary action of the story. Whereas Helo spent most of the previous episode coming to terms with his partner's seeming betrayal, his temper has cooled and a philosophical discussion with his Cylon companion fails to register its true meaning with him. The context of the Cylon assault on the colonies is slowly coming into focus alongside revelations of their eventual purpose, and viewers of STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE may have an inkling of where the show is headed. Now, if only July would get here a little sooner, we could deal with that final shot…it's a killer.
Television ReviewBATTLESTAR GALACTICA (2003): Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part 2
Thank the Lords of Kobol it got renewed...
Dateline: Monday, April 4, 2005
By: JASON DAVIS
By: Columnist
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA (2003): Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part 2
GRADE: A
Reviewed Format: TV Show
Network: Sci-Fi Channel
Original Airdate: 1 April 2005
Cast: Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell, Katee Sackoff, Jamie Bamber, James Callis, Tricia Helfer, Grace Park
Creator: Glen A. Larson
Developer: Ronald D. Moore
Writers: Teleplay by Ronald D. Moore;
Story by David Eick
Director: Michael Rymer
Not that it was unexpected, but the Sci-Fi Channel has sagely renewed Ronald D. Moore's updated BATTLESTAR GALACTICA. So, those still reeling from the shocking final moments of the finale can breathe a sigh of relief. With an elegant first part, "Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part 2" managed to outdo its predecessor with just the right cocktail of action, politics, and emotion. While the first part played like a waltz, with each character gracefully falling into the position required of them by the plot, the second installment followed a much more militaristic beat. The characters seemed like cogs in a machine, clicking into place for a final assortment of revelations to be revealed.
With Starbuck, disillusioned by Adama's poor political savvy and fraudulent promises of salvation, on her way to Caprica in a stolen Cylon ship to search of an ancient artifact, the story seems set to divide the cast on either side of a spiritual argument. President Roslin believes herself a prophet and she's managed to sway Starbuck to her side. Meanwhile, Adama and his staff see Roslin's delusions of grandeur as a threat to the safety of their civilization and must determine how best to diffuse her power without overstepping their authority as the military subordinates to a civilian government. This contest of military versus civilian leadership has been a longstanding point of contention in the series and Moore's slow build to the events of this episode reveal a subtle skill at building tension toward an inevitable explosion. The surprise of who takes what side when the conflict breaks out illustrates a similar skill with intricately drawn characterizations.
While a war of philosophy paralyzes the fleet, the survivors of the Kobol expedition fall victim to a rarity in military science fiction. An unsure CO threatens the safety of the team and it falls to his subordinate to suggest a course of action without seeming to defy his superior's authority. Too often, such scenes play without the real world respect to rank and protocol that comes into play here. A lazy writer would have the subordinate relieve his commanding officer, but the consequences of such a scenario are rarely portrayed with any validity. Here, as in all aspects, BATTLESTAR lends real-world politicking to a realistic plight. Though Number Six's intrusions on Dr. Baltar's conscience have lately seemed a little unsubtle, the Cylon's influence takes on a mystical presence as she guides Baltar toward a revelation couched in the visage of his civilization's ancient glory. Another step of the Cylon master plan is being revealed and it will have startling ramifications for the show's characters.
Speaking of Cylons, Starbuck's arrival on Caprica finally ties Helo and Boomer back into the primary action of the story. Whereas Helo spent most of the previous episode coming to terms with his partner's seeming betrayal, his temper has cooled and a philosophical discussion with his Cylon companion fails to register its true meaning with him. The context of the Cylon assault on the colonies is slowly coming into focus alongside revelations of their eventual purpose, and viewers of STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE may have an inkling of where the show is headed. Now, if only July would get here a little sooner, we could deal with that final shot…it's a killer.
Now Playing Mag Reviews Kobol's Last Gleaming Part 2
Now Playing Magazine has reviewed the season finale:
Battlestar Galactica - “Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part 2”
Written by Scott Collura
Friday, 01 April 2005
With the location of the legendary mother planet Kobol now apparently known, the Galactica fleet is in more danger than ever. Commander Adama and President Roslin can’t agree on a course of action, leading Roslin to go behind Adama’s back and recruit Starbuck to steal the fleet’s captured Cylon Raider and use it to return to Caprica in search of a legendary artifact. Meanwhile, Boomer is sent on a suicide mission in an attempt to destroy the Basestar above Kobol.
The season finale of Battlestar Galactica is already here, and while it sure feels like it came on too fast, “Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part 2” also suffers from the tendency of many year-ending cliffhangers in that almost every plot thread of the season seemingly comes to a head all in a 45-minute span. On the one hand, it makes for a fast-moving and exciting episode – not to mention a revelatory one. But on the other, it’s a bit of a departure for Galactica, which is so grounded in the “real world” that it’s a bit off-putting to suddenly have so many huge developments happening at once.
The struggle between Adama and Roslin, which has been festering all season, certainly seems to reach a resolution here when Adama asks for the president’s resignation in the wake of the Starbuck incident. Roslin refuses, of course, and a schism results between the military and political wings of the fleet – with a coup apparently inevitable. This situation places Lee Adama, torn between his father and his president, in a precarious situation to say the least.
And while Adama is having to deal with these political machinations, he also has that Basestar to contend with. Once Starbuck goes renegade, it’s interesting to see that Adama asks Sharon to take on the high-risk mission of smuggling a nuke onto the Basestar. What is it about Sharon that leads Adama to choose her? Does he know something about her that he isn’t letting on about? And once Sharon makes it to the Basestar, she’ll certainly be learning a few things about herself as well.
As for the other Sharon back on Caprica, her and Helo have reached something of an agreement – even though he knows that she’s a Cylon – thanks to the revelatory bit of news that she has. And the Cylons too seem to be aware of the importance of the “Arrow of Apollo,“ the antiquity (conveniently located in a museum on Caprica) that Roslin requires for her mystical prophecies to come true. This leads to Starbuck running into some old friends, not to mention a copy of Number Six, once she arrives on Caprica. Let the catfight begin.
But that’s an element of the show that’s a bit disappointing perhaps: Starbuck’s ease in jumping all the way back to Caprica, with only a headache to show for it, seems a bit contrived. The heart of Battlestar Galactica was always about this lost fleet, far from home and unable to go back, but now if anyone can pop a couple of Advil and jump back when they please, it takes a bit of the desperateness out of the situation. Still, it’s quite satisfying to see Helo and Starbuck’s very real reactions when they learn that one another are alive.
And there’s more, not the least of which is the Galactica officers that are stranded on Kobol, and Baltar’s puzzling revelation (courtesy of Number Six) in the ruins there. Plus, the final moments of the episode lead to a positively gut-wrenching cliffhanger. But then again, that’s why you do a season two, right? A-
Battlestar Galactica - “Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part 2”
Written by Scott Collura Friday, 01 April 2005
With the location of the legendary mother planet Kobol now apparently known, the Galactica fleet is in more danger than ever. Commander Adama and President Roslin can’t agree on a course of action, leading Roslin to go behind Adama’s back and recruit Starbuck to steal the fleet’s captured Cylon Raider and use it to return to Caprica in search of a legendary artifact. Meanwhile, Boomer is sent on a suicide mission in an attempt to destroy the Basestar above Kobol.
The season finale of Battlestar Galactica is already here, and while it sure feels like it came on too fast, “Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part 2” also suffers from the tendency of many year-ending cliffhangers in that almost every plot thread of the season seemingly comes to a head all in a 45-minute span. On the one hand, it makes for a fast-moving and exciting episode – not to mention a revelatory one. But on the other, it’s a bit of a departure for Galactica, which is so grounded in the “real world” that it’s a bit off-putting to suddenly have so many huge developments happening at once.
The struggle between Adama and Roslin, which has been festering all season, certainly seems to reach a resolution here when Adama asks for the president’s resignation in the wake of the Starbuck incident. Roslin refuses, of course, and a schism results between the military and political wings of the fleet – with a coup apparently inevitable. This situation places Lee Adama, torn between his father and his president, in a precarious situation to say the least.
And while Adama is having to deal with these political machinations, he also has that Basestar to contend with. Once Starbuck goes renegade, it’s interesting to see that Adama asks Sharon to take on the high-risk mission of smuggling a nuke onto the Basestar. What is it about Sharon that leads Adama to choose her? Does he know something about her that he isn’t letting on about? And once Sharon makes it to the Basestar, she’ll certainly be learning a few things about herself as well.
As for the other Sharon back on Caprica, her and Helo have reached something of an agreement – even though he knows that she’s a Cylon – thanks to the revelatory bit of news that she has. And the Cylons too seem to be aware of the importance of the “Arrow of Apollo,“ the antiquity (conveniently located in a museum on Caprica) that Roslin requires for her mystical prophecies to come true. This leads to Starbuck running into some old friends, not to mention a copy of Number Six, once she arrives on Caprica. Let the catfight begin.
But that’s an element of the show that’s a bit disappointing perhaps: Starbuck’s ease in jumping all the way back to Caprica, with only a headache to show for it, seems a bit contrived. The heart of Battlestar Galactica was always about this lost fleet, far from home and unable to go back, but now if anyone can pop a couple of Advil and jump back when they please, it takes a bit of the desperateness out of the situation. Still, it’s quite satisfying to see Helo and Starbuck’s very real reactions when they learn that one another are alive.
And there’s more, not the least of which is the Galactica officers that are stranded on Kobol, and Baltar’s puzzling revelation (courtesy of Number Six) in the ruins there. Plus, the final moments of the episode lead to a positively gut-wrenching cliffhanger. But then again, that’s why you do a season two, right? A-
Ratings for Kobol's Last Gleaming Part 1
The ratings are in for the season finales of both Stargate shows and Battlestar Galactica. The season finale of Atlantis scored the highest, with a 2.5 rating, while Galactica scored slightly lower, with a 2.3. The SG-1 finale scored the same with a 2.3
1. Stargate Atlantis 2.5
2. Battlestar Galactica 2.3
3. Stargate SG-1 2.3
Source: Nielsen Galaxy Report, 3/14/05 - 3/20/05
1. Stargate Atlantis 2.5
2. Battlestar Galactica 2.3
3. Stargate SG-1 2.3
Source: Nielsen Galaxy Report, 3/14/05 - 3/20/05
Sunday, April 03, 2005
New Galactica Blog
Ron Moore has posted up a new web log for the official Battlestar Site:
A Debate Worth Having
There's an interesting thread on the Galactica message board here at SciFi.Com entitled: "Human Rights abuses in the Show" (http://mboard.scifi.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=747225&page=12&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=1#747225) The central question debate therein, concerns whether or not Kara was justified in torturing the Cylon prisoner in "Flesh and Bone" as well as some of the other practices and methods we've seen the officers of Galactica use, such as the interrogation of Valence in "Colonial Day."
Not only is this a (by and large) intelligent and thoughtful debate on a serious topic, it also brings up a question I'm often asked -- namely what are the politics of the show and what is its political agendat? The quick answer is that the show doesn't really have a political agenda in the sense that it's neither liberal nor conservative in the way those labels are thrown around in the sound-bite era of demagoguery that currently passes for political discourse in this country. One would be hardpressed to say that watching Laura Roslin break her word to a prisoner and then kick him out an airlock would be advancing a progressive, liberal agenda, or that Adama questioning his society's worthiness to be saved is somehow indicative of a conservative bias.
I certainly have my own political views and it would be disingenuous at best to say that there's some kind of firewall between my beliefs and those portrayed on the show. I'm the head writer -- my views and thoughts are on life are on display every week, including my political predilections. However, I don't see the show as a platform to advance my political belief system or my own views on morality. I do see the show as an opportunity to raise questions in the minds of the audience and ask them to think, which is something of a rariety in these days when politics seems to be about stoking emotionalism and finding simple-minded slogans to stand-in for actual answers to complex problems. ("Culture of Life!" "Right to Die!" "Ban Smoking!" "The Ownership Society!")
Galactica is both mirror and prism through which to view our world. It attempts to mirror the complexities of our lives and our society in turbulent times, while at the same time reflecting and bending that view in order to allow us to extrapolate on notions present in contemporary society but which have not yet come to pass, i.e. a true artificial intelligence becoming self-aware and the existential questions it raises. Our goal is to examine contemporary culture and society, to challenge (and sometimes provoke) our audience, but not to provide easy answers to complex problems.
I firmly believe that what Kara Thrace did to Leoben in "Flesh and Bone" was wrong. I believe that a society which employs torture on the defenseless captives in its custody has crossed a bright shining line that civilized people should not cross. Likewise, I think that Laura Roslin promising a man freedom only to kill him in the end is abhorrent to the ways in which I want my president to behave. However, I also understand why each of them did what they did. I understand the emotional, psychological and moral quandries which can lead two moral, good people to take such ghastly actions. And, in the end, I also believe that it was true to who characters really are, and that trumps everything else.
Would I personally behave the same way in similar circumstances? I hope not, but neither am I so confident of my own immunity to the pressures felt by an interrogator charged with finding a nuclear weapon or to the enormous weight sitting on a chief executive trying to protect her citizenry that I can say I would absolutely have made the more "moral" choice.
Was it wrong for Adama to dissolve a legally constituted judicial tribunal in "Litmus" simply because he sensed it becoming a witch-hunt or was he actually protecting the larger concepts of justice? Was it right for Lee to shoot down a civilian ship knowing full well that it was probably filled with innocent human beings or was he making a pragmatic choice to protect the greater number in the fleet? Is Tyrol a fool for protecting Sharon or is he honoring the most fundamental human emotion of all -- true love?
These are the debates that I hope you have among yourselves, your families, your friends. I want the show to provoke you into thinking about the times you live in and the choices that are being made all around you every day. In a time when the President of the United States actually asserts that he has the power to arrest without warrant and detain indefinitely without charge or appeal, any citizen (indeed any person on the face of the Earth) simply by designating them as an "illegal combatant," we should all be engaged in a vigorous and energetic debate about who we are as a people and as human beings and exactly how we do intend to respond to the very real threat posed to this nation and to the foundations of liberal democracy posed by people capable of, and willing to, fly airplanes into buildings.
I hope this show makes you think. I hope this show makes you question the moral choices that are being made in your name and by your representatives. I hope this show angers you at times and makes you outraged at the actions that good people like Kara and Laura sometimes take. But the show is not a polemic; our aim is not to screech and demagogue these issues in search of facile answers. Good people can make bad, even horrific decisions, just as bad people can make noble, even righteous ones. Balancing civil liberties with security is a complicated, difficult gymnastic act which defies the easy, pat answers typically served up by an hour of episodic television.
If the show does have a single, consistent point of view, it is probably best summed up by something Lincoln said during his second inaugural address:
"With malice toward none, with charity for all..."
Think about that. Debate the meaning of that simple idea. For that, more than anything else, expresses this show and the politics behind it.
A Debate Worth Having
There's an interesting thread on the Galactica message board here at SciFi.Com entitled: "Human Rights abuses in the Show" (http://mboard.scifi.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=747225&page=12&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=1#747225) The central question debate therein, concerns whether or not Kara was justified in torturing the Cylon prisoner in "Flesh and Bone" as well as some of the other practices and methods we've seen the officers of Galactica use, such as the interrogation of Valence in "Colonial Day."
Not only is this a (by and large) intelligent and thoughtful debate on a serious topic, it also brings up a question I'm often asked -- namely what are the politics of the show and what is its political agendat? The quick answer is that the show doesn't really have a political agenda in the sense that it's neither liberal nor conservative in the way those labels are thrown around in the sound-bite era of demagoguery that currently passes for political discourse in this country. One would be hardpressed to say that watching Laura Roslin break her word to a prisoner and then kick him out an airlock would be advancing a progressive, liberal agenda, or that Adama questioning his society's worthiness to be saved is somehow indicative of a conservative bias.
I certainly have my own political views and it would be disingenuous at best to say that there's some kind of firewall between my beliefs and those portrayed on the show. I'm the head writer -- my views and thoughts are on life are on display every week, including my political predilections. However, I don't see the show as a platform to advance my political belief system or my own views on morality. I do see the show as an opportunity to raise questions in the minds of the audience and ask them to think, which is something of a rariety in these days when politics seems to be about stoking emotionalism and finding simple-minded slogans to stand-in for actual answers to complex problems. ("Culture of Life!" "Right to Die!" "Ban Smoking!" "The Ownership Society!")
Galactica is both mirror and prism through which to view our world. It attempts to mirror the complexities of our lives and our society in turbulent times, while at the same time reflecting and bending that view in order to allow us to extrapolate on notions present in contemporary society but which have not yet come to pass, i.e. a true artificial intelligence becoming self-aware and the existential questions it raises. Our goal is to examine contemporary culture and society, to challenge (and sometimes provoke) our audience, but not to provide easy answers to complex problems.
I firmly believe that what Kara Thrace did to Leoben in "Flesh and Bone" was wrong. I believe that a society which employs torture on the defenseless captives in its custody has crossed a bright shining line that civilized people should not cross. Likewise, I think that Laura Roslin promising a man freedom only to kill him in the end is abhorrent to the ways in which I want my president to behave. However, I also understand why each of them did what they did. I understand the emotional, psychological and moral quandries which can lead two moral, good people to take such ghastly actions. And, in the end, I also believe that it was true to who characters really are, and that trumps everything else.
Would I personally behave the same way in similar circumstances? I hope not, but neither am I so confident of my own immunity to the pressures felt by an interrogator charged with finding a nuclear weapon or to the enormous weight sitting on a chief executive trying to protect her citizenry that I can say I would absolutely have made the more "moral" choice.
Was it wrong for Adama to dissolve a legally constituted judicial tribunal in "Litmus" simply because he sensed it becoming a witch-hunt or was he actually protecting the larger concepts of justice? Was it right for Lee to shoot down a civilian ship knowing full well that it was probably filled with innocent human beings or was he making a pragmatic choice to protect the greater number in the fleet? Is Tyrol a fool for protecting Sharon or is he honoring the most fundamental human emotion of all -- true love?
These are the debates that I hope you have among yourselves, your families, your friends. I want the show to provoke you into thinking about the times you live in and the choices that are being made all around you every day. In a time when the President of the United States actually asserts that he has the power to arrest without warrant and detain indefinitely without charge or appeal, any citizen (indeed any person on the face of the Earth) simply by designating them as an "illegal combatant," we should all be engaged in a vigorous and energetic debate about who we are as a people and as human beings and exactly how we do intend to respond to the very real threat posed to this nation and to the foundations of liberal democracy posed by people capable of, and willing to, fly airplanes into buildings.
I hope this show makes you think. I hope this show makes you question the moral choices that are being made in your name and by your representatives. I hope this show angers you at times and makes you outraged at the actions that good people like Kara and Laura sometimes take. But the show is not a polemic; our aim is not to screech and demagogue these issues in search of facile answers. Good people can make bad, even horrific decisions, just as bad people can make noble, even righteous ones. Balancing civil liberties with security is a complicated, difficult gymnastic act which defies the easy, pat answers typically served up by an hour of episodic television.
If the show does have a single, consistent point of view, it is probably best summed up by something Lincoln said during his second inaugural address:
"With malice toward none, with charity for all..."
Think about that. Debate the meaning of that simple idea. For that, more than anything else, expresses this show and the politics behind it.
Hatch to Return for Season 2
This in from the SciFi Portal:
Hatch To Return For Second Season Author: Alan Stanley Blair Date: 04-03-2005 Source: Cylon Alliance
In the 1970s, he was known as Apollo – one of the finest pilots on the Battlestar Galactica. But now, he’s Tom Zarek, galactic terrorist.
During a recent chat with the fan Web site Cylon Alliance, "Battlestar Galactica" actor Richard Hatch took the opportunity to answer several questions from fans of Ronald D. Moore’s re-imagined "Galactica" series.
Perhaps the key question on everyone’s lips was whether or not Hatch would return for the second season of "Galactica," which currently is in production for the SciFi Channel. The short answer: yes! But Hatch was reluctant to reveal any details about his characters return.
“He told me I'm definitely coming back for a bunch of episodes. I'll be filming in May or June,” said Hatch. “Can't say much, but I believe I'll be woven into a bunch of political stuff. Nothing revealed there. Maybe I'll even get laid! Wouldn't that be cool?”
When asked about his viewpoint on Zarek’s character, Hatch remained cryptic, but did drop some hints as to how he sees the role.
“Tom Zarek is a good guy to me,” he said. "But one who has suffered for his ideals. A damaged and wounded man is capable of anything. Like many of the new characters on the new ('Galactica') series, Tom is a very conflicted character who is struggling with his demons. Sometimes the good guy wins, and sometimes the bad guy dominates.”
Hatch also discussed the continuation of the 1970s "Galactica" series through his book series which is set 20-plus years after the classic series ended. Hatch currently is under contract to write two additional novels, and revealed that writing about one specific character has grown on him.
“My next one is called 'Redemption,'” the actor said. “It's out in May. Lots of cool stuff with Baltar. He's become my favourite character. A man who has been to the dark side and returned has much to tell. It's a true story of Redemption. Well, you never know where people go when they die do we? The mystery of Baltar will be revealed over the next two books.”
Hatch To Return For Second Season Author: Alan Stanley Blair Date: 04-03-2005 Source: Cylon Alliance
In the 1970s, he was known as Apollo – one of the finest pilots on the Battlestar Galactica. But now, he’s Tom Zarek, galactic terrorist.
During a recent chat with the fan Web site Cylon Alliance, "Battlestar Galactica" actor Richard Hatch took the opportunity to answer several questions from fans of Ronald D. Moore’s re-imagined "Galactica" series.
Perhaps the key question on everyone’s lips was whether or not Hatch would return for the second season of "Galactica," which currently is in production for the SciFi Channel. The short answer: yes! But Hatch was reluctant to reveal any details about his characters return.
“He told me I'm definitely coming back for a bunch of episodes. I'll be filming in May or June,” said Hatch. “Can't say much, but I believe I'll be woven into a bunch of political stuff. Nothing revealed there. Maybe I'll even get laid! Wouldn't that be cool?”
When asked about his viewpoint on Zarek’s character, Hatch remained cryptic, but did drop some hints as to how he sees the role.
“Tom Zarek is a good guy to me,” he said. "But one who has suffered for his ideals. A damaged and wounded man is capable of anything. Like many of the new characters on the new ('Galactica') series, Tom is a very conflicted character who is struggling with his demons. Sometimes the good guy wins, and sometimes the bad guy dominates.”
Hatch also discussed the continuation of the 1970s "Galactica" series through his book series which is set 20-plus years after the classic series ended. Hatch currently is under contract to write two additional novels, and revealed that writing about one specific character has grown on him.
“My next one is called 'Redemption,'” the actor said. “It's out in May. Lots of cool stuff with Baltar. He's become my favourite character. A man who has been to the dark side and returned has much to tell. It's a true story of Redemption. Well, you never know where people go when they die do we? The mystery of Baltar will be revealed over the next two books.”
Friday, April 01, 2005
Review: Episode 113 Kobol's Last Gleaming Part 2
Wow. Just wow. Combined, the two episodes that make up the season finale are better than most movies that I've seen recently and definently the culmination and high point of the entire series thus far.
Picking up where we left off last time, we have several storylines to work on. First, there is a Raptor crew trapped by a Basestar on Kobol. One of the three was able to return to Galactica, where they planned on using the captured Raider to bring a nuclear warhead to destroy the Basestar. However, President Roslin, convinced by her hallucinations, convinces Starbuck to take the Raider back to Caprica to get the Arrow of Apollo, which will lead them to Earth. During a test run, she does so, and ends up back at Caprica, where she lands and begins searching around. Meanwhile, Adama orders a Strike team, led by Apollo and Tigh to arrest Roslin for her actions. While that's happening, Adama orders Boomer to go to the basestar and drop the Nuke off.
Starbuck finds the arrow, but a copy of Number 6, and they fight, Starbuck getting beaten very badly, but ends up killing the Cylon, and running into Helo and a copy of Sharon, whom she tries to kill. On Kobol, the crew is trying to get their wits together while Baltar is led by Six to the ruins, where she tells him that his destiny is to be the protector of the next generation of Cylons. Boomer and Racetrack land on the ship because their missile is jammed. While loosening it, Boomer finds many of her - Naked- and realizes that she's a Cylon and runs. On Colonial One, the Strike force and Roslin's bodyguards face off, until Lee puts a gun to Tigh's head and tells him that they're not going to abandon the government. Roslin surrenders. They're both taken onto Galactica, where Adama puts Roslin in the brig, shames his son and congradulates Boomer and Racetrack. When he does so, Boomer pulls out a gun and shoots him twice in the chest. That's it until next season.
My reaction: Holy Frak. I mean wow. This episode is the culmination of the entire series. The first part of the season finale was all setup, and led up to all this, but this carried everything out. Helo's storyline and Baltar/Six's storyline come right together in a nice fasion, as well as Galactica Boomer's storyline, AS WELL as the tensions between the military and civilian, and almost everything else that's been building. They just left out Tom Zarak, and a kitchen sink.
Helo and Sharon's Storyline has been building slowly, but I think that we can now see what's going on with that. The Cylons, (My guess) are trying to get to the next stage of their evolution, and to do so, are making human/cylon hybrids, which will bring them closer to their perfection- Humanity. From what Boomer's been saying, it sounds like they're trying to get complex emotions and things like that. Combined with Baltar finding out why he was choosen, I think that this is the most likely theory.
Now I'd like to know how the Cylons can sort of predict the future and events like that. And how they seem to know everyone's names. Hopefully that will be covered in the next season to some degree.
The tensions between the civilian government and the military are also interesting, with Adama attacking the vessel and arresting the president. It was gutsy, and I'm really wanting to know how on Caprica they're going to do with her, and what the fate of the government it. I would imagine that Zarak has something more to do.
Sharon's storyline has been made clear on all fronts: Everyone knows that she's a Cylon now, and I'm wondering how she's going to fare over the next couple episodes, if she survives. The scene when she saw the twenty or so nude Sharons was downright creepy.
These two episodes are essentially a trilogy, with the third episode being the first one in season 2. There are many cliff hangers, like how Starbuck and Helo are going to get off the planet, because I really doubt that they're going to fit three people in the Raider. AND- ADAMA GOT SHOT. I've been sitting on that all season, and those summaries that I read don't do it justice. Man, that's going to be one hell of an episode (The summary of which is floating around online) when we pick up. Finally, there's the flight crew on Kobol, waiting around for a rescue. Hopefully something will be done with that.
This entire series has been wonderful. In my opinion, it's one of THE best shows that has come out ever, and I think that it's going to live up to that next season. It's almost sad that this is the end, when it seems like just the other day that they announced that they were picking up the series for 13 more episodes. Now another 20.
The worst part is: Waiting for JULY to roll around, which will be torture. The promo for season 2 didn't have any new footage that I saw.
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