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Random thoughts of a crowded mind
I love the post-apocalyptic and dystopian genres. If a show is set after civilisation has been destroyed, I will probably watch it if it passes the four-episode test. The post-apocalyptic TV show is a subgenre of science fiction. The world has been devastated by some cataclysmic event — nuclear war, viral outbreak, alien invasion, etc. …
Oscar and Emmy nominated actor, Dean Stockwell passed away on 7 November. He died peacefully at home of natural causes. Dean Stockwell’s career spanned more than 70 years. He was probably best known for his starring role in the sci-fi adventure Quantum Leap. Dean was born in 1936 in North Hollywood. At age 7 his …
The original Battlestar Galactica starred Lorne Green, Richard Hatch and Dirk Benedict. It was a high-budget sci-fi series created in the 1970s by Glen A Larson. Despite the outdated costumes and props, it’s still fondly remembered by fans. The 2003 Battlestar Galactica series was developed by Ronald D Moore and executive produced by Moore and …
If you love 12 Monkeys and Battlestar Galactica you’ll love this piece of news. Michael Hogan who played Saul Tigh in Battlestar Galactica has landed a four-episode arc in the second season of 12 Monkeys’. The news was announced at the 12 Monkeys’ Comic-con panel. The last time Hogan was on my screen he was …
It would be totally remiss of me not to dedicate the first Loved you in this post to the woman whose high kicks and battle cry kick-started the 90’s girl power movement for me. Lucy Lawless: as Xena Warrior Princess, you became the epitome of girl power long before the Spice Girls took the world by …
Great news for Battlestar Galactica (BSG) fans, Universal is planning to reboot the sci-fi franchise this time as a film with original series creator Glenn A Larson set to produce it. Jack Paglen who wrote the upcoming Paramount techno thriller Transcendence starring Johnny Depp, will write the screenplay for the film, which is designed to …
Battlestar Galactica is a gritty, post-apocalyptic series set in the distant future with dark themes and stories that are still relevant today. I’m getting used to the long ass breaks between Scandal episodes. This time I made sure I had a plan. I didn’t want to sit in a corner rocking so, a few days …
Random theories and conjecture: I doubt I’m close to being right so don’t think there are possible spoilers ahead although it would be cool if I was right somewhere along the line. I’m going along with the show’s theme of god worship.
Everyone has had an opinion on what the Last Supper image means. Does it, reveal who the final cylons are? This is my take on some of the placements in the picture. Lee sits beside former president Baltar, as we have seen Lee has his own ideas of being president one day. Maybe he’s just …
Season 4, episode 11 Both the humans of the Colonial fleet and their Cylon allies fight against the emotion of overwhelming despair as they try to understand what happened to the 13th Tribe. Dee (Kaaandyse McClure) reconciles with her husband Lee Adama (Jamie Bamber) despite being devastated about the discovery of Earth. Kara (Katee Sackhoff) …
The premiere of Battlestar Galactica will be preceded by two new back-to-back specials on 28 March. The first is Battlestar Galactica: Revisited, which will provide new viewers with “essential information on the series” past three seasons. It will present introductions to the characters, relationships and spine-tingling drama that has captured the imagination of audiences around …
Battlestar Galactica Razor is a two-part episode that picks up a story thread first introduced in the show’s second season, when a second Battlestar, Pegasus, emerged out of nowhere to join Galactica and its ragtag civilian fleet. This is a spoiler-ish review of the two-parter. The story is told through the eyes of Lieutenant Kendra …
Showrunner Ron Moore confirmed that the writer’s strike will not stop Battlestar Galactica from airing in November. 10 hours of episodes have been filmed plus a two-hour movie. According to Moore who joined the WGA picket line, the remaining 10 episodes of Galactica were up in the air anyway. Taking time out from walking the …
Executive producers Ronald D Moore and David Eick have decided that season 4 of Battlestar Galactica, SCI FI Channel’s Peabody Award-winning original series, will be its last. They will use the 22-episode season, currently in production to draw the saga of humanity’s struggle for survival to a close. “This show was always meant to have …
Tigh, Anders, Tyrol and President Roslin’s assistant Tory Foster are all now hearing a strange song aboard the Galactica. Meanwhile, Baltar’s trial comes to a conclusion. When Lee Adama started batting wholeheartedly for the other side to the point of breaking confidences and throwing in his job as CAG, I had a feeling that Baltar’s …
D’Anna/Number Three squares off against Adama over the Temple of the Five. Athena asks for Helo’s aid in her plan to rescue Hera. This episode was riveting. The Cylons are making a play for the temple and the Eye of Jupiter and Kara Thrace gets into trouble and crashes on the planet. I have to …
Season Three, episode 11 In The Eye of Jupiter, Tyrol discovers the Temple of Five on the algae planet. The temple may hold the Eye of Jupiter, which is believed to show the way to Earth. The Cylons take a keen interest in the discovery. Athena learns that her baby, Hera, may still be alive. …
Season Three, Episode 5 Tyrol participates in the Circle, a secret tribunal on the Battlestar Galactica that tries and convicts those accused of collaborating with the Cylons during the Occupation in their absence. The death sentences that are administered without the knowledge of Roslin or Adama begin to weigh on Tyrol’s conscience. Baltar faces a …
Season three, episode 4 In this episode entitled Exodus, Tigh must decide the fate of his wife Ellen after the assistance she gave to the Cylons. Lee struggles with his assignment to protect the civilian fleet on its journey toward Earth while Adama returns to New Caprica with just the Galactica. The Resistance coordinates an attack on the …
Season three, episode 1 Colonel Tigh, Tyrol and Anders lead the Resistance on New Caprica to increasingly deadly attacks against the Cylons. Kara Thrace finds herself trapped in a new life with Leoben Conoy, and Duck makes a fateful decision. Meanwhile on Galactica, Adama struggles with the question of whether to return to New Caprica …
