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Yeh but no one ever seemed to even get half way through a drink on a starship, everytime anyone sits down to drrink anything that isn't Earl Grey they are called to emergency stations, leaving behind their drink for jaw dropping shock value that whatever emergency they were in was so utterly dire that it would implicate the extreme action of abandoning a glass after just a few sips.

well it beats vomiting for the sake of feeling better the next day.

They found an excellent alternative to the Harrison Ford 'I know,' with 'About time.' Classic Olmos. Slightly contrived but not ashamed to admit that it left me wimpering somewhat. She is dying after all.

I think that decapitating Wesley Crusher would be appropriate television for Christmas morning.

It basically looks like there are propositions for 'up to 3' TV film sresulting out of the probable delay until the conclusion of the season next year, and the cast, crew and sets still being available. It looks like another example of the Writer's Strike actually extending the run of shows scheduled to conclude which were considered to be in danger of not being completed, the other key example being Scrubs, which has now been extended to an 8th season. And of course 'Caprica' would probably not have got off the ground without the lack of scripts during the strike. However, plans to divide the final season of BSG predated the strike and it may be that they would have come to this conclusion either way. Relevant issues concern the availability and pay of certain characters and the fact that any TV films would need to be seperated from the shows concluding arc, either being set in the past and or involving different settings, much like 'Razor.' I would say that a concern is that they do not liberally balls up the continuity, Razor arguably did to an extent, what with the old Cylon basestar having never been reffered to etc, but can be forgiven overall, but any more on this line may start to stretch credibility. I would say that its extremely likelytthat this will evolve into the first Cylon war miniseries idea. When they realise that its a great way to make use of the sets and cheap unkown actors, and not have to weave in any difficult retroactive continuity surrounding heavy story arcs. The guy they got to do a young Eddie Olmos in Razor was arguably strong enough to hold it together. Oh yeh, and anything involving Lampkin would be excellent, chances are that he turned out to be such a strong character that they'll be bending over backwards to involve him, I doubt he's that overbooked either. Maybe they could do a nice tie in with the guy they've cast in 'Caprica' as Joseph Adama in some dodgy age make up flashbacks. Overall I think its good news, if Razor is anything to go by. Sources: http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/battlestar_galactica/index.html http://galacticasitrep.blogspot.com/2008/05/wicked-cool-rumors.html

Anderson can just about still do whimsical but pretty much has lost his bite. Kind of like John Cleese in his later years. I'd still like to see him, if they can tailor the role to his remaining assets.

I don't know if this is an injoke or actual mistake or nothing, but you know when quiz machines/ ticket machines go wrong and display a windows box: Apologise in advance for any issue of showing caps, seems minor though. See my avatar for the best Galactica related goof of all time.

It was absolute sheer brilliance. The strongest, most cohesive of the season so far, up there with early season 2 almost with the New Caprica eps. Nuff said.

I think that through attempting to make up for the failed imposed episodic nature of the previuos season they have actually swung too far in the other direction. Its beginning to feel like a very well scripted stagey BBC serial like I Clavdivs or something. I actually found myself far more engaged in this week's episode of Lost.

Moore has stated that the issue of the second mixed race baby will become significant.

very strong sense of cabin fever to whole thing. Or it may just be that when it airs means I always watch it when badly hung over.

oh yeh, but it developed differently with the whole society of fascists people they encountered etc along the way, sort of thing they've held back from in this one and could easily have used to extend it by a couple of worthy seasons.

I'm sure interest will dissipate when they start actually regulating what people use it for!

Would very much agree in it not quite matching up to season opener standards, like those of 'Scattered' or 'Occupation,' suitably well picked up from where we left off but a bit anticlimactic. It may still be the case that the fleet they encountered are 'final five' cylons separate from the others, which I was beginning to doubt after it became apparent that it did open into a battle scene. May be the case that the show becomes too bogged down in preordained quest elements and mystery traitor themes which were always the lower brow aspects of the show. The search for Earth could probably be tackled with a bit more well thought out curiosity, with maybe a few small societies found along the way etc, rather than the sensationalist elements. The show has clearly taken on a mythical quest set by a supernatural being theme. Although it is nice to through in some classical narrative techniques I can't help get the feeling that this has always been made up on the fly, as has the basic premise of the show. All that said. Its still the best thing ever, regardless of whether you may be talking about TV shows, food, emotions, concepts etc. Even if it hasn't been the sensation it could have been and if the prequel doesn't get picked up I predict it's going to achieve MASSIVE cult/mainstream status in reruns and DVD sales. Through word of mouth and the desire to consume large amounts of serialised fodder. I would say that it will see some kind of resurgence sometime in the next decade when the current run expires. We're talking TOS proportions.

Just found a couple: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dieppe_Raid http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N-Gage

It sounds rather tedious and slow. Plus the limited budget will increase the number of real world locations to the point of stretching believability, for an advanced space fairing society. I'd say they should at least do some kind of miniseries based in the first Cylon war, expanding on what they did in Razor, while they have the sets still standing. If this show can combine a decent level of intrigue with its inevitably small budget it may actually flourish with its inevitably small audience. Lets face it, it will probably draw half the viewers of BSG, if its lucky. Given that BSG is arguably the best show on TV and has been for years and still has failed to pull in the numbers, this show will need to be pretty cheap to be worth giving any reasonable lifespan. it sounds like it may go the way of Crusade, or erhh,, Galactica 1980.

There has been renewed interest for a while given the lack of new shows scripted in the wake of the writer's strike but now its official. Read all about it: http://www.buddytv.com/articles/battlestar-galactica/battlestar-galactica-no-to-mov-17777.aspx

I think the Robin Hood element of filesharing is on the way out and previously indifferent people are starting to see it as dishonest and cheapassed, it is after all, freeloading en masse. I'm slightly disturbed by the amount of consumer tech designed around piracy, network video streamers, divx players etc. I tend to prefer that filesharing be seen as difficult, complex and prone to picking up viruses to keep it marginalised. The Govt has taken a few years to catch on though, the whole right of the musician issue really is dated, the issue is much more about studio revenue now, what with films actually costing money to produce. Oh, and they seem completely unaware of video game piracy also. Hopefully any tightening of legislation will coincide with earlier releases and decent pay to download services. People can pay for what they hold dear and wait a bit for shows to air on terrestrial, not the Terminator show is already showing on free to air in the UK. And of course there's always the beauty of renting via post. In short, its still possible to get what you want in a post filesharing environment. Er, hardcore porn, illegal in UK? What about all that err.. hardcore porn you can get everywhere?

Biggest question: Are they going to actually finish it?!!! All else pales in comparison. I don't think there's been any official announcement since the strike concluded.

Its interesting how the whole balanced was tipped in a few weeks, although today's news may just be the nail in the coffin, with the fate sealed by the whole Warner Bros/ then canceled HDDVD conference a few weeks back. In the weeks following Christmas it looked to me like there was not going to be a winner, that most people would settle for hybrid players, with the new range of combo HD-DVD-ROM/BD-R drives for under £200, it seemed like a reflection on the DVD+/-R issue. I think that piracy will be more rife with Bluray. Aside from the whole HDCP thing which has pretty much failed already the issue comes down to blank media. HD-DVD needs a dual layer disc for a 25gb film that will fit on a single layer bluray, as anyone who's attempted to use dual layer writeable DVD's knows, they are expensive, slow and prone to failure and are seldom used by pirating gangs unless maybe they have industrial equipment. The solution is always to rencode the media to a single layer disc. Trying to reencode several hours worth of 1080p media that's already using versatile VC-1 anyway would be unpleasant to say the least, assuming that dual layer next gen media is just as naff as it has been for DVD So the issue now is whether studios will take advantage of Bluray and release massive 50gb dual layer titles, if not, piracy will be more like simply ripping a cd, a very, very big CD. In fact, choosing a multi layered format is always better for the studios because it is much cheaper to create mass produced pressed dual layer copies than it is to burn them on optical drives, this may have been a missed opportunity to combat piracy on a basic economic level rather than relying on crackable copy protection. Anyway, the piracy issue will take a while to take hold because even single bluray blanks cost about a tenner each for the time being.

I think it damaged the credibility of those films.

I don't think its her, at least for the reasons you describe. Bear in mind the miniseries was made with very little planning of future events, the idea of the final five was probably not realised until the third season, secondly Laura seeing six on Caprica was a badly planned plot twist and the flashback for it didn't make sense in the continuity of the miniseries. The show may be the best thing ever but it does not have the forshadowing of, say, Babylon 5.

85, a lot of guesswork, cleverly crafted questions allow for process of elimination.

I don't think they'd name an episode like that today....

You only think she's rough because she became Dr. Pulaski. She'd get it in TOS.