Unofficial Battlestar Galactica Blog

BSG thoughts and bits

Here are a few things happening in BSG land:

• Grant Gould has another print up for auction at eBay. Starbuck and a gun. What more can you ask for?
• In other Grant Gould news, he will be attending San Diego Comic-Con, Wizard World Chicago, Dragon-Con, and MN FallCon this year, so if any of you are going to those shows and would like some original art, drop him an email (grantgould@hotmail.com) and order it ahead of time.  That way you can just pick it up when you get there and won't have to worry about waiting in too long of a line. Support the artists!
• I am particularly bummed that Wizard World Chicago is happening while I am on a trip to Alaska... finally a cool convention shows up and I am out of town! What are the chances?!
• Joss Whedon (Firefly, Buffy, etc) gushes about Battlestar Galactica in his own blog comments. It is pretty amazing for him to say that a show like BSG makes him want to go to writing school.
• I didn't watch this the first time around, but I enjoyed watching it this time... Trey Parker and Matt Stone praise BSG in their Peabody acceptance speech. "Somewhere somebody's blog just blew up."

Until the next link fest!!

The sexy Cylons of BSG in EW

The Cylons of Galactica appeared in Entertainment Weekly. The battlestar_blog LJ community has it posted:

Battlestar Babes

Is it just me or does Grace Park look like Lucy Liu in that photo? Tricia looks like she is going to an 80s prom or something!

Update 6/28/2006 7:30am CST

I should have put a spoiler warning on this. There is some spoilerage at the end of the sidebar next to the photo! Don't read it if you don't want to know!

Cylon action figure photos

The San Diego Comic-Con had an exclusive number of Cylon action figures. Check out the photos:

SDCC Cylon Action Figure
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How long until they are on eBay?

Hands-on with the BSG CCG

Critical Gamers has a hands on look at the Battlestar Galactica collectible card game:

The Battlestar Galactica CCG seems to do a good job mixing things-up by simplifying certain game elements while adding complexity to others. For instance, there are only 3 types of resources (land types) which are used to play cards out of your hand. Simple. There's also a game mechanic that allows players to discard anything in their hand to add to their permanent resource generation. These simplifications streamline gameplay, and eliminate land starvation potentials.

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The article is heavy on the CCG jargon, as it should be. I managed to turn my friend Kevin into a video gamer... maybe we can hook up some CCG action... probably not.

Variety mentions BSG emmy hopes

The more I read, it seems that everyone is pulling for Battlestar Galactica to get noticed! Check out what Variety has to say:

Bonnie Hammer knows that "Battlestar Galactica""Battlestar Galactica" is alien to most Emmy voters.

The critically acclaimed skeinskein isn't one that fits in the kudofest's universe: It's set in space. On the Sci Fi Channel. With a largely unknown cast.

Three strikes? Not according to the president of USA Network and Sci Fi, who believes the show deserves an Emmy nom for drama so much that she's putting her money where her mouth is. Hammer's team is spending what insiders peg to be more than $1 million on the Emmy campaign behind "Galactica" -- hefty coincoin for a basic-cable net.

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Can any one think of shows in the past with so many industry insiders on their side? It seems that everyone that watches the show tends to dig it. I can't help but hope a few Emmy voters can be swayed! Let's all hope together! Go! Now! You aren't hoping hard enough!!

BSG Season 2 DVD Releases

A little more information has filtered onto the web regarding the release of season 2 for BSG:

We've got some DVD news that's going to make a lot of you happy. Universal has just officially announced the release of Battlestar Galactica: Season 2.5 for 9/19 (SRP $49.98). The 3-disc set will include all 10 of the remaining episodes from the season in anamorphic widescreen video with Dolby Digital 5.1 audio, along with an extended version of the Season 2.0  cliff-hanger episode Pegasus. Additional extras will include all of producer Ron Moore's podcast commentaries, deleted scenes and producer David Eick's video journals. There's no word yet as to whether Season 2.0 and 2.5 will be sold together as a 2-pack, or as a single release at a later date.

This was reported by Digital Bits and pointed out by a BSG fan in the comments.

Galactica Station is reporting that in the UK, all 20 episodes are coming out in a single release:

The Sci-fi Channel's hottest TV series returns as Battlestar Galactica 2 blasts onto DVD. As the epic second season begins, the fight to save humanity rages on - even as civil war looms within the fleet between the followers of President Roslin and Commander Adama.

You can now preorder the DVD containing all 20 episodes of season 2 from Amazon UK

availability: Due for release on 14/08/2006
price: £34.99

DVDs everywhere! The summer is just flying by for me! There are going to be new episodes before we know it!

Report from the Season 2 CD release party

Patrick Crowley was lucky enough to attend the Battlestar Galactica season 2 CD release party in LA and has a great post (with photos) up at his blog. Check it out!

I was lucky to be one of the very few fans that got tickets to Sunday night’s

Official Battlestar Galactica: Season Two Soundtrack Album Release Show in Los Angeles.

I actually live in San Diego, not LA, but it’s close enough that I’d figure it’d be worth the drive up (and the more painful drive home… I didn’t get back until 2am Monday morning). And it’s Galactica, right?

So, let’s get to it. The doors were supposed to open at 7pm, so I arrived around 6:30. Initially, there were only half a dozen fans, but the line eventually grew to maybe 20 or 30 people before we started entering the club.

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Awesome write up! Thanks Patrick! I now feel like I was there! Almost...

HNR says Galactica should get an Emmy

Hey, I completely agree with Robert Falconer...and Canda's The Globe and Mail. Check out the article:

It seems we're not the only ones who've been waxing loquaciously about Battlestar Galactica. Just about every major media outlet - including those generally considered among the most prestigious - have been singing the praises of this ground-breaking space drama (or perhaps we should say a drama that just happens to be set in space) for the past year. From Time magazine declaring it 2005's best TV series to making the American Film Institute's top-10 list, the series continues to find support.

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We can hope right?

Yummy BSG news treats

It is the off-season... so here are a few links to keep you nibbling.

• Check out some wallpapers by JefferySG. They are pretty sweet. What I haven't seen are any good dual-monitor BSG wallpapers. If you have, put a link in the comments.
• The rumor on the street is that there isn't going to be a complete DVD set released for season 2... at least not this year... 2.5 is all we are going to get. Anyone else heard differently?
• Head over to the Hasbro site and check out the three new titanium BSG toys coming to a store near you. They are Colonial I, the Raptor, and the Viper MK VII. It is a flash site so you will have to click around. I can't link you straight in. Oh and watch your volume. The site has some pretty loud music.
• I came across a pretty cool BSG sketch in progress. Check it.

That is all I got for now.

Busy days, but still time for BSG

So this post is half BSG related and half personal.

I am working on another project at the moment that has just exploded and it is eating up all my time. My buddy Steve and I started a website called 360voice.com. If you have an Xbox 360 and an online gamer account, you can sign up and the site automatically generates a blog about what games you play every day. It has become extremely popular forcing us to transition to dedicated web hosting and spend the entire week scrambling to keep the site from crashing under the amazing traffic load. You can follow along in the dev blog if you are really interested.

So, if any of you have noticed that traffic is a bit sparse, that is the reason. Hopefully things will slow down soon and I can settle back in to my BSG geekdom. But really quickly, I just wanted to go through my link list and email news... then it is back to writing some code!

1. According to the Malnurtured Snay, TVShowsonDVD is reporting that BSG season 2.5 will be released on DVD Sept. 19th and will include the extended cut of Pegasus. This is only the second half of season two... no word on when the complete season will be released... if ever. You can read more and see the artwork.
2. Speaking of Season 2.5, BSG News, the deleted scenes for it are up on SciFi Pulse.
3. Specialist Cally hit up a tiki bar and there are pictures to prove it!
4. The BSG collectable card game was released and according to Jon who emailed in, it is a lot of fun!
5. A web cast of the BSG event at the Museum of Television & Radio is now available. Go watch it, but beware of spoilers!

So that is all for now!