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In Wizard #166 (on sale
today), actress Katee Sackhoff, who plays Lt. Kara "Starbuck" Thrace on
the hit SCI FI Channel series, "Battlestar Galactica," spills some secrets
on what to expect in season two, which kicks off on Friday, July 15. The
show, a reimagining of the original series that aired in 1978, has fans
buzzing for its dark and realistic telling of what some say is "the story
of Exodus—set in space."
We caught up with Sackhoff during a break in filming on the Vancouver set,
and here's what else she had to say.
On the scenes she's been filming lately: I've been in bed for the last two
days on the show, so my leg started to atrophy and I was like, "Holy crap.
I need to go work out."
On the religious overtones of the show: There's a lot of praying. A lot of
praying. My character seems to get on two knees all the time. [Laughs].
Starbuck's extremely religious and she believes in the prophecies, so I
think she's probably the one we see most on the show praying. She is
extremely religious and she believes in what the President [Mary
McDonnell] has said and I think that what's also hard about it—she's torn
between her beliefs and her duties. It's all very interesting.
On meeting original Starbuck actor Dirk Benedict: I met him about two
years ago, right after we finished the mini-series. We created a little
teaser thing to show before the mini-series aired. And it was called,
"Starbuck buys Starbuck a coffee at Starbucks." And we went and sat at a
Starbucks and had a cup of coffee together. I thought, you know, I thought
he was a great guy, nothing bad to say about the man. But he talks a lot
of s--t about the show now. I was really shocked.
On a possible cameo by Dirk Benedict: I would work with him. But I think
it's really hard to offer somebody a job that has done nothing but
criticize the work.
On the initial backlash about Starbuck becoming a woman in the new
incarnation: You know, I let it bother me at first, and I took a lot of it
personally. I think what it ended up making me do in the mini-series was
prove that my character was tough enough. I was so angry about it. And
once they started attacking me as a person, that's when I stopped caring.
Now I'm just like, you know what, you don't pay my checks. If you don't
like me, you don't like me, there's nothing I can do about it. They're
always going to find something negative to say and if they want to use me
as a scapegoat to make their lives better, then go ahead, do it.
On how her character is perceived now: For the most part now, I would say
that 95% of the people I meet are extremely supportive and I've actually
had people, most people, say they like this Starbuck better than the old
Starbuck. And that's what you try to listen to. But the problem is one
negative comment overshadows a hundred positive ones, so you sit and
remember the negative ones. At least I've stopped getting hate mail.
On the show's success: I'm still in denial. I think I've been on so many
canceled television shows that I'm just kind of like, "Yeah, right. It's
not as successful as everyone says it is." I think the moment for me when
I realized we were actually up there with all the other shows on TV was
when TIME Magazine said we were one of the top six dramas of this year,
which for me was that validation I needed to settle in and be like, "All
right, I guess this is good work that we're doing, you know?" I always
knew it was good work. But it's nice to be acknowledged by the people in
the business I guess.
On her "Battlestar Galactica" contract: I'm signed for five years, so
they've got me until the fifth season. You know, I'm not going anywhere
for a while. And even after that, if the price is right, I'm sure I'll be
around a little bit longer. But you know, we have a weird schedule. We
shoot during the off-season and then our off time is very inconvenient
because it's during pilot season, and the last thing you need to be free
for when you're on a show is pilot season. You want to be free for the
movies, not the TV shows. It's frustrating, but I just count my blessings
every morning I wake up. I'm so grateful, 'cause this show is a playground
for me and I get to go to work every day and pretend like I'm tough. I
don't know where I'll be in five years. We'll see.
On life after "Battlestar Galactica": I want to star in a couple of
"truer" things. The reason I got into this business was to challenge
myself and to play different characters and to take in as much as I could
that this business has to offer. And I'm still young. I'm 25 years old.
I've got a whole career ahead of me and I feel like it hasn't even started
yet. And for me to say stay stagnant on a show past its prime or past my
prime in that character is just a mistake.
On her audition for the show: Well, I got the script in December 2002 and
they were looking for someone in their mid 30s and I was 22 years old, and
I thought, "There's no way I'm gonna get this part." I had auditioned for
the casting director, who I had known because he cast me in another show
six years prior to that and one of the ones that got canceled. And he said
before I auditioned, "Sweetie, you're just not right for this." And I was
like, "I know, I know, but let me try anyway." And I had long, blond hair
down to my butt and I had just come from another audition so I was in a
little skirt and a tank top. And he was like, "Yeah. Really not going to
happen Katee, but go ahead and read for it." And so I read for it and he
was like, "All right, all right, I'll take you to the producers" and I was
like, "All right! Cool!" So I had all of Christmas break to sit on it and
be like, "Come on, when's my audition?" And I still didn't have an
audition when I got back from Christmas break and I called and was like,
"What's going on?" and he was like, "Well they're auditioning girls that
are in their 30s." I was like, "Well they're supposed to bring me to the
producers so when the heck is it gonna happen?" So it finally happened and
it kind of went from there. I think five auditions later I was testing and
I was testing against Grace Park [who was also auditioning for the role of
Starbuck]. So, pretty interesting.
I walked away from that audition and I called my mom and told her, "I'm
gonna get this part, hands down!" I didn't care that they told me I was
too young for it—I was gonna get it. And I said, "But there was this girl
that I tested against that if they don't cast her as Boomer, they're
crazy. So that's what ended up happening. And I was really happy when I
found out that they did cast [Grace] as Boomer. I think it worked out for
the best. I can't imagine Grace and I switching roles. We talked about it.
We both auditioned with Jamie Bamber [Apollo], too.
They waited down to the wire, like they were supposed to let us know
Friday at 7 o'clock who got the part, and it was like 6:59, and I was
like, "F--k, I didn't get it." And I got the phone call at 7:01, and they
said, "You got it!" so I was pretty happy. Yeah, I went out and drank a
little too much. Story of my life. I think that's what I did when we got
picked up, too.
On the show getting picked up for a full season: Shock. When we did the
mini-series, I had no intentions of it getting picked up. I didn't believe
it would ever happen. And it was weird because they had called me and told
me what the numbers were for the mini-series and I wasn't impressed
because I was on a show for CBS that had four times the ratings and that
got canceled. For me, it was like, "We only got a 3? You're kidding me!
We're screwed!" That's what I said. We're done! The day we were supposed
to find out we were getting canceled I was in the middle of a massage
because I just didn't care. It's just not going to happen, there's no way,
so I called my girlfriend and I was like, "Let's go drink 'cause we're
both unemployed." So we went out to actually drink away the pain and I got
a phone call that we got picked up! And I was so shocked. I still didn't
believe it. How did they pick up a show that had a 3 share? I still don't
understand it; it's so weird to me. But on cable that's great. Yeah it's
great ratings, we're one of the highest-rated shows on cable, which is
amazing. I didn't understand that. I thought we needed like an 11 share. I
think I did the same thing when we got picked up for a second season too,
so, I'm very jaded, if you can't tell. I think I've been in this business
for seven years and I'm already jaded.
n Starbuck's penchant for smoking cigars: I smoke cigarettes. Cigars make
me want to throw up, though. They're so gross to me. It's really odd.
People that smoke cigars don't usually smoke cigarettes. In my experience,
as the people who I know that smoke cigars can attest, I cannot stand
them. I think they smell disgusting; they leave the grossest taste in your
mouth. And, ugh, it makes me want to die. It's going to be really
interesting when Starbuck runs out of cigars. Wouldn't she run out? I
mean, we're running out of toilet paper, we're running out of water. When
are we going to run out of cigars? Hopefully soon.
On what is was like to film inside a Cylon Raider: It was absolutely
horrible. Every time I climbed inside I screamed. I'm such a girl, like
people don't understand that, like I am such a girly girl. I have nails
and wear stilettos and wear dresses and the last thing I want to do is go
play in gook. And not only play in it, but also put it in my mouth! It was
so nasty, especially because that day, we shot all the stuff on the planet
before that. It was just the hardest day I ever had on the show because I
had that pack on my back and it actually had 40 pounds of air in it. All
day long, running around this planet. So I was getting sweaty, but the
flight suits are made of rubber, so it holds the wetness in and then they
were turning on this giant 10-foot fan and it was blowing cold air on me
so at one point, my lips were blue. So when I did that stuff in the
Raider, I had the flu. And I was putting it in my mouth, do a take, throw
up, do a take, throw up. Which was not one of my finer moments.
On what the Cylon Raider innards were made of: You want to know something
really scary? The reason fast food chains don't call their shakes
milkshakes is because the base product in it is the exact same base
product of that goo. Is that not the most terrifying thing you've ever
heard in your life? Yeah. It's so gross, too 'cause I love Jack in the Box
milkshakes.
It's the same stuff they used in "Ghostbusters." They just added more
water in it I guess 'cause ours was slimy. Ours was stringier, which made
it even better. It is edible. That's what's so gross about it. So, I
probably ate a pound of the crap.
On Starbuck getting beat up a lot this season: I keep joking with the
producers 'cause every episode I seem to get my ass kicked and I ask them,
"For once, can I not have a huge bruise on my face or something?" So I
keep telling them I need hazard pay because I'm getting the crap kicked
outta me by a Cylon, I'm getting cut open, I have gunshot wounds, like,
I'm so beat up. Like me and Jamie Bamber [Capt. Lee "Apollo" Adama], we're
getting beat up every single episode, and supposedly, in [this season's]
episode 10, Jamie and I just get the living s--t beat out of us. We get
jumped, so it's gonna be like a huge gang fight with Jamie and me under
the pile. More bruises. Yay.
On her character's promiscuity: Yeah, Starbuck's either getting beat up or
having sex. One of the two. At this point, I'm ready to line up all the
male cast and say, "Let's get it over with now and just stockpile the
scene so we don't have to do it anymore. I'm sure I'm gonna get a phone
call at one point asking, "So how do you feel about Michael [Hogan, Col.
Tigh]? Would you care to have sex with him? 'Cause we wrote it, so get
ready!"
On why Starbuck seemingly has it in for Col. Tigh: There's got to be
something more there and I think they just haven't written it yet. Knowing
our show, we're gonna find out he's her father or something stupid like
that. I don't know, something crazy.
On any similarities between her and her character: Starbuck's quick
comebacks, that's kind of me. That funnier side of Starbuck we started to
see in the first season, that's me because I'm just a complete jokester
all the time. I don't take anything seriously—we're not curing cancer,
we're actors. I poured some of my lightheartedness into her which I think
makes her move believable. I was a tomboy in high school, so I draw from
that, but Starbuck's tough and I'm not tough at all. I'm just a big wimp.
On actors who say they don't watch their own work: Oh, they're lying.
They're lying. At the end of the day, we're all egotistical. And we want
to see ourselves on TV 'cause it makes us feel successful. At least that's
just my opinion. They may not watch the finished product because you know,
there are a couple of episodes I haven't seen the finished product of, but
I've watched dailies so you get the gist of it. But you know, I'm a big
fan of the show. I think the show's really smart. It's great action, great
characters and I grew up on sci-fi, so of course I'm gonna like it.
On her favorite sci-fi shows growing up: I was addicted to the original
"Star Trek" when I was growing up, because of my dad. We grew up in St.
Helen, Oregon and we weren't allowed to watch a lot of TV. I don't think
we even had more than three channels, so it was basically watch "Dynasty"
with my mom, watch "Star Trek" with my dad, or watch the mating rituals of
beavers on OPB [Oregon Public Broadcasting]. So my brother and I watched
"Star Trek."
On where she's settled down: I was born and raised in Oregon but now I
live in L.A. Yeah, very excited, just bought a house. Yeah, right, and my
brand-new house is sitting there with boxes in it. I think I've slept
there all of eight times.
On what she does with her free time: What's free time? No, um, I hang out
with Tricia [Helfer, who plays Number Six], a lot. Tricia and I have
become really close, which is kind of a weird mix, but she's become like a
big sister to me and we've actually got a lot in common. She's one of the
funniest people I know. She's just crazy stupid. And she's such a great
actress, like no one would ever know. She's amazing. But she's a really
good friend. She is honestly the most beautiful woman I have ever met in
my entire life. But she's so much more beautiful on the inside. She's such
a great girl and I don't think she knows how pretty she is. I really don't
think she knows. I think she still thinks she's a small town girl who grew
up on a farm.
I also hang out with Jamie, Mary [McDonnell, Pres. Laura Roslin] and James
[Callis, Dr. Gaius Baltar]. It's difficult because everybody else on the
show is married.
I also have a friend up here who works on the "Dead Zone," Chris Bruno. He
plays Walt, the police officer. And so through him I've met some friends
he knew because he had been up here for a year before I was. So I find
myself hanging out with stunt guys and makeup ladies.
On her weirdest convention experience: I like doing conventions, but I
don't want to do too many of them because it's too time consuming for me.
But I do love going and talking to the fans because they're just so
supportive and they're just really into it. The weirdest part was this guy
came up to me and his hand was a little shaky and he shook my hand and
took a picture with me and I was chewing my gum and he was like, "Is your
gum losing its flavor?" And I was like, "Yeah of course, I've been here
for like five hours, so of course it's losing its flavor." And he goes,
"Can I have it?" And I went, "Excuse me?" And he goes, "Is that weird?"
And I go, "Yeah. It'll be on eBay right next to Britney Sears' pregnancy
test!" The last thing I need to do is give somebody my gum. It's really
funny. I just started cracking up, of course I said no. I think I might
have even swallowed it at that point, like uh, not getting that piece.
I had a friend of mine call me and he was on eBay and he just started
cracking up. And he said, "You're never going to believe this! I looked
you up just 'cause I was on eBay screwing around, and there is a picture
of your feet on eBay!" Yeah, and it's actually selling. And I was like,
"You're freaking kidding me! My feet?" Granted I have cute feet, but holy
s--t, like come on, you can have a picture of my feet, you don't need to
buy it on eBay. It was just crazy to me. And then he said, "You gotta look
at this signature, I don't think it's yours." And I was like "What? That's
so weird." And I looked and sure enough it's not my signature on the
picture. This is a different picture. And someone had signed one of the
shots from the show and it's not my signature. Wow, that's pretty
interesting, taking advantage there. It's weird, too 'cause I sign
everything. I'm not one of those people that's like, "I'm sorry, I won't
sign that."
--MEL CAYLO
Moore darker Galactica
S. Indra Sathiabalan: Sourse
Sun to Surf Maylaysia
Thu, 30
Jun 2005
IN 1978, a sci-fi series called Battlestar Galactica (created by Glen A. Larson) captured the imagination of audiences in the United States and later, the rest of the world with its (at that time) stunning special effects and story.
Though it lasted only one season, the series became a cult classic with its share of devout fans.
Writer and executive producer Ronald D. Moore has been given the task of bringing back Battlestar Galactica to the small screen.
Moore studied political science at Cornell University and went through a series of odd jobs before selling his first professional script, The Bonding, to Star Trek: The Next Generation in 1989. He joined the writing staff at The Next Generation and wrote or co-wrote 27 episodes, including the two-hour series finale All Good Things for which Moore won a Hugo award in 1994.
He then moved on to write for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and also served as executive producer for Roswell and HBO Original series Carnivale.
The revamped Battlestar Galactica began as a four-part mini-series which made its debut over the Sci-Fi Channel in 2002 in the US. Last year, it was expanded to a full-fledged mini-series.
Set in a distant solar system, the people of the 12 Colonies of Kobol have lived in peace with their one-time enemies, the Cylons, for over 40 years.
The Cylons, created by humans, are sentinent cyborgs with artificial intelligence. They turned on their masters in the first war, before an uneasy peace reigned for 40 years. Then, the Cylons launch a sneak attack.
The Battlestar Galactica, which was on the verge of being decommisioned, is brought back into action with Commander Adama (Edward James Olmos) leading the attack.
However, the colonies are destroyed and on the urging of Laura Roslin (Mary McDonald), Adama agrees to lead the remaining ships carrying the last survivors out of their solar system to find a new home, the 13th Colony of Kobol, Earth. So begins their quest but we haven't seen the last of the Cylons.
James Callis (Dr Gaius Baltar); Jamie Bamber (Capt Lee Adama aka Apollo); Tricia Helfer (human-looking Cylon Number 6); and Grace Park (Lt Sharon Valerii aka Boomer).
During a teleconference, Moore told the press that his involvement in the series began when he was approached by producer David Aiken who asked him if he was interested in doing a remake of Battlestar Galactica.
Moore went out and rented a copy of the original serial. "As I was watching it, I was struck by a couple of things.
"The first was the nature of the premise of the Cylons coming in and destroying the entire human civilisation, and the few human survivors who run into the night pursued by their enemies.
"I thought it was an interesting way to start the series. If you watch that show post Sept 11 (2001), it has the kind of resonance that wasn't there in 1978," Moore said.
"Secondly, it was an interesting opportunity to reinvent sci-fi on television and sort of take a more realistic approach to the storyline, to make the show less escapist and more down-to-earth."
Human perspective
Moore said that most people remember the show's name rather than the show itself. "Since the original ran only one season, it wasn't syndicated and it wasn't aired in the US for a long time. I had a lot of leeway to do what I wanted for the series. I changed what I wanted and kept the important elements of the show."
Moore opted to concentrate more on the human aspect than the stunning special effects.
"I felt there was room in sci-fi for characters first and foremost. Make it a character-driven story about the people who happen to be in a sci-fi universe and you'll have a more interesting and dynamic show," Moore explained.
He believes a good sci-fi story is one that looks at society through a different light.
Some
purists are angry at certain changes made to the original story.
"When I pitched the show, I actually did not know what fans wanted. Making Starbuck a woman was the first thing I thought of. The original Starbuck was a rogue pilot, the hotshot, the womaniser, the gambler, the bad boy. I thought it would be fun to make the character a woman," Moore said.
"Then I thought of making Cylons look like human beings. These machines decided to evolve themselves to look like us and they decided that they are the children of mankind and they have their own faith and belief system."
The original series was good family fun. Moore admitted that the new Battlestar Galactica will be for mature audiences due to its dark overtones.
Shooting for the second season has already began and Moore is optimistic that they will go into a third season.
Battlestar Galactica will debut over Cinemax (Astro Channel 41) on July 2. It will kick off with The Making of Battlestar Galactica at 9.15pm, followed by the first episode The Beginning: Part 1 at 10pm. Part 2 will be aired on July 3. Subsequent episodes of the series will be aired on Sundays at 10pm.
SCI FI CHANNEL
BECOMES FIRST TV NETWORK TO OFFER ORIGINAL VIDEO BLOG
Released by Sci Fi
Tuesday, June 28, 2005
Battlestar Galactica' Executive Producer
David Eick Gives Fans Exclusive Behind-the-Scenes Video Access to Season
SCIFI.COM Also to Stream Season One
Cliffhanger Finale NEW YORK -- June 28, 2005 -- SCIFI.COM,
the official Web site of the SCI FI Channel, continues to pioneer
innovative viewing experiences on the Internet. Just five months after it
became the first television network to offer original content via
podcasting technology, SCI FI now becomes the first television network to
launch an exclusive video blog for one of its original series. 'Battlestar Galactica' Executive Producer
David Eick will offer viewers an exclusive look behind-the-scenes of one
of television's hottest new shows. Fresh 3-5 minute video blogs will be
posted every few weeks, giving fans never before seen insights into the
production of the hit show including candid moments with the series'
stars. Visitors will be able to sit in on script meetings with writers and
producers and meet other members of the crew and special effects team.
In anticipation of 'Battlestar
Galactica's second season premiere, SCIFI.COM will also begin streaming
season one's action filled finale episode, "Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part
II." Battlestar's series premiere episode, "33," has been viewed more than
100,000 times on the site -- the most successful streaming event in
SCIFI.COM history. The video blog is just the latest of SCI
FI's innovative online programming initiatives for the official 'Battlestar
Galactica' site (www.scifi.com/battlestar). Furthering its commitment to
exploring the imagination through viewer-based offerings, the site has
been feeding into the insatiable fan appetite for all things Battlestar.
To that end, SCIFI.COM has scored some impressive online numbers:
--Original podcast commentaries by
executive producer Ronald D. Moore have been accessed by more than 150,000
times --Moore's written blog has received
nearly 1.5 million visits (347,000 unique visitors) SCIFI.COM will continue to deliver
exclusive online content throughout production of the second season, which
premieres on SCI FI on Friday, July 15 @ 10pm ET/PT as part of the
Channel's 'SCI FI Friday' night of original dramas. SCIFI.COM (www.scifi.com) is the official
site of the SCI FI Channel and the No. 1 science fiction destination on
the Internet. In addition to in-depth information on Channel shows, the
site covers the broad spectrum of sci-fi, from daily news and reviews to
award-winning online series and original stories by today's top authors.
SCIFI.COM is a "People's Choice" Webby Award winner and a Flash Forward
Award winner. Stories published on SCIFI.COM have also earned two Nebula
Awards and a World Fantasy Award. The site was launched in 1995 and is
part of the SCI FI Channel program service of NBC Universal, one of the
world's leading media and entertainment companies.
Galactica discovers sister ship in 'Pegasus'
TUESDAY - JUNE 28, 2005
Source:
Gateworld
The crew of the
Battlestar Galactica will discover that theirs isn't the last surviving
battlestar of the Twelve Colonies in an upcoming episode of the series,
GateWorld has learned. Inspired by the original series episode "Living
Legend" starring Lloyd Bridges as Commander Cain, "Pegasus" will
air mid-way through the show's second season.
Beware of spoilers in the report below!
President Laura
Roslin, Apollo, and Starbuck have returned to the fleet, and
apparently patched things up with Commander Adama. Roslin is recognized as
the President again, and must step up to the plate when the Galactica
encounters another battlestar roaming the stars. It is the Battlestar
Pegasus, a Mercury-class battlestar more advanced than the Galactica,
commanded by female Admiral Nelena Cain.
Cain tells Adama and Roslin that the Battlestar Pegasus was docking at the
Scorpion Fleet Shipyard, its crew preparing for an extended shore leave
when the Cylon attack began. The Cylons nuked the shipyard without
warning, destroying other battlestars and killing a quarter of the
Pegasus's crew in a moment. To save the ship and the surviving crew, Cain
ordered a blind jump -- no calculations, no direction. The ship could have
ended up anywhere.
In the many weeks since, Cain and the Pegasus have had their share of
run-ins with the Cylons. A humanoid Cylon came on board the ship at
Scorpion disguised as a civilian dock worker and became friends with the
crew, only to betray them later. Another 800 died when the Cylons were
tipped off and boarded the Pegasus.
After catching up, Cain and Adama begin to discuss the fleet's future --
and Roslin realizes that Adama reports to the Admiral. Cain is in
charge now. Laura is somewhat trepidatious, but very glad to have the
lost ship back with them. Cain informs the commander that a Cylon fleet
they have been tracking -- including two base ships, support ships,
and one massive vessel they could not identify -- has been following
the Galactica.
Cain intends to combine their forces for an all-out attack on the large
ship, and Adama doesn't hesitate to agree. But there is one catch: After
reviewing the Galactica's mission logs, the Admiral intends to
integrate the crews and reassign some personnel to the Pegasus ...
including Starbuck and Apollo.
The decisions send tensions into the statosphere, as Kara and Lee balk at
the new orders. And when a lieutenant is assaulted and killed, both
Helo and Chief Tyrol are arrested for courts martial. The Admiral's
decision regarding their trial and their fate fractures the tenuous
relationship between the two battlestars, forcing Adama to take drastic
measures for his men.
Guest characters include Admiral Nelena Cain, Stinger (a pilot from
the Pegasus, perhaps its CAG), Fisk, Lieutenant Thorne (the
assault victim), Gina (a female Cylon captured by the Pegasus and
studied by Baltar), and Petty Officer Hoshi (a Pegasus CIC
officer).
"Pegasus" is the first of a multi-part episode, ending on a tense
cliffhanger. It is not yet known whether this will serve as the mid-season
finale in September, though the gravity of the story makes this likely.
Katee Sackhoff Takes GALACTICA "Home"
The latest issue of
TV Zone magazine, just out in the UK, features
an exclusive interview with BATTLESTAR GALACTICA actress
Katee Sackhoff, ('Lt Kara 'Starbuck'
Thrace'), in which she talks about the upcoming second season episode
"Home Part One". Here are a few excerpts :
"The story that we're
shooting right now, part one of "Home", is when 'Starbuck' returns to the
Galactica from Caprica after having travelled there to retrieve the Arrow
of Apollo," Sackhoff told journalist Steve Eramo "She has the arrow, which
the audience already knows, and our heroes have to now go to Kobol and the
Tomb of Athena where they will supposedly find the directions to Earth.
There's a huge group heading down to the planet, including 'Starbuck',
'Apollo', 'President Roslin', 'Tom Zarek' and a couple of 'Zarek's men."
"We're on location for most of this episode, and our first day out, the
1st of June, it poured and was extremely windy. I was purple and
shivering, and at one point our first aid guy came up to me and said, 'You
stopped shivering about five minutes ago'. I was like, 'So that means I'm
not feeling the cold anymore,' and he said, 'No, sweetie, it's actually
the warning signs of hypothermia'. I was like, 'Oh, really'. Believe it or
not, we had to come back the following day to finish shooting. Happily,
I'm no longer purple, but I do have a wicked cough and I'm not exactly
feeling my best. To top it off, it's going to rain more over the next two
weeks. So it's been a little tough, but Starbuck and I are hanging in
there."
More from Sackhoff can be found at
TV Zone
and
The Great Link.
Episode 10 - "Pegasus" Spoilers
There are some episode 10 Spoilers filtering through from various sources
and all they seem to have in common is the main Synopsis so here goes : -
Close your eyes and don't peek if you dont want to know: -
The Battlestar Pegasus, thought to be destroyed in the original Cylon attack, stumbles upon the Galactica. The commander of the Pegasus, Admiral Cain is Adama's superior and takes command, also deciding to make some major changes to the Galactica's crew. Tension mounts and violence ensues, with the two ships eventually becoming involved in a fire-fight and the Galactica at a serious disadvantage....
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BSG Convention report Day 2
From themonkeycabal's
blog for more in-depth info on what happened at
the BSG Con, Katee's and Tricia's comments, season one goofs and funny
moments, and their characters back stories.
Check in the Conventions section of this board for a full report and
season 2 spoilers.
Only Human
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by Steven Eramo
TV Zone magazine
Star Katee Sackhoff has been busy battling Cylons and the elements –
and nearly catching hypothermia. She chats to about suffering for her art,
and what her character of Lt Starbuck will be getting up to in the series’
second season.
Typically, it's postal workers who
brave the rain, sleet, snow and dark of night to do their jobs. That adage
also applies to actors, as Katee Sackhoff, who plays Battlestar Galactica's
Lt Kara 'Starbuck' Thrace, explains as she starts work on the show's second
season.
'The story that we're shooting right now, part one of Home, is when Starbuck
returns to the Galactica from Caprica after having travelled there to
retrieve the Arrow of Apollo,' says Sackhoff. 'She has the arrow, which the
audience already knows, and our heroes have to now go to Kobol and the Tomb
of Athena where they will supposedly find the directions to Earth. There's a
huge group heading down to the planet, including Starbuck, Apollo, President
Roslin, Tom Zarek and a couple of Zarek's men.
'We're on location for most of this episode, and our first day out, the 1st
of June, it poured and was extremely windy. I was purple and shivering, and
at one point our first aid guy came up to me and said, 'You stopped
shivering about five minutes ago'. I was like, 'So that means I'm not
feeling the cold anymore,' and he said, 'No, sweetie, it's actually the
warning signs of hypothermia'. I was like, 'Oh, really'. Believe it or not,
we had to come back the following day to finish shooting. Happily, I'm no
longer purple, but I do have a wicked cough and I'm not exactly feeling my
best. To top it off, it's going to rain more over the next two weeks. So
it's been a little tough, but Starbuck and I are hanging in there.'
Like her fellow Viper pilots, Lt Starbuck risked her life more than once
during Battlestar's first year to protect the Galactica as well as its fleet
of ships carrying the last Human survivors from a Cylon massacre. The job
took its toll on her both mentally and physically, but she kept that
well-hidden up to the very end of the season.
'I was really impressed with how my character's story arc unfolded last
year,' says Sackhoff. 'Starbuck learnt a great deal about herself, and at
the end of the season we see her crack. Prior to that she'd been sort of
'Super Starbuck', and always did her job and saved everyone. She was
perfect, spot on, and then lost it completely. I enjoyed that, and, in fact,
have asked the show's producers and writers if we could keep that up this
season. I really want to drive home the point that Starbuck is human and has
flaws. She's probably one of the most flawed characters on the series as
well as one who's extremely scared. There are quite a few skeletons in her
closet and some of them are going to be coming out in year two, which I'm
excited about.'
Grace Park & Tahmoh Penikett Talk BSG
HypaSpace is a news/info show produced by Space, Canada's sci-fi Channel
Broadcast: June 19, 2005.
Grace Park (Lt. Sharon 'Boomer' Valerii)
Grace Park: Battlestar Galactica is a show about politics and survival and terrorism and, uh, love and faith. I think that the battle between two different ways of thinking, and what happens when there's been decades of bloodshed and turmoil and rage between these two sets of people -- and then there's, like, a dark, deep chasm between the two; and, like, are we ever going to cross it? And what's starting to happen in second season is, like, Helo and Sharon fall in love, and it's almost like they're bridging the gap but they're both in the void. And they could fall forever. Or it could be like the beginning of something.
Tahmoh Penikett (Lt. Karl 'Helo' Agathon)
Tahmoh Penikett: How you doing, Space Channel? I'm Tahmoh Penikett. I play Helo, Lt. Agathon, Electronic Communications Officer on the Battlestar Galactica. Now, this is my second time on set. I haven't been here since the miniseries, the pilot. So, we're going to discover this together. Take a walk with me. Let's see what we can find.
Tahmoh finds Adama's "Thai Jazz" book
Penikett: As I said, guys, this is my second time here, so I'm pretty excited to check it out myself. And there's been some big expansion since the pilot. There's been new rooms built, all these new ships introduced in the TV series, so this is all new. We're going to see what we can find here. Aha! Adama's office. This is a special room. This is the commander's office. Very private, intimate place. This is our fearless leader's room. Let's see what we have here. There's some books, the last known books. What've we got here? We've got "Universal Standard Encyclopaedia." That's a good book. Read that one. What's this, what's this? We've got "Thai Jazz." Thai jazz, yeah. Thai jazz is good. I've heard Thai jazz before.
Tahmoh smells something cooking Grilled meat for the cast and crew
Penikett: You gotta check this out. These cooks here are amazing. They take care of us well on this show. This is what we're having for lunch. Huh? How about that?
Tahmoh encounters Grace Park
Penikett: This is the beautiful and talented Grace Park, who plays Boomer, Sharon Valerii.
Park: Hi. I play Sharon Valerii... Boomer.
Penikett: Sexy Cylon, isn't she?
Grace has a new dance
Park: No, really, this is my new dance.
Penikett: This is the new dance. This is... this is the new dance. Isn't that hot? Cylons, man, she's sure wack.
Park: It's hot, I know. And these are the new things.
Penikett: It's the sun, it's getting to her.
Park (laughing): Yeah. In Vancouver, we don't get the sun!
Penikett: This is how we're preparing for a big emotional scene today. Can't really go into detail. It's deep, theatrical, west coast techniques, but we'll talk about it another time.
Park: Yeah, we will. We'll give it to you later. But that's, like, the in-depth, behind, behind, behind the scenes.
Penikett: Exactly. One more little dance?
(Grace and Tahmoh do a jig.)
Penikett: Okay, we gotta go.
Park: Okay, bye!
Penikett: We'll see you later.
The Raptor in Studio G
Penikett: Okay, you guys, Studio G. This is it. Hangar bay. It's got to be one of the best areas. Let's see what we can see. Aha! Now there you go. Information-gathering platform, the Raptor. Electronic Communications officer that I am, this is my baby. This is what I was trained for. Beautiful machine, isn't she? Let's check her out.
Now this is usually where I sit, right here in the Raptor. Recon missions, what have you. This is where Helo controls the ship, gathers all the information, does his business. Sharon, of course, is our pilot. I could be pilot if I wanted to, but I don't really want to. I like to gather information. So, I let her do it.
Penikett: Oh, here we go, Viper. Guys! Viper. This is what made the showfamous, original series and the new. This is the new version, of course, though. Look at this bad boy. I'd like to get my hands on one of these. Huh? This baby could tell a story. You know, she's been-- she's been in a lot of battles with the Cylons. Yeah, this is our hangar bay. This is it.
Okay, guys, I'm going to take you into the makeup room. I've got a big scene coming up with Grace Park. So, here we go.
Tahmoh in the makeup trailer
Penikett: Trisha and Haley are responsible for all the wonderful makeup on this show. As everybody's seen, any of the wounds, any of the... people getting blown up, me looking like I'm suffering from radiation poisoning, all that stuff, these girls are responsible.
And these gentlemen are in charge of our hair. Let's come down and say hi, real quick.
Anyway, I got to get to my scene, so they're going to finish touching me up here, guys. Thanks for coming out. Look forward to seeing Space again.
Edward James Olmos on Season 2
- Edward James Olmos, star of "Battlestar Galactica," told me this week that the second season of the show is "better than the first one -- it's more complex." But he added a caveat: "I'd hate to be a person who saw Season 2 without having seen Season 1." Solution: Sci Fi's running a marathon of the first season of "Battlestar Galactica" from 7 a.m. July 6 to 1 a.m. July 7.
More Galactica Spoilers Announced at lvrocks
Lawless
Accepts Role, Eight Cylons Aboard Galactica, and Cmdr. Cain Status
June 25th 2005
04:09pm |
Posted by:Jim
Iaccino, Flight Deck Associate Editor
More Battlestar Galactica Season 2 spoilers were announced on the
Colonial Confidential segment of Shaunomac's Subject-to-Discussion show at
lvrocks
this past Wednesday night, June 22nd. Read on only if you are interested in
seeing how Galactica unfolds this year.
First up, Lucy Lawless has indeed accepted the role of Colonial reporter
D'Anna Biers for at least one episode. This was also announced at the
Official Xena website this week. D'Anna is one of two new Cylon
models and reports indicate that she is very, very blonde.
Second, Episode 210's title is indeed "Pegasus," and the search is on for an
actress to play the legendary Commander Cain. Filming of this episode begins
in a few weeks so they will have to cast someone very soon if this episode
is to be completed on time.
Third, Boomer has informed Baltar that there are eight Cylons aboard the
Galactica. Two questions can be raised: Why are there so many of the enemy
aboard the Battlestar and who are they? Interestingly, in a related news
item Boxey will make an appearance in 3-4 episodes this season. Perhaps
Boxey is one of those models; it would appear that nobody is above suspicion
- except perhaps for Commander Adama and Laura Roslin...right?
Finally, President Roslin is getting ill very quickly, and it might very
well be the case that she does not make it to Season 3 - unless her cancer
is removed from her body in some miraculous fashion.
All these spoilers have been archived and can be heard at
GalacticaStation.
More updates on Cain & the Pegasus episode will be forthcoming in the weeks
ahead. Stay tuned for all the latest Battlestar Galactica
information! And don't forget, the premiere episode for Season 2 airs in the
US July 15th on SCI FI. The Canadian airdate on SPACE has yet to be
announced.
Source:
lvrocks
In:General
Battlestar Galactica News
SFX Interviews Ronald D. Moore
By GustavoLeao
The latest issue of SFX magazine, just out in the UK, features an exclusive
interview with BATTLESTAR GALACTICA producer Ronald D. Moore, in which he
talks about the state of science fiction television and reviews the first
season episodes.
"The audience was ready for a different take," Moore said about the
GALACTICA's success "I'd said for quite a while that the space opera as a
form had begun to be a bit stale. It was not challenging its audience
anymore, it was becoming a lot of the same kind of storytelling, a lot of
the same kind of visuals, a lot of the same kind of characters. It was
becoming a situation where each science fiction show must have the brainy
guy, and the funny guy and the action guy."
"You could just run them off really quickly and the audience is not dumb.
They know when they've seen something before and the audience knows fairly
quickly what types of stories you're telling and they say, 'I've seen this
50 million times' and they move on to something else."
To read the full article, get the latest issue of SFX Magazine at your local
newstand.
Universal Studios Home Entertainment has joined Fox and Warner Bros in offering Best Buy a title before other retailers. Battlestar Galactica: Season 1 will appear in Best Buy stores on July 26, and sell for $69.99. Best Buy has listed it as "Battlestar Galactica (Uk Version)," which doesn't make sense; it's the entire first season of the series. It also appears that they're charging full SRP, and they'll get away with it since they don't have any competition for 2 months.
We've been told by other retailers that the regular retail release will be on September 20.
We'll try to post more information when it's available, but Best Buy exclusive titles are kept fairly quiet.
Englewood Cliffs, NJ (June 24, 2005) -- Today NBC Universal Cable announced its July lineup for Universal HD, highlighted by the introduction of its new Friday Night Sports block as well as several exciting show marathons and movie premieres.
"July is going to be a great month for HD fans, we're adding a sports block every Friday night centered around the Dew Action Sports Tour and sport-themed films," commented Dan Harrison, Senior Vice President, Cross-Network Strategy & Emerging Networks for NBC Universal Cable Entertainment. "For our science fiction fans we have 'Dune,' 'Timecop' and a 'Battlestar Galactica' marathon of the complete first season leading up to the second season premiere immediately after on SCI FI Channel."
On July 22, Universal HD unveils its new Friday Night Sports programming block beginning at 9:00 pm/ET. It is headlined by a marathon of the 2005 Dew Action Sports Tour, featuring top professional action sports athletes competing in skateboarding (vert and park), BMX (vert, park and dirt) and freestyle motorcross. Subsequent Friday nights will feature more thrilling HD sports action, including more of the Tour, rare Olympic medal moments from the 2004 Olympic Games, and sports themed movies like "North Shore," "The Babe" and "Slap Shot 2."
Throughout the month, Universal HD will air marathons featuring two of the very best shows from the NBC Universal library. Celebrate July 4 with an all-day showing of USA's critically acclaimed detective series "Monk," starring Tony Shalhoub, beginning at 10:00 am/ET. The entire first season of "Battlestar Galactica," the highest-rated original series in the history of SCI FI, will air during a 26-hour marathon beginning at 11:00 pm/ET on July 9, and again from 6:00 am - 8:00 pm/ET on July 15, which marks the premiere of season 2 on SCI FI at 10:00 pm/ET.
July will also witness the unveiling of several diverse films on Universal HD. Two sci-fi thrillers make their debut: "Timecop," starring Jean-Claude Van Damme on July 3, and the epic "Dune" on July 9. Fans of sweeping romantic dramas can look forward to the July 16 premier of "How to Make and American Quilt," starring Winona Ryder. On July 31, the critically lauded Holocaust drama "The Pianist" makes its debut. The film won three Academy Awards® in 2003: Best Actor (Adrien Brody), Best Director (Roman Polanski), and Best Adapted Screenplay.
Universal HD, an NBC Universal Cable network, launched in fourth quarter 2004 is currently available in systems reaching more than 26 million homes in 100% 1080i HD, 24/7. Universal HD offers the best of NBC Universal's library in HD. Programming includes unedited and uninterrupted films, "Backdraft," "Carlito's Way," "Apollo 13" and "The Fast and the Furious;" award-winning series such as "Monk," "Law & Order: SVU" and "Battlestar Galactica;" performing arts and special events, "Music in High Places" and sports programming including the US Open and the 2004 Summer Olympics. For more information, please visit www.universalhd.com.
About NBC Universal Cable
NBC Universal Cable, a division of NBC Universal, one of the world's preeminent media companies, drives the company's cable strategic development and growth including video-on-demand, pay-per-view, HDTV and retransmission consent, and oversees the cable distribution, marketing and local ad sales of fourteen properties (Bravo, CNBC, CNBC World, MSNBC, mun2, NBC Weather Plus, SCI FI, ShopNBC, Telemundo, Telemundo Puerto Rico, Trio, Universal HD, USA and the Olympics on cable). NBC Universal Cable also directs and manages the company's cable and new media investments including A&E, The History Channel, History Channel International, The Biography Channel, National Geographic International, the Sundance Channel and Tivo.
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The following contains MAJOR spoilers for the second season of "Battlestar Galactica."
The first season of "Battlestar Galactica" ended on a bittersweet note -- the survivors of the Cylon onslaught discovered the mythical planet of Kobol only to have the Cylons claim it for themselves, a senior officer is revealed as a Cylon operative, martial law is declared and Commander Adama (Edward James Olmos) is mortally wounded.
The main question now is, what will season two have to offer? According to actor Jamie Bamber, his character of Apollo is having an interesting time.
"It's defined Apollo in a new way," said Bamber, talking about the events of the season finale.
"He isn't the son of the commanding officer anymore. He's completely alone in the fleet. His dad has been shot, he's an orphan, he's not defined by being the heir to a military tradition," he said. "He doesn't regret his decision for a second. For the first time, he can truly be an individual, rather than someone trapped in this military world."
With the revered Commander Adama out for the count at the opening of the second season, Bamber also mentioned that Apollo gets the chance to stand up and be his own person. In essence, he steps out of his fathers shadow and is recognized for the person he is.
Speaking of shooting the second season, Bamber added that the main challenge for him now is working in Vancouver as he lives in London. With the extension of seven episodes to this season (bringing the series to a total of 20 episodes compared to season one’s 13) it means Bamber now has to spend nine months a year stateside. But for the moment, the actor is very happy to be part of the BSG story.
Bamber also hinted that along with Caprican soldiers resisting the occupation, we will also be seeing Cylons fighting other Cylons.
"There is, in the second season, further confusion about the Cylons. Some fight other Cylons along with humans," said the actor. "It's not just a simple analogy for Al Qaeda. There are all sort of religious themes in the whole relationship."
And as for the complicated dynamic that exists between Adama, Apollo and Starbuck (Katee Sackhoff), Bamber remained coy as to what fans can expect.
"It's like lots of relationships, you can't simplify it," he said. "They are indisputably attracted to each other. But it's latent. There's so much guilt for the dead brother and dead fiancee between them. Then arguably, she's more responsible for his death than anybody else, yet he blames his dad for it"
"Can they get together knowing there's the dead brother between them? That's really awkward," Bamber said. "And Commander Adama really really relies on her, she's like a daughter to him, he's close to her and Lee resents that."
Wednesday, june 22 2005 by Zirone
Source: BSG-Online
Richard Hatch who portrayed Apollo in the original series, and who is now Tom Zarek agreed to answer our questions. In the following interview he talks about BSG, his character and himself.
BSG-Online: To begin this interview, you have really big credits, you appeared on many TV shows such as and this is a non-exhaustive list: Dynasty, McGyver, Baywatch and of course Battlestar Galactica in which you played Apollo. Which was the shooting that marked you the most so far?
Richard Hatch: I obviously love the Battlestar story and playing Apollo was certainly rewarding, but the character that was most challenging to me was the role of Jan Berry in “Dead Mans Curve”, the true story of 50’s rock stars Jan and Dean. Jan was in a serious accident early in his career and had brain damage and had to fight and struggle to reclaim his former life. Bruce Davidson co-starred with me. Great role!
BSG-O: In the first season of the new Battlestar Galactica, you play a former terrorist and prisoner called Tom Zarek. Do you points in common with this character have (psychologically speaking of course)? Do you fit in the role easily?
RH: The role of Tom Zarek is also one of the most favorite roles I’ve ever played as he is a deeply idealistic man who has fought for human rights and suffered 20 years in prison for staying true to his vision of a more fair, honest and decent world. However he is also a deeply flawed and damaged human being after watching his family and closest friends die in painful and unjust ways. Forged by painful circumstances and his rage at the abusive institutions of law and power on his home planet of Sagittaron he has been forced to live under he has crossed the line and become what some call a terrorist and many others call a heroic freedom fighter. I related strongly this kind of characters because all through history men like Tom paid a dear price for standing up to oppressive governments and were always considered the bad guy, by those who sided with whatever regime was in powerful at the time. Nelson Mandella was considered a terrorist by the South African Government was he not. I’m sure he crossed the line too but for better or worse his heart was always in the right place even if he made serious mistakes in his committed attempts to find equality and freedom for his people. I see Tom Zarek in this light. He’s not a bad guy! Maybe misguided and maybe his anger and frustration have clouded his vision but in his heart he cares about injustice and creating a better world. I have been on this path all my life but unlike Tom, did not suffer 20 years in a abusive jail system that obviously damaged his spirit and pushed him to the darker side of his nature. Good men have done bad things all through history when pushed too far.
BSG-O: You are one of the few - may be the only one - who played two characters in the same show, Apollo in '78 and Zarek today. Are these two characters complementary? Which one is closest of your character?
RH: Both Apollo and Tom Zarek are close to me. There’s probably a little of Apollo, Starbuck and Tom Zarek in all of us but certainly I can embrace these influences in me. Apollo and Zarek could very easily be two sides of the same character. If Apollo had been pushed too far, tortured, imprisoned and abused I wouldn’t be surprised if he might have embraced the Tom Zarek side of his nature as well.
BSG-O: What do you think of Bamber's performance? Did you speak together about the character of Apollo and the whole show?
RH: In the beginning of the show I thought Jamie’s version of Apollo was quite different from mine but than Ron Moore’s way of entering into most of the characters on BG was to first show the conflicted areas of struggle within there nature first and than slowly reveal there humanity. But as I’ve watched Jamies character grow and evolve I would say that I find a lot of similar traits to the original Apollo appearing, but Jamie of course plays these uniquely and differently from the way I did. Apollo is a true blue, down to earth realist, who is gut level honest, idealistic and in my view heroic in his quest to do the right thing at all times. He doesn’t take bullshit from anyone and stands up for what he believes regardless of who stands against him. I believe that both our versions of Apollo share most of these qualities, but Jamie has truly made Apollo his own and brought his own strength of character to the part. I love what he is doing with the role and consider Jamie to be not only an exceptional and accomplished actor, but a rare breed of human being and that comes through powerfully in the role he’s playing.
BSG-O: The new Battlestar Galactica is today, as was the first show, a really big success all around the world. How do you feel about this great success?
RH: I have always believed in the Battlestar story and felt that if done right would capture the imaginations of any and all generations of fans. And this version of Battlestar is very well written, acted and produced. Quality shows are rare on TV and this new version of Battlestar is definitely one of the best shows on television period! I’m proud to be part of such a visionary story and series and consider myself very fortunate to have been part of two such wonderful versions of Battlestar.
BSG-O: You appeared in episodes during the first season and especially in the eleventh one "Colonial Day", episode in which you are the leading actor. Will your role be re-occurring in the second season, will your appearances be more frequent? Can you tell us more about that?
RH: Well, in the beginning I was asked to guest star on the new BG series in the role of Tom Zarek without any promise of continuing the role. I was very surprised to be asked back to reprise the role in Colonial Day. These appearances have led to my role being evolved and continued in the upcoming season. I’ve been up in Vancouver filming for the past several weeks and have had a wonderful time playing such a fun and challenging role with such gifted actors and writing.
BSG-O: Thanks for the time you give us and for this interview. To conclude, do you have a message for all the Battlestar Galactica fans?
RH: Well, let me tell all of you that I really appreciate your support for me and your dedication to Battlestar. I know there are many fans out there that were very disappointed when the Sci-fi channel chose to re-imagine Batttestar and I was certainly one of them. And I also know how many fans were angry with me for appearing on this new series, but I fought the good fight to bring back the original series and eventually had to painfully accept that this was not the direction that Universal was going to go in. However as much as I would have loved to be able to say that the sci-fi channel blew it with this new version I can’t. I love intelligent, visionary and well acted and written Science Fiction and this new version is just that. It’s the kind of series that I love to watch and definitely act in. In my heart I wish they had done all this with a continuation version of Battlestar but that’s not what the Gods favored and I have finally come to terms with this and moved on to embracing the bottom line that Battlestar is truly back. We fans everywhere in the world should be proud that we all had a part to play in this amazing revival and that both versions of Battlestar, Classic and Re-imagined, will continue to live in hearts and lives for many decades to come.
Tuesday, June 21, 2005
Sections: Beck/Smith, Today in U
Marilyn Beck and Stacey Jenel Smith
Celebrities Column: Everyone knows Edward James Olmos is talented, but being in two places at once is going to be tough, even for him. Olmos is preparing to direct "Walkout" - HBO's movie depicting the 1968 East L.A. student walkout in which some 10,000 students protested educational conditions and complained of anti-Mexican educational bias. However, the esteemed actor is only on episode eight out of 20 for the second season of "Battlestar: Galactica," which shoots in Toronto - and "Walkout" is set to begin production July 15 in Los Angeles. -- 6/17/2005
Monday, June 20, 2005
Source: Chigago Tribune
Things look pretty bad for Apollo.
In the closing minutes of the shocking first-season finale of Sci Fi's "Battlestar Galactica," Lee "Apollo" Adama refused to go along with a military coup engineered by his father, Commander William Adama.
What's more, the senior Adama, military leader of the space fleet carrying the 50,000 survivors of Cylon attacks, was shot by a Cylon assassin in front of his handcuffed son. So, all things considered, Jamie Bamber likes how things are going for his character, Apollo.
"That was a great moment," Bamber said of Apollo's decision to support "Galactica's" president, Laura Roslin (Mary McDonnell), and scuttle the coup. "It's defined [Apollo] in a new way. He isn't the son of the commanding officer anymore. He's completely alone in the fleet. His dad has been shot, he's an orphan, he's not defined by being the heir to a military tradition. He doesn't regret his decision for a second. For the first time, he can truly be an individual, rather than [someone] trapped in this military world."
Apollo's not a literal orphan, Bamber hastens to add. Though papa Adama was shot in the finale, he's still alive at the beginning of Season 2, which begins July 15. "But Dad's out of the equation" as far as his son's concerned, Bamber said by phone from the Vancouver set of the show. "Dad's not there to tell him what to do. [Apollo is] looked to in his own right as a person of influence and resources."
And the powers that be can't let a hotshot military pilot stay locked up forever, Bamber notes. "They have to let him out, to do what he does best."
More from Jamie Bamber:
[On the making of Season 2] The only thing that's really changed [in season two] is that we're doing 20 episodes instead of 13, it's a bit of a surprise to us and it's different. It's nice to be a success, and have the confidence of the network and the reviewers and everyone, but at the same time, it's changed the nature of the job. It starts to become more of a way of life, rather than just a short term shoot. That can be worrying just in terms of the future, but I'm thrilled to be back. I'm thrilled to be working on the stories, and so far I love what's going on for my character. But for me this is quite a relocation. Thus far I've been very much London based, now 9 months of my life is in Vancouver.
[On the critical raves and audience reaction] I think the amazingly positive press has really astounded me, What we've done I suppose is surprise people. People had expectations that were lower, what we've done is manage to surprise them with the depth and the breadth and the content of the show. It's very political, it's very social, it's all about interpersonal relationships. It's not really about technology or concepts. There's a great deal in it that comments very directly on the world and climate we live in. sometimes if you tell a story in a parallel [world], you can sometimes be a little more brazen with your commentary. "The West Wing," I'm sure they have to be very careful when they depict events, they are depicting a version of [our own] reality, so it seems real to people. We can do an Abu Ghraib epsidode which isn't so readily associated with real people.
[On the themes of the show] It's that human struggle of waking up every day in the world and trying to make sense of a sometimes absurd existence. We all try to do that. These people are searching for meaning in very fragmented lives, but that's what we all do when you pare it down. When you pare it down to 50,000 people, the drama is greater. That's the essence of good drama, it's about trying to find out why and what, it's a quest for meaning. We've got our own refugees [in our world], people are just trying to find a place to thrive and prosper in the galaxy. I think that's also ke to it, it's not about party politics, it examines many different things and we can debate whther the cylons are more sympathetic than humans, and that often suprises people. In the original, it was much more a good versus evil story.
There is, in the second second season, further confusion about the cylons, some fight other cylons [along] with humans. It's not just a simple analogy for Al Quaeda. There are all sort of religious themes in the whole relationship.
[On Lee Adama's refusal to go along with the coup] It was a little disappointing, there was a little more on the cutting room floor that colored the process [of Lee making that decision], but the gut, snap decision to not go through with the military coup, the way it turned out in the second season -- it was a great moment. It's defined [Apollo] in a new way. He isn't the son of the commanding officer anymore. He's completely alone in the fleet. His dad has been shot, he's an orphan, he's not defined by being the heir to a military tradition. He doesn't regret his decision for a second. For the first time, he can truly be an individual, rather than [someone] trapped in this military world.
[On the troubled relationship between the Adamas] Lee finds himself at that certain agin where he questions everything his life has been about. The catalyst was his brother's death. He blames his dad for that, rightly or wrongly. Every child grows up and questions his or her parents, at some point you question the path they've taken for y ou. Lee's definitely disillusioned in my mind. Galactica's [decommissioning] was the last thing he was going to do as an officer, then the end of the world happened, and he's constrained to accept that he is a pilot and that's the only way he can be useful. He can't turn his back on it, but there's an element of reluctance about him.
Strong feelings are a great indicator [of strong love], even if it's resentment or anger, that comes from love. They've been through a rough time, they've suffered a death. But you see how they react to situations in similar ways, they even like each other, but they're non verbal. They're men. They've got resentment and misunderstandings and they choose for those not to be voiced. They're just boxed in. You also get that sense of male competition, but there's also respect. It's a great relationship to play.
[On Commander Adama's condition as Season 2 begins] It's touch and go. When I said orphan, I didn't literally mean Lee's an orphan. But Dad's out of the equation. Dad's not there to tell him what to do. [Apollo is] looked to in his own right as a person of influence and resources, even though he's in prison and has committed a mutinous act.
[On Edward James Olmos] As a person, he's warm and generous. He's very much the heart and soul and the conscience of the show. Us younger actors look up to him as a father. I have massive respect on a personal level, as an actor, he's got an amazing presence and he is able to leave so much unsaid and communicate so much. It's a privilege to watch him. A lot of actors are cynical and jaded and looking to their own future, rather than [focusing on] the work. He really cares about this show and believes in it and it rubs off on everyone.
[On the relationship between Lee and "Starbuck," fellow pilot and his brother's former fiancé] It's like lots of relationships, you can't simplify it. There's nothing easy about it. They are indisputably attracted to each other. But it's latent. There's so much guilt for the dead brother and dead fiancé between them. Then arguably, she's more responsible for his death than anybody else, yet he blames his dad for it. Can they get together knowing there's the dead brother between them? That's really awkward.
And [Commander Adama] really really relies on her, she's like a daughter to him, he's close to her and Lee resents that. On the professional side, lee's a pretty damn good pilot, but [before this] he's never paid his dues. Starbuck is sort of the go-to officer to pull irons out of the fire. He's working hard to do his job, but he's sort of overshadowed by her.
But then at the end of the first season, when she sleeps with Baltar, he doesn't even know why he's so angry, why he has all these feelings about it. It's a great thing to play, it's not on the surface, it's not really vocalized. He has no idea how much he needs Starbuck and how much he feels for her.
[On working with Richard Hatch] It's a thrill for me, since I watched the original show. I was pretty nervous about [him coming to do the show], I wondered what he would make of everything and I wondered if he wouldn't be so please with what we were doing. But I read the script and they brought him in for the best reasons. I enjoyed meeting hime and he's a such a generous, warm guy. He's actually here on the set today.
[Comparing making the "Horatio Hornblower" films, on which he worked with "Fantastic Four's" Ioan Gruffudd, to "Battlestar Galactica"] "Horatio" was the first job I ever had, it was on and off for three years, so I sort of grew up with it. In a sort of similar way, that happened with "Galactica," we did two years on and off. With "Horatio," it felt more like we did little movies, rather than a series, we shot two movies at a time, with gaps of six months or a year between.
For me it was the most memorable thing I'd ever done, I was new and fresh and I met friends who became lifelong friends, I also experience a very romantic era in history. Especially living in the UK, there's nostalgia for that Napoleonic era. It was an amazing thing to do, my eyes were open wide the whole time, the ships, the costumes, firing muskets, it was a schoolboy dream come true. With "Galactica," it's a trip to get inside a Viper and all that, but I'm a mature actor. There were actually tough moments in both, but they're my two favorite jobs to date.
Saturday, June 18, 2005
Hand of God & Kobol's Last Gleaming (Complete) 8-11pm EST
Source: TheFutonCritic
Saturday, July 9 2005
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA --(8:00PM-9:00PM) --(TV-PG)
"The Hand Of God"
As its fuel supply dwindles, the fleet must seek out a new supply of tylium ore or risk becoming sitting ducks to any Cylon attack. A recon patrol finds an asteroid full of the fuel, but there's a catch - the Cylons have found it first and established a heavily guarded refining plant.
Kara devises a plan: Jump three decoy ships near the asteroid; when the Cylons attack, destroy their bases, leaving them stranded in space. It's a bold tactic, but it will take luck, skill and daring to pull it off.
Meanwhile, President Roslin begins to hallucinate as a result of the Chamalla she's taking to combat her breast cancer. When she consults Elosha, a priestess who has used Chamalla to induce visions, she learns that her circumstances fulfill a 3,600-year-old prophecy.
On Cylon-occupied Caprica, Sharon and Helo's flight from the Cylon overseers suddenly becomes more complicated when Sharon discovers she's pregnant.
Saturday, July 9 2005
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA --(9:00PM-11:00PM) --(TV-PG)
"Kobol's Last Gleaming, Parts I & II"
While flying a supply patrol, Crashdown and Sharon Valerii discover a bountiful planet that can support human life. Indeed, it might be Kobol, the legendary "home of the gods." The discovery prompts Commander Adama to send a ground team to investigate; it also gives new life to President Roslin's belief that she is a tool of destiny and that this discovery, like her rapidly spreading cancer, is part of an ancient prophecy.
However, things are not well on the Galactica. Gaius Baltar, the new vice-president, has a one-night stand with Kara Thrace and finds himself at odds with both Lee Adama and a deeply jealous Number Six.
Meanwhile, both Cylon Sharons struggle with their dual natures. On Galactica, she contemplates suicide when she realizes her programming will lead her to betray her comrades; on Caprica, she tries to convince Helo that her love for him is stronger than her loyalty to the Cylons.
After a Raptor carrying Vice-President Baltar is shot down over Kobol, Commander Adama must find a way to destroy the Cylon basestar that guards the planet before he can send a rescue team. He orders Kara to fly a dangerous mission against the basestar, using the captured Cylon Raider - but Kara makes an unauthorized Jump home to Caprica instead, abandoning Adama and the stranded Raptor crew.
Then, when Commander Adama learns that Kara disobeyed orders and jumped to Caprica on orders from President Roslin, he demands the president's resignation, with the implied threat of a military coup. Roslin refuses his demand and sparks a confrontation.
As civil war simmers in the fleet, the conflict on Caprica heats up. Kara completes her mission for Laura: She finds the Arrow of Apollo that, according to prophecy, will lead the fleet to Earth. No sooner does she pick it up, however, than she is thrust into a battle to the death with Number Six.
Meanwhile, Adama sends Sharon and Racetrack in a Raptor equipped with a Cylon transponder, to fire a nuclear warhead that will destroy the basestar. But when the missile release jams, Sharon lands the Raptor deep inside the basestar, to deliver the warhead manually.
Once outside her ship, however, Sharon is greeted by dozens of Sharon avatars, all Cylons like her, welcoming her home. She retreats, but is told that she and her fellow Cylons will meet again. She and Racetrack escape the basestar, which explodes.
Mission accomplished, Sharon returns home to the Galactica. She warmly accepts Commander Adama's thanks and praise for a job well done - then she coldly shoots him, point-blank, in the chest.
The airing of the episodes are in anticipation of the premiere of Galactica's new season the following Friday, July 15th on the SCI FI Channel.
Friday, June 17, 2005
Edward James Olmos tells us what we can expect from Battlestar Galactica's second season.
Cult Times Special
Transcibed by prism700 at Ragnar Anchorage
Things weren't looking too good for the charismatic Commander Adama at the end of Battlestar Galactica's first season. Equally charismatic actor Edward James Olmos gives a wry chuckle and agrees. "They sure weren't. I was kind of destroyed actually, and it was a shock to all of us in the show." ‘Shock' is a bit of an understatement. The season cliff-hanger was one of nailbiting proportions, with key players injured, in jail, in emotional turmoil, confounded, confused, or, in Adama's case, apparently at Death's door.
Displaying the same kind of economy of movement and deliberation as his character, Olmos continues, "I think the best thing to do is to leave the audience hanging like that. It gives them reason to tune in the following year and with something as good as our last episode, it works really well". That's easy for him to say. He wasn't the one with seriously bitten nails. Asked if he had any influence script-wise on that cracker of an episode, Olmos declaims "No! That was designed by the writers and executive producer Ron Moore. He's a really talented human being and showing his full worth right now. If he can keep this going it will be fantastic. Usually when a series gets renewed, the first thing that goes is the writing. Excellence is just too hard to keep up but we'll see how it goes. The first two shows of the next season are extraordinary, I must say, and I've just read three, four and five and was very impressed with the storytelling and the writing. It looks like we're going to have a very successful first five at least. I don't know how far it will go but we'll just wait and see. I've done this business too long to get blasé about it".
Blasé is not a word that could ever be levelled at Olmos. He approaches each working day with a zeal usually found in those just entering the acting profession rather than a man well-versed in these things. The actor insists it's because working on a heavyweight project like Battlestar Galactica brings continuous rewards. Asked to describe what's pleased him so far he says. "The most satisfying thing is working with the cast and crew. The whole ensemble came together really well initially, and after 13 episodes we were really strong. For me personally, I felt that the last two episodes in particular were the best and that's the way it should be. A show and the characters should grow and that's what happened. The most rewarding thing has been the stories and the way they've been treated. We had some spectacular writing and I have to compliment the cast and crew on delivering exactly what the writers and directors wanted."
Olmos is particularly happy with the development of Commander Adama. "The arc of my character is really a good one for me. Dealing with a man who was going into retirement who then becomes this person who has the weight and responsibility for the survival of the Human species on his back was quite a juxtaposition as a character. I like the way the writers developed that and I like the way they've continued to move the character. Now that I'm ‘dead' and I literally am dead right now in the story – I'm as intrigued as the next person as to where they are going to go from here".
Now, the fact that he is sitting in his trailer on set suggests that the writers might not be ready to consign Adama to his eternal resting place in the stars just yet, but Olmos smiles, "Well, they are trying to keep me alive but they're not doing a very good job….and I do have some feature films lined up". He delivers this with such a straight face that we're not sure whether or not he's joking and start to ask what he thinks might happen should they manage to put a band aid in the right place. Olmos jumps right in with, "Oh, no band aids. I think they are going to use Cylon technology." Again we're not sure if this is a major teaser or simply a tease and the actor doesn't help. "Wouldn't that be great if the saviour of the human race is imbibed with the best of Cylon technology?" Quietly chuckling at our exasperated expressions, he relents, "You'll just have to wait and see what happens. It gets pretty twisted, which is great. Television shows, when they're really at their best, are shows that you can relate to in the present day; the kinds that really make you think about yourself and your own social structure. Battlestar Galactica does, and will continue to, challenge our perceptions. That's all I can tell you."
Commander Adama has faced quite a few challenges himself in the past season, not least from the Cylons, President Roslin, and his estranged son, Lee, aka Apollo. Which of any of them would he most like to throw out the refuse bay? "Probably the President," is his immediate reply. "I think he's had it with her. You know, because of her belief in the readings of the mythological books that have been written and which she takes to heart. She makes decisions whilst she's taking a type medicine that is organic in itself but still mind altering. She is in an altered state, making decisions that have a profound effect on the entire population of the Human race which he just cannot reconcile. So he would love to throw her out the window and let her float into Space for a while."
Going to the opposite end of the scale, Olmos declares the character he would most like to nurture has to be Lee Adama. "I would like to say that my son is the character I would like to bond closely with, but it's not going to happen. He joins forces against Adama so right now I want to send him and Roslin out the vacuum lock".
Just in case the mythical bandage doesn't work and it's Adama that floats into space. Olmos has got some wonderful films lined up. "I'm making a very interesting film about a period of history that isn't well known to the world at large. It's based on the Walk-Outs which happened in the east portion of Los Angeles and which heralded a really true change of the social structure of the US. It was similar to what happened during the rebellion riots we had in 1992 when temperaments had reached boiling point and had blown. There was a huge, huge walk-out that caused a tremendous amount of problems for a lot of people. It was a strike of students and a lot of people got hurt and killed and not a lot of people knew about it, but they will once this hits the screens."
Meanwhile, Olmos is devoting all his energies to helping Adama get back on his feet. "You never know what is going to happen in Battlestar Galactica, but one thing is for sure, it will never be boring." We're with you there.
Fans Want Living Legend Remake; Aaron Douglas Praises Show; Major Spoiler Revealed Posted by: Jim Iaccino (Koenigrules), HNR Flight Deck Associate Editor
On the Battlestar: Galactica Colonial Confidential segment of Shaunomac's Subject to Discussion show on lvrocks this Wednesday night (June 15), the following information was disclosed:
First, the majority of fans indicated in two surveys up at SCI FI and Ragnar Anchorage that they would want to see a reimaging of the "Living Legend" episode from the original Galactica series. Eighty-one percent at the SCI FI poll and 93 percent at the Ragnar Anchorage poll were favorably disposed towards the Legend remake. Hopefully, their wish will be granted if the Battlestar Pegasus makes an appearance in Episode 210 of the new season.
Second, Galactica star Aaron Douglas (Chief Tyrol) had this to say about the cast and upcoming episodes in Season 2: "Just watched the first two episodes from Season 2 and they are really cool and I have to be honest, Michael Hogan is one of the best things on this show. His work in Episode Two is amazing. He is a really private guy but a really good guy."
"Grace [Park/Boomer] is a sweetheart and a good friend. She really is a good person in life. Eddie [Olmos/Adama] is a riot to work with and a tremendously talented man. It is a thrill to get to work with him. And just hang out and learn about life. P.S. I really think that Season 2 will be even better than Season 1." Aaron's comments are posted at MediaBlvd.
Finally, another Season Two spoiler was revealed. Read on....
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All this news has already been archived and is available to hear at SpankWagon in the July 15 Subject to Discussion file. The last 10 minutes of the file contain the Colonial Confidential segment.More updates will be reported at Flight Deck in the upcoming weeks.
In the meantime, the countdown clock indicates that in less than 30 days SCI FI fans will be seeing the first episode of Battlestar Galactica's Season 2. Get your Vipers ready to launch!
Sound track to be released by La-LaLand Records on June 21st
(May 16, 2005- New York, NY) - Considered one of the top 10 shows currently on TV by Time Magazine and TV Guide, Battlestar Galactica is the #1 show on the Sci Fi Channel. On June 21, La-La Land Records will release the Battlestar Galactica: Season One soundtrack, featuring more than 78 minutes of the best musical moments from season one of this highly acclaimed new series.
Battlestar Galactica: Season One contains both the US and UK main title themes as well as music composed by Bear McCreary for the series, which TV Guide declared "a breakaway hit.poised to replace Star Trek as TV's definitive sci-fi series." The CD packaging features exclusive liner notes from McCreary and the show's executive producer David Eick.
Composer Bear McCreary is a classically trained composer with a degree in Composition and Recording Arts from the prestigious USC Thornton School of Music. He has composed score for over thirty independent films, including director Jon Chu's musical short When the Kids Are Away and the Discovery Channel miniseries The 5 Coolest Things. McCreary was among a handful of select composers to have studied independently with the late film music legend Elmer Bernstein (The Magnificent Seven).
While some of the names may be the same, this is not your father's Battlestar Galactica! Captain "Husker" Adama (Edward James Olmos) and President Larua Roslin (Mary McDonnell) lead the Battlestar Galactica crew. They are trying to locate the fabled 13th Colony of humans, planet Earth, to join with their brethren against the Cylons which have taken over their homeland. The Cylons, which can look like humans and even be programmed to think they are, aren't the only threat, as morale and the quantity of supplies are always an issue. In an interesting casting choice, Richard Hatch (who played Captain Apollo in the original series), is cast as villain Tom Zarek, a political prisoner who has spent the past 20 years in jai for his participation in the bombing of a government building.
"With its unique combination of intricate character arcs, dark ambience and gritty battle sequences, Battlestar Galactica afforded me countless opportunities for musical exploration," said McCreary. "Fans will immediately recognize all their favorite musical moments from the first season, including the lush orchestral works featured in the dynamic two-part season finale. I am extremely proud of this collection and look forward to continuing this musical journey into the second season and beyond."
Thursday, June 16, 2005
Source Sci Fi Pulse
15 June 2005
By Ian M. Cullen
It has been awhile since Ron Moore's Battlestar Galactica first premiered as a the controversial mini series which launched a series, and one of the things that many fans of the show are finding more and more intriguing
are some of the supporting less prominent cast members. One such cast member is Kandyse McClure who from the beginning during the 4 hour mini series has managed to carve out a niche for herself with her portray of Tactical and Communications Officer Duella, and one thing that Duella is illustrating is just how tough the female officers have to be in comparison to their male counterparts. In an interview for Steven Eramo for Starburst Magazine the actress talked about this and more.
"It takes a great deal of grit to be a female weapons and communications specialist. Except for my character, there aren't any other women stationed on the Galactica command deck with any kind of authority or expertise. Duella takes her job seriously, but that doesn't mean she isn't sensitive to those around her."
One aspect of McClure's role in the series is to be a link between the military and the civilian population within the series, and this is one aspect that Kandyse McClure is real happy to be able to play around with. The actress also related that due to circumstances out of her control she had never really been exposed to the original series while growing up.
"I grew up in South Africa and we didn't have a TV for the longest time. Because of that, I didn't know anything about the original Battlestar series," continues McClure. "I think what immediately impressed me about the [re-imagined] mini series (and subsequent series) was the scope of it. The first time I walked onto the set I was in awe."
As to Battlestar Galactica and her thoughts initially, the actress revealed that she had figured out pretty much right off the bat where Ron Moore and David Eick were looking to take the show. "It struck me that what both the producers and writers were trying to do with the mini series, and now the weekly series, was breathe new life into what was already an excellent concept."
One thing that illustrated Duella's link between the civilian population and the military population on the new Galactica is her somewhat unlikely relationship between Billy Keikeya [Paul Campbell] who is the aid to President Roslin. McClure still finds this relationship somewhat humorous.
"What an unlikely couple huh? They got the shortest black girl on Galactica, Duella; and pared her up with the tallest and skinniest white guy; Billy," chuckles McClure. "I said to myself, 'Here's a chance to break some ground and cultivate new ideas with the audience,' and it doesn't hurt that Paul Campbell is such a cutie. He seems so straight laced, but like Michael Hogan [Colonel Tigh] he's a funny guy."
You can read further excerpts of what the actress had to share in the current issue of Starburst magazine which is out now in all good news agents throughout the UK ..
Wednesday, June 15, 2005
From the Sci-Fi Magazine, August 2005 issue:
"There are a number of surprises coming in the way of strange bedfellows," said executive producer David Eick. "We're going to see people on the same side of an issue we might not expect to see. I think you've going to see Sharon, the Sharon you've come to know on Caprica, working with Kara Thrace in a way that's going to be very unexpected. And you're going to see Lee and Laura in a relationship dynamic with Tom Zarek that I think is going to surprise a lot of people."
If Commander Adama survives the attack from the season one finale, he may not be quite the same as we remembered him. Also look for Laura Roslin to face some major challenges. "At the end of the day Roslin's chief mission is to insure the survival of the human race. That trumps everything else, any deals she might make, any relationships she might personally have, even certain core beliefs she might hold."
"We have an episode coming up in which Kara Thrace finds herself in a resistance hospital and she may or may not make it. And, in the course of her trying to survive we will introduce a new Cylon...a brand-new Cylon that we haven't seen before. And we have an assassin in our midst who is not a Cylon."
Check out the August 2005 issue for more BSG information.
Tuesday, June 14, 2005
Digitalbits Rumor Mill
6/13/05
We've just heard from our sources that Universal is going to be announcing the release of Battlestar Galactica: The Complete First Season very soon. This is Ron Moore's new SciFi Channel version, FYI, which is already available on DVD in the U.K. (the series' second season debuts here in the States on The SciFi Channel on 7/15, followed by the U.K. debut in October on Sky One). We'll post all the official details as soon as they're available. Rest assured you won't have long to wait.
Sunday, June 12, 2005
Source: MediaBlvd
Aaron Douglas (Chief Tyrol) had a number of complementary things to say about some of the cast of Battlestar Galactica as well as the first episodes of Season 2. Here are some of his comments:
I just watched the first two episodes from Season 2 and they are really cool and I have to be honest, Michael Hogan is one of the best things on this show. His work in Episode Two is amazing. He is a really private guy but a really good guy. Grace [Park] is a sweetheart and a good friend. She really is a good person in life. Eddie [Olmos] is a riot to work with and a tremendously talented man. It is a thrill to get to work with him. And just hang out and learn about life.
P.S. I really think that Season 2 will be even better than Season 1.
Friday, June 10, 2005
Source TV Guide
9 June 2005
By Ian M. Cullen
Pretty much since its beginnings Ronald D. Moore's Re-imagining of Battlestar Galactica has courted controversy and according to a new report found yesterday at the TV Guide website, will continue to do so. Only it isn't the original series fan base that is up in arms this time, it's the censors. This all involves a scene which surrounds Lucy Lawless who will be a guest star in the second season.
Ausiello over at the TV Guide website reveals that "[Former Xena star] Lucy Lawless is gonna do a few episodes [in Season 2 of Battlestar Galactica] playing a Christiane Amanpour-type character. And I hear Sci Fi censors are freaking out about a really disturbing (yet visually stunning) scene in Episode 5. An upcoming issue of TV Guide magazine will have more on that little controversy."
Thursday, June 09, 2005
More Details Revealed at lvrocks
June 8th 2005 06:33pm | Posted by: Jim Iaccino, Flight Deck Associate Editor
Once again specific information was provided on Battlestar Galactica's Season 2 on Shaun's Subject 2 Discussion show at lvrocks this past Wednesday night, June 8, 2005. Spoilers were revealed on upcoming episodes, including some interesting cast additions. Read on if you have an inquiring, Colonial mind.
First up, they are looking for a female to play the commander of the other battlestar in Episode 210. Questions naturally arise as to whether this will be the reimaged Commander Cain? And who will the actress be to play this pivotal role?
Next, the Sneak Peek of BSG's Season 2 showed Adama holding a baby on the planet Kobol. This is actually a vision that Baltar is experiencing. Adama is still recovering from his wounds aboard the Galactica and will not be on his feet until the fifth or sixth episode. Moreover, Baltar's and Six's baby is described as being a "mystical" child. In an interview with James Callis and Tricia Helfer in this month's issue of SCI-FI magazine (August 2005), Callis had this to say about the baby: "At the moment, it's a spectral projection. It will materialize into reality when the entities that bring that about kind of get together...It's a bit like...it's there, and it isn't at the moment, for it will be...It is the shape of things to come."
A very satisfying spoiler that was announced had to do with the theme song for Season 2. Because US fans on several new series boards preferred the UK them