It’s Wednesday and work is killing me right now but I had to link to some news and comment because there are some major developments out there this morning.
Lindsay Lohan will be in the Season 2 finale of Ugly Betty and guest on at least 5 episodes next season. While some peeps are up in arms about the scandal prone celebutante making an appearance, I’m actually excited for it. If she can drive while cracked out, imagine what she can pull off semi-sober and confined to a soundstage. I’m somehow rooting for you Lindsay, don’t disappoint or make me the fool. I will cut your mainbrakeline! Check out the pictures of LiLo in action as a Mean Girl to poor little Betty Suarez.
“Para bailar la cylon…” Esai Morales is Bill Adama’s Daddy! Battlestar Galactica’s spin-off series CAPRICA continues to add cast members and I’m frakkin’ excited. Not only is a Deadwood girl (Paula Malcolmson - though I wish it was my girl Molly Parker who will be swinging this summer) on board but fun fact… Esai and Edward James Olmos starred together in American Family so it’s all relative.
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I only have a minute but I wanted to quick post about something that my friend Jeff and I were just talking about in regards to Battlestar Galactica.
Because I haven’t had the chance to blog about the return of BSG, I wanted to mention a couple things. First of all I think that the first two episodes of the season have been frakkin’ amazing. The premiere was so well paced, the space combat scenes were a welcomed comeback and the effects incredible. The acting, top notch. Not a bad thing to say, well other than I’m not a fan of the whole harum/cult thing and I think that bug eyed actress who’s the head of them is a really really bad actress. The other one, the one that’s willing to kill for Baltar, I’m fine with her.
Last week’s episode had me crying like a little bitch. Katee Sackhoff did some incredible work as the increasingly tortured Starbuck. From her initial standoff with Roslin to her painful talk with Admiral Adama she dominated the screen like she hasn’t been able to since Season 1. Her prison cell scene with Lee was sad yet hot business and how amazing was her redemption with Adama and Helo? So great.
Anyway, this is no longer a “quick post”…
For the last two weeks I’ve been talking to Jeff about how I feel that Zac Adama is going to be coming back to the show somehow. This is just a theory I have, I haven’t read about it at all it just came to me (so if its out there online as common knowledge, I apologize but whatevs). He was referenced in the premiere, he was brought up again this past week and also this past week we saw a picture of him.
I originally thought that maybe he would be back as the final Cylon but really would that make much sense or impact because how is one of Adama’s son’s a cylon but not the other, yadda yadda yadda. Plus, do we really care shock-wise if Zac is the final Cylon? Sure it will kill the Adama and Starbucks of the fleet but I don’t know if its the most powerful choice.
So then we were talking about how maybe he’s not dead and he’s actually already on Earth. It could be a situation like Starbuck’s. We saw her viper explode, she should have been dead but looky-loo she’s back. She went to Earth in her downtime. A mini-vaca if you will. What if the same happened to Zac but he never was sent back or never came back, or something? What if the Adama’s have some link to Earth and that’s why Starbuck is meant to bring them there?
I don’t know, I talking out of my ass (clearly) so nevermind.
Oh and the other thing we were talking about. The preview for tonight’s episode shows Callie maybe finding out that Chief is a Cylon and then they show someone hit the airlock button. What if instead of Callie going out the airlock, she flushes her hybrid baby? She frakkin’ HATES the Toasters, so I don’t see her dealing with the revelation that her husband and baby are of the cylon clan. I’m praying we see an infant get sucked out the airlock tonight! How inhumane will that be? Amazing, I love it. Make it happen!
I’ve watched The Biggest Loser (finale tonight, GO ALI) and Battlestar Galactica (Katee Sackoff was phenom this past week and I wept like a little bitch) and that’s about it.
I forgot to even record 30 Rock or The Office from last Thursday not to mention I totes forgot to record the last two weeks of How I Met Your Mother and Big Bang Theory (though, have they even been on?). I’m still a couple weeks behind on Torchwood (maybe only 1 week), Idol is youtube when I have a minute or two at work and who knew last night was the return of Bones?
In other words, TV is so not happening until May. That also means I’m going to miss the return of Gossip Girl next Monday and Supernatural next Thursday (though I can watch it today, if I had time… might find the time).
It’s been 4 hours since my Season 4 Premiere DVD came and I still haven’t watched it.
Scared ya didn’t I? You thought I was going to say Baltar was a hot tranny mess or Lee Adama’s in a barely there towel again. Suckers… Sadly I don’t even know if I can watch it at all tonight. Festival duties are keeping me pretty damn busy today.
Let me tell ya, I picked the right day to call in sick! Just a minute ago, a lovely Fed Ex man delivered me the season premiere of BATTLESTAR GALACTICA Season 4!
It’s Friday and that means we are just one week away from the premiere of BATTLESTAR GALACTICA Season 4! In order to get everyone frakkin’ excited, Sci-Fi is running two half hour specials tonight.
At 10pm EST you can catch Battlestar Galactica: Revealed which will catch you up on the past three seasons. BSG creators Ron Moore and David Eick will play host (what, no Mrs. Ron?).
Then at 10:30pm EST we can hear from celebs like Brad Paisley, Seth Green, Joel McHale and others about the “Phenomenon” of Battlestar and its impact on pop culture.
Joss Whedon’s upcoming DOLLHOUSE just got a little more enticing for me! If the reteaming of Joss and Faith wasn’t enough to get the geek blood flowing, throw in a little Battlestar Galactica hotness and I’m hard already!
Helo Tahmoh Penikett will join the cast as an FBI Agent hot on Echo’s trail. Better than frakkin’ a toaster, oh wait… Echo’s not much more than a toaster though is she? Guess we’ll find out this fall!
Tahmoh Penikett as Paul Smith: 30s, good looks hardened by a cynical distaste for most of humanity. An FBI field agent, he’s been chasing the urban myth of the Dollhouse long enough to have lost any shot at promotion. Becomes obsessed with and a twisted romantic foil for Echo (Eliza Dushku).
Fran Kranz as Topher Brink: 20s, genius programmer who’s articulate, nerdily attractive and blithely amoral. He’s responsible for imprinting the Dolls—and making sure they stay unaware of anything. Is fascinated by the science and kind of digging the illegality. Fun to be around but might not be remotely trustworthy.
Dichen Lachman as Sierra: 20s, Asian (or certainly not Caucasian). Strikingly beautiful. A Doll like Echo, she has every personality in the world but her own. Is not as self-aware as Echo but is instinctively drawn to her as a friend.
Enver Gjokaj as Victor: 20s, handsome and fit. A Doll, and the other closest thing to a friend Echo has. Childlike when he’s inactive, and everything from Errol Flynn to a young DeNiro when he’s active.
I hope that some of the other Whedonverse kids make it into the cast as well. I’d love to see Amber Benson, Charisma Carpenter, Tom Lenk, Alan Tudyk or Sean Maher back on my tube week to week.
Frakkin’ hysterical! Watch the Battlestar Galactica cast list off the Top 10 Reasons to watch Season 4. How cool that Letterman got these guys on for this? Loves.
I know I’m late on this but ya know what… I’m busy working it out here in LA for Paley this week. I think you can deal.
Battlestar Galactica’s prequel CAPRICA has been given the go ahead and will begin production this Spring. Frak Yeah! So Say We All!
I’m freaking out! I’ve been behind the idea of CAPRICA since I first heard of it way back when. While there’s a part of me that wants it to be like Muppet Babies, I know that’s astretch. Come on, Muppet Cylons? If Angel can go all Smile Time so can the folks on Caprica.
Two-Hour Backdoor Pilot for ‘Battlestar Galactica’ Prequel Series To Begin Production this Spring
New York, NY – March 18, 2008 — As the Peabody and Emmy-winning original series Battlestar Galactica heads into its fourth and final season, SCI FI Channel has greenlit production on Caprica, a two-hour Battlestar backdoor pilot prequel from executive producers Ronald D. Moore and David Eick. Production on Caprica is slated to begin
in Vancouver this spring.
“We couldn’t be more excited to see this long-anticipated project get off the ground. It’s an amazing script, and, though clearly inspired by the Battlestar mythology, it is not just a pale spin-off. This is a smart, thought-provoking, emotional, and compelling character drama in its own right,” said Mark Stern, Executive Vice President of Original Programming.
Set 50 years before Battlestar Galactica, Caprica follows two rival families – the Greystones and the Adamas – as they grow, compete, and thrive in the vibrant world of the 12 Colonies. Enmeshed in the burgeoning technology of artificial intelligence and robotics that will eventually lead to the creation of the Cylons, the two houses go toe-to- toe. Caprica will deliver all of the passion, intrigue, political backbiting, family conflict and
hardcore action that always leaves Galactica fans begging for more.
“I’m thrilled with the chance to expand on the Galactica world and get deeper into the origins of the story we’ve been telling,” said Moore. “It’s also great to have a chance at doing a completely different kind of science fiction series, one that’s even more character-oriented and doesn’t rely on pyrotechnics to carry the story.”
“While Caprica will have its own personality, it will carry on Battlestar’s commitment to pushing the boundaries of the genre, and we’re thrilled that SCI FI has seen fit to giving us another opportunity to tell character-driven stories in challenging ways,” added Eick.
“We’ve assembled a true dream team to produce this exciting project,” said Universal Media Studios president Katherine Pope. “Building on the brilliance of SCI FI’s Battlestar Galactica, we all know Caprica will be a critical and commercial success.”
Who’s frakkin’ excited? Don’t forget to check out the upcoming BSG specials, and the premiere on April 4th at 10pm EST on Sci-Fi! Need a Battlestar refresher in 8:18? Check it!
Hey gang, as a bunch of our favorite TV Shows are only a week or two (or 5 months) away from returning after their WGA Strike imposed hiatus, a handful of TV Bloggers got together to share their favorite characters currently on television.
Below is a list of the Top 25 Characters of Television! Did your favorite make the cut? Share your Top 10 in the comments section below if you like!
1. Kara “Starbuck” Thrace (Battlestar Galactica)
2. Tami Taylor (Friday Night Lights)
3. Barney Stinson (How I Met Your Mother)
4. Benjamin Linus (Lost)
5. Dexter Morgan (Dexter)
6. Coach Eric Taylor (Friday Night Lights)
7. Landry Clarke (Friday Night Lights)
8. Dwight Schrute (The Office)
9. Lily Rush (Cold Case)
10. Omar Little (The Wire)
11. Gaius Baltar (Battlestar Galactica)
12. Olive Snook (Pushing Daisies)
13. Shawn Spencer (Psych)
14. Sheldon Cooper PhD (The Big Bang Theory)
15. Dr. Juliet Burke (Lost)
16. Michael Weston (Burn Notice)
17. Captain Jack Harkness (Torchwood)
18. Dr. Miranda Bailey (Grey’s Anatomy)
19. Chuck Bartowski (Chuck)
20. Brenda Leigh Johnson (The Closer)
21. Emerson Cod (Pushing Daisies)
22. Ned “The Piemaker” (Pushing Daisies)
23. Liz Lemon (30 Rock)
24. Stephanie Lane (My Boys)
25. Stewie Griffin (Family Guy)
Battlestar Galactica’s Season 4 Premiere is still almost 2 months (April 4, 2008) away but that doesn’t mean Sci-Fi wants us to sit back and wait for the goods.
Here’s are 25 new promo photos hot off the NBC Press Site! I’m still not used to seeing Lee in a suit and with longer hair. Where’s my towel clad hunk of years past?
With Starbuck back from the dead, will she lead the remaining members of the colonies to Earth or to their final destruction? Who’s the final cylon? Why is there a new version of 6? Why is Lee Adama so frakkin’ hot? It’s time for us to find out.
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA’s Final Season (4) begins April 4th, 2008. Leading up to the premiere we’ll be treated with a two specials that are not to be missed.
Here is the Press Release announcing BSG’s return:
The wait is finally over for Battlestar Galactica fans. SCI FI’s Emmy and Peabody Award-winning original series returns for its fourth original season on Friday, March 28 @ 10pm ET/PT with two back-to-back half-hour specials. The first new episode will premiere the following week, Friday, April 4 @ 10pm ET/PT.
Battlestar Galactica: Revisited (10pm) will serve up the essential information on the series’ past three seasons, providing the uninitiated with an introduction to the characters, relationships and spine-tingling drama that have captured the imagination of audiences around the world. Galactica’s executive producers, Ronald D. Moore and David Eick serve as guides, providing insights and revelations about the critically-acclaimed series.
Battlestar Galactica: The Phenomenon (10:30pm) is a celebrity-studded celebration of the show’s impact on pop culture. Interviewees, including Seth Green, country music’s Top Male Vocalist of 2007 Brad Paisley, and Talk Soup’s Joel McHale, and others, wax poetic about why Battlestar Galactica is one of the best frakkin’ shows on television.
As season 4 opens, the last remnants of humanity continue their search for a new home, the thin line that separates them from the rapidly evolving Cylons is being redrawn. Galactica’s crew, rocked by Starbuck’s sudden and mysterious return from the dead – and her claims that she has been to Earth and can lead them there – attempts to make sense of the inexplicable. Meanwhile, four members of the fleet are still reeling from the revelation that they are Cylons and have been all along.
Yesterday I ordered my Battlestar Galactica Propaganda Poster Set and it should be here by the end of next week. I cannot wait! Here is all the information you need to own your own 5 poster set. They go on sale to the general public Saturday, February 2nd.
Join the battle against Cylon tyranny! Show your true colors and support the cause by displaying these posters in the common areas of your ship. Officially sanctioned by Fleet Operations, each poster contains critical messages from the Colonial Ministry of Information that will help recruit, inspire and inform your fellow Colonial citizens.
This officially licensed set contains five full-color, 17″ x 22″ prints on 100-pound, satin-finish paper. These original works of art were all created by Adam Levermore-Rich.
The five posters in this set include:
★Mechanics: Your skills are needed! (Being a Viper pilot might be glamorous, but if wasn’t for the proud men and women keeping those birds running, our aces could never get off the flight deck!)
★Never forget who the enemy is! Remember, anyone could be a Cylon! (Companion piece to Cylon Safety Information Sheet #8 – How To Spot a Cylon)
★Do you have what it takes to stand up to the Cylons? (Our pilots may clear the path, but when it comes time to take the Cylons down, it’s the Colonial Marines who are first in and last out!)
★We will defeat the Cylons – so say we all! (Only through unity can we preserve humanity!)
★Only the best wear this uniform – is that you? (Join the men and women of the Colonial Fleet!)
Remember, by displaying these posters, you’re doing more than spreading the word. You may just be giving us the edge we need to save humanity!
