Sunday, January 11, 2009

Off the wireless

[photo: LA Times]


The first season 4.5 videoblog is up…"The Fifth Is Among Us."

The Los Angeles Magazine waxes poetic about BATTLESTAR GALACTICA this week. The Star has 10 Tips for The Battlestarved (great new word!). This blogger penned a thoughtful essay. And this gentleman at The Atlantic twists the knife one last time – yet I couldn’t stop reading his piece. Maybe because he likes to complain about TV shows that “become the culture’s homage to vertigo—to the suspicion that we live in a universe of surfaces, pointlessly arranged, whose invitations to depth or transcendence are all red herrings, shaggy dogs, wild goose chases, and decoy ducks.” ...Does he know something that we don’t?

Time Out and Live@7 interview Katee Sackhoff.

Access Hollywood interviews Tricia Helfer. (Yeah Tricia, I'm gonna be a soppy mess too, when it's over.)

IGN interviews James Callis and Katee Sackhoff.

Comic Book Resources and Cort and Fatboy interview Mark Verheiden.

The New York Times Syndicate and FanCast interview Jamie Bamber.

SyFy Radio interviews Jane Espenson.

The L.A. Times interviews Michael Hogan and Rekha Sharma.

Tahmoh Penikett, with two shows about to go on air, has been interviewed recently by The L.A. Times, TV Guide, and Watch With Kristin.

Fear.net interviews Bear McCreary.

The Space podcast interviews Alessandro Juliana and Nicki Clyne, and in this other show, claims to have director Andrew Stanton revealing a WALL-E/BSG connection.

Slice of SciFi interviews Aaron Douglas.

Darth Mojo has begun blogging again, and has put up a very cool post about VFX radiosity, including a ton of great renders of BSG ships that I’m sure we’ve never seen before. Well, OK – maybe only SOME of you guys are with me on how cool this is. The rest of you, move along.

The UGO TV Blog posts an explanation written by auction CEO Alec Peters of why there are TWO arrows of Apollo on auction.

The Star and Wired’s Geekdad blog mark geek territory as they proclaim the crucial nature of BSG’s final season for geeks everywhere. Duh.

Entertainment Weekly has a Guess Who’s the Final Cylon bracket game up…and has put the BSG 4.0 DVD (and the return of 4.5) on this week’s Must List.

There is apparently a BSG-themed rollercoaster being developed for the Universal theme park in Singapore (see 12/3 & 12/8 entries).

The Hero Complex blog things J.J. Abrams’ STAR TREK owes a massive debt to BSG and STAR WARS for its battle scenes.

You can watch Rekha Sharma guest starring on SANCTUARY here.

If you have a Tivo DVR or a Windows PC, you can watch the film MY NAME IS BRUCE, written by Mark Verheiden, on Amazon VOD.

In this Vancouver Sun piece, Ron Moore discusses how fraktastic the Vancouver BSG crew is and how they helped the show excel. Moore also confirms that BSG Production Designer Richard Hudolin is working on the CAPRICA series. Thank the gods!

The Straight has some updates on CAPRICA casting in Vancouver.

For those of you who enjoyed the “Battlestarbook” this week…the fan who created it is going to do more.

Trying to get your friends hooked on BSG? Show them this fantastic primer written last year by Salon, just before the start of 4.0. Combine it with these vids, for the perfect prep session.


[Thanks to readers Kate and Stu for tips]

11 comments:

-- TB said...

"We're on the side of the deamons, chief. evil men in the gardens of paradise..."

Sorry, didn't know where to leave this, but that is the scene of the century in my mind. 5 days, god I'm so excited. And thank you for posting and giving me something to look forward to almost every day.

Anonymous said...

Re: The Atlantic "twists the knife"
_____

So many paragraphs of utter CRAP.

But buddy squeezes out one decent point:
"...as it (BSG) space-hops toward its conclusion is that, for all its proclaimed engagement with post-9/11 discourse, it is actually getting freakier and more far-out by the minute. Visions are driving the plot..."
_____

It's funny that RDM used Bob Dylan to usher in season 4.

Early on, Dylan made alot of sense. Later, as the drugs took their toll, he made only nonsense.

That seems to be BSG's evolution.

For three seasons, we see a realistic war drama. After the Dylan inspired "Revelations", the show turns into an acid trip. With half-baked mysticism completely dominating.

____

Now, for the obligatory: "I LOVE THIS SHOW! DESPITE ANY FLAWS, IT'S STILL THE BEST SHOW EVER.".

Unlike buddy from 'The Atlantic', I have faith that Ron Moore is not L.Ron Hubbard.

Ron Moore will have a logical explanation for all this recent voodoo.

It was just sleight of hand...like Pen & Teller.

:)

Anonymous said...

Just wanted to say thanks for posting the interview links. I'd have messaged sooner, but the password thing and all are a pain.

Anonymous said...

Thanks for the link, guys.

May I ask how you found the essay?

ProgGrrl said...

@circadian: we cast a very wide net, and so does google. ;)

Craig Ranapia said...

I don't know how readers are familiar with the English satirical magazine 'Private Eye', but it has a feature called 'Pseud's Corner' -- where staff and readers submit gems of pretentious gibberish masquerading as English prose.

Unfortunately, James Parker wouldn't make the cut because they also have to be short. BSG does have its flaws, but I'd like to think this kind of bad writing wouldn't get out of the writers' room in any thing other than a waste paper basket.

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