An Exquisite Piece of Art

Quantum Mechanix Viper.

(On another topic check out Qmx's Big Damn Replica.)

And Anovos will soon offer up their replicas of the Commander's Duty Blues. They have all the good stuff: patches, double tanks, and insignia pins.

And So It Begins...

Above is a photo posted to Twitter by SyFy exec Mark Stern of a Blood & Chrome production meeting. You can see David Eick to the immediate right of the frame. (click to embiggen.)

And here's the new rookie viper pilot William Adama, call sign "Husker" to be portrayed by Luke Pasqualino:


Entertainment Weekly broke the casting news:

Syfy has cast Luke Pasqualino (Skins — U.K.) as Adama. While Ben Cotton (Hellcats, Riese) is the other lead, playing Adama’s commanding officer.

First, here’s some official character descriptions that give you some new details about the show:
Pasqualino will star as the young, talented fighter pilot William Adama, a recent Academy graduate who finds himself assigned to the newest Battlestar in the Colonial fleet: the Galactica. Full of ambition and in pursuit of the intense action that the Cylon war promises, Adama quickly finds himself at odds with Coker (Cotton), the battle-weary officer to whom he reports. With 45 days left in his tour of duty, Coker desires an end to battle just as much as Adama craves the start of it. Though they clash at first, the two men forge an unlikely bond when a routine mission turns dangerous and becomes a pivotal one for the desperate fleet.

Blood & Chrome is set during the 10th year of the first Cylon war. The show will debut with a two-hour pilot on Syfy, executive produced by David Eick.

Several sites have read the script for Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome either in full or in part, and if you click on the following links you will find spoilers here at, io9, Trek Web, and Spinoff Online. Readers are reacting positively to the storyline as Charlie Jane Anders wrote:

The best thing I can say about Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome is that it feels like BSG. More than the BSG TV movies, more than Caprica, this feels like the gritty, intense show about real characters in impossible situations that we fell in love with. Of course, this time around, we’ll know how everything turns out in advance — but the journey may actually be pretty gods-damned compelling, judging from these pages.

In other news....

Check out this highly detailed map of the Twelve Colonies that you can order from Quantum Mechanix.

Ronald D. Moore's original Series Bible for Battlestar Galactica has been leaked online, and reveals the original shape of the show and the plans for the first season. (Or is this the real show Bible?)

CNN profiled Jane Espenson.



Katee Sackhoff and Tricia Helfer were recent guests at the Women of Sci-Fi Expo in Texas where they talked to fans and did an Acting Outlaws live stream.

And Jamie Bamber has a new BBC show, Outcasts which looks to have some BSG qualities. Watch the trailer here.

Merry GalacticaChristmas

Merry Christmas from your friends, at the Galactica Sitrep.







Also, while on Christmas Holiday at home in Oregon, Katee Sackhoff dropped by the Cort and Fatboy podcast show.

Katee Sackhoff on THE BIG BANG THEORY

Video via Big Bang Theory YT Channel.

Katee Sackhoff on Olmos Directing The Plan

From the set of 24 Katee Sackhoff talked to The TV Addict about Edward James Olmos directing The Plan:


Bear McCreary details the music of The Plan on his blog.

In other very big Bear news, Bear's BSG music is finally showing up on iTunes, along with video content:

Best of all, there is (and will be even more) exclusive iTunes content available. First up, the world premiere music video and single of “Apocalypse (Theme from ‘The Plan’)” performed live by the Battlestar Galactica Orchestra in concert are now on iTunes.

This video captures all the energy and intensity of our live performances this summer. If you missed the shows, this is the next best thing.

Also, Mojo reviews the recent Stu Philips birthday tribute concert, that Bear contributed to. And check out Mojo revealing how to find the secret special BSG easter egg on the The Plan DVD and Blu-ray. Without revealing what the easter egg is, lets just say that if you watched the original BSG, I think you'll dig it.

Oh, and check out this out too, it's hilarious.

Sponsor Katee and Tricia

This weekend Katee Sackhoff and Tricia Helfer are participating in AIDS Walk Los Angeles, Sunday October 18th.

Bear's Concert Highlights

Bear McCreary blogged about the California Plaza Grand Performances free concert last weekend in Los Angeles. A ton of video highlights on his his site for your enjoyment. Katee Sackhoff joined Bear on the piano for “Kara Remembers,” “Heeding the Call” and “All Along the Watchtower”.

PopCultureGeek reports on the scene.

Those of you planning to see Bear's BSG concerts in San Diego are in for a treat.









Here's the full set list:

CA PLAZA 6/13/09
SET LIST:

A Distant Sadness
Precipice
Fight Night
Gina Escapes
Caprica
Gaeta’s Lament
Roslin and Adama
Wander My Friends
Dreilide Thrace Sonata No. 1
Baltar’s Dream
Dirty Hands
Lords of Kobol
Prelude to War
Kara Remembers / Heeding the Call
All Along the Watchtower

Encore:
Black Market



Bear also revealed the track listing and album art for the Season 4 Double CD coming out July 21st. (His music for Caprica is available now.)

Bear also reported today:

I forgot to mention that I’m being interviewed tomorrow night (Sunday, June 21) on NPR’s “ALL THINGS CONSIDERED,” discussing my score for “Battlestar Galactica.” The show airs between 5:30 and 6:00pm, although that can change depending on time zone. Check local listings. Also, it will be on the NPR website starting at 7pm ET.

Bear is also now on Twitter.

Katee on 24

Michael Ausiello broke the news:

Sources confirm to me exclusively that the Battlestar Galactica heroine has been tapped to play the series regular role of Dana Walsh, a highly respected and down-to-earth data analyst at the new and improved New York branch of CTU...

Here's more scoop on Sackhoff's character...

She's in a relationship with fellow agent Davis Cole (played by the just-cast Freddie Prinze. Jr.), and she apparently has a skeleton in her closet she's trying desperately to keep hidden.

As I previously reported, 24's eighth season -- which premieres Jan. 17, 2010 -- will be set in the Big Apple and center on an assassination plot against a visiting foreign leader (Slumdog Millionaire's Anil Kapoor). In addition to Sackhoff and Prinze, new Day 8 blood includes Forrest Gump's Mykelti Williamson, Kissing Jessica Stein's Jennifer Westfeldt (as a journalist with ties to Kapoor's diplomat), and The Starter Wife's Chris Diamantopoulos (as President Taylor's Chief of Staff).

Sackhoff

Katee Sackhoff with Jace Hall.

Schmoes Know

Katee Sackhoff was also interviewed by Schmoes Know:






ETA: Part 4:

Sackhoff TV Guide

Katee Sackhoff was recently on TV Guide Channel's Hollywood 411:

News You Can Use

The full video of Katee Sackhoff's appearance in Portland last Friday with KUFO's Cort and Fatboy is now up:

Katee took to the stage with Cort & Fatboy and fielded questions from the audience for 45 minutes. Enjoy the videos below which cataloged the evening. It's one for books...

Part One of Kate Vernon's Q&A with Sci-Fi.com is online.

The latest Video Blog features Bear McCreary working on the set for Someone To Watch Over Me. On his blog, Bear reports in great detail about the exciting Prelude to War ballet in Germany based on his BSG score. And instead of a detailed breakdown of the music in Daybreak Part One, Bear this week provides an entertaining quiz. Test your BSG music acumen!

Maureen Ryan, reports on SyFy channel's presentation in New York City where Daybreak Part 2 was screened for the press.

On Monday, the Sci Fi Channel hosted a press screening of the “Battlestar Galactica” finale, which airs Friday. Ronald D. Moore, the show’s executive producer, made the assembled media types raise their hands and swear not to reveal anything that happens in the show’s final two hours. And I surely don’t want an angry Centurion coming after me for even hinting at any developments in the finale.

But I was able to wangle a bit more information about “Caprica,” “The Plan,” “Eureka” and other upcoming projects on Sci Fi, which changes its name this summer to Syfy (doesn’t that sound like the name of a cream that your doctor would prescribe for a skin rash? Ah well. I said it before and I'll say it again: Sci Fi should have embraced real change and just named the channel after its famous cinematic opus, "Mansquito").

Tricia Helfer talked to Deadbolt.

Screen Rant and Access Hollywood wonder what's next for the cast of Battlestar Galactica.

meshel73 notes that the SciFi Australia website has posted some video interviews with the cast. Also check out the Battlestar Starfury: Saturday talks with some cast members.

With BSG ending, various publications have articles looking at the end. Discover ponders some ending solutions. UPI talked to Ron Moore. Rolling Stone and SFX have articles on the end of the BSG era. Users of the Battlestar Live Journal blog discuss what they want to see resolved. Writer Bill Harris wants people to write to him and let him know what's special about BSG. (Be nice.)

Brad Templeton has an interesting article on naked singularities.

CelebStoner (uh, yep) observes Roslin and Adama passing the smoke in Cottle's sickbay on BSG.

Graeme McMillan, for io9 offers up 5 suggestions for BSG spin-offs. My favorite, "Sherman Cottle, M.D.":

The high concept speaks for itself; it's House in space. Galactica's chain-smoking, ornery doctor has been an oddly calming presence throughout the show's history, never failing in his ability to speak bluntly and make even the worst situation just a little bit bleaker. This is what I'm suggesting - An hour-long drama about Cottle moving to a new hospital ship where the boss hates him but also has a crush on him, he has three flawed geniuses as assistants, and John Hodgman's brain surgeon is his long-suffering best friend. Sneak it onto NBC as a replacement for er and Emmies await, I'm telling you.

Sackhoff Frak Party in Portland

I am quite sure we'll be seeing the official, higher quality video of Katee Sackhoff's appearance at the Cort & Fatboy Portland Frak Party from last Friday....but for now, fans SlyOyster and ninjahq posted a ton of video snippets on their youtube channels...I hear the show was huge fun and totally packed, with many folks turned away at the door.

ETA: Here is SlyOyster's blog post about the event (spoiler warning) and links to all his youtube vids.

Pre-Game Show

Here’s some stuff to enjoy while we wait a few more hours for Daybreak…

TV Guide posted another of their interview videos with Edward James Olmos and Mary McDonnell. This time the topic is…fandom. Olmos will have plenty more time to bask in fandom’s glow later this year when he comes back again to the DragonCon. YAY. And Mary, apparently, is going to France next month…(anyone know if that festival will sell video of their events?)

Many fans have been asking us where they can go in their cities to see the series finale next week in public. The hardworking folks over at the bsg blog on livejournal have compiled a pretty thorough list of frak parties going on across North America that night, in cities from Toronto to New Orleans, New York to Los Angeles. Me, I’ll probably stay home and drink myself into a sorry, sorry state to make Tigh proud.

And for you lucky frakkers in Portland: don’t forget that Katee Sackhoff herself is scheduled to make an appearance tonight at Cort & Fatboy’s free (free!!!!) frak party. Let’s hope they share some video like last time they had a guest…but you locals should go get in line NOW.

EW.com has put up a visual/oral history of the series. I can’t get even halfway through it today, sigh.

Various pieces covering the beginning of The End: The Live Feed with Ron Moore... Zap2it with Edward James Olmos… AOL Inside TV with Tahmoh Penikett… and USA Today.

TimeOut NY has a contest running till Monday to give away the framed Last Supper promo photo.

You can now buy BSG eps via your Sony Playstation.

Thanks to tweep @unconed for this BSG Finale survey…”take it, see pretty graphs, share and enjoy”…

OT while you wait out the next few hours…savor the easter eggs embedded in the Wa7chmen opening credits…courtesy of io9.

TV Guide Feature Scans

Via Spoiler TV, here are scans of the TV Guide BSG feature. Logan read the piece, and tells me it does have some spoilers which I, and some of you out there, probably do not want to read.
Tread lightly...

TV Guide Shoot

Tricia Helfer, Katee Sackhoff, James Callis, Edward James Olmos, and Mary McDonnell of Battlestar Galactica at their TV Guide Magazine Cover shoot. Issue on newsstands March 11, 2008.

Open Thread: #419 Someone To Watch Over Me

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Past 4.5 open threads can be found in the index on our blogroll rightside column. If you know of other fun sites or forums that are having lively non-spoilery episode discussions, please feel free to post links here as well.

EPISODE 419: SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME
Writers: David Weddle & Bradley Thompson
Director: Michael Nankin

iF Magazine has an interview with Michael Nankin up today. There is also this interview with Katee Sackhoff, this one with Tricia Helfer, this one with Michelle Forbes, and SciFi Wire is taking fan questions for Kate Vernon until March 2. As she does every week this season Maureen Ryan will post an interview with the ep's writers, look for it sometime tomorrow morning on her site.

ETA Mo Ryan's excellent interview with David Weddle and Bradley Thompson.

Here’s to you, Kara.

As we prepare for tonight’s new episode which seems to promise more information about the mysterious state of Kara Thrace, here are a few fun links for my fellow Starbuck fans.

The LA Times has a brief interview with Katee Sackhoff at The Hero Complex blog. (Teeny spoiler warning for the 100%-Spirginal.)

I am back in my New York City life this week, after several months on the road for work reasons …and guess what I found waiting for me on a phone booth just outside my office building here?



Funny. It has probably been there this entire winter. Oh Starbuck.


Meanwhile, helmets off to fan taragel for assembling this wonderful ode, Kara Thrace’s Top 25 Defining Moments. I’ve included a few of my favorites below. A fan over at the BSG LJ Blog has updated the links to all of La Sackhoff’s scenes on NIP/TUCK to date this season; apparently next week is her final appearance on that show.

Fight ‘em till ya can’t no more. See you on the open thread.

Space promo for #419 Someone To Watch Over Me

Space Canada's latest promo spot. HT BSG Blog.


Looks like Weddle/Thompson/Nankin's final BSG episode is going to do something those guys all do very well: Starbuck. Lots and lots of Starbuck...

For you spoilerish types, over here are some promo photos of Starbuck from the episode. And here are slightly more spoilery ones for another part of the ep.

For you toaster lovers out there, this busy fan put together a nifty collection of BSG cylon photography from the entire series.

Situation Report

A ton of interviews and news items....

Richard Huff of The Daily News spoke to Kate Vernon. Rick Bentley of McClatchy Newspapers talked to Vernon and Ron Moore.

Tahmoh Penikett has been doing lots of press to promote BSG's final eps, and the debut of Joss Whedon's Dollhouse. He talked to Timeout Chicago, Zap2It, and the Boston Herald.

Kat Angus of Canwest News Service interviewed Katee Sackhoff about the end of BSG and the beginning of Lost and Found. (And Starbuck makes a top ten list.)

Jamie Bamber reflects on the end of BSG and promotional photos of his work on Law And Order: London are online via pu5h1n6_da15135 of the BSG LJ blog.

Aaron Douglas spoke to io9 about the final 5 cylons, and the the endgame for the series. (No spoilers.)

Kandyse McClure talked to MediaBlvd Magazine about her end on Battlestar Galactica, and her new work on Children of the Corn, and other projects.

Galactica TV has recent interviews with Grace Park, Jane Espenson, Nicki Clyne and Micheal Tayles.

Dean Stockwell is scheduled to appear at the upcoming Leap Back Quantum Leap Convention in Los Angeles, California, March 27-29, 2009 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Quantum Leap.

Other news and notes: Kevin Smith mentioned BSG at a talk at Ohio State University... Battlestar Galactica leads in shout-outs on other TV shows (like The Office.) ...Dvice's Steampunk Cylon contest continues... Viper cars, and bento boxes...

Upcoming comic books continue the story of BSG and Cylon history, in Ghosts and Cylon War.