What The Frak?

IMDB has posted a wonderful Battlestar Galactica Show Recap video, that covers the entire series from Mini to end of Season 3, and it's snarky good fun. Plus it gets kudos from this fan, for so carefully tracking my two favorite 'ships: Starbuck/Apollo, and Roslin/Airlock. Heh heh.

All in all, a fun way to convince someone they need to catch up by April 4th.

Check it out here.

ETA: Fandom, being the obsessed lovefest that it is, has put the recap on youtube - and has realized that the narrator is the same person who voiced the 8-minute LOST Recap du snark video released before S4. You can also see the BSG Recap on SciFi Pulse.

All Seasons in HD Reruns?

Tipsters Mike and Glenn have both alerted us that the Universal HD channel has been doing promotions for BATTLESTAR GALACTICA reruns from Season 1 all the way to the end of Season 3 in High Definition. You can see two promo videos here on the UHD site.

However nothing shows up on the UHD schedule grid.

Mike says his DVR has already tagged the HD showing of the first ep of S1, "33," for tonight at 8PM.

Stay vigilant. This show kicks serious frakkin' ass in High Def!

OT: UHD is also listing runs for FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS*, FIREFLY, and SIX FEET UNDER in High Def.



*Dreaming of an HD Tim Riggins.
::drifts away on a cloud::

Cylons in America

The book Cylons in America: Critical Studies in Battlestar Galactica has been released in the US. The UK version and the hardcover are both coming in January 2008. A list of chapters and contributors can be found at the end of this post.

One of the essays in the book is by Dr. Tama Leaver who also has written about BSG in the past.

50% Off Season 1

Amazon is having a sale on BSG Season One DVDs for 50% Off MSRP.

(And YES, writers get a cut of DVD sales!)

ETA: SALE IS TODAY ONLY

Those Frakking Toasters

I just recently discovered this great BSG comic, Frakking Toasters.

Geek comic artist Joel Watson imagines BSG by Kevin Smith.

The Lucy Lawless Fan Club handed Lucy and her daughter Daisy a video camera to bring to Comicon. This is the result: quicktime / windows media. LOL.


Tom the Dog compares BSG to the short-lived 1990s TV series SPACE: ABOVE AND BEYOND.

Livejournalist and supreme linkmistress meshel73 has found the Jedi Chef photos from this year’s Wolf Galactica con. *giggle*

Micahville lists the 7 life lessons she has learned from BSG.

In typical (admirable) fandom fashion, the livejournalists at the battlestar blog are discussing the Season 3 region 1 DVD cover art options, and looking back at previous region 1, 2 and 4 designs for reference. I still like C best.

Watching BSG ponders the question: is Starbuck Col. Tigh’s daughter?...and, OT: they found this hilarious Geek Hierarchy chart.

Live long and prosper

Fans on the SciFi.com BSG Forum are creating a scrapbook for the cast & crew, to be delivered to set this winter. For details of how to add something, go here.

A Myspace page, complete with countdown clock, is set up for the UK DVD release of S3.

Amazon is taking price-locked pre-orders for the DVD of RAZOR and the HD DVDs of Season 1.

Livejournalist shasplim has made a nice list of 10 reasons why BSG trumps STAR TREK.

Tricia Helfer has posted some (mildly spoilery) photos shot by her sister, during shooting of S4x08 scenes with her and Michael Trucco, directed by Michael Nankin. Oooh, Cap 6 and Sam? Heh.

Brown student J.L. Russo takes a closer look at the SciFi.com Videomaker Toolkit as part of her thesis study of fandom.

Mark Tuit, director of BLOOD: A BUTCHER’S TALE, discusses the film and Aaron Douglas’ part in it on the film’s official site. [Tip o’ the hat to The Chief’s Deck]

Buddy TV lays odds on who might be the final cylon model. Personally I’m starting to hope for one of those BUFFYesque “we are all Slayers” sort of endings. *wink*

Stylin Online has some great BSG tee shirts for sale.

Livejournalist languor has posted an immense (and incredibly spoilery) picspam of the entire series, as a tribute to how much she misses her BSG right now. Part 1 / part 2 / part 3 / part 4. I just watched Crossroads Parts 1 & 2 last night - and yeah, I am so hiatus-beaten today. More FARSCAPE may help...I'm just starting season 3.

On My Christmas List

More news from Highdef Digest, on the HD release of the Mini and S1:

...Featuring the original 2003 mini-series, the full pilot episode and the complete first season of the show, Universal will roll out the high-def red carpet for 'Battlestar,' in a six-disc set brimming with supplements.

In addition to audio commentary with creator Ronald D. Moore (and guests) on the complete mini-series, pilot and nine additional episodes, extras include more than a half-dozen featurettes, multiple deleted scenes, a still gallery and the "Encyclopedia Galactica," an interactive guide including ships, characters, colonies and flight training manual.

Also exclusive to the HD DVD release will be a picture-in-picture video commentary on the entire mini-series, featuring Moore, cast and crew and additional making-of footage.

In-picture video commentary? An Encyclopedia? FUN!

Razor on DVD

New announcements on the Universal Home Video web site: the RAZOR DVD, and Season 1 in HD, are both being released on December 4, 2007. [Thanks to DVD Times and HD DVD format blog for the heads-up.]

The Past

Found on YouTube, season 1 promotional material.

Some show notes and news

The Great Link reports on an article on TV Guide online with heaps of praise for the upcoming episodes of Battlestar Galactica.

The Great Link also reports on more critical acclaim for the upcoming new episodes of Galactica. Note worthy is this review, in Eclipse Magazine with a few hints and (in my view) minor spoilers.