All the Right Reasons

Lets say you really liked the Nickelback song "Savin' Me" from their album "All the Right Reasons" used in the first one minute long Season 3 BSG promo, then you will really enjoy this excellent video on YouTube by hirogen101.

News Brief

In the news, Ron Moore spoke about the BSG Webisodes.

And the BSG "Story So Far" program is now available on X-Box Live.

Rymer Video

From kenradio on YouTube watch director Michael Rymer, give a tour of the editing faciity for Battlestar Galactica at Universal Studios in Los Angeles.

The 3rd Season 3 Trailer

It's getting darker

Cindy White reports in Now Playing Magazine that season 3 of Battlestar Galactica will be getting darker. In the interview Ron Moore and Edward James Olmos reveal a few spoilers for season 3. Olmos also reveals that he's directing episode 12 this season:

The tone of the episode will be quite different from his previous effort, last season’s “Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down.” “This one will be more connected to the main body,” he says. “The other one was a comedy. We decided to try one in the first season just to lighten things up. And it worked well. I thought it worked very, very well.

A new season 3 trailer

Webisodes

Are the Battlestar Galactica webisodes in danger because of a dispute between the WGA (Writers Guild of America) and NBC?

TV Q&A with Rob Owen reports the following about marathons of season 2.5 on Sci-Fi before season 3 airs:

According to the show's publicist, Sci Fi will be airing marathons of season two before the season three premiere.

The first marathon is scheduled to air Sept. 28 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., the second one will air the day of the premiere, Oct. 6, also from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m..

These eight-episode marathons won't include every episode of season 2, but will cover most of them and will include every episode from the second half of the season (i.e. Season 2.5).

And the Cylons make the list of best villains in SF television.

Anthrax Visits BSG

Video of Battlestar Galactica fan, Scott Ian of Anthrax inside Starbuck's Viper on the Galactica, on the day of Anthrax's recent visit to the set of Battlestar Galactica.

New Video Blog

The Battlestar Galactica Video Blog has been updated with Jamie Bamber showing how he transforms into "Fat Lee Adama".

The Story So Far

'Battlestar Galactica: The Story So Far' is a 44 minute program that will serve as a primer on the series, that NBC will air across various NBC networks and the internet. Click for details.

Briefs....

• Chud has an interview with Edward James Olmos. (Watch out for some season 3 spoilers in the interview.)
• And Sci Fi Pulse has a new interview with Ronald D. Moore.

Foundation

Apparently, this is the demo trailer done by the now defunct Foundation Imaging (the company that did the CGI effects for Babylon 5 seasons 1-3, and worked on Star Trek: Voyager and other projects) for the abandoned Bryan Singer/Tom DeSanto Battlestar Galactica continuation project. Posted to YouTube by Bishop37.

Season 3 is 2 months away

The Merovingian reports on season 3 episode titles. (No major spoilers.)

TV Shows on DVD has screen shots of the DVD menu screens for BSG season 2.5 due September 19th.

Galactica Station has a trascription of Jamie Bamber interviewed in The Official Battlestar Galactica Magazine.

Come to Burbank, California August 26-27th for Creation's Battlestar Galactica Convention. Guests include: Tricia Helfer, Jamie Bamber, James Callis, Aaron Douglas, Tahmoh Penikett, and others.

RocketChick makes excellent videos, so check out the BSG music video set to Coldplay's "Fix You". (Scroll down that page to the Battlestar Galactica banner where the video is located.)

Comic Con Reports

"mistabrown" has video on You Tube from the Galactica panel at Comic Con from a different angle, and edited down to about 8 minutes of highlights. The video contains big spoilers, so beware. There are also spoilers in these two IGN reports here and here.

Moore's Blog

Ron Moore has updated his Battlestar Blog with some interesting information.

He reports in part:

To catch up on things: we're currently filming episodes 10 & 11, our mid-season cliffhanger episodes, after which we're going to take a four week hiatus from shooting, then resume production on the remaining eight. "Eight?" you ask, perceptively recognizing that would only add up to 19 and our much-publicized order was for 20. "Are you in trouble? Are they cutting back your order? Or did you fail math?"

No, no, and yes, but that's not the issue.

In another of our patented feats of editorial derring-do, we've taken what was to be episode 3, "Exodus" and crafted two episodes from it, thereby obviating the need to shoot one more show. As it currently stands, we will be opening Season Three with a two-hour premiere of what were originally two stand-alone episodes, "Occupation" and "Precipice" ("Occuprice," as it were) then resume airing normal one hours with "Exodus Part One." Confused? Good, that's the way we like it. Gotta keep the audience guessing.

Rescored

So lets say you didn't like the Nickelback song used in the season 3 BSG trailer... Then you might prefer this version instead...

Comic Con

Here is a report on the BSG panel at the San Diego Comic Con, and 5 videos of the event on You Tube. (There are spoilers there.)

Aaron Douglas is interviewed by Eclipse Magazine.

Another convert won over.

News, you can use

Battlestar Galatica on one of four covers of TV Guide.

Jamie Bamber talks to Out magazine.

Bamber talks about his favorite scene in season 3, thus far.

More season 3 trailers on You Tube.

Dwight from The Office is blogging again about BSG and Lost.

The latest info from Bear McCreary.

The lyrics to the season 2 soundtrack song "Lords of Kobol".

A positive review of the season 2 soundtrack.

David Eick talks season 3 with Now Playing magazine.

Katee Sackhoff does intense yoga.

Other items here and here.

New Season 3 Preview

Emmys are rigged (updated)

As others have noted the Emmy nominations came out today, and thanks to the insular and gamed system, the best shows on television were totally ignored. BSG got 3 technical nominations, but none for the writing of such ground breaking installments like Pegasus, Resurrection Ship 1 &2, and Lay Down Your Burdens 1 & 2. Bear McCreary brilliant scores were ignored. And great Oscar nominated actors Edward James Olmos and Mary McDonnell were both snubbed. Katee Sackhoff has more than proved worthy of the best supporting actress Emmy, yet the Academy lives in a strange universe where even fine shows like Lost and Boston Legal are ignored, while 2 and and a half men gets nominations.... Odd.

The most nominations went to 24, which had it's most cartoony season ever, with an ending hour that was utterly idiotic, in every single aspect.

Well, at least Galactica gets the awards that matter, the Hugos, the Peabody, the Saturn, and the Golden Toaster....

UPDATE: Alan Sepinwall nails it.

In other news, Amazon.com now is showing the DVD box art for the season 2.5 set, you can see a large version of the cover art at TV Shows on DVD.