Making a satisfying prequel is tricky business, filled both with obvious pitfalls and phantom menaces, and mass-media SF has failed at this enterprise more than it has succeeded. Battlestar Galactica frequently turned potential disasters into triumphs. How does its prequel fare?
Category Archives: Battlestar Galactica
Galactica 3.0 is Coming
Universal Pictures has confirmed reports that Bryan Singer will produce and direct another re-imagining of Battlestar Galactica.
Just what we needed. Really.
Worst Ending Ever?
Battlestar Galactica may rank among the most impressive SF series of all time, but its finale (reviewed here [Part One] and here [Parts Two-Three]) stirred up some controversy.
Was it really, as Brad Templeton argues, the worst ending ever?
Trailer for Battlestar Galactica: The Plan
Below the jump, you’ll see a “trailer” of sorts for The Plan, coming to SciFiSyFy this fall. Contains spoilers for the first season of BSG, in case you’re one of the folks that haven’t yet seen it.
If you have seen it, of course, this would be a great time to pre-order the complete series in Blu-Ray. :)
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Moore and Eick talk ‘Caprica’
Some new clips and some thoughts and ideas behind the new show. I think people expecting this to “replace” BSG will be disappointed, but that doesn’t mean it won’t be a good show.
[Update 04/01/09: It appears SyFy has pulled the clip. Sorry Gang]
Battlestar Galactica: “Daybreak,” Parts Two and Three
Battlestar Galactica comes to a conclusion. Did it give us a landmark series finale or an FTL shark-jump?
Warning: this review uses no Spoiler tags.
Battlestar Galactica Finale: Theories and Speculation
Tonight, Galactica comes to a conclusion. Before we see it, what ideas do we want to propose? Will a singular experience send the crew back in time to become Lords of Kobol? Will an autistic kid be staring at the ship in a snow-globe? Will Baltar and his Cult settle on a new world and, as he tries to enlighten the primitive inhabitants, see “forty-two” spelled out on the makeshift Scrabble board?
Battlestar Galactica Review: “Daybreak,” Part One
The end begins.
Battlestar Galactica Review: “Islanded in a Stream of Stars”
If you haven’t heard, there’s a rumour we’ll be seeing a big screen Galactica movie based on the original, rather than the reboot.
Meanwhile, here’s our review of this week’s episode.
Battlestar Galactica Review: “Someone to Watch Over Me”
With weeks left in the series, Battlestar Galactica gives us bad decisions, soap opera, and barroom piano.