[scottiB]

Originally Posted by Eug

Further, one series arc will be devoted to finding that part of his anatomy again, as the president has declared it the colonial symbol of human fertility, and vital for the survival of the human race.

Really?

Doesn't this have to do with SPOLIER--select text between asterisks.......







*Colonel Tigh losing an eye? *

[Landos Mustache]

Originally Posted by Eug

Further, one series arc will be devoted to finding that part of his anatomy again, as the president has declared it the colonial symbol of human fertility, and vital for the survival of the human race.

Well you can bet we will get a flashback on why Tie is missing an eye.

[Eug Wanker]

Originally Posted by scottiB

Really?

Doesn't this have to do with SPOLIER--select text between asterisks.......

Aye. It was a joke.

[Landos Mustache]

Well I bet $20 that starbuck and Tie kiss and or bang this season.

[goMac]

Originally Posted by scottiB

Doesn't this have to do with SPOLIER--select text between asterisks.......[/COLOR]*

I'm not so sure you need to hide it between asterices. I think after the trailer it was kind of obvious.

[Chuckit]

Originally Posted by Landos Mustache

Well I bet $20 that starbuck and Tie kiss and or bang this season.

Lucy Lawless explicitly said they get it on, so that's a pretty safe bet.

[Landos Mustache]

Originally Posted by scottiB

Colonel Tigh losing an eye? [/COLOR]*

He has a big friggin eye patch in the trialer!!!

Actually the first thing that came to mind is that damn reoccurring Klingon on DS9 that was missing an eye.

Now the same writer is on DS9.... tie loses an eye.

(I hope a cylon ripped it out).

[Chuckit]

All I have to say is…

ARRRR!

[Eug Wanker]

Hmmm...



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[JoshuaZ]

Originally Posted by Landos Mustache

He has a big friggin eye patch in the trialer!!!

Actually the first thing that came to mind is that damn reoccurring Klingon on DS9 that was missing an eye.

Now the same writer is on DS9.... tie loses an eye.

(I hope a cylon ripped it out).

Ripped out Kill Bill style. That would make for a nice scene.

[Dark Helmet]

So it looks like October 6th is the air date. Wonder what the story is for Canada.

[Dark Helmet]

I found this really cool site that shows the shooting locations. It is remarkable how they remove signs and give it a colour cast:

http://pat.suwalski.net/film/bsg-locations/

[forkies]

Originally Posted by Dark Helmet

http://pat.suwalski.net/film/bsg-locations/

University of British Columbia - Chan Centre
Episode: 1x11 - Colonial Day.



is also the 4400 center

[greenamp]

heh, that's neat.

[Dark Helmet]

The room the pres found out she has cancer in you can also see the apartment where Caprica boomer lives in the background. It is also the same condo as Michael Keaton has in White noise. A condo in Vancouver I guess.

[Eug]

I betcha the people living in that building were pissed off. A movie scene was filmed in a townhouse in my complex. Everyone hated it - movie people disrupting everything. Now our board has officially banned filming in the units.

[andi*pandi]

nifty.

[Landos Mustache]

Originally Posted by Eug

I betcha the people living in that building were pissed off. A movie scene was filmed in a townhouse in my complex. Everyone hated it - movie people disrupting everything. Now our board has officially banned filming in the units.

The filmed part of the Sentinel in my old office and all of the crew (and michael douglas) were very polite, understanding and curtious.

[Eug Wanker]

Originally Posted by Landos Mustache

The filmed part of the Sentinel in my old office and all of the crew (and michael douglas) were very polite, understanding and curtious.

It's different at a workplace. You don't live there. (Or at least I hope you don't.)

The people filming at that townhouse were also polite and courteous, but it's still majorly irritating having a film crew carting stuff in and out at 6:30 am and blocking part of our laneways.

[Landos Mustache]

Originally Posted by Eug Wanker

It's different at a workplace. You don't live there. (Or at least I hope you don't.)

The people filming at that townhouse were also polite and courteous, but it's still majorly irritating having a film crew carting stuff in and out at 6:30 am and blocking part of our laneways.

Ya I know. But i don't find it any more irritating that most construction.

[reader50]

Ron Moore has updated his Battlestar Blog. It's generally worth reading, but for those with limited time, here are a few highlights.

BSG is currently filming Season 3, Episodes 10 & 11.
The Season 3 opening will be a two-hour episode.
Jane Espenson (Buffy, Firefly) will be writing an episode this season.
They are at least thinking about Season 4. Nothing concrete mentioned.

Episode titles revealed so far for Season 3:
1a____Occupation
1b____Precipice
2_____Exodus, Part 1
3_____Exodus, Part 2
4-7___(unknown)
8_____The Passage (ep number may be incorrect)
9_____(unknown)
10-11_(unknown, mid-season cliffhanger)
12-18_(unknown)
19____(unknown, Season 3 finale)

notes:
• 1a and 1b were originally planned as Eps 1 & 2, later combined into one long episode.
• 2 and 3 were originally planned as just "Exodus", a single regular-length episode.
• Total length of Season 3 is still 20 episode equivalents, because of the opening 2-hour ep.

Spoiler and/or discussion below. Highlight below to read:

• RM Blog: Her {Laura Roslin's} life on New Caprica will definitely influence her outlook on religion, indeed it will influence her role as president from now on.

This implies she will get the Presidency back. At the moment, Tom Zarek is Vice President. From the miniseries, you can get the full version of the Presidential Oath. Since the President swears to defend the sovereignty of the 12 Colonies with every fiber of his/her being, and Baltar surrendered without a shot being fired (or even being specifically asked to surrender), it looks to me like Baltar's surrender was legally a novel form of abdication. If the Oath is legally intended to be literal, then Tom Zarek has been the legal President since Balter tried to surrender. I'm sure Baltar doesn't see it that way.

Note that as far as I know, Roslin never resigned as Secretary of Education, and appears to have been performing those duties since losing the election. If no other ministers have been appointed, then she's right back in the line of succession. Maybe Mr. Zarek will need to have an "accident"?

Subnote: it's mentioned in the previous blog entry that Tom Zarek is the Vice President, and that he doesn't go along at all with the occupation.

[Eug]

Jamie "Fat Man" Bamber

It doesn't seem to work right for me in Safari on my iMac G5. Works fine in Camino though. Anyone else have the same problem?

[lavar78]

It worked for me in Safari.

[Eug]

Hmmm... What Mac? I tried rebooting my iMac G5. Same problem in Safari. Works fine in Camino.

Is it flash?

P.S. Their website's organization sucks for video and for episode summaries.

[lavar78]

15" PB G4

It took a while. Maybe you just didn't wait long enough.

[Eug]

OK, it wasn't just that site. It was also YouTube. I reinstalled Flash, and now everything is OK.

But do all those sites even use Flash?

P.S. I'm not a fan of the Bamber fat suit, cuz it just looks like a fat suit.

[Eug Wanker]

Definitely a Flash issue. I had YouTube and Scifi.com playback problems on my MacBook 2.0 as well, until I reinstalled Flash. (I already had the latest Flash 9 r20 installed, but a reinstall fixed the problem.)

[goMac]

Running whatever Flash came with my Macbook Pro 2.16 and it worked fine.

[Landos Mustache]

Characters will die this season:
SCI FI Wire | The News Service of the SCI FI Channel

[Eug]

David Eick is full of himself

P.S. Anyone catch the Story So Far summary yet? I'm gonna watch it tonite.

Catch Up With the Battlestar Story

Watch a refresher before season three of Battlestar Galactica begins Friday, Oct. 6, at 9/8C. SCI FI is presenting a story-recap special called Battlestar Galactica: The Story So Far. The one-hour show is narrated by Laura Roslin (Mary McDonnell), the Secretary of Education turned President turned resistance leader on Cylon-occupied New Caprica. Learn about humanity's costly struggle to survive against its deadliest enemy.

The special will be broadcast as follows:

Date and Time Network
Monday, Aug. 28 Free On Demand via SCI FI's cable affiliates
Friday, Sept. 15, at Midnight/11C USA Network
Sunday, Sept. 17, at 7/6C Universal HD
Monday, Sept. 18, at 9AM/8C USA Network
Friday, Sept. 22, at 6/5C Sleuth
Friday, Sept. 22, at 8/7C Universal HD
Friday, Sept. 29, at 7/6C Bravo
Saturday, Sept. 30, at 11AM/10C Bravo
Saturday, Sept. 30, at 4/3C Universal HD
Friday, Oct. 6, at 7/6C SCI FI

Meanwhile, I've ordered BSG Season 2.5 - out Sept. 19. In Canada it's cheapest at Amazon.ca. Best Buy and Future Shop finally got it on their websites, but they both cost more than Amazon.

[Lateralus]

Tonight? How?

[Eug]

Originally Posted by Lateralus

Tonight? How?

It aired a few days ago.

EDIT:

OK, I watched it. Of course, a lot of info is missing. You only can fit so much into 43 minutes.

Still, they did manage to pack a lot of stuff into it. For most of the BSG geeks here in this thread, it's not really necessary to watch this since there's no new info. However, it's useful for the casual viewer who needs a refresher on the Story So Far. It summarizes things quite nicely.

[bstone]

Link for those of us who missed it?

[Eug]

Originally Posted by bstone

Link for those of us who missed it?

No.

I'm sure you're industrious enough to find it for yourself.

[bstone]

Originally Posted by Eug

No.

I'm sure you're industrious enough to find it for yourself.

Oh how little you know of me. I am not!

[bstone]

Link please.

[Lateralus]

...tnerroT tiB

[forkies]

Originally Posted by Lateralus

...tnerroT tiB

...tnerroT tiB + Moderator
just not meshing for me

[bstone]

just watched it. real nice recap. a few disconnect if you paid attention and had not watched the series.

[Eug]

Since the release of 2.5 is just 2 weeks away, I started rewatching 2.0. The first couple of episodes were definitely very good.

P.S. I hadn't realized just how prestigious the Peabody Award is. It's quite a major feather in BSG's cap:

BBC, “This World: Bad Medicine.”
BBC America, BBC, presented on BBC America, “Viva Blackpool.”
BBC Factual and Learning, BBC Drama, BBC; presented on BBC, “BBC DoNation Season.”
BBC in association with HBO Documentary Films, presented on HBO, “Children Of Beslan.”
BBC, WGBH/Boston co-production, in association with Deep Indigo, presented on BBC, “Bleak House.”
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, presented on CBC Radio, “The Wire: The Impact of Electricity on Music.”
CBC/Radio-Canada – La Première Chaîne [French Radio Network], “What If Winter Never Comes? (Et si l’hiver ne venait plus?)”
CNN, Atlanta, Coverage of Hurricane Katrina
Comedy Central, “South Park.”
David E. Kelley Productions, in association with 20th Century Fox Television, presented on ABC, “ Boston Legal.”
Deeble and Stone Productions, NHK, Thirteen/WNET New York, Granada International, BBC and ZDF, presented on BBC2, “The Queen of Trees.”
Distant Horizon/Videovision Entertainment Production, in association with Anant Singh, The Nelson Mandela Foundation, M-Net Exciting Films, and National Film and Video Foundation of South Africa, in association with HBO Films, presented on HBO, “Yesterday.”
Documania Films, Sierra Tango Productions, and The History Channel, presented on The History Channel, “Save Our History: Voices of Civil Rights.”
Fox Television Studios, in Association with Sony Pictures Television, presented on FX, “The Shield.”
HBO Family, presented on HBO, “Classical Baby.”
Heel and Toe Films, Shore Z Productions, and Bad Hat Harry Productions, in association with NBC Universal Television Studios, presented on FOX, “House.”
Independent Television Service [ITVS], presented on PBS, “A Room Nearby.”
KCET/Los Angeles, in association with Sesame Workshop and 44 Blue Productions, Inc., “A Place of Our Own (Los Niños en Su Casa).”
KCNC-TV, Denver, “How Far Will the Army Go?”
KMEX-TV, Los Angeles, “15% of the United States.”
KNBC-TV, Burbank, California, “Burning Questions.”
Maha Films, presented on Sundance Channel, “The Staircase.”
NBC News, New York, Coverage of Hurricane Katrina
P.O.V./American Documentary Inc., Independent Television Service, and Realside Productions, presented on PBS, “P.O.V.: Chisholm ’72 - Unbought & Unbossed.”
R&D TV, in association with NBC Universal Television Studios, presented on SCI FI Channel, “Battlestar Galactica.”
Red House Entertainment Production for Showtime Original Pictures, presented on Showtime, “Edge of America.”
Robert Kenner Films, WGBH Educational Foundation, Wisconsin Public Television, Playtone, and BBC, presented on PBS, “American Experience: Two Days in October.”
Thirteen/WNET New York, Grey Water Park Productions, Spitfire Pictures, Cappa/DeFina Productions, in co-production with Vulcan Productions, BBC/Arena, and NHK, presented on PBS, “American Masters – No Direction Home: Bob Dylan.”
TVE, Madrid, Spain, “China: A Million Steps Ahead.”
WLOX-TV, Biloxi, Mississippi, Coverage of Hurricane Katrina.
WNYC Radio, New York, “Radio Rookies Project.”
WWL-TV, New Orleans, Coverage of Hurricane Katrina.

Then again, South Park won a Peabody too.

[Oversoul]

New BSG webisode up on scifi.com.

Link.

Ten webisodes every Tuesday and Thursday midnight, leading up to the premiere on Oct. 6.

[bstone]

nevermind

[Eug]

Originally Posted by Oversoul

New BSG webisode up on scifi.com.

Link.

Dammit. It won't load for me. Tried both Safari and Camino. It says an ad is loading, but it never does. Maybe scifi.com is getting hit too hard today.

Ten webisodes every Tuesday and Thursday midnight, leading up to the premiere on Oct. 6.

It's nice to see that we in Canada are getting the premiere on Oct. 7. No several week (or even several month) delay like we often get up here. I can take a 1 day delay.

[JoshuaZ]

Won't load for me either. Tried at lunch, and now before heading to bed. It makes me sad.

[bstone]

works perfectly for me just tried it on firefox

[Eug]

Still doesn't work for me.

[xi_hyperon]

Works for me.

[Stogieman]

Originally Posted by Eug

Still doesn't work for me.

Don't worry, you're not missing anything special.

[olePigeon]

Seems to work OK. Kinda wanna download them, but can't.

[Eug]

Now I know why it doesn't work. I tried accessing it from the BSG page instead of the main page:

We're sorry, but the clip you selected isn't available from your location. Please select another clip.

Frack!