Battlestar Galactica is dying — both literally, referring to impending series finale, and figuratively, referring to the titular ship. And ever since the Gaeta/Zarek mutiny, that theme has pervaded the show — the gradual acceptance on behalf of what’s left of our cast that the ship, Laura Roslin and perhaps both the Cylon and human [...]
It is now my solemn belief that Saul Tigh is the secret tragic hero of Battlestar Galactica. He was a damned interesting character before he was revealed as a Cylon, and now that he’s one of the Final Five, I daresay he might be the most human, flawed and ultimately redeemable character on Galactica. And [...]
When they said in the promos for months that “All will be answered,” I had no idea we’d be getting these answers this soon. The latest episode of Battlestar Galactica, “No Exit,” which returns the show to the mythology path after the “mutiny” detour served as one big information dump. By the end of the [...]
Galactica‘s turnaround in quality continues with this week’s episode, which brings a resolution to the mutiny arc and effectively clears more characters from the cast. Coups and mutinies are a tricky business, especially when not everyone is on board. Gaeta suffers from enormous hubris and naievette, while Zarek, the bitter realist, takes things too [...]
For starters, this week’s episode of Battlestar Galactica is a lot better than what’s come in recent installments. The characters are largely acting like themselves — particularly Roslin, Lee, Kara, Adama, Tyrol and Tigh. For a brief few minutes I was reminded of what I liked about BSG in the past — a moral dillema, [...]
Last year, I tried to read a horror novel by Dan Simmons entitled The Terror. It is a fictionalized account of the last days of the HMS Terror, a British exploration ship sent to find a northwest passage to India through the Arctic. The HMS Terror is lodged in the ice for several years before [...]
With the beginning of BSG‘s final run of episodes, I am more convinced than ever that the show is being written as they go along. It’s not the elegant Rube Goldberg device that Lost is — the pieces of the great plot machine don’t quite elegantly fall into place. It’s interesting, but beneath the veneer [...]
SciFi Channel has released an excerpt from their upcoming Battlestar Galactica spinoff, Caprica. Click the below image to see the footage. photo credit: Lanids
The auction for the props, costumes, and vehicles from Battlestar Galactica begins mid-January. The full catalog has been released in case you want to bid on Doc Cottle’s cigarettes or a flight suit. Good luck! photo credit: Little Green Giraffe photo credit: Danacea photo credit: Pınar Yanardağ
A lot of good shows return or debut in 2009. Below are the “genre” shows we tend to cover here at TVZ: WINTER PREMIERES: Thurs., Dec. 25 Doctor Who (BBC) Sun., Jan. 11 24 (Fox) Thurs., Jan. 15 Smallville (CW) Supernatural (CW) Fri., Jan. 16 Battlestar Galactica (Sci Fi) Wed., Jan. 21 Lost (ABC) Wed., [...]
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