Battlestar Galactica (2005) – Pegasus (Extended Episode)

I remember when the episode of Pegasus aired, 23 September 2005. Me, my friends and co-workers loved it. We all made sure to listen to Ronald D. Moore’s weekly podcast talking about the episode, and when we heard about the extended cut when the season was to be released to home video, we were super-excited….

Battlestar Galactica (2005) – Resistance, and The Farm

So let’s get some more important subject matter into our sci-fi. This time we delve into even more of the need for democracy in heightened situations as Tigh (Michael Hogan) declares martial law through the fleet, and Roslin (Mary McDonnell) and Apollo (Jamie Bamber) oppose him. Resistance was written by Toni Graphia, and it first…

Battlestar Galactica (2005) – Valley of Darkness, and Fragged

Bradley Thompson and David Weddle delivered Valley of Darkness which first aired on 22 July, 2005. Things remain severely frakked. After the screw-up with the FTL last episode, there’s a Cylon virus in Galactica’s system that needs to be removed, but there are also Centurions aboard. Adama (Edward James Olmos) remains in a coma, leaving…

Battlestar Galactica (2005) – Bastille Day, and Act of Contrition

The Galactica has found water on a nearby ice planet. Now they have to get it to the fleet. The idea of using the prisoners aboard the Astral Queen is floated, and problems ensue in Bastille Day. Written by Toni Graphia this episode was first broadcast on 21 January, 2005. The episode features some of…

Battlestar Galactica (2003) – Episode 1

Ronald D. Moore, who was a driving storytelling force behind Star Trek: The Next Generation, took Glen Larson’s beloved (but expensive) 70s television series and retooled it. He and his creative crew and cast delivered a proof-of-concept miniseries, which would introduce us to the characters and situations that would drive this incarnation. The miniseries aired…

Battlestar Galactica… Has It Been 35 Years Already?

There are those who believe…that life here began out there, far across the Universe…with tribes of humans…who may have been the forefathers of the Egyptians…or the Toltecs…or the Mayans…that they may have been the architects of the Great Pyramids…or the lost civilizations of Lemuria…or Atlantis. Some believe that there may yet be brothers of man…who…