Posted on 11/16/2005 8:14:06 PM PST by KevinDavis
SCI FI Channel announced that it has renewed its original series Battlestar Galactica for a third season. Production on the 20-episode order is slated to begin in Vancouver, Canada, in February 2006 for premiere later in the year, the network said.
The entire ensemble cast returns for the new season, including Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell, Katee Sackhoff, Jamie Bamber, James Callis, Tricia Helfer and Grace Park. Also returning are executive producer and writer Ronald D. Moore and executive producer David Eick.
Currently in its second season, Galactica is a hit with audiences. The second season resumes with new episodes on Jan. 6, 2006, as part of the winter premiere of SCI FI Friday. Battlestar Galactica is from NBC Universal Television Studio.
6 versions.. Lucy Lawless character was a cylon...
Babylon 5 was only interesting to me 'cause a lot of girls I knew at the time were into it. It's pretty difficult to find chicks who are into any sci-fi shows at all.
...and I had a thing for that redheaded telepathic chick. Wow-wee.
There are 12. We have seen to date...
1. Donal the administrator.
2. The adorable Korean babe.
3. The Black Doctor.
4. Blonde Xena.
5. The duplicitous sweaty guy.
6. The blonde bombshell.
I think that Tigh's wife is a Cylon. If she's not, she sure is a b**ch.
Also there was a goofy guidline by the FCC that there was family hour meaning the show had to be family friendly. They did bring back Galatica in 1980 (Called Galatica 1980), horrible. As for V it started out good with the first miniseries. Second one was ok. The tv show ok, however, it seemed that there was a cost cutting measure.. It proves that sci-fi and regular networks don't mix...
Babylon 5 you just couldn't pick up. It was as densely plotted as a soap opera so to get into it you had to have someone explain all the characters and secrets and interrelationships. A casual remark in season 2 could return with gale force in season 3.
I admired about it that unlike Star Trek...
1. Humans are no better in the Babylon 5 future than the are now. Poor people still eat out of garbage cans. Not the socialist, secular utopia of Star Trek. You have organizations like Home Guard (an anti alien KKK) and Night Watch and murderous tyrants like President Clark.
2. Every human state I ever heard of had a resource conflict between localism and the central government. The civil war that breaks out in the Earth Alliance is President Clark's extreme Empire of Earth policy towards the colonies.
scifi ping
Six versions ? No. Six said she was version 6 of 12. And under torture Sharon confirmed that.
My mistake...
There was somekind of FCC rule that there had to be a family hour on tv.. Guess where the orginal Battlestar Galatica fell
B5 is the best and most well crafted SF program ever. My only lament is that they replaced Johnathan Sinclair, the first commander, after season one. I liked him a lot, though I liked John Sheridan a lot, too.
Sinclair was ok, however, Sheridan was better...
Deep Space 9 went the furthest from neat and sterile. It stole heavily in theme from Babylon 5. The war with the Dominion, the conspiracy of the shape shifters (the Shadows ?), the quasi civil war between the Federation and the Maquis.
That is true. JMS threatend to sue Paramount over story line stealing...
Thank God...
This show needs at least 5 seasons. It's fairly slow moving, but so far that's been an asset.
I'm not sure if it should go on for more than 5 though.
The first three seasons of Babylon 5 were great; then came the 4th and 5th seasons. Yeesh.
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