This article contains spoilers for Battlestar Galactica.
Think back to the early 2000s. Star Trek‘s vision of an optimistic future no longer kept pace with the post-9/11 world. Instead, Trek writer Ronald D. Moore left the franchise to work with David Eick on reviving a cheesy sci-fi show from the 1970s best remembered for its weird cyborg dog and cool-looking evil robots.
And yet, somehow, Moore and Eick made Battlestar Galactica into a hit, an ambitious mix of deep lore, compelling character building, and religious yearning. Not even the controversial final season, which took leaps that rivaled the ending of Lost, could diminish the series popularity.
So why in the world did the Battlestar Galactica spinoffs flop so hard? For Eick, the answer is simple: Poor planning and lack of vision.
“Ron’s involvement vacillated so there was less consistency and less reliability and, as we shored up his absence,...
Think back to the early 2000s. Star Trek‘s vision of an optimistic future no longer kept pace with the post-9/11 world. Instead, Trek writer Ronald D. Moore left the franchise to work with David Eick on reviving a cheesy sci-fi show from the 1970s best remembered for its weird cyborg dog and cool-looking evil robots.
And yet, somehow, Moore and Eick made Battlestar Galactica into a hit, an ambitious mix of deep lore, compelling character building, and religious yearning. Not even the controversial final season, which took leaps that rivaled the ending of Lost, could diminish the series popularity.
So why in the world did the Battlestar Galactica spinoffs flop so hard? For Eick, the answer is simple: Poor planning and lack of vision.
“Ron’s involvement vacillated so there was less consistency and less reliability and, as we shored up his absence,...
- 3/28/2024
- by Joe George
- Den of Geek
In June of last year, Nashville drag queen Veronika Electronika arrived at a studio space for what she was told was an interview on her views regarding the struggles faced by children in the trans community, and how the lives and mental health of LGBTQ+ people were being affected by the recent slew of bans and restrictions on gender-affirming medical and drag performances.
Elektronika did not recognize her first interviewer, a woman she chatted with for several minutes before a man she did know entered the room.
“I have a question for you guys,...
Elektronika did not recognize her first interviewer, a woman she chatted with for several minutes before a man she did know entered the room.
“I have a question for you guys,...
- 2/10/2024
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
Battlestar Galactica has a compelling premise. Twelve human space colonies in a distant part of the universe are at war with a race of artificially intelligent robots called the Cylons. A human called Baltar betrays humanity and the Cylons wipe out the Twelve Colonies and most of their space-faring ships, the Colonial Fleet, in a nuclear attack that leaves their planets uninhabitable. The only surviving vessel from the Fleet is the Battlestar Galactica, along with a ragtag collection of other space vessels. So the human survivors travel across the universe led by Commander Adama of the Galactica, looking for the legendary 13th colony, Earth, to make it their new home.
With such a fascinating setup, it’s no surprise that Battlestar Galactica (1978) has had several sequels, spinoffs, and remakes: the short-lived sequel series Galactica 1980, which was hampered by a lack of most of the original stars; the very successful 2003-...
With such a fascinating setup, it’s no surprise that Battlestar Galactica (1978) has had several sequels, spinoffs, and remakes: the short-lived sequel series Galactica 1980, which was hampered by a lack of most of the original stars; the very successful 2003-...
- 1/17/2024
- by John Saavedra
- Den of Geek
In 2023, crossovers and multiverses of madness are all the rage in the arts and media, the IP machine grafting other pieces onto itself in an ever-expanding effort to pull in mass audiences. Yet the initial creative impulse at the core of crossovers — "Hey, wouldn't it be cool if X met Y?" — goes much further back into history than the beginning of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Due to pesky issues like copyright law and the like, most crossovers in films prior to the MCU tended to be either "wink-wink" references or cameo appearances. Television was another matter, however; thanks to so many popular shows airing on a single network, many characters from sitcoms, dramas, and other series turned up for an episode or two on a sister show. This happened often enough that, beginning in the 1980s, the bizarre phenomenon known as the "Tommy Westphall Universe" inadvertently began (look it up).
Of course,...
Due to pesky issues like copyright law and the like, most crossovers in films prior to the MCU tended to be either "wink-wink" references or cameo appearances. Television was another matter, however; thanks to so many popular shows airing on a single network, many characters from sitcoms, dramas, and other series turned up for an episode or two on a sister show. This happened often enough that, beginning in the 1980s, the bizarre phenomenon known as the "Tommy Westphall Universe" inadvertently began (look it up).
Of course,...
- 12/25/2023
- by Bill Bria
- Slash Film
The premise of Glen A. Larson's 1978 sci-fi series "Battlestar Galactica" was high-concept and complex. It took place far from Earth, at the end of humanity's millennium-long war with a species of robots called the Cylons. The Cylons themselves were built by a long-extinct race of humanoid reptiles, and they seem poised to offer the same fate to humankind. Feeling that the writing was on the wall, a human named Count Baltar (John Colicos) betrayed humanity and sided with the Cylons, putting the robots hot on the trail of the Battlestar Galactica, a massive starship carrying most of the galaxy's last-known humans. Their goal is to find a long-lost "thirteenth tribe," a human colony that was said to have settled on a distant planet called Earth.
The assumption for viewers was that "Battlestar Galactica" was set in the distant future, but at the end of the 24th episode of its only season,...
The assumption for viewers was that "Battlestar Galactica" was set in the distant future, but at the end of the 24th episode of its only season,...
- 11/19/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
TV drama writers obsess over audience engagement, with a huge emphasis on personal stakes for their characters. The biggest of these is the prospect of death. But 70+ years of TV have taught us that mortality is rare for characters played by a show's stars. So, when actors leave a show or the decision is made to cut a character, writers see a golden opportunity to play the ultimate stakes game by going terminal.
It's safe to say character departures always upset a segment of a show's audience, however small. But not all such deaths are created equal. Some generate a wave of complaints, others a tsunami of outrage. It's the deaths of characters we love or love to hate, and those especially shocking or egregious, that drive fans to write all-caps messages, accompanied by many exclamation points, in fanzines, letter columns, and social media.
Here are 14 of the most controversial of the controversial.
It's safe to say character departures always upset a segment of a show's audience, however small. But not all such deaths are created equal. Some generate a wave of complaints, others a tsunami of outrage. It's the deaths of characters we love or love to hate, and those especially shocking or egregious, that drive fans to write all-caps messages, accompanied by many exclamation points, in fanzines, letter columns, and social media.
Here are 14 of the most controversial of the controversial.
- 11/5/2023
- by Maurice Molyneaux
- Slash Film
Prime Video and Gaumont (“Intouchables”) are teaming up on an uplifting mother-son drama tackling disability, directed by Ken Scott (“Starbuck”), and starring French actors Leïla Bekhti (“All Your Faces”) and Jonathan Cohen (“Sentinelle”). Scott penned and will be directing the film which is titled “Ma mère, Dieu et Sylvie Vartan” and is based on Roland Perez’s novel by the same name.
The project is the first theatrical film that Amazon Prime Video is co-financing as part of the French decree that kicked off in July 2021 and stems from the implementation of the European Commission’s legislation called Audiovisual Media Services Directive (Avms). As such, Gaumont will release the film theatrically in France and holds all distribution rights in France and internationally (outside of Canada). “Ma mère, Dieu et Sylvie Vartan” will roll out on Prime Video 17 months after its theatrical release under France’s windowing rules.
The poignant movie...
The project is the first theatrical film that Amazon Prime Video is co-financing as part of the French decree that kicked off in July 2021 and stems from the implementation of the European Commission’s legislation called Audiovisual Media Services Directive (Avms). As such, Gaumont will release the film theatrically in France and holds all distribution rights in France and internationally (outside of Canada). “Ma mère, Dieu et Sylvie Vartan” will roll out on Prime Video 17 months after its theatrical release under France’s windowing rules.
The poignant movie...
- 9/19/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Megan Hunt had a bad feeling, just not at first.
The Nebraska state senator had been approached in May about participating in a documentary titled It Takes a Village, which she was told would air in August and spotlight “issues facing children and parents in the trans community and how it relates to our future as a society,” according to emails shared with Rolling Stone. Hunt, who has a trans child and has advocated for trans rights in the state legislature, was on board.
But after growing suspicious and doing some research,...
The Nebraska state senator had been approached in May about participating in a documentary titled It Takes a Village, which she was told would air in August and spotlight “issues facing children and parents in the trans community and how it relates to our future as a society,” according to emails shared with Rolling Stone. Hunt, who has a trans child and has advocated for trans rights in the state legislature, was on board.
But after growing suspicious and doing some research,...
- 6/16/2023
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
After Megan Fox fired back at the allegations she forces her sons to wear girl’s clothes, causing a Twitter war between her and former neighbor Robby Starbuck, Elon Musk has interjected himself in the conversation.
Musk has decided to troll Fox on Twitter, the platform which he owns. On Sunday he tweeted, “Looking to hire a VP of Witchcraft & Propaganda.”
Looking to hire a VP of Witchcraft & Propaganda
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 11, 2023
Musk fans in the comments have seemed to find this hilarious some even offering their services to fill the position.
Hey Elon it’s me greg I can help you out in any way needed. I’ve watched every Harry Potter movie and there’s witches in that so think I could do it
— greg (@greg16676935420) June 11, 2023
This comes after Starbuck went onto Twitter to claim that Fox makes her boys wear girls’ clothing even though they don’t want to.
Musk has decided to troll Fox on Twitter, the platform which he owns. On Sunday he tweeted, “Looking to hire a VP of Witchcraft & Propaganda.”
Looking to hire a VP of Witchcraft & Propaganda
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 11, 2023
Musk fans in the comments have seemed to find this hilarious some even offering their services to fill the position.
Hey Elon it’s me greg I can help you out in any way needed. I’ve watched every Harry Potter movie and there’s witches in that so think I could do it
— greg (@greg16676935420) June 11, 2023
This comes after Starbuck went onto Twitter to claim that Fox makes her boys wear girls’ clothing even though they don’t want to.
- 6/15/2023
- by Nina Hauswirth
- Uinterview
After being accused of making her three sons wear “girls’ clothes,” Megan Fox has hit back at the man who started the rumors.
Robby Starbuck, a music video director who was Fox’s neighbor, went on Twitter to vent about the actress this weekend.
He posted a photo from a tabloid of Fox and her three kids and wrote, “These are Megan Fox’s sons. We used to live in the same gated community and our kids played at the park. I saw 2 of them have a full-on breakdown saying they were forced by their mom to wear girls’ clothes as their nanny tried to console them. It’s pure child abuse. Pray for them.”
In the comments, he added to his original statement. “There was another witness + the nanny when the boys did this,” he wrote. “We knew California wouldn’t do anything about it because the state celebrates...
Robby Starbuck, a music video director who was Fox’s neighbor, went on Twitter to vent about the actress this weekend.
He posted a photo from a tabloid of Fox and her three kids and wrote, “These are Megan Fox’s sons. We used to live in the same gated community and our kids played at the park. I saw 2 of them have a full-on breakdown saying they were forced by their mom to wear girls’ clothes as their nanny tried to console them. It’s pure child abuse. Pray for them.”
In the comments, he added to his original statement. “There was another witness + the nanny when the boys did this,” he wrote. “We knew California wouldn’t do anything about it because the state celebrates...
- 6/12/2023
- by Nina Hauswirth
- Uinterview
Megan Fox is speaking out after politician Robby Starbuck claimed she "forces" her three children to wear "girls' clothes" on Twitter. On Sunday, Fox responded by sharing a screenshot of the politician's initial tweet, which featured a photo of her children alongside a message for Starbuck on Instagram.
"Hey @robbystarbuck i really don't want to give you this attention because clearly youre a clout chaser," she began. "But let me teach you something… irregardless [sic] of how desperate you may become at any given time to acquire wealth, power, success, or fame - never use children as leverage or social currency. especially under malevolent and erroneous pretense."
Fox continued, "exploiting my child's gender identity to gain attention in your political campaign has put you on the wrong side of the universe." She went on to say she has been "burned at the stake by insecure narcissistic impotent little men like you...
"Hey @robbystarbuck i really don't want to give you this attention because clearly youre a clout chaser," she began. "But let me teach you something… irregardless [sic] of how desperate you may become at any given time to acquire wealth, power, success, or fame - never use children as leverage or social currency. especially under malevolent and erroneous pretense."
Fox continued, "exploiting my child's gender identity to gain attention in your political campaign has put you on the wrong side of the universe." She went on to say she has been "burned at the stake by insecure narcissistic impotent little men like you...
- 6/11/2023
- by Sabienna Bowman
- Popsugar.com
Megan Fox isn’t backing down.
Robby Starbuck, 34, an American politician, took to Twitter to criticize Fox’s parenting, alleging that he once witnessed the “Transformers” star force her three children, who she shares with Brian Austin Green, to wear “girls [sic] clothes.”
Fox, 37, responded to Starbuck’s alleged claims in a fiery Instagram post on Saturday, labelling him a “clout chaser” and voicing disgust for “exploiting my child’s gender identity to gain attention in your political campaign.”
Read More: Brian Austin Green Defends Ex-Wife Megan Fox Against ‘Child Abuse’ Claims
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“Hey @robbystarbuck, I really don’t want to give you this attention because clearly youre a clout chaser, but let me teach you something,” Fox — who shares Noah, 10, Bodhi, 9, and Journey, 6 with Green, 49 — started in her Instapost.
“Irregardless [sic] of how desperate you may become at any given time to acquire wealth,...
Robby Starbuck, 34, an American politician, took to Twitter to criticize Fox’s parenting, alleging that he once witnessed the “Transformers” star force her three children, who she shares with Brian Austin Green, to wear “girls [sic] clothes.”
Fox, 37, responded to Starbuck’s alleged claims in a fiery Instagram post on Saturday, labelling him a “clout chaser” and voicing disgust for “exploiting my child’s gender identity to gain attention in your political campaign.”
Read More: Brian Austin Green Defends Ex-Wife Megan Fox Against ‘Child Abuse’ Claims
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A post shared by Megan Fox (@meganfox)
“Hey @robbystarbuck, I really don’t want to give you this attention because clearly youre a clout chaser, but let me teach you something,” Fox — who shares Noah, 10, Bodhi, 9, and Journey, 6 with Green, 49 — started in her Instapost.
“Irregardless [sic] of how desperate you may become at any given time to acquire wealth,...
- 6/11/2023
- by Emerson Pearson
- ET Canada
Brian Austin Green won’t stand for anyone accusing his ex-wife Megan Fox of “child abuse.”
A self-proclaimed “free thinker” and former US Congress candidate, Robby Starbuck, tweeted a photo of Fox and her three kids on Thursday with a disparaging allegation.
“We used to live in the same gated community and our kids played at the park,” the netizen claimed before adding: “I saw 2 of them have a full on breakdown saying they were forced by their mom to wear girls clothes as their nanny tried to console them.”
Starbuck then alleged: “It’s pure child abuse. Pray for them.”
Read More: Machine Gun Kelly And Megan Fox Have ‘Come A Long Way’ And May Begin Wedding Planning Again: Source
The ex-us Congress candidate further asserted that the alleged incident occurred five years ago, and a nanny was present.
“It started with one and the other one chimed in,...
A self-proclaimed “free thinker” and former US Congress candidate, Robby Starbuck, tweeted a photo of Fox and her three kids on Thursday with a disparaging allegation.
“We used to live in the same gated community and our kids played at the park,” the netizen claimed before adding: “I saw 2 of them have a full on breakdown saying they were forced by their mom to wear girls clothes as their nanny tried to console them.”
Starbuck then alleged: “It’s pure child abuse. Pray for them.”
Read More: Machine Gun Kelly And Megan Fox Have ‘Come A Long Way’ And May Begin Wedding Planning Again: Source
The ex-us Congress candidate further asserted that the alleged incident occurred five years ago, and a nanny was present.
“It started with one and the other one chimed in,...
- 6/10/2023
- by Emerson Pearson
- ET Canada
The Mandalorian came along when Star Wars and its fans needed a change of pace for the “galaxy far, far away.” In addition to tiding fans over until the next film, The Mandalorian has brought a whole new crop of actors with a strong connection to fans. This includes actors such as Katee Sackhoff, who has recently shared her plan to get more tattoos in the near future.
‘The Mandalorian’ has given Katee Sackhoff her biggest role yet
On The Mandalorian, Sackhoff plays Mandalorian princess and warrior Bo-Katan Kryze. The actor originally voiced the character on the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars: Rebels. And Sackhoff returned when Bo-Katan made her way into live-action, starting with a notable arc in The Mandalorian Season 2. And that role has continued to grow.
Throughout season 3, Bo-Katan has become a far more integral part of The Mandalorian, with many speculating...
‘The Mandalorian’ has given Katee Sackhoff her biggest role yet
On The Mandalorian, Sackhoff plays Mandalorian princess and warrior Bo-Katan Kryze. The actor originally voiced the character on the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars: Rebels. And Sackhoff returned when Bo-Katan made her way into live-action, starting with a notable arc in The Mandalorian Season 2. And that role has continued to grow.
Throughout season 3, Bo-Katan has become a far more integral part of The Mandalorian, with many speculating...
- 4/30/2023
- by Robert Yaniz Jr.
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
The Mandalorian has given Katee Sackhoff, who plays Bo-Katan Kryze on the Star Wars series, perhaps her most popular role. But Sackhoff very nearly didn’t pursue acting at all. In fact, she had a very different career plan until fate intervened. Here’s how Sackhoff decided to become an actor, finding herself on a collision course with Hollywood in the late ’90s.
Katee Sackhoff had a breakthrough role on ‘Battlestar Galactica’ Battlestar Galactica star Katee Sackhoff as Captain Kara ‘Starbuck’ Thrace | Carole Segal/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images
From 2004 to 2009, Sackhoff played fan-favorite character Starbuck on the rebooted Battlestar Galactica. That Syfy established her as a major name on television, particularly in the sci-fi space. And over the next decade or so, Sackhoff would become a TV mainstay with multiple guest appearances on shows such as Nip/Tuck, 24, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and The Flash.
In addition,...
Katee Sackhoff had a breakthrough role on ‘Battlestar Galactica’ Battlestar Galactica star Katee Sackhoff as Captain Kara ‘Starbuck’ Thrace | Carole Segal/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images
From 2004 to 2009, Sackhoff played fan-favorite character Starbuck on the rebooted Battlestar Galactica. That Syfy established her as a major name on television, particularly in the sci-fi space. And over the next decade or so, Sackhoff would become a TV mainstay with multiple guest appearances on shows such as Nip/Tuck, 24, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and The Flash.
In addition,...
- 4/29/2023
- by Robert Yaniz Jr.
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Even though the Star Wars saga has been absent from the big screen for the past few years, The Mandalorian and subsequent other Disney+ series have kept the “galaxy far, far away” alive and thriving. Moreover, this expansion of the George Lucas-created world has given many more actors the opportunity to join in the fun.
One such star, Katee Sackhoff, who plays Bo-Katan Kryze on The Mandalorian, recently opened up about how her mom served as an inspiration early on.
How Katee Sackhoff’s mom supported her entire family The Mandalorian star Katee Sackhoff onstage at Emerald City Comic Con | Mat Hayward/Getty Images
Sackhoff has always been open and connected with fans. After all, her breakthrough role was playing Starbuck on Battlestar Galactica from 2004 to 2009.
During the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, Sackhoff launched into an extensive live Q&a on her YouTube channel. And at a certain point, she...
One such star, Katee Sackhoff, who plays Bo-Katan Kryze on The Mandalorian, recently opened up about how her mom served as an inspiration early on.
How Katee Sackhoff’s mom supported her entire family The Mandalorian star Katee Sackhoff onstage at Emerald City Comic Con | Mat Hayward/Getty Images
Sackhoff has always been open and connected with fans. After all, her breakthrough role was playing Starbuck on Battlestar Galactica from 2004 to 2009.
During the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, Sackhoff launched into an extensive live Q&a on her YouTube channel. And at a certain point, she...
- 4/28/2023
- by Robert Yaniz Jr.
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
The Mandalorian fans might know Katee Sackhoff as Bo-Katan Kryze. But she’s been a staple of sci-fi storytelling for far longer. The actor landed a breakthrough role as Starbuck on Battlestar Galactica from 2004 to 2009. And Sackhoff always seemed intent on following her own heart and interests, regardless of what others might think.
Naturally, her attitude toward her personal life, including her marriage, reflects that same lack of concern for others’ judgment.
Katee Sackhoff’s history with her husband Katee Sackhoff and Robin Gadsby attend The Mandalorian premiere | Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for Disney
Sackhoff met her husband, Robin Gadsby, on the set of the Netflix sci-fi series Another Life. As she explained it, Gadsby was a writer and accepted a “low-level position” on the show to get back into the business after managing a bar. But given that she was only months removed from a break-up, Sackhoff wasn...
Naturally, her attitude toward her personal life, including her marriage, reflects that same lack of concern for others’ judgment.
Katee Sackhoff’s history with her husband Katee Sackhoff and Robin Gadsby attend The Mandalorian premiere | Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for Disney
Sackhoff met her husband, Robin Gadsby, on the set of the Netflix sci-fi series Another Life. As she explained it, Gadsby was a writer and accepted a “low-level position” on the show to get back into the business after managing a bar. But given that she was only months removed from a break-up, Sackhoff wasn...
- 4/27/2023
- by Robert Yaniz Jr.
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
The Mandalorian stars Pedro Pascal as Din Djarin, a bounty hunter who creates an unexpected bond with a baby alien named Grogu (formerly known as “Baby Yoda”). But the series has expanded a lot since that fairly straightforward premise, bringing in TV veterans like Katee Sackhoff. But how much is the actor who plays Bo-Katan Kryze actually worth? Let’s find out.
Katee Sackhoff had humble beginnings before her acting career
These days, Sackhoff might be making waves in the “galaxy far, far away.” But she wasn’t always such a fan-favorite star. In fact, as she told fans during a 2020 live Q&a, her entire household relied on her mother’s modest income when Sackhoff was a child.
“I absolutely know what it looks like to stick with something because of finances. My mom was a teacher. She made, with a Master’s degree, $30,000 a year. She taught for 34 years,...
Katee Sackhoff had humble beginnings before her acting career
These days, Sackhoff might be making waves in the “galaxy far, far away.” But she wasn’t always such a fan-favorite star. In fact, as she told fans during a 2020 live Q&a, her entire household relied on her mother’s modest income when Sackhoff was a child.
“I absolutely know what it looks like to stick with something because of finances. My mom was a teacher. She made, with a Master’s degree, $30,000 a year. She taught for 34 years,...
- 4/26/2023
- by Robert Yaniz Jr.
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
[This story contains spoilers for The Mandalorian “Chapter 19: The Convert.”]
The Mandalorian star Katee Sackhoff has pulled off the impossible.
Sackhoff knows full well how rare it is for a voice role to become a live-action role, but she made the leap as of Mandalorian season two, having already voiced Mandalorian warrior Bo-Katan Kryze periodically on Star Wars animated series The Clone Wars and Rebels since 2012. Of course, the Oregon native is also self-aware enough to know that her existing body of live-action work on beloved series like Battlestar Galactica and Longmire made the jump more viable.
“I take into consideration that I, for the bulk of my career, have not been out making period rom-coms. To a certain extent, I have played characters that are very similar to Bo-Katan, so I do understand how the transition was easier to imagine,” Sackhoff tells The Hollywood Reporter.
In the most recent episode of The Mandalorian,...
The Mandalorian star Katee Sackhoff has pulled off the impossible.
Sackhoff knows full well how rare it is for a voice role to become a live-action role, but she made the leap as of Mandalorian season two, having already voiced Mandalorian warrior Bo-Katan Kryze periodically on Star Wars animated series The Clone Wars and Rebels since 2012. Of course, the Oregon native is also self-aware enough to know that her existing body of live-action work on beloved series like Battlestar Galactica and Longmire made the jump more viable.
“I take into consideration that I, for the bulk of my career, have not been out making period rom-coms. To a certain extent, I have played characters that are very similar to Bo-Katan, so I do understand how the transition was easier to imagine,” Sackhoff tells The Hollywood Reporter.
In the most recent episode of The Mandalorian,...
- 3/17/2023
- by Brian Davids
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Created in 1978 by Glen A. Larson, the original Battlestar Galactica featured a great cast. Though the show only ran for a single season, the original series of Battlestar Galactica earned two Primetime Emmys and a People’s Choice Award in 1979 after its short run.
It also laid the groundwork for the 2004 reboot starring Edward James Olmos and Mary McDonnell, which was similarly critically acclaimed and remains one of the most beloved sci-fi series in TV history.
Maren Jensen, Lorne Greene, and Richard Hatch | ABC Photo Archives/ABC via Getty Images The original ‘Battlestar Galactica’ released in 1978
In both the original series and the reboot, the plot of Battlestar Galactica begins after a long war with the Cylons. Humans have been diminished to a single fleet captained by Galactica’s Commander Adama. On the run from their enemies and searching for the lost Thirteenth Tribe, members of the Galactica and its...
It also laid the groundwork for the 2004 reboot starring Edward James Olmos and Mary McDonnell, which was similarly critically acclaimed and remains one of the most beloved sci-fi series in TV history.
Maren Jensen, Lorne Greene, and Richard Hatch | ABC Photo Archives/ABC via Getty Images The original ‘Battlestar Galactica’ released in 1978
In both the original series and the reboot, the plot of Battlestar Galactica begins after a long war with the Cylons. Humans have been diminished to a single fleet captained by Galactica’s Commander Adama. On the run from their enemies and searching for the lost Thirteenth Tribe, members of the Galactica and its...
- 2/12/2023
- by Lindsay Kusiak
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
In Herman Melville's original 1851 novel "Moby-Dick," not much was known about the vengeful Capt. Ahab beyond his obsession with finding the story's titular whale. In Mike Barker's 2011 miniseries, Ahab (William Hurt) interacts with his on-screen wife Elizabeth (Gillian Anderson). Ethan Hawke plays Starbuck, Raoul Trujillo plays Queequeg, and Charlie Cox plays the stalwart narrator Ishmael. Cox has recently been getting a great deal of attention from Marvel fans for his performance as the superhero Daredevil in his own show, and for guest spots on "She Hulk: Attorney at Law" and in "Spider-Man: No Way Home." This author first noticed Cox for his performance as Lorenzo in Michael Radford's 2004 adaptation of "The Merchant of Venice." His appearance in "Moby Dick" would immediately be followed by 23 episode of the hit show "Boardwalk Empire," putting the actor on the map.
Filming on "Moby Dick" took place in Malta in 2009. As its story demands,...
Filming on "Moby Dick" took place in Malta in 2009. As its story demands,...
- 12/12/2022
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
The re-imagined "Battlestar Galactica" series, developed by Ronald D. Moore and David Eick, hit our screens in 2003. The ongoing story would eventually end in 2009, having picked up several accolades -- including winning Emmys and Hugo awards -- along the way. Telling the tale of the titular capital ship and its ragtag fleet of civilians and military personnel, "Battlestar Galactica" follows the last remnants of humanity fleeing their robotic race (and humans' former slaves), the Cylons. In an era obsessed with grim and gritty reboots, "Battlestar Galactica" stood out as a television series that honored the original series and charted brave new territory, too.
Moore and Eick's series was as much a study of theology as it was a military drama with detailed and complex character stories. Throughout the Battlestar's long journey to find a new home, the show would create some of the most memorable sci-fi television episodes to date.
Moore and Eick's series was as much a study of theology as it was a military drama with detailed and complex character stories. Throughout the Battlestar's long journey to find a new home, the show would create some of the most memorable sci-fi television episodes to date.
- 11/26/2022
- by David Court
- Slash Film
It’s been 13 years since the Galactica reached Earth. We watched in the 2009 finale “Daybreak” as Admiral Adama, President Roslin, Apollo, Starbuck, Gaius Baltar, and Caprica Six walked towards a bright and unwritten future in their new home. It was a cathartic (but predictably divisive) ending to a six-year TV journey that remains one of the best and most influential in science fiction history. There’s no question that Battlestar Galactica paved the way for other serious, gritty political sci-fi dramas like The Expanse and the recently released Foundation adaptation.
But Battlestar Galactica‘s legacy is one thing. What about its future? That’s a question NBCUniversal has struggled to answer in the years since our heroes first touched down on our planet. There were multiple attempts at spin-offs directly after the flagship series finale on the Syfy channel, including two prequels — Caprica, which told the story of Bill Adama...
But Battlestar Galactica‘s legacy is one thing. What about its future? That’s a question NBCUniversal has struggled to answer in the years since our heroes first touched down on our planet. There were multiple attempts at spin-offs directly after the flagship series finale on the Syfy channel, including two prequels — Caprica, which told the story of Bill Adama...
- 7/6/2022
- by John Saavedra
- Den of Geek
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