Star Wars with occasional sarcasm
The third season premiere of Battlestar Galactica is tonight! Are you sufficiently prepared? You might want to start out wirh a 3-minute video recap. Don’t need that? Webisodes will fill in the gap between S2 and S3.
USA Today can interviews the actors and gives you some hints about the next season. Also be sure to check out this interview with showrunner Ron Moore. And finally, if you really can’t wait, Sci-Fi.com has the first 15 minutes of tonight’s episode.
The man we know best as Captain Mal starts filming on Hawaii next week, and will guest star in at least two episodes. In the link, some spoilerific details on his role.
As the producers of the Stargate franchise are fond of reminding us, Stargate SG1 has not been cancelled, it has only been dropped by SciFi here in the US. This, of course, leads us to a slight problem of how US fans will get their Gate in the future.
SaveStargate.com is trying to do some market research on alternate methods of getting your Gate. Give them your feedback.
In other Gate news, a transformed official website has gone up for the syndicated series (which is just starting Season 9). Lots of nifty behind-the-scenes stuff. New layout. Pretty pictures. Go check it out!
The Woman of Star Trek scoffs at sterotypes. The profiles (which only cover the original series, and a few of the movies) can get a tad saccharine and the writing a bit stilted, but I have to admire the effort, and the delightfully clear screencaps to help those of us who may not know every character and episode by name. (via SF Signal)
On The Simpsons, Bart and Principal Skinner have their own “Duel of the Fates.” (via TFN)
George Takei Agrees to Film Internet Episode of Star Wars. Um, guys? If you’re not sure, just use the AP headline next time, okay? Or, you know, actually read the story…
This is a pretty big thing for Trek fans though, as the series in question is fan-run.
Battlestar Galactica is the latest Entertainment Weekly cover story. Watch for spoiler bombs, true believers…
The New York Times profiles Seth Green and the folks of Adult Swim’s Robot Chicken. The show has produced several Star Wars skits, most notably this one, which according to the article got Green and co-producer Matthew Senreich an invite to ILM. (Green has been to the Ranch as well.)
Apparently the new season premiered this Sunday… For those of us who missed it, watch the whole thing at Adult Swim Fix. Sadly, it’s not the best episode…
Ron Moore of Battlestar Galactica writes about how Star Trek changed his life for The New Your Times.