In the newest installment of the critically acclaimed Battlestar Galactica, director Edward James Olmos (Admiral Adama) takes the story of Cylons and gives it the 2-hour treatment.  The Cylons, as any connaiseur of sci-fi will know, are robots that Humanity created as servants.  After rebelling, they disappeared for 40 years before coming back to wipe Humanity off the face of the galaxy.  Additionally, they no longer look like robots but have skin and bleed like Humans.

WARNING:  Spoilers abound after the break.  Do not read unless you have seen The Plan or *at least* all four seasons.

Quick rating (before the break):  4/5 if you like Battlestar and want to see things resolved, 2/5 if you are only half-engaged and want more food for thought/questions asked. Continue reading

So I thought that the news on the Caprica front was that there was nothing new before getting close to the Jan 22 television premiere (I’ve already seen it on DVD, of course).  Not so.

Several new gems have slipped under my radar.  First is my favourite in a series of print ads that are being tested and were subsequently leaked:

What I specifically like about this one is the allusion to the Fall of Man as described in the Bible (refresher:  Humanity, in it’s self-defeating quest for knowledge, commits the only sin possible: taking a fruit (usually portrayed as an apple but it really doesn’t matter) from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil (which sounds snappier in Hebrew) after being tricked by the fallen angel Lucifer (aka Satan) who says that it will make them gods in their own right.  This wakes humanity up, allowing them to know what is good but also the potential for evil and permanently corrupts humanity.).  The allusion is an excellent one that I didn’t catch before and I really think that this poster really best reflects that and takes aim at a story that is so embedded in Western consciousness that even if one hasn’t heard it before one understands its significance.

Sorry about going all Eng-Lit geek on you

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There are also two new promos on Youtube.  Though at first glance they may look similar to previous ones they both have some engaging new content, which I won’t go into for spoiler’s sakes.

And for good measure, a commercial worth watching.

I’m hoping the CBC or CTV or some mainstream network will air it since I don’t have and probably can’t shell out for SPACE, Canada’s answer to SciFi.  It does, of course, comply with CRTC “Canadian Content” regulations (made in Canada starring mostly Canadians) and it would help networks fill that valuable 70% CanCon quotient…  Just sayin’

So I’m a big BSG fan, and can’t wait for the latest instalment in the Reimagined Series, The Plan.  The Plan is the entire series from the perspective of the Cylons and explores what was going on behind the scenes in the Cylon camp.  While the Series gives you – mostly – the Colonial point-of-view, The Plan will be an interesting balance.

Picture after the break.  Contains Battlestar Galactica spoilers.  No peeky unless you know 11 of the 12 Cylon models.

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New blog from the creators of Fail Blog: Emails from Crazy People.

The one I’d particularly like to draw attention to is this one in response to a request to not have pets in an apartment.

Just insane stuff.  Laugh a minute.

And now for some random stuff:

Fans of Battlestar Galactica might remember the track “Battlestar Operatica” on the soundtrack which aired during “Tigh me up, Tigh me down”.  It was an operatic piece composed specially for Battlestar by the soundtrack composer, Bear McCreary.  The lyrics (in Italian) are:

Maledetto sia tuo cuore Cylone
C’è una tostapane nella tua testa
E porta tachi a spillo
Numero Sei ti chiama
Il rivelatore Cylone impone
La tua ragazza è un tostapane
Maledetto sia tuo cuore Cylone
Ahimè, disgrazia! Ahimè, tristezza e miseria!
Il tostapane ha un bel vestito
Rosso come la sua spina dorsale ardente
sussura Numero Sei:
“Per tuo commando”
Maledetto sia tuo cuore Cylone

Which translates into English as:

Woe upon your Cylon heart
There’s a toaster in your head
And it wears high heels
Number Six calls to you
The Cylon Detector beckons
Your girlfriend is a toaster
Woe upon your Cylon heart
Alas, disgrace! Alas, sadness and misery!
The toaster has a pretty dress
Red like its glowing spine
Number Six whispers:
“By your command”
Woe upon your Cylon heart

(evidently talking about Baltar)

(source: TechRepublic)

And that’s the kind of random post for today.  I should appologize for my absence; I got back from a trip to les Etats-Unis where I couldn’t blog.  Thanks to my friend Jay for providing some content while I was away!

Sorry that today’s post isn’t more substantial, I spent much of the day helping a friend move.

So I’ll leave  you with this video, nay naught but a link (embedding be-eth disabled per request)

To Darkness All

It’s a Battlestar Galactica mashup looking at some of the darkest moments of humanity in BSG.  Spoiler warning.

The name comes from a verse of Caprican poetry quoted in one of the episodes which I am disappointed is not actually in any work:

“From the darkness, you must fall,

failed and weak, to darkness all” (the Caprican poet Kataris)

I just think that line embodies Battlestar Galactica.  I’m currently, by the way, going through a withdrawl as Pushing Daisies (my other series) is over and my next Battlestar fix isn’t until November when Sci-fi (and SPACE) release Battlestar Galactica: The Plan (2 hour movie that portrays the series from the Cylon side), and then that’s all until Caprica rolls out in early 2010 (I saw the Caprica pilot and fell in love.  Be warned, however, that it is very explicit – but not gratuitously)

And yes, I plan on doing something with my Portfolio section.