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ha ha .. this is interesting. I guess I'm more like Baltar than I thought!

-DB-

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Five Reasons Why You Need to Watch 'Battlestar Galactica'

Friday, February 08, 2008

If you don't already watch the Sci Fi Channel's Battlestar Galactica, I understand what you must think of the show. When your friends rave on and on about the series, you say to them, "Isn't that based on some cheesy show from the '70s? And isn't it on that network that airs movies like Mansquito and Ice Spiders? I'm not watching that!" If those aren't your reasons for avoiding it, maybe it's the fact that you're so tired of people raving about it that you refuse to check it out, which is a reaction we've all had at some point or another. Or perhaps you'd like to watch it, but you know it would require a big commitment to go back and watch all those episodes. Maybe you just don't have the time.

There must be a lot of different reasons why people avoid Battlestar Galactica, because despite universal critical acclaim it has struggled to make it to a fourth season. Like many great shows, its ratings are strangely anemic. That's why I'm here to urge you to watch the series when it returns for its fourth and final season on Friday, April 4 at 10pm. Below you'll find five reasons why you should give Battlestar Galactica a chance. Don't be scared, as I promise not to rant and rave like a nerd who lives in his mother's basement. You don't have to be a stereotype to enjoy one of the best sci-fi shows of the decade.

1) It's Not Cheesy

I've only seen a few episodes of the 1970s version of Battlestar Galactica, and they did not inspire me to watch more. One of them featured Wolfman Jack and a Cylon (those are the robots in the BSG universe, for the uninitiated) who got knocked out by a nearby microwave oven. It was embarrassingly lame, and it suddenly came as no surprise that people didn't expect the "re-imagining" to be any good.

I'm happy to point out that the recent iteration of Battlestar Galactica has stripped away every single slice of Velveeta. Yes, it's still set in space and features robots, but don't let that scare you away. This version of BSG is a dark, deadly metaphor for our post-9/11 fears, which brings me to my next point. . .

2) It's Got Depth

I know that some people like their television shows simple and uncomplicated. How else could According to Jim still be on the air? However, there are a lot of people out there who crave intelligent programming with depth and nuance. Those people don't have an abundance of options in the current television landscape, which is why BSG acts as a beacon of hope.

The entire concept of the show is that a group of man-made robots called Cylons have defected and wiped out the majority of the human race. They also have the ability to look human, which means that the enemy could be anyone: your best friend, your lover, your wife of the past 10 years. This situation speaks volumes about our post-9/11 paranoia, and the great thing is that Galactica never hits you over the head with its parallels to real world events. It's subtle in its storytelling, the way that a great show should be.

3) It Has Robots

Seriously, who doesn't love robots? You don't need to be a geek to find the idea of robots appealing, which is why everyone adores the likes of C-3PO and R2-D2. The great thing about BSG is that it has robots acting completely human, but also has big metal ones with machine guns for arms. You get the best of both worlds!

4) It Has Sex Appeal

Sure, BSG has depth, nuance, and robots, but who cares about all that if the cast is unattractive? Thankfully Battlestar Galactica has one of the hottest casts on television, so even if you want to turn your brain off you'll still have something pretty to look at. Even better, they can act too! Here are two examples of the hotness for the non-believers:

Grace Park

Jamie Bamber

5) It Has Strong, Powerful Female Characters

There's nothing I like better than a truly strong, inspiring, complicated female character. Battlestar Galactica has more of them than any other show on television. These characters include Laura Roslin (Mary McDonnell), who doesn't let a little bit of cancer stop her from being the President for the remnants of humanity. Starbuck (Katee Sackhoff), who drinks, sleeps around, and is tougher than any man on the show while still being vulnerable and feminine. And Number Six (Tricia Helfer), the Cylon who uses her abundance of sex appeal to crush men beneath her red high heels. There's many more where that came from, but rest assured that this is a show where the women often have the power. They're smart, capable, and admirable.

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'Battlestar Galactica' Season 4 Spoilers

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

The premiere of the fourth and final season of Battlestar Galactica is still a few months away, but eager and excited fans have long been buzzing, trading speculations and minor spoilers on the web. While it's now easy to come by titles for episodes of the upcoming season, specific information regarding the installments are still quite limited. There are, however, some details available on the fourth season premiere episode, which is slated to air on April 4.

To know about Battlestar Galactica's fourth season premiere, read on for spoilers.

Die-hard fans of Battlestar Galactica most likely already know the title of the first episode of the new season, but we'll say it anyway for the benefit of those who haven't been updated. The episode is called “He That Believeth in Me,” and is lifted from John 11:25-26, which says, “Jesus said unto her, ‘I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live. And so whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?”

As seen on the a preview special on a Canadian show Hypaspace, “He That Believeth in Me” picks up from where the third season finale, "Crossroads, Part II," ended. A scene shows Lee (Jamie Bamber) telling Kara (Katee Sackhoff) – aka Starbuck – that he saw her Viper explode, to which Kara replies that he didn't. She then tells him not to lose her “this time” and they both fly back into the battle.

Starbuck's seemingly relaxed return coincides with what show star Michael Trucco, who plays Anders, said in an interview with Cult Times late last year. Apparently, Starbuck thinks she's only been away for six hours, when in reality it's been two months.

"Lee grabs her first and gives her this big bear hug, and the Anders comes up to her and he's got tears of joy in his eyes,” Trucco said. “Of course Starbuck is confused and is like 'Hey, what the hell is going on?'”

Trucco also said that although he is happy to have his wife back, his joy “is instantly replaced with fear. He's wondering 'Does she recognize I'm a cylon? Do I want her to recognize that? Do I want to tip her off?" Anders is also tasked by the other closet cylons – Tigh, Tori and Tyrol – to “pick Kara's brain for information,” making Starbuck's return even more bittersweet for Anders.

Finally, Trucco revealed that a particular scene shows Anders telling Kara that he'd still love her even if she was a cylon, but her reaction isn't exactly what Anders is hoping for.

"So their relationship has become strained to say the least, and it continues to be so throughout the early part of season four,” Trucco explained.

Now, going back to the Hypaspace preview, show cast members gave general details of what fans can expect from the upcoming season, with Alessandro Juliani, who plays Lt. Felix Gaeta, saying that the main plotline of Battlestar's final season is finding out who the identity of the 12th Cylon. Sackhoff, meanwhile, said that she has been told from the get-go that she is “not a Cylon,” and executive producer Ron Moore confirmed this information via the portrait, which was reminiscent of the Last Supper, he released to Entertainment Weekly recently.

There is one scene in the preview special, however, that has Mary McDonnell's Roslin's questioning Natalie, another version of Six, if Kara is, indeed, the 12th Cylon.