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September 6, 2003
Battlestar Galactica Menu Screens
DVDTimes.co.uk has published a new article as well as a dozen pictures of the DVD menu on the upcoming Battlestar Galactica DVD Set. The article reports: "Thanks to Universal Studios Home Video we have a series of menu grabs from their forthcoming R1 DVD release of Battlestar Galactica: The Complete Epic Series. Due for release on 21st October 2003 you can find more details on this set in our previous article. Below are the menu screens that give you a better insight to the bonus features spread across the six double sided discs..." Be sure to visit the following link for the article and 12 menu pictures! Thanks to Jeff Kleist for the report.
http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/index.cgi?page=News&id=5141
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September 6, 2003
Bronze Spar Squadron has Launched!
Battlestar Galactica Club member guide Kingfish has launched a brand-new board: Bronze Spar Squadron. The new board features Battlestar Galactica topics including: General Board, Galactica News Section, Galactica Movie Section, Galactica 2003 Mini, and more! Be sure to check out Bronze Spar Squadron at ProBoards.com.
http://pp303.proboards21.com
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September 6, 2003
Battlestar Galactica Box Sets Ad Campaign and Mini-Series Magazine
New report from JHurley at Colonial Fleets: "BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: THE OFFICIAL SOUVENIR MAGAZINE has been offered in the September 2003 PREVIEWS. See it and a pretty impressive VIDEO STORE MAGAZINE advertisement for the upcoming DVD at the following link. If you can't make out the text in the VSM ad, it reads: WHAT A GALAXY OF FANS HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR... BATTLESTAR GALACTICA. A MUST-HAVE Collector's Box! Oversized Reproduction of Cylon Head with Lenticular Eye, Measures an Out-Of-This-World 8 1/2" x 9". Complete Epic Series Collector's Box. * Remastered Picture and Newly Recreated 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround Sound. * Six-Disk Set Includes All 24 Hours of the Original Series, Presented in Their Original Broadcast Order, the Way Fans Want to See Them. * Loaded with Newly Produced Bonus Materials and Deleted Scenes, Including an Interview with Series Creator Glen A. Larson. National Broadcast Television Campaign with the Sci-Fi Channel Including * Promotion During the All-New Mini-Series Airing in December, plus * Integrated On-Air Promotion Featuring Added Value Teasers for the Complete Epic Series. National Print Campaign Promoting the Release in... Home Theater, Sound Vision, Premiere, Cinescape, Fangoria, Starlog, Fantasy & Science Fiction. The Film that Launched the Series... Now at a New Low Price! Plus Consumers Save on $10 on the Complete Epic Series with the Purchase of Either the Feature Film or the new Interactive Game." Many thanks to JHurley for the detailed report!
http://www.geocities.com/flashman2u2...?1062085809600
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September 6, 2003
Battlestar Galactica Classic Book 3: The Young Warriors
The third Battlestar Galactica Classic book "The Young Warriors" is now available for pre-order at Amazon.com! This is the third original reprint novel. The novel is 224 pages and scheduled for release in December 2003 for $6.99. Many thanks to Kingfish for posting the report at the Battlestar Galactica Club Forums!
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0743475178
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September 6, 2003
New Letter from Michelle Giacalone of GalacticonEvents.com
Michelle Giacalone has just published a new letter for GalacticonEvents.com: "Calling all science fiction fans! My name is Michelle Giacalone, and I am the coordinator's assistant for Galacticon, the 25th Anniversary convention to celebrate the long and often interesting history of the hit Sci-Fi show, Battlestar Galactica! We are setting up a 'Links' page on our website, Battlestargalactica.com. So far, we have averaged about 50,000 hits per month, so having a link from our site to yours will be a great way to promote science fiction in general, and your site specifically. What we are asking in return is a reciprocal link on your page, optimally in the form of a banner (can be downloaded at GalacticonEvents.com), until the actual convention on October 24th. Your link on our site, however, will remain up for the lifetime of the site, which, if this year is successful (which you can help it be!) will be continuously to prepare for next year's con. Why are we doing this? Galacticon isn't just about us, or about Battlestar Galactica- it is about the possible future of science fiction on television- whether the networks, producers, and executives will take science fiction fandom seriously as the source of their viewership, ratings, and income. The upcoming convention will give us an excellent chance to prove to the Sci-Fi Channel, the media, and the world that their audiences- fans- do have opinions, do have a voice in how to ensure success for their properties, and should be taken seriously! If we can get this message across here, it will help us pave the way for groups like the Farscape fandom, or any others who wish to make their opinions known on the type of quality science fiction programming we want to see! We want our site to be representative of Sci-Fi fandom of all types. Any help above and beyond a reciprocal link will be hugely appreciated, of course. If you plan to attend the convention, and would like to apply for a fan table for your group as well, great! Contact me as soon as possible, since fan tables are limited. We can also arrange for flyers and promotional materials to be displayed for those who cannot attend. I will also be arranging an informal meeting at Dragoncon this year, so let me know if you can attend. This will be a good time to give me any flyers you may want put out at Galacticon. Thank you, and I hope to hear from you soon! Michelle Giacalone, Coordinator's Assistant, Galacticonevents Inc.,
volunteers@galacticonevents.com, 520.399.3343,
www.galacticonevents.com." Thanks to Michelle for the report, and for more information, be sure to visit GalacticonEvents.com!
http://www.galacticonevents.com
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September 6, 2003
Walmart & Target will have Battlestar Galactica DVD Box Sets
Kingfish and Radama at Colonial Fleets have reported that both Walmart and Target will carry the epic series for $89.98 and $83.99 respectively. Many thanks to Kingfish and Radama for posting the report at Colonial Fleets!
http://www.walmart.com
http://www.target.com
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September 6, 2003
Amazon.com Lowers Price on Battlestar Galactica DVD Box Sets
Jewels at Colonial Fleets has reported that Amazon.com just lowered the price on the epic series to $83.99. Many thanks to Jewels for posting the report at Colonial Fleets!
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005JM3C
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September 6, 2003
Battlestar Galactica 2.0 Purists Be Warned in TV Guide
New report from Calvin at the Battlestar Galactica Discussion List: "Just perusing through this weeks TVGUIDE and found a one page ad for the Battlestar Galactica miniseries. I have re-typed the text below: 'BATTLESTAR GALACTICA 2.0 Purists be warned: Sci Fi Channel's Battlestar Galactica miniseries is definitely not the Galactica you remember. Fans of the cult '70s series will be most puzzled by the changes to macho pilot Starbuck, originally played by Dirk Benedict. In Sci Fi's incarnation, which premieres December 7, Starbuck is a woman (Katee Sackhoff) who shares what executive producer David Ickypoo calls a 'twisted and unique' history with fellow flyboy Apollo (Jamie Bamber). 'We felt that the swaggering, cocky pilot was a sort of cliché that had been done to death since Han Solo,' explains Ickypoo, who promises the pair won't have a clichéd romantic past. That's just as well; after all, in space no one can hear you pine. - Ethan Alter'" Thanks to Calvin for the report!
http://www.tvguide.com
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September 6, 2003
Columbia House will have Battlestar Galactica DVD Box Sets
New report from Kingfish at Colonial Fleets: "They will carry the epic series for $89.96. They also allow you to use any bonus dollars you have accumulated toward the set." Many thanks to Kingfish for the report!
http://www.columbiahouse.com
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