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February 3, 2003

Space Shuttle Columbia

Our prayers are with the 7 astronauts who died Saturday, February 1st 2003 in the space shuttle Columbia tragedy. The brave men and women aboard the Columbia: Commander, Air Force Col. Rick Douglas Husband; Co-Pilot, Navy Cmdr. William C. McCool; Mission Specialists Kalpana Chawla; Navy Capt. David M. Brown; Air Force Lt. Col. Michael P. Anderson; Navy Cmdr. Laurel Blair Salton Clark; and Israeli Air Force Col. Ilan Ramon. The President will join NASA for a memorial service at 12:45 p.m. EST Tuesday at the Johnson Space Center.

http://www.nasa.gov/

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January 31, 2003

'Roswell' Writer Leaves 'Battlestar'

Zap2it.com today reported that Ron Moore has finished his writing of the Battlestar Galactica re-imagining: "My work with 'Battlestar' is essentially done," says Ronald D. Moore. "The lion's share of it was hammering out the script and getting things in motion with [producer] David Eick and the preproduction process. Then I had to cross over and pretty much focus on 'Carnivale.'" For the complete article and more information, check out the following report at Zap2it.com.

http://tv.zap2it.com/news/tvnewsdaily.html?29952

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January 31, 2003

Mini-Series Listed at British Columbia Film Commission

MINI-SERIES
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA
Aces and Eights Productions Inc
Exec. Producer: David Eick, Ronald D. Moore
Prod: Michael Joyce
Director: Michael Rymer
PM: Ron French
PC: Cara Rogers
UM: Craig Forrest
LM: Kent Sponagle
Casting: Coreen Mayrs
Co-Casting: Heike Brandstatter
Extras: James Forsyth
Sched: Mar 24 - Jun 6/03
604-983-5525 fax: 604-983-5833

http://www.bcfilm.iondesign.ca/news/film_lists.php

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January 31, 2003

A Statement From Dirk Benedict

Tracy B. posted Dirk Benedict's response at the Sci-Fi BBoard regarding the recent cameo announcement from FilmJerk.com: "Dirk has asked me to post this here on his behalf. It's brief but to the point. 'Dirk Benedict has not been contacted and therefore has not been offered any role of any kind in the Sci-Fi Channel reimagining of BSG.' Straight from the horses mouth folks."

http://bboard.scifi.com/bboard/brows...1/5/531/318436

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January 31, 2003

Ready for a bombshell, kids? Read this.

FilmJerk.com posted a report at the Sci-Fi BBoard today that is already up for debate: "Earlier this week, Richard and Dirk were both offered cameo roles in the planned BSG remake. However, and I cannot stress this enough, these roles are NOT in their original show roles. I have no indication at this time which roles they were offered or what their responses were. My source informed me that the SCI-FI Channel believes bringing Richard and Dirk (and possibly other original series actors) will pay sufficient homage to the original show and give something to the fans. For clarification: A cameo role implies a walk-on appearance, with possibly one or two lines, usually only for one brief scene." This report, however, is already debatable, based on Dirk Benedict's response from Tracy B. at DirkBenedictCentral.com, also posted at the Sci-Fi BBoard.

http://bboard.scifi.com/bboard/brows...1/5/531/318422

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January 31, 2003

Bill Gates is a Battlestar Galactica fan

Michael Faries just posted an interesting report at the Sci-Fi BBoard: "In case anyone is interested: One of the founding members of Microsoft is a big fan of the original Battlestar Galactica. (Note: ORIGINAL, not remake.) - E-mail reached BG.com last year on this. - An offer was extended, too, last year for a key piece of Galactica's props. A very generous offer. The owner of that item opted to decline the offer, though. It was confirmed who made the offer, too. (By not citing specifics, I hope the owner doesn't take exception to my public mention of this.) By the way: Microsoft has the XBox version of Vivendi Universal's Battlestar Galactica game. I don't know what advertising tie-ins with the new series are planned. (There were prior discussions with the former production to have Microsoft as a sponsor.) I doubt Microsoft has any desire or swaying power to affect the current Battlestar Galactica remake, but I understand that one of the world's richest people shares a love for this show which so many of us do, too. Btw, no public statements are coming from Microsoft or Mr. Gates. But I thought you'd all like to know."

http://bboard.scifi.com/bboard/brows...1/5/531/318421

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January 31, 2003

Battlestar Galactica Video Game Release

Apothis just posted an awesome report at the Sci-Fi BBoard:

Battlestar Galactica, published by Vivendi Universal, will be coming out on both the XBOX and PS2 on September 17, 2003. It will retail for $49.99.

Battlestar Galactica
Item UPC: (UPC-A Format) 020626718974
Retail Price: $49.99
Release Date: 9/17/03
Prebook Date: 8/22/03
Format: PlayStation 2
Genre: Action
Game Vendor: Vivendi-Universal
Dimensions (inches): 0.8x5.8x7.8
Weight: 0.5 lbs

Battlestar Galactica
Item UPC: (UPC-A Format) 020626718967
Retail Price: $49.99
Release Date: 9/17/03
Prebook Date: 8/22/03
Format: XBOX
Genre: Action
Game Vendor: Vivendi-Universal
Dimensions (inches): 7.5x5.5x0.6
Weight: 0.4 lbs

http://bboard.scifi.com/bboard/brows...1/5/531/318399

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January 30, 2003

Invision Power Board 1.1 installed at BattlestarGalacticaClub.com Forums

Today the Battlestar Galactica Club Forums were upgraded to a major new software version. It's a new program as well. The forums software is now Invision Power Board 1.1. It's a fresh and completely updated version of our former software, Ikonboard 3.1.1. The new Invision Power Board was written by Matthew Mecham, the same author who wrote the original Ikonboard program. Just about all the features of Ikonboard have been written into the new Invision Power Board software. Also, the interface is very similar to Ikonboard, with several new features included as well. All of our users, forums, topics, replies, and messages were successfully converted to the new Invision Power Board. Invision Power Board is written in PHP, which is faster and utilizes less system resources than Perl. At the Forum News & Updates forum is a list of the enhancements included with the new forums software.

http://forums.battlestargalacticaclub.com/

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January 30, 2003

Additional Galactica Shorts

New announcement at The Independent Battlestar Galactica Page: "January 20: Added part three of, The Judgment of Starbuck - Part Three. Requires RealPlayer. File size about 47 megs (high speed Internet access only). Here is the third segment of a new episode of B.G. TOS. I call it 'The Judgment of Starbuck'. This takes place a few yahrens after the Hand of God, Adama orders an attack on the Cylons (Apollo is now missing). The attack meets unbelievably strong Cylon resistance. Starbuck's ship is badly damaged and has to crash land on a planet. The fleet manages to beat back the Cylon resistance but must leave to avoid Cylon reinforcements. Starbuck encounters a Cylon wreckage and he will face the ultimate test of his soul from the Beings of Light. This episode is the Return of Starbuck with Doctor Zee eliminated (except for some narration that can't be edited out without losing some of the story. Just pretend its not him. The ending is different in the sense that THERE WILL BE NO DOCTOR ZEE. That's all I will say. I believe it is perfectly compatible with the TOS and makes a good setup to a Tom DeSanto script which has been leaked by S2K. Starbuck will have a special destiny to fulfill to a new generation in a DeSanto continuation." Thanks to kingfish for posting the report at the Battlestar Galactica Club Forums.

http://www.geocities.com/youngdaggit/newpage2.html

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January 30, 2003

Cameo roles considered for Ron Moore's mini-series?

Shawn O'Donnell of BattlestarFanClub.com just posted an new report at the Sci-Fi Channel BBoard: "Interesting information that I've received. I got a tip from a source on casting for the new production yesterday. Apparently, Universal casting has gotten in touch with several members of the original cast regarding cameo roles in Ron Moore's production... his reimagining, I will note. Yes, I said CAMEOS and I said REIMAGINING. Not a prequel and not a continuation."

http://bboard.scifi.com/bboard/brows...1/5/531/318325

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January 30, 2003

Even more Sci-Fi Channel advertisers and sponsors to boycott

Battlestar Galactica fan JJRAKMAN has posted an additional list of Sci-Fi Channel sponsors to boycott. These sponsors are reported to be advertising during the Battlestar Galactica mini-series scheduled for 2003. Be sure to check out the new list, write to the sponsors, and spread the word!

http://www.battlestargalacticaclub.c...=ST&f=5&t=1102

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