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1.) Long Range Scan: News/Rumors with strained humor(s)
-- New Galactica: Starbuck's a Girl? (Spoilers)
We have some of the details on Ronald Moore's new "Battlestar Galactica" and I know it is going to make some fans cringe. The new series will begin production in Vancouver in March. The basic plot is unchanged. The Galactica attempts to leads the survivors of a sneak attack by the Cylons (intelligent robots that turn against humanity) to the fabled planet Earth. The characters: President Laura Roslin a politician who succeeds to the Presidency after everyone above her dies and orders Adama and the Galactica to cut and run. She is described as intelligent and tough-minded. We also get Adama and his son Lee. Lee "Apollo" Adama is a handsome hotshot fighter pilot who teams up with Kara "Starbuck" Thrace, an undisciplined and rebellious pilot who runs around the ship in a jogging bra and shorts. Also look for Gaius Baltar, who is a computer designer that allows the colonies to be destroyed when he is seduced and tricked by a sexy Cylon robot (Number 6) that implants a chip in his head. Really, I'm not making this up.
-- More Galactica News
FilmJerk has obtained even more details about the upcoming Battlestar Galactica series on the Sci-fi Channel. A memo, reportedly written by Ronald D. Moore, attempts to explain how the series will be different from all other sci-fi on television. The mission statement reads, "our goal is nothing less than the reinvention of the science fiction television series." The new Battlestar Galactica will use documentary or cinema verite style visuals, and focus on realism. According to the memo, "it is not a show about hardware or bizarre alien cultures. It is a show about us. It is an allegory for our own society . . . ." I think that approach has the additional benefit of being much cheaper to produce.
-- Female Starbuck is Cool?!?
In an email to Sci-fi Pulse, Battlestar Galactica scribe Ronald Moore clarified his ideas for the new female Starbuck. While he explains it at length, the point is that making Starbuck a girl avoids the cliched Han Solo type character. Said Moore, "By simply changing Starbuck's gender, the rogue pilot suddenly becomes less of a cliche and more interesting if for no other reason than we haven't seen it a hundred times already." Moore continues on about the relationship between Apollo and Starbuck and concludes, "I also just think it's a cool idea." It's good to know that someone thinks so.
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THREE BATTLESTAR GALACTICA STORIES FROM "The SciFi Guys"
